Regions and Countries

Anti-migration protesters throw chunks of concrete outside the Holiday Inn Express Hotel, which is housing asylum seekers on August 4, 2024, in Rotherham, United Kingdom.

Facing Far-Right Riots, Britain’s History—Good and Bad—Repeats Itself Facing Far-Right Riots, Britain’s History—Good and Bad—Repeats Itself

Days of anti-immigrant violence across the United Kingdom were met with powerful anti-racist resistance after a tragedy left the country reeling.

Aug 9, 2024 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

An opponent of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government steps on an election campaign poster with the image of Maduro during a protest at the Petare neighborhood in Caracas on July 29, 2024, a day after the Venezuelan presidential election.

What’s Next for the Left in Venezuela? What’s Next for the Left in Venezuela?

If revolution is to win again in Venezuela, its backers at home and abroad must first recognize that they lost.

Aug 8, 2024 / Alejandro Velasco

A Vibe Shift Won’t Save Gaza

A Vibe Shift Won’t Save Gaza A Vibe Shift Won’t Save Gaza

Kamala Harris must move from words to deeds to stop Israel’s war crimes.

Aug 8, 2024 / Jack Mirkinson

Chicago’s Palestinians Won’t Let the DNC Ignore Gaza

Chicago’s Palestinians Won’t Let the DNC Ignore Gaza Chicago’s Palestinians Won’t Let the DNC Ignore Gaza

The Chicago area is home to the biggest Palestinian diaspora in the US. They’re going to make sure the Democratic National Convention hears them.

Aug 6, 2024 / Sarah Lazare

Imane Khelif of Algeria celebrates victory against Anna Luca Hamori of Hungary in the Olympic women's quarterfinal 66kg boxing match on August 3, 2024, in Paris.

We Must Defend Imane Khelif We Must Defend Imane Khelif

Transphobia also hurts cisgender women like the Algerian boxer Imane Khelif who don’t conform to a narrow, Eurocentric vision of womanhood.

Aug 5, 2024 / Jules Boykoff and Dave Zirin

Kamala Harris looking at Joe Biden

Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World Joe Biden’s Lame-Duck Foreign Policy Is a Threat to Kamala Harris—and the World

A lame-duck president averse to diplomacy poses grave dangers at home and abroad.

Aug 5, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Marine Le Pen at the podium of the Rassemblement National meeting at the Palais des Congres in Perpignan in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales on May 1, 2024.

To See How the Far Right Might Run France, See How They Run This City To See How the Far Right Might Run France, See How They Run This City

The National Rally has been governing Perpignan for years. They want much more.

Aug 5, 2024 / Rebecca Nathanson

The International Court of Justice begins presenting its advisory rule regarding legal consequences arising from policies, practices of Israel in Occupied Palestinian Territory on July 19, 2024, in The Hague, Netherlands.

International Law Strikes Back International Law Strikes Back

The World Court’s ruling that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal rewards growing judicial activism by states of the Global South.

Aug 5, 2024 / Reed Brody

Fadi Deeb near his house in Gaza City, on April 6, 2016.

Meet Fadi Deeb: Gaza’s Paralympian Is Showing the World That Palestine Still Lives Meet Fadi Deeb: Gaza’s Paralympian Is Showing the World That Palestine Still Lives

The shot-putter is the only competitor in the Palestinian Olympic delegation from Gaza.

Aug 2, 2024 / Dave Zirin and Jules Boykoff

US Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) exits Manhattan federal court on July 16, 2024, in New York City.

Senator Robert Menendez and the Corruption of Cuba Policy Senator Robert Menendez and the Corruption of Cuba Policy

His retirement may bode well for US-Cuba relations—if Kamala Harris can retire Trump.

Aug 2, 2024 / William M. LeoGrande and Peter Kornbluh

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