CIA World Factbook: Jacobin
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Many of the traditions we hold dear are less traditional than you might think.
The UAE maintains a team of Washington-based lobbyists. They have spent millions influencing US policy decisions.
Internationalism persists as a rallying cry, but what would it mean to go beyond sloganeering?
The recent academic workers’ strike at the University of California was the largest of its kind in US history. It also saw robust internal debate about whether or not the contract was good enough.
Besieged by its neighbor and caught between great powers, will Armenian democracy survive?
We talk to comedian and activist Rob Delaney.
In Israel, the most proudly racist team comes out on top.
The Eurovision song contest has long been a way of taking the continent’s pulse and challenging commonsense notions of what Europe is.
It sounds farcical, but GOP politicians like Marco Rubio and Mitt Romney are casting themselves as pro-worker. And corporate Democrats are making the fraud more believable by advancing their own weak-tea program.
Many of the national liberation movements that dominated the news throughout the 20th century have given up the gun. Others have risen to take their place.