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The opening matches of the 2026 FIFA World Cup represent an ideological milestone for international sports. For the first time, forty-eight nations are convening across three North American hosts, promising

More than 1,250 Israeli women and nine Israeli civil society organizations have sent an open letter to Lebanese President Joseph Aoun following his recent interview with Christiane Amanpour, in which

Nearly 40 women have joined the hunger strike at Delaney Hall immigrant jail in Newark, New Jersey, releasing a new set of gender-specific demands as the strike enters its fourth

On June 1, despite a ceasefire ostensibly underway in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, Israel’s prime minister launched a major escalation against Lebanon, including threatening airstrikes against the Lebanese capital.

In the aftermath of Trump’s assault, the Greentech revolution in America is churning – both stopped in its tracks and driving forward. Climate journalist and musician Jael Holzman recently took a ā€œcross-country

In the early 1970s, in a book titled What Is To Be Undone, I took a look at the New Left movements of those times. Had our Sixties theory, strategy,

In peripheral capitalist formations, women are not merely a gendered or social category. They occupy a structural position at the intersection of capitalist accumulation, state formation, and global geopolitical hierarchies.

On 14 June, as diplomats edged towards what could have become the most consequential US–Iran understanding in years, a bomb fell on Beirut’s Ghobeiry neighbourhood. Buildings collapsed. Civilians were killed.

Original essay, Reflecting on Fifty Years of Zionism and the Bund, by Leivick Hodes. Translation and commentary by Madeleine Cohen. INTRODUCTION Polish Bundist Leivick Hodes published ā€œFacing the Future: Reflecting

In April 2026, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a group of individuals and entities that are involved in recruiting former Colombian military personnel to fight in Sudan on

South Africans commemorated two significant events in May: Africa Day and Workers’ Day. These moments normally evoke political reflection on the importance of African unity and workers’ solidarity in challenging

On 25 April 2026, Mali faced its most severe test in fourteen years. Coordinated JNIM and FLA attacks struck seven major population centres including Kati, Mopti, Gao, and Kidal, as

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