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When the first Land Day occurred, Palestinians understood the land grab by the Israeli government. The premise has always been taking away the lands of the surrounding Palestinian villages, so the communities would have nowhere left to build.

Before copaganda became widely televised in shows like “Law & Order,” police were more accurately portrayed as abusers of power.

The relationship between contemporary antisemitism and Islamophobia in Eastern Europe, and the process wherein these states have tightened their international partnership with Israel on the one hand, while presenting anti-Jewish hatred at home.

This op-ed argues that Black labor organizers have long recognized that better conditions for Black and brown workers result in better conditions for everyone.

How the war is changing thinking on the international left

Nearly 2,900 of over 3,800 eligible voters at MIT turned up to vote this week, with 66% putting their support behind unionization. They will be affiliated with the United Electrical, Radio & Machine Workers of America (UE).

A Thought Experiment on the Military-Industrial Complex

Starbucks is firing worker activists as it seeks to blunt the momentum of the union drive sweeping the company. Jacobin spoke to Laila Dalton, who was fired just weeks after the NLRB issued a complaint against Starbucks for retaliating against her.

When almost all of Gaza’s water is not fit for human consumption because of a deliberate Israeli strategy, one can understand why Palestinians continue to fight back as if their lives are dependent on it; because they are.