Joe Sacco's iconic graphic novel Palestine turns twenty-five this year. Its depiction of life under occupation is in keeping with his life's work — telling the stories of the oppressed that the powerful would prefer to forget.
With the inauguration of Israel’s new far-right government, Zionism has finally embraced the fascist ideology that inspired major sections of the movement during its formative years a century ago.
German politicians often boast of having atoned for their ancestors’ crimes — but then claim that antisemitism is an ill imported by migrants. Far from a model, German memory culture has created an exceptionalist myth that Germans understand racism best.
In 1948, Australian Labor foreign minister Doc Evatt was instrumental in convincing the United Nations to recognize Israel. Today the ALP continues his legacy by ignoring Israel’s crimes against the Palestinian people.
New York City’s corporate-friendly mayor, Eric Adams, is plummeting in the polls amid unpopular budget cuts and a stream of scandals. But the Left will have to unite behind a pro-worker candidate — because neoliberal Andrew Cuomo is waiting in the wings.
Israel and its supporters are ramping up efforts to outlaw solidarity with Palestinians in the name of combating antisemitism. But these authoritarian maneuvers can’t hide the fact that Israel is losing the battle for public opinion over its denial of Palestinian rights.
The destruction of California’s once vast and magnificent redwood forests is entwined with American expansion westward, violent dispossession, and the ravenous commodification of nature. The remaining redwoods demand our protection.
Yesterday, the Biden administration took two long-overdue steps toward potentially ending the Saudi war on Yemen. But the president has to provide more clarity on what exactly his administration is willing to do to halt Saudi Arabia’s brutality and remove the boot from the neck of Yemenis.
Next year, New York’s democratic socialists hope to grow their bloc in the state legislature by electing union organizer Claire Valdez, who is running to represent Assembly District 37 in Queens. Jacobin spoke with Valdez about her campaign.
As Noam Chomsky puts it in a recent interview, “unless working people take part in the class struggle, they're going to get it in the neck.”
A year after his election defeat, Jeremy Corbyn’s opponents are still pursuing a remorseless vendetta against the former Labour leader. This unprecedented effort to trash his reputation is a backhanded tribute to the challenge that Corbynism posed to the status quo.
Cornel West talks to Jacobin about what the Bernie Sanders campaign represented, what its failure means, and why Democrats think they can win over black and brown voters with just “symbolic decorative changes.”
In 1952, West Germany paid reparations to Israel — not as compensation to Holocaust survivors, but in the form of supplies to the Israeli state. Coming at the same time as denazification reached its end, the move had little to do with moral atonement, and everything to do with whitewashing West Germany's international image.
Democrats shouldn’t stop talking about climate change — they just need to foreground workers’ affordability concerns in discussions of climate action.
A renewable energy transition doesn’t have to mean higher prices for consumers. On the contrary: if managed well, it could actually offer lower energy prices.
Sunday’s Cypriot election brought victory for nationalist hardliner Nikos Christodoulides. The Left’s vote held up, but the campaign also showed its weaknesses in combining class politics with answers to the country’s enduring division.
Laws across the United States are targeting the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israeli apartheid. The Supreme Court is refusing to hear a challenge to those laws, even though they’re in clear violation of Americans’ First Amendment rights.
As liberals defend their tradition from attack, their definition of liberalism has become so broad as to encompass everything and nothing at all. The truth is liberalism has become more about deference to elites than about challenging hierarchy.
In April, Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi was detained by ICE for over two weeks, despite not being charged with a crime. He spoke to Jacobin about his early life, his incarceration, and why he’s actually optimistic about the prospects for peace.
A Joe Biden presidency will attempt to return to the hawkish Democratic status quo on Israel. Leftist activists and elected officials have to be prepared to stop him.