Israel Has Killed 6 Hamas Leaders in Gaza. It’s Killed More Than 800 Children.
Entire Palestinian families massacred. Children slaughtered. Threats of a “second Nakba.” Israel’s war on Gaza isn’t a war on Hamas — it’s a war on Palestinian civilians.
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Union Density Lowers the Income Share Going to the Top 1%
Across Canada, union coverage is inversely proportionate to inequality. From lifting wages and securing employment benefits to advocating for public programs, union power is a bulwark against inequality.
For a Century, the Frankfurt School Has Studied How Domination Works in Modern Societies
The year 2023 marks a century since the founding of the Institute for Social Research, better known as the Frankfurt School. Its story is that of a long challenge to the status quo — and a refusal to accept that capitalism is the only possible reality.
The Forgotten History of American Populism
Liberals often equate populism with the politics of Donald Trump. But during the Gilded Age, when massive inequality led to poverty and exploitation, populism meant working-class resistance to the power of corporations.
Palestinian Analyst: “There Is No Safe Place in Gaza”
Living in Gaza in “normal” times is unbearable. Israel’s siege, bombardment, and forced removal are making it an impossible nightmare for Palestinian civilians, with a million displaced and more than 2,000 killed.
Emmanuel Macron’s Government Is Using Evictions as a Tool of Control
French interior minister Gérald Darmanin has ordered that families of “delinquents” be evicted from social housing. Such collective punishment tramples on all manner of legal principles — but fits with the government’s repressive crackdown in poor suburbs.
Crypto Finance Is a Speculative Scam That’s Worsening the Instability of Global Capitalism
Advocates of crypto claimed that it would liberate ordinary people from the constraints of big finance and state-backed money. In reality, it’s become a vehicle for high-risk financial speculation, with the same narrow elite harvesting the gains.
Poland’s Konfederacja Alliance Combines Far-Right Views with Libertarian Economics
Poland already has a nationalist government, and the rise of the Konfederacja party threatens to pull it even further to the right. It wants to slash taxes and break up the welfare state — a radical agenda that’s rallying parts of the right-wing base.
Jeremy Corbyn: “We Should Condemn the Targeting of Civilians, No Matter Who Does It”
Writing with Israel's invasion of Gaza looming, Jeremy Corbyn fiercely criticizes the politicians in the West backing Israel's heinous assault, which has already killed more than 2,000 Palestinians, and calls for an immediate ceasefire.
The War on Gaza Is the Result of Decades of Extreme Israeli Policy
The ongoing violence in Israel and Palestine is the fruit of decades of increasingly right-wing Israeli policy, aided and abetted by the United States. To address the root causes, the US must end its support for Benjamin Netanyahu’s extremist government.
Americans Must Demand an End to US Support for Israeli Brutality
Israel is mounting an indiscriminate assault on Gaza. To stop more deaths of Israelis and Palestinians alike, we must demand an end to the US government’s support for Israeli apartheid and occupation.
A Pension Plan Proposal Is Sparking Separatism in Canada
Alberta's premier, Danielle Smith, has launched a $5 million taxpayer-funded campaign to encourage residents to bet their life savings on a new pension plan. It’s a move to provoke a showdown with Ottawa and to fuel separatist sentiments for political gain.