Apartheid

The US Needs to Be Treated Like the Racist Pariah State It Is

The US Needs to Be Treated Like the Racist Pariah State It Is The US Needs to Be Treated Like the Racist Pariah State It Is

Will the international community finally rise in solidarity with black people against the white American regime of oppression and violence?

Jun 18, 2020 / Elie Mystal

Trump and Netenyahu speaking at the White House

What’s New About Trump’s Mideast ‘Peace’ Plan? Only the Blunt Crudity of Its Racism. What’s New About Trump’s Mideast ‘Peace’ Plan? Only the Blunt Crudity of Its Racism.

From the administration’s perspective, Palestinian suffering doesn’t count because Palestinians themselves don’t count. 

Jan 30, 2020 / Saree Makdisi

John McEnroe and Martina Navratilova walk onto the court at the Australian Open with a banner that reads

Tennis Legends Protest at the Australian Open Tennis Legends Protest at the Australian Open

Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe demonstrated against the homophobia and transphobia of Margaret Court.

Jan 29, 2020 / Dave Zirin

Newt Gingrich

Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past Conservatives’ Freakout Over the 1619 Project Reveals Their Fear of America’s Actual Past

It turns out conservatives love history—unless it’s true.

Aug 21, 2019 / Jeet Heer

Verwoerd assassination

The Truth Behind the Assassination of the South African PM The Truth Behind the Assassination of the South African PM

When my relative stabbed PM Hendrik Verwoerd to death, he was described as a “madman”—but he was really trying to bring down apartheid.

Aug 16, 2019 / Nikos Konstandaras

Why Americans Should Support BDS

Why Americans Should Support BDS Why Americans Should Support BDS

Inspired by the civil rights and anti-apartheid movements, it calls for Palestinian liberation on terms of full equality with Israelis and categorically opposes all forms of racism...

Jul 29, 2019 / Omar Barghouti

Chiti Makwetu

Why South Africans Are Talking About Land Expropriation Why South Africans Are Talking About Land Expropriation

A quarter-century after apartheid’s end, cities are overcrowded, and black citizens own a tiny fraction of their country’s farmland.

May 1, 2019 / Jon Allsop

A Palestinian couple celebrates after their wedding ceremony, as part of a protest against Israel's separation wall.

Love in the Time of Apartheid Love in the Time of Apartheid

For Palestinians like my fiancée and me, falling in love means scaling walls and defying occupation.

Feb 14, 2019 / Ahmad Abuznaid

Ron Dellums

Ron Dellums Maintained a ‘Relentless Faith in Our Ability to Make a Better World’ Ron Dellums Maintained a ‘Relentless Faith in Our Ability to Make a Better World’

The former congressman, who has died at 82, was a proud battler for peace and justice who took the activism of the streets to Congress.

Jul 30, 2018 / John Nichols

Robert Mueller

I Was Robert Mueller’s Undergraduate Thesis Adviser—and What He Wrote Gives Some Hints About What He’ll Do as Special Counsel I Was Robert Mueller’s Undergraduate Thesis Adviser—and What He Wrote Gives Some Hints About What He’ll Do as Special Counsel

What makes Mueller’s thesis relevant for today is that the core of his inquiry is how a judge should interpret a legal document.

Jul 13, 2018 / Richard Falk

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