For Palestinians, the olive harvest is both an economic lifeline and a symbol of resistance. That is why Israel has taken advantage of the attention
Across the European Union, conservatives and far-right forces are uniting around an anti-immigrant and climate-skeptic agenda. Ahead of June’s EU elections, the continent’s divided left
As Argentina lurches to the right, Adam Fabry, Lecturer in International Political Economy at the National University of Chilecito, Argentina, analyses the rise of Javier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, critics accused Sweden’s Social Democrats of abandoning ordinary people. For Jacobin, a political adviser to the Swedish minister of health defends
Sultan al-Jaber – president of Cop28 and head of the UAE’s state oil company Adnoc (Picture: World Government Summit) What do you do if you’re
Marching for Palestine in central London last Saturday (Picture: Guy Smallman) The Israeli state and its imperialist backers have relied on two crucial arguments—and both
A wave of mass protests in Panama, organized by environmentalists, indigenous activists, and trade unions, has forced the government to hold a referendum on the
On “On Bullshit,” an essay first published in 1986, the Princeton philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt offered a distinction between lies and BS. He argued that
Palestinian prisoner released in Ramallah on Monday evening (Picture: Ayman Nobani/Alamy Live News) Palestinian resistance and global protests at the assault on Gaza have pushed
Some prisoners have been released from Damon Prison (Picture: Hanay) Palestinians returning from Israel talk of horror in the prisons. Laith Othman, a 17 year
Coventry Amazon strikers are fighting heroically but need strike to spread across company Hundreds of Amazon workers took to picket lines in Coventry on last
Ahead of last week’s Dutch elections, the center-left called on voters to stop far-right leader Geert Wilders — but he won easily anyway. The Left
Destruction from Israeli bombs in Gaza (Picture: Wikicommons/ Norsk Folkehjelp Norwegian People’s Aid) Hamas and Israel agreed another two days of truce at the beginning
Actor Susan Sarandon is the latest target of the increasingly McCarthyite attacks on pro-Palestine figures. Supporters of Israel’s brutal war, meanwhile, can apparently say anything
Ash Field Academy workers celebrate their pay victory (Picture: Unison) Support workers at Ash Field Academy in Leicester have won their fight for fair pay.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky Only a fool or a knave can now deny that the United States and its allies are waging a proxy war
The Hunger Games series of films hold up a mirror to our violent and unequal society For the unfamiliar, the story behind the Hunger Games
Whose side are we really on in Dr Who? (Picture: Mark Freeman/Flickr) Tory magazine The Spectator declared, “The issue with Doctor Who is the tendency
Rishi Sunak at a Covid press conference in May 2020 (Picture: Andrew Parsons) Four junior leaders of Britain’s biggest criminal gang were due to take
Sunak is very happy with Hunt’s Autumn Statement (Picture: Simon Dawson) Don’t be fooled by the Tories’ Autumn Statement—it’s not going to help workers.
Lancashire police give more reasons to distrust cops An independent review of Lancashire Police’s handling of Nicola Bulley’s disappearance has been published. And it reveals
From what I read, I gather that there are some clever things happening in The Killer, David Fincher’s new Netflix movie, based on the French
It’s the job of politicians to appeal to voters. Right now what Joe Biden is selling is two wars and an economy that isn’t working
A Jacobin investigation explores Israel’s practice of using the bodies of slain Palestinians as bargaining chips, refusing to return them to their families. Denying the
In growing numbers, workers are organising to demand a four-day week with no loss of pay in their workplace. They’re winning — and here’s how
Palestinian city of Bethlehem in the West Bank (Flickr/ Dennis Jarvis) There has never been any ceasefire or pause in the horror for Palestinians who
On the 300,000-strong Palestine demonstration in central London last Saturday (Picture: Guy Smallman) ‘People are waking up’ The temporary halt in the fighting is not
EXCLUSIVE: Astonishing Unite the Union research can reveal that accident rates in un-unionised HS2 construction firms are more than three times the number than at
After a hopeful start in 2022, Gustavo Petro’s leftist Colombian government has run into major obstacles from economic elites. But the powerful mobilizations that brought
A recent fake controversy stoked by right-wing forces on Chicago’s city council led to socialist alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa losing two key positions. The antics would
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