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Extreme inequality, precarious labour, corporate power and political alienation have intensified rather than receded in the era of late capitalism. Karl Marx’s…
Look around. Day to day, steadily more Americans understand that we have to get Beyond Donald. It isn’t a done deal though…
Some wars brutalise, and others erase. Gaza has been erased for the past 3 years. In the crowded, coastal strip of just…
We have an urgent responsibility. Our existing economic system is incapable of addressing the social and ecological crises we face in the…
For decades the Nordic welfare states have been held up as global exemplars of gender equality and expansive public care systems. Yet…
In April 2025, Peter Thiel’s Palantir made headlines after documents were released detailing its partnership with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to create…
Today, a quiet transformation is advancing in the West Bank. It isn’t the same spectacular form of violence that once commanded the global news…
While many nations occasionally resort to a “state of exception” to deal with temporary crises, Israel exists in a permanent state of…
Ethan Lieberman recently joined the Palast team following completion of his degree in journalism (summa cum laude!). At 22, he is in…
Israel just erased Palestinian existence from the West Bank by law, and it’s not an overstatement. It has so far been commonplace…
Rank-and-file Teamsters in large Dallas, Los Angeles and Orange County locals have organized delegate slates in a grassroots movement to dump Sean…
What does innovation look like when profit and capital accumulation aren’t the goal? I think about this often. Over a year ago,…
On Friday, February 6, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order—the thirteenth since taking office—to protect New York’s immigrants…
Two images, from opposite sides of the world, are seared into our minds: Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos in his blue knit bunny hat, carrying…
The Epstein Files do not warrant shock and horror. A quiet nod of the head along with maybe a lopsided, very restrained…
The intellectual framework of new socialism gains meaning through the transcendence of the three main pillars of modernity: statism, industrialism, and hierarchical…
2/10/26: Since first publishing this piece, I’ve updated the article to address the leaked “advice” emails, Valéria Chomsky’s statement, and Chris Hedges’…
A nationwide shutdown, inspired by a one-day general strike in response to the killings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis last month,…
On January 27, 2026, the editors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of their famous “Doomsday Clock” to…
Workers in more than 20 Mediterranean ports are preparing for an international day of action on 6 February to oppose the growing…
