APRIL 23. 2025

“Move Away From Free Trade Paradigm, Strengthen Food Sovereignty”: ECVC tells European Union

Let's not fool ourselves, Donald Trump's goal is not to challenge globalisation, but rather to force the rest of the world to import more US goods and comply with his desire for economic deregulation.

APRIL 22. 2025

Signalgate Puts Pete Hegseth in the Spotlight

The Trump administration’s battle against the so-called deep state is heating up as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth finds himself further embroiled in the "Signalgate" scandal.

Prisoners and Activists Push Back on HALT Act Suspension in New York

The pause of a landmark state reform to solitary confinement exemplifies today’s backlash to the fight against mass incarceration.

A settler shot a Palestinian father in the leg. Soldiers arrived to detain his son

After the attack in Al-Rakeez in the West Bank, Sheikh Saeed Rabaa was forced to undergo amputation, as his son Ilyas remained in jail.

I Wish You’d Known the City: On The Films of Mohammad Malas

Syrian director Mohammad Malas's films attempt to preserve the memory of Quneitra, the Syrian town destroyed by Israel in 1974. With Israel again invading Syrian territory, Séamus Malekafzali introduces the filmmaker's mournful, & newly relevant oeuvre.

Why Starmerism Can’t Survive Contact With Reality

Our political establishment has given itself a form of brain damage because it’s unable to let go of the Thatcher-Reagan consensus - and we’re now reaping the inevitable rewards, writes Phil McDuff.

Rightwing Journalists Are Openly Backing the Guy Who Came up With the ‘Great Replacement’ Theory

The rightwing media is going to bat for a French far-right philosopher whose theories have inspired racist mass-murderers.

Africa and the AI race

At summits and in speeches, African leaders promise to harness AI for development. But without investment in power, connectivity, and people, the continent risks replaying old failures in new code.

Is This Fascism?

Answer: Not yet! What fascism is and how to stop it.

Freedom for Sale

The government funds institutions that stretch across American society. The Trump administration is demanding the relinquishment of constitutional rights to keep the money flowing.

Queer Politics and Class War

Dani Joslyn critically reviews Joanna Wuest's recent book on queer politics, which reproduces the social democratic opposition between social movements to union politics.

Germany’s Far-Right Fight Clubs

On an October morning in 2024, security footage captured two hooded figures throwing Molotov cocktails at a refugee accommodation center in Neu-Hohenschönhausen, Berlin. No one was injured in the attack and the damage was minimal. The assailants were later identified as being members of an underground “Active Club, ” in Germany.

Congress Is Taking from the Poor to Give to the Rich

I know how it feels to be hungry and homeless. And if the GOP budget passes as written, so will millions more.

Three Promising Innovations in Worker Organizing Beyond the NLRB

With continued attacks on organized labor from the current administration, the labor movement needs to look for innovative strategies for working-class elevation.

Canada’s Oil Habit Is Wrecking Its Future

Canada’s climate plans are a PR front for a carbon-export economy: its oil sands are distorting the economy and derailing any hope for transition. The country’s upcoming election reveals how far leaders are from reversing course.

The Space Between

In “The Hollow Half, ” Sarah Aziza grapples with her Palestinian family’s history of exile—and the generational trauma that shaped her.

What Happens When Private Equity Owns Your Kid’s Day Care

When my toddler’s day care started turning parents away at the door due to staffing shortages, I learned it was owned by private equity — which maximizes enrollment to squeeze profit out of childcare and now owns eight of the 11 largest US day care companies.

Choice and Its Discontents

Today no one on either side of the political spectrum would present themselves as an enemy of choice. The historian and author of The Age of Choice, Sophia Rosenfeld, spoke to Jacobin about the complex legacy of an idea that helped forge the modern world.

Trump’s EPA Has Made It Harder to Track Toxic Chemical Plants

Bowing to the chemical industry lobby, the Environmental Protection Agency has quietly hid data that mapped out the locations of thousands of dangerous chemical facilities across the US.

Trump’s CFPB Is Opening the Gates for Fintech and Crypto

Steering the country toward another potential financial crisis, the Trump administration has moved to completely gut the federal regulatory agency tasked with reining in financial institutions.