A Lawless Trump Administration Runs Amok in the Caribbean
As great powers abandon even the pretense of law, the undeclared war on Venezuela exposes a world ruled by extortion, collapse, and the redefinition of sovereignty.
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Fifty Years Ago, the US Staged a Coup in Australia
The 1975 “dismissal” of Australian Labor PM Gough Whitlam is often seen as a constitutional crisis initiated by an old British-led establishment. In reality, it was a bloodless analog of other US-orchestrated coups against reforming left governments.
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed to Have Meddled in Israel’s Elections
Newly released files show Jeffrey Epstein claiming to have been involved in Ehud Barak’s 2019 election challenge to Benjamin Netanyahu. It’s well past time to ask questions about the billionaire pedophile’s links to Israel.
The Fake Antiwar Right Goes to War
Venezuela is only the opening salvo in a blatantly imperial project aimed at crushing the Latin American left.
The GOP Is at War — Without the Foreign Policy Establishment
For a century, American wars were planned by think tankers drawn from the boards of Goldman Sachs and Chevron. It gave rise to horrors like Vietnam and Iraq. That era is over. What comes next is very likely worse.
Ending Their Wars
On Memorial Day, socialists honor the victims of war and struggle for a world free of it.
String Theory
Oh, what a tangled web we weave . . .
A Killer in the Castle
What actually happened to Nepal’s royal family on June 2, 2001?
When the Gray Lady and WaPo Cheered Us Into War
Our nation’s two most prestigious newspapers, the New York Times and the Washington Post, on the run-up to war.
The Jacobin Spirit
On violence and democracy.
Zohran Mamdani Wants You to Do More Than Survive
A democratic socialist will be inaugurated mayor tomorrow because he told New Yorkers they deserve it all — love, leisure, pleasure, sport.
Let Them Eat Soccer
Anti–World Cup protests rage in Brazil, but political struggle has long known the beautiful game.
A Watchdog, Not a Lapdog
Human Rights Watch has not answered for its compromised independence from the US government.
New Atheism, Old Empire
The “New Atheists” have gained traction because they give intellectual cover to Western imperialism.
From Charleston to Rhodesia
Fights over both the Confederate and Rhodesian flags give us a glimpse into the reactionary mind.
It Keeps Happening
We already knew that Hillary Clinton was a hypocrite, but she’s taking it to a whole new level this week.
When Iraq Was Clinton’s War
Bill Clinton's "quiet war" on Iraq set the stage for George W. Bush's bloody invasion.
From Trotsky to Buckley
James Burnham mutated from firebrand revolutionary to National Review co-editor, and today he is getting a second life all over the conservative press.
The Third Way’s Last Triumph
Hillary Clinton's triangulation may win in November, but it's a politics that has little future.