For decades, advocates of humanitarian intervention argued that the international community should take military action against states engaged in extreme human rights abuses. Israel is one such state. (Mahmoud Issa / Anadolu / Getty Images) Sorry, this articles is...
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Issue 59: Misery Index
Minimum factor by which Palestinian casualties now exceed Israeli casualties, beginning October 7, 2023: 37.6 Proportion of children under five in Gaza who are acutely malnourished 20,000: 1 in 5 Children in Gaza who have been admitted to the hospital for malnutrition...
Passports for Sale
A growing number of states are willing to sell citizenship and the privileges it brings — if you can afford to pay. The lucrative trade in “golden passports” exposes the dark side of capitalist globalization and its unequal valuation of human life. Illustration by...
On Mamdani, Muhammad, and the Next 9/11
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On Allies, Appropriate Words for Genocide, and How DSA Runs NYC
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Jacobin Turns 15
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Issue 59: Letters + The Internet Speaks
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Passports for an Imagined Nation
Neue Slowenische Kunst (New Slovenian Art), or NSK, was an art collective formed in 1984 by the Slovenian avant-garde band Laibach. Their intent was to play with “past symbols, images, and philosophical ideas, particularly those that have been used by governments or...
Decision Time at DSA
The Democratic Socialists of America’s recent convention in Chicago reflected the challenges of strengthening and expanding a socialist movement rooted in the working class that can effectively fight the genocide in Gaza. DSA will head into Donald Trump’s second year...
What Liberals Don’t Get About the Liberal Order’s Crisis
Liberals often explain today’s disorder as the work of authoritarians or populist agitators. What they miss is that the postwar consensus depended on conservatives, whose defection has left it in crisis. Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres (L) is...
The Long Walk Is a Long Slog
Based on a forgotten Stephen King dystopian novel, The Long Walk wants to be an allegory for America’s grindset mindset mania. But unlike other works in this genre, it fails to deliver a bang and instead ends with a whimper. Still from The Long Walk. (Lionsgate) In...




