War and Peace

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain speaks during the press conference with union leaders and supporters of a cease-fire in Gaza outside the US Capitol on Thursday, December 14, 2023.

A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming

After a transformative year on the picket lines, the United Auto Workers’ ambitions for building worker power don’t stop at the US border.

Dec 18, 2023 / Column / Spencer Ackerman

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks during the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing titled

Rand Paul Is Absolutely Right About Getting US Troops Out of Syria Rand Paul Is Absolutely Right About Getting US Troops Out of Syria

An unlikely left-right coalition of a dozen senators just backed his proposal to end the authorized deployment.

Dec 15, 2023 / John Nichols

A photo of the renowned Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer is displayed at a protest calling for a cease-fire and a free Palestine in Cologne, Germany, on December 9, 2023.

Refaat Alareer Was a Brilliant Poet and Intellectual—He Was Also My Teacher Refaat Alareer Was a Brilliant Poet and Intellectual—He Was Also My Teacher

To those of us lucky enough to learn from him, Alareer offered a chance to explore new worlds and stories, defying the laws of physics and oppression.

Dec 15, 2023 / Jehad Abusalim

Pro-Palestine protesters gather outside the offices of The New York Times to challenge the newspaper's coverage of the Israel-Gaza war during a global call to

The Responsibility of Culture Workers to Help Stop the War on Gaza The Responsibility of Culture Workers to Help Stop the War on Gaza

Researchers, writers, and scholars can identify the institutions that provide ideological cover for Israel’s violence and then intervene to stop them.

Dec 15, 2023 / Kay Gabriel

Biden with Israeli, US flags

Israel Is Not America’s Responsibility Israel Is Not America’s Responsibility

Yet the Global War on Terror seems on the verge of absorbing the Gaza War into its current configuration.

Dec 15, 2023 / Andrew J. Bacevich

The Israeli Left Today

The Israeli Left Today The Israeli Left Today

A conversation with David Myers about the peace movement in Israel.

Dec 14, 2023 / Q&A / Jon Wiener

Displaced by a War, There's No Way Back Home

Displaced by a War, There's No Way Back Home Displaced by a War, There's No Way Back Home

Decades after the Bosnian War, refugees still live out the aftermath of their displacement in former Yugoslavia.

Dec 13, 2023 / Photo Essay / Jošt Franko

Two children walk along a dirt road in front of a field of huts.

The Progressive Refugee Policy That Puts the West to Shame The Progressive Refugee Policy That Puts the West to Shame

Uganda’s role as a co-convenor of the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva this week should raise urgent questions about the interests behind its much-lauded open-door refugee policy.

Dec 12, 2023 / Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Palestinians gather to collect food cooked by volunteers for people who evacuated from Khan Yunis to Rafah

“That Was the Pilot’s Mission, to Destroy My Home”: Gaza War Diary, Part 3 “That Was the Pilot’s Mission, to Destroy My Home”: Gaza War Diary, Part 3

Atef Abu Saif's dispatches from the epicenter of the assault continue.

Dec 11, 2023 / Atef Abu Saif

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the funeral for Sgt. Maj. Gal Meir Eisenkot at the Herzliya cemetery on December 8, 2023.

Why Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas Why Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas

The Israeli prime minister followed a decades-old divide-and-rule strategy that fuels endless war.

Dec 11, 2023 / Jeet Heer

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