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Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech in Glasgow on May 24, 2024.

The UK’s Likely Next Prime Minister Is Waging a Racist War Against the Left The UK’s Likely Next Prime Minister Is Waging a Racist War Against the Left

Keir Starmer is obsessed with purging every scrap of dissent from the Labour Party. He should be careful what he wishes for.

Jun 6, 2024 / Taj Ali

People wave Polish and EU flags during a pro-EU rally organized by Prime Minister Donald Tusk ahead of European Parliament elections in Warsaw's Castle Square on June 4, 2024.

What Is at Stake as the European Union Swings Right? What Is at Stake as the European Union Swings Right?

The right’s normalization moves ahead.

Jun 6, 2024 / Marlene Laruelle

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is GettyImages-2153819012-1.jpg Magistrates arrive at the International Court of Justice to hear South Africa’s request for a Gaza cease-fire, in The Hague, on May 24, 2024.

Israel’s Legal Reckoning and the Historical Shift in Justice for Palestinians Israel’s Legal Reckoning and the Historical Shift in Justice for Palestinians

Global courts challenge Israeli action in Gaza.

Jun 6, 2024 / Reed Brody

A Ukrainian soldier waits for orders next to the artillery at his fighting position as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Liman, Ukraine, on May 25, 2024.

The Perils of Wider War in Eastern Europe The Perils of Wider War in Eastern Europe

We face a choice between a negotiated settlement in Ukraine and the possibility of a catastrophic war.

Jun 5, 2024 / Katrina vanden Heuvel, James Carden for The Nation

Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2017. Project 2025 commits the US to a state of permanent belligerence toward China.

A New Chinese Exclusion Act A New Chinese Exclusion Act

Demonizing China allows Republicans to unite around an authoritarian agenda at home—and provides a convenient rationale for unfettered Pentagon profiteering.

Jun 5, 2024 / Feature / Jake Werner

Jacob Zuma, the leader of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party, reacts to a question at the National Result Operation Centre (ROC) at Gallagher Estate on June 1, 2024, in Midrand, South Africa.

Who Will Govern South Africa? Who Will Govern South Africa?

The era of ANC hegemony is over, and Jacob Zuma’s new party is threatening violence if he’s not welcomed into the government.

Jun 4, 2024 / Benjamin Fogel

Relatives and friends of Palestinians imprisoned in Israel lift signs at a rally calling for their release and the return of the bodies of those who died during incarceration, in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on February 27, 2024.

The Israeli Injustice Complex The Israeli Injustice Complex

How the military courts serve as one of Israel’s most effective and secretive weapons.

Jun 4, 2024 / Martin Garbus

Grieving Tiananmen as US Cops Crush Campus Protests

Grieving Tiananmen as US Cops Crush Campus Protests Grieving Tiananmen as US Cops Crush Campus Protests

To reclaim the legacy of Tiananmen for emancipatory ends, we must release it from Cold War politics and place it in a longer, larger history of struggle.

Jun 3, 2024 / Yangyang Cheng

Columbia University Palestine protest

As Columbia Alumni Returned to Campus, So Did the Encampment As Columbia Alumni Returned to Campus, So Did the Encampment

Columbia students continue to mobilize through the summer in support of Palestine—organizing in tandem with alumni and applying financial pressure on the university

Jun 3, 2024 / StudentNation / Lara-Nour Walton

How Will AMLO’s Presidency Be Remembered?

How Will AMLO’s Presidency Be Remembered? How Will AMLO’s Presidency Be Remembered?

To understand the outgoing president’s popularity—and why not all leftists love him—Nicolas Allen spoke to three Mexican analysts from across the progressive political spectrum.

May 31, 2024 / Q&A / Nicolas Allen

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