The Gaza Catastrophe: The Genocide in World-Historical Perspective by Gilbert Achcar (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2025) Gilbert Achcar is a prolific and perceptive socialist intellectual of Lebanese origins whose writings over the last two decades and more have illuminated the most| New Politics
We are being pushed and we are sliding toward an authoritarian state. We now live in a country where many democratic institutions, including the courts, have been seriously weakened, civil society organizations have been deeply compromised, and our civil liberties| New Politics
A review of a book exploring the history and meaning of the Arab Jews.| New Politics
The Code grants men sweeping privileges in matters of marriage, divorce, inheritance, and child custody, while stripping women of these rights almost entirely. It treats women as perpetual minors under guardianship. The so-called “Shari’a Personal Status Code”, introduced on 27 August, is| New Politics
From the Organizers In the conference volume Anarchist Visions of Society, published in 2023, we compiled concrete concepts for a more just, democratic, and non-hierarchical society. At this upcoming conference, we aim to discuss paths toward such societies. To explore the| New Politics
An appalling decision by federal judge Trevor McFadden was filed on August 4. The idea that Jews are a “race” makes one’s skin crawl.| New Politics
The underlying logic and key characteristics of the 12-day Israel-Iran war. The post The Gog and Magog Complex: On Iran/Israel Endless War appeared first on New Politics.| New Politics
For the past four years, I have been breathing in a country where the sky is constantly collapsing on women’s heads. As an Afghan girl, I welcome each sunrise not knowing whether I will see sunset on that day. In The post Women in the Shadow of Global Fascism: The Narrative of an Afghan Girl & a Truth Which Knows No Boundaries appeared first on New Politics.| New Politics
A socialist Vermont state senator explains how the left must support Ukraine while also supporting Gaza and opposing militarism. The post American Leftists and Solidarity with Ukraine appeared first on New Politics.| New Politics
Now I’m just back from a visit, my first in several years, seeing and talking with old friends of various views, left, right, and center. The post Impressions of Mexico—Some Delightful, Some Disturbing appeared first on New Politics.| New Politics
This is not just any election campaign: it features low-budget TikTok videos, recycled soap opera actors—almost all of them from the 1990s—and a political narrative that offers no redemption but promises dire consequences. The post A Who’s Who of Bolivia’s Tumultuous Elections appeared first on New Politics.| New Politics
The bombs fell in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City around 2 a.m. on July 14, killing more than two dozen people. The IDF hasn't answered why it bombed the Arafat home or barred rescue workers.| New Politics
New PoliticsNo. 79From the Editors Marx's Ethical VisionVanessa Wills interviewed by Phil Gasper Marx on Communal Villages as Loci of Revolutionby Kevin B. Anderson New Politics has established a| New Politics
A critical examination of Trotsky's evolving views on revolutionary morality and democracy in revolutionary movements.| New Politics
