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While We Say Hands Off, We Also Need Hands On to Address Our Planetary Crisis
The massive crowds that came out for this past weekend’s Hands Off protests illustrate the vast contradictions in which we find ourselves. As people who believe in the need for profound changes in...
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Rural, Red-State Resistance and the Next Step
The “Hands Off” demonstrations on April 5 reached Idaho and Montana—two very pro-Trump states. Over 4,000 people turned out in Missoula (pop. 78,000), and eighteen other Montana cities saw protests,...
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Class-Informed Climate Politics
§0. This article comes paired with its counterpart on climate-informed class politics. It can be read as a prequel to it or sequel to it or independent of it. §1. The politicization pipeline starts off...
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Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign to Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on...
A sweeping crackdown on posts on Instagram and Facebook that are critical of Israel—or even vaguely supportive of Palestinians—was directly orchestrated by the government of Israel, according to...
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The Method in the Far Right’s Madness
Quinn Slobodian has established himself as one of the sharpest intellectual historians of neoliberalism. In books such as Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism and Crack-Up...
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The End of Big Solutions
The world has changed dramatically since the start of the second Trump administration. But how best to describe this shift? Many see it as potentially the end of American democracy, or the end of the...
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Jewish Organizations Are Fighting Back Against Khalil Deportation
While many are gathering this weekend to hold seders on the first nights of Passover, a number of Jewish organizations are inviting us back into the streets to take the message of liberation further....
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Ukrainian Neutrality Was Always the Key to Ending the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
In the months leading up to the 2024 US presidential election, there was a great deal of hyperventilation in Europe among top political figures and journalists over the prospect of Donald Trump...
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The Quiet Deletion of Black History Within Federal Agencies — and the Fight...
Alan Spears remembers visiting Gettysburg National Military Park with his parents in the 1970s. They wanted something educational, free, and fun to do with their only son, and the park was an obvious...
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A Seat at the UN Security Council: A State on the Brink
Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud reportedly survived an assassination attempt in March 2025, a stark reminder of the country’s ongoing fragility, but one that barely registers in international...
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Omer Bartov on Gaza: “It’s a Misnomer to Call It a War”
Omer Bartov is one of the leading scholars of genocide and the Holocaust. A professor of history at Brown University, he has long been known for his incisive work on violence, memory, and identity. In...
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From Silence to Defiance: The Pakistani State’s Crackdown on BYC
The recent attack on the Jaffar Express by Baloch armed fighters once again exposed the fragility of the Pakistani state’s control over Balochistan. But instead of responding directly to the armed...
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Hamlet, Hashmi: ‘The Play Is the Thing’
You may recall that in the iconic play, The Tragedy of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, it is revealed to the young prince that his father, the erstwhile king of Denmark, was murdered by his uncle...
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The New Bandung Spirit Is About Industrial Development
In January 2025, Indonesia – the world’s fourth-largest country by population (282 million) with the seventh-largest Gross Domestic Product by purchasing power parity – joined the BRICS+ bloc. Eleven...
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Major Climate Groups Call for Mass Mobilization Against Trump and Musk’s...
Just two weeks after the massive Hands Off! Mobilization brought millions to the streets, major climate groups—both national and grassroots—are teaming up with pro-democracy allies for “All Out on...
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Jews and Allies Demand Freedom for Mahmoud Khalil and an End to Political...
On Monday evening, April 14, Jewish Voice for Peace–NYC (JVP-NYC) held a Liberation Seder outside ICE headquarters at Foley Square. The action, co-sponsored by IfNotNow, Jews For Racial and Economic...
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AOC, Bernie Sanders, Joan Baez and Neil Young Rock in Los Angeles
“Your presence here today is making Donald Trump and Elon Musk very nervous,” Sen. Bernie Sanders told Angelenos on April 12 as he took the stage to a thunderous ovation at Gloria Molina Grand Park in...
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Albert Einstein, Anti-Fascist
There are two important anniversaries at the end of this week. Saturday, April 19th is the day the American Revolution against King George III and British colonialism began 250 years ago at Lexington...
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AFL-CIO Foreign Policy Leaders Refuse to Mobilize Members Against Trump
The American Federation of Labor (AFL), and later the AFL-CIO (Congress of Industrial Organizations) have carried out their own foreign policy since the 1890s. These operations, done in the name of...
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Israel’s Bombing of al-Ahli Baptist Hospital on Palm Sunday Condemned
The Israeli bombing of Gaza’s Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, especially on Palm Sunday, has ignited widespread condemnation from Arab nations, international figures, and Christian organizations, while some...
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