Even Anti-Fascists’ Graves Aren’t Safe from the New Far Right
In Mostar, Bosnia, fascists destroyed the graves of 700 Resistance fighters. The shameful attack is part of a Europe-wide effort to crush the anti-fascist legacy of World War II.
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Ghassan Kanafani Is a Martyr to Palestinian Freedom
Today marks 50 years since Israeli agents murdered Ghassan Kanafani in Beirut. Their terrorist attack silenced the Palestinian writer — but failed to extinguish his people’s spirit of resistance.
When Australia Experienced a Mass Shooting, the Government Enacted Gun Reform
When 35 people were murdered by a lone gunman in Tasmania in 1996, the conservative government did something the American government hasn't: it quickly banned automatic and semiautomatic weapons.
Museum Workers Are Unionizing — and Their Bosses Are Fighting Back
Labor has seen a jolt of new energy recently. Across the United States, museum workers are part of that upsurge.
The British Establishment Chose Boris Johnson as Its Weapon to Defeat the Left
Boris Johnson’s disastrous time in office has spluttered to an ignominious conclusion. Many of those now deploring his record sided with Johnson when it really mattered because they wanted to block a left-wing government that could transform British society.
Texas Shows the Pitfalls of Liberal Climate Politics
The climate movement must be rooted in the labor movement. Otherwise we get individualistic solutions that throw workers under the bus and only grant reliable, green energy to those who can afford to pay for it.
Canadian Soccer Players Are Demanding Better Working Conditions
The Canadian senior men’s national soccer team has recently gone on strike. The players want sweeping changes in Canadian soccer, including for the women’s team pay to be raised to equal men’s.
Our Current Moment of Increased Labor Organizing Could Become Something Much Bigger
Trying to win progressive change without rebuilding the labor movement is a fool’s errand. That’s why the union victories at Starbucks and Amazon are so promising: the current uptick in labor militancy could become a transformational upsurge.
Boris Johnson Is Going, but We’re Stuck With the Same Right-Wing Nightmare
Boris Johnson has been brought down by Tory ministers who damn his lack of integrity. But the obsessive focus on his personal conduct obscures his disastrous political record — one that Keir Starmer’s Labour also isn’t challenging.
Colombia Is Finally in the Midst of a Long-Awaited Opening for Left Politics
With Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez’s win in its presidential election, Colombia finally has a chance to roll back its decades of violence and inequality stoked by the country’s status as one of the US’s principal allies in the western hemisphere.
The Supreme Court’s Entire Term Was an Exercise in Reactionary Rollback of Basic Rights
It wasn’t just the end of Roe v. Wade. So many rights were stripped by the Supreme Court over the course of its recently ended term that it’s hard to keep them all straight. We have no choice but to curb the court’s power.
How Should the Left Think About Realism in Foreign Policy?
Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted a fierce debate over realism as an approach to thinking about foreign policy. Historian Daniel Bessner tells Jacobin what socialists can learn from realism and what they should reject.