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“Viva, Viva, Palestina!”
In this photographic essay, journalist Ari Golub depicts the energy, solidarity, and steadfast resolve among protesters at the George Washington University campus, where young people from across the DC area have convened as part of a nationwide movement of student encampment protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and university divestment from companies that profit from the Israeli state’s genocide of Palestinians.
From Vietnam to Palestine
Richard Lai, Lynn Ta, and Promise Li discuss solidarity between Palestinians and the Vietnamese diaspora and the challenge of situating local organization in the context of global imperialism.
The Middle East on a Knife-Edge
Joseph Daher analyzes the Israeli-Iranian conflict in the context of US imperialism and the assault on Gaza. What should the left’s priorities be?
Prelude to a New Imperial Order?
Todd Gordon and Jeffery R. Webber challenge the received view of US global dominance with a dialectical conception of our multipolar geopolitical order.
The Repression of Pro-Palestinian Education and Resistance
Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores analyzes Governor Abbott’s attempted repression of pro-Palestinian education in Texas, drawing out the larger role of Palestinian solidarity and organizing in and beyond a largely conservative academia.
Higher-Education Bargaining with the “New” UAW
Aaron Berman reflects on using accreditation as leverage, and the impact of the new UAW leadership on the Academic Student Workers’ strike at the New School.
Day in the Life
Chanell Burnette reflects on her workday routine at Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women.
The Persistence of Global Capitalism’s Long Depression
Ashley Smith interviews Michael Roberts about the Long Depression and its role in driving political polarization and imperial rivalry.
On Economic Compulsion
Nate Holdren and Rob Hunter review Werner Bonefeld’s new book on the social constitution of economic compulsion in capitalism.
Black Reconstruction in Palestine
What abolition, reconstruction, and decolonization teach us about how Palestinian liberation means the liberation of all.