In the run up to Thursday's general election, Jeremy Corbyn's popular agenda of modest social-democratic reforms was met with an unrelenting tide of hostility, from the both the British media and members of the political class. In this article Lorna Finlayson analyses the conditions of the defeat, and the egregious dereliction of duty of the media.
At the general election, the Labour party attempted to fight a deeply ingrained narrative about Brexit with appeals to economic interest. It offered “money in your pocket” in opposition to deeper values. It didn’t work. Thursday's defeat raises serious questions about the party's strategy and direction.
This time of year is a moment of deep reflection for Lakota people because of the anniversary of the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre. Below is an excerpt from Nick Estes' Our History is the Future, on the history of indigenous resistance.
Physical extermination and the repression of Indigenous political power verified the United States’ genocidal intent. From the severed stump began to regrow the tree of life—the tree of resistance that would blossom into revolt decades later.
November's coup in Bolivia is just the latest episode in the right-wing resurgence across Latin America. In this article, William I. Robinson looks at the deeper structural causes for the retreat in the Pink Tide, and the hopes for a socialist renewal in the region.
Sita Balani asks what is at stake in the shift from activist organising to the discipline of a national election campaign.
An interview with Andrew Ross on the stone industry in Palestine, the Zionist version of settler colonialism, the importance of technological changes in the construction industry, and more.
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An appeal from French academics for the National Assembly to reject the IHRA definition of antisemitism.
A message of solidarity and support to the families of French student protesters abused by the police in December 2018.
Ariella Aïsha Azoulay on striking against the Israeli state and the deportation of people from their home(land).