How the decisions that led to the founding of Israel left the region in a state of eternal conflict. A discussion moderated by Emily Bazelon – Feb. 1, 2024 One year matters more than any other for understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 1948, Jews realized their wildly improbable dream of a state, and Palestinians experienced…

For decades, Israel has supported many of the world’s most brutal dictatorships, contributing to the repression and suppression of democracy and popular movements across the globe THOMAS FAZI MAR 19, 2024 Most people know that Israel is one of the world’s top weapons producers and exporters, selling weapons to about 130 countries and controlling around 2.5% of…

BYMITCHELL ABOULAFIA Critics of Marx often get the great socialist thinker wrong. We’re here to set the record straight. Some of the five hundred, one-meter-tall statues of Karl Marx on display on May 5, 2013 in Trier, Germany. Hannelore Foerster / Getty There are many ways to interpret Marx. Many of them legitimate. But many others seek to dismiss…

DEVANSHI BATRA AND SHRIYA SHARMA·MARCH 15, 2024 The weaponisation of women’s bodies and sexuality in conflict is as old as war itself and leaves permanent scars that are more insidious due to their invisibilisation.  — IN the harrowing theater of conflict, amidst the chaos and carnage of warfare, there exists a weapon more insidious than any bullet or…

Russel Brand & Pankaj Mishra (as posted on Twitter (now X) on Dec 2, 2017) Many years ago, I stopped buying The London Review of Books because under Mary-Kay Wilmers it consistently published articles which criticised Israel and didn’t attempt to balance these with articles supporting Israel. So, I wasn’t surprised to see that the LRB has just published…