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Trump Wants Puerto Rico to Be the US’s Aircraft Carrier
Donald Trump is aiming to restore US supremacy in the western hemisphere through presidential will, military power, and emergency authority, unconstrained by Congress or international law — a strategic reorientation that runs through Puerto Rico.
The War on AMLO
The Mexican and international right are united in their efforts to delegitimatize the AMLO presidency.
How to Build a Socialist Foreign Policy
Our hopes for a socialist United States are constrained as much by US empire as they are by domestic capitalists. But democratic socialist candidates like Bernie Sanders can combat militarism in the service of workers across the world.
Human Rights Watch’s Revolving Door
Human Rights Watch’s edicts and positions have often been suspiciously in line with US policy.
It Didn’t End With the Cold War
You don't have to travel back to the Cold War to find evidence of US meddling in elections abroad.
Trump’s Historic Blunder in Iran
Both the White House and Israel wanted swift regime change in Iran. Instead they’ve triggered a spiraling conflict with no plausible endgame.
Lawfare: The Technocrats’ War on Democracy
The jailing of former Brazilian president Lula shows the power of “lawfare,” the use of spurious legal action for political ends. Former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa and France Insoumise’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon discuss how legal harassment has become a key weapon against the Left around the world.
Ilhan Omar and the Turkey Question
Ilhan Omar is one of the most forthright critics of imperialism in US politics. That’s why her recent stances on Turkey, the Kurds, and the Armenian genocide are so disappointing.
“In Moments of Crisis, Behind Every Moderate Liberal, There’s a Fascist”
Bolivia’s ousted vice president Álvaro García Linera told Jacobin about last Sunday’s coup d’état and the murderous violence now being unleashed against Evo Morales’s supporters.
Joe Biden Is Bringing Back Donald Trump’s Asylum Ban at the Border
The Biden administration’s recently announced change to border policy effectively resurrects Donald Trump’s asylum ban. It will cause harm or suffering to thousands or millions of migrants seeking survival in the US.
Fear of a Populist Planet
“Populism” is today employed as a bogeyman by liberals and centrists alike. Is there anything worth salvaging in the concept?
US Empire’s Belligerent Decline in Latin America
Brutish and bigoted, grubbing and petulant, Donald Trump is an uncannily apt embodiment of the full sweep of US imperial arrogance and decadence in Latin America.
The Good Old Days
Madeleine Albright’s Fascism: A Warning is full of criticism of Trump — but it’s silent on the swamp from which he emerged.
Defeat Without Despair in Colombia
Recent elections in Colombia saw the Right's Iván Duque win the presidency. But the Colombian left had its most impressive turnout in history.
Anne Applebaum’s Dystopia of Rules
Anne Applebaum made her name on the Right, but conservatives’ illiberal turn created rifts between her and her former comrades. In Autocracy, Inc., she takes the side of liberalism against authoritarianism but misidentifies the causes of global disorder.
How to Explain the Inexplicable War in Iran?
The Iran war seems irrational to the point of inexplicable madness. But stepping back and assessing who benefits from that madness can bring some clarity.
The Nisman Affair
Seizing on the death of a government official, the Right seems determined to create another crisis in Argentina.
The Iran War’s Most Embarrassingly Wrong Pundits
Being disastrously wrong about virtually every aspect of the Iran war has not stopped an army of hawkish pundits from continuing to try to shape US policy on the matter. From Ben Shapiro to Mark Dubowitz, here are eight of the wrongest.
Washington’s Bullets Can’t Stamp Out the Hope of a Better World
Marxist historian Vijay Prashad talks about his new book Washington Bullets and the history of US-backed coups, from the post–World War II period to the recent successful right-wing coup in Bolivia.