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The announcement of a snap election has compressed the time available to develop a programme to meet the historic moment we are living through. The rise of the far-right and

The midterm elections saw progressive, pro-Palestine candidates sweep into office across the country on the back of public outrage at Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. These victories should help reshape

Presumptions of friendship and guarantees in international relations are never secure and rarely lasting. Even when they are given the stamp of firm endurance, a closer look will find greater

The following is an excerpt from What Now: On Palestine, Freedom, and Our Global Future, written by Al-Shabaka analyst Tareq Baconi and published by Washington Square Press on November 3,

Since October 14, teachers in Madrid, Spain, have been on an indefinite strike in defense of public education. After years of deteriorating conditions and systematic rank-and-file organizing, teachers have flooded

Spain’s streets and town squares have been flooded with protesters this fall, since the brutal eviction and subsequent death of eighty-seven-year-old MarĆ­a del Carmen Abascal, known as Maricarmen. This September,

Europe today finds itself at a historical crossroads reminiscent of 1848 and the period between 1933 and 1939. The European revolutions of 1848, also known as the Springtime of Nations,

During a creative and journalistic writing training program I joined in Gaza City to nurture the skills of emerging writers, one seat remained empty, session after session. It belonged to

If any Trump appointees lose their posts, as part of a mid-term cabinet re-shuffling, Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) Doug Collins is not likely to be among them. Unlike controversial

There are—rare—moments when human history accelerates to the point of making one’s head spin. And that is exactly what is happening in this memorable fall of 2026, which is seeing

The suffering of the people of Gaza went from horrific and beyond comprehension to something worse on Saturday after storm waters overnight destroyed tens of thousands of tents and flooded

The different generations who lived through the three weeks between the first and second rounds will never forget their significance. It may have been the greatest mass educational process that

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