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What history can teach us about where the anti-imperalist left should go now.

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The Devastating Double Standard for January 6 Rioters The Devastating Double Standard for January 6 Rioters

The Trump administration wields the full strength of its punitive power against immigrants, political opponents, and marginalized groups—and pardons January 6 offenders.

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Claire Denis’s Haunting Neocolonial Drama Claire Denis’s Haunting Neocolonial Drama

Compared to her other films, The Fence is a minor work. But it contains within it a set of expansive themes.

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Politics

California students campaign for the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act.

How California’s Kids Are Taking On Big Oil How California’s Kids Are Taking On Big Oil

After last year’s devastating wildfires, young Californians are spearheading a growing movement to force polluters—not taxpayers—to pay for the damage.

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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivers remarks at the Union Now Rally to launch a nonprofit organization designed to boost worker power across the nation on April 12, 2026, in New York City.

New York City Finally Has a Rest Hub for Delivery Workers New York City Finally Has a Rest Hub for Delivery Workers

Five years after they began organizing for it, deliveristas have a space to rest and charge their e-bikes.

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“Big Money” Jeff Bezos attends the 2026 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on March 15, 2026.

The Bezos “Post” Editorial Page Has Become a Mouthpiece for Pro-Billionaire Propaganda The Bezos “Post” Editorial Page Has Become a Mouthpiece for Pro-Billionaire Propaganda

Jeff Bezos said The Washington Post would no longer publish opinion pieces critical of free markets. Recent editorials show just how seriously the paper has taken this mandate.

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Books & the Arts

Still from “The Fence.”

Claire Denis’s Haunting Neocolonial Drama Claire Denis’s Haunting Neocolonial Drama

Compared to her other films, The Fence is a minor work. But it contains within it a set of expansive themes.

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The Radical Genius of Álvaro Enrigue

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His new novel is as much a work of political philosophy as it is one of fiction.

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World

Supporters of the pro-European conservative TISZA party celebrate during the election night on the banks on the river Danube with the Parliament building in the background, in Budapest after the general election in Hungary, on April 12, 2026.

Boris Kagarlitsky on Hungary’s Election Boris Kagarlitsky on Hungary’s Election

Reflections on right-wing populism’s dead end and the window of opportunity for the left.

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US President Donald Trump’s sidekick JD Vance attends a campaign rally in Budapest on April 7, 2026, for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who would be crushed in the election some days later.

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Viewing an alliance with Trumpist America as a liability.

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks to reporters as she arrives at a “Meeting in Defense of Democracy” in Barcelona on April 18, 2026, a gathering of leftist leaders seeking to rally against the far-right threat to democracy.

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“I am a woman of peace.”

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