Politics

Iraq Is Between Iran and a Hard Place

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The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left

The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality

American witchhunt: how the McCarthy blacklist annihilated the Hollywood left

A retrospective at the Locarno film festival looks back at the era of Huac’s domination of US culture, uncovering some sobering lessons for now

Can Ro Khanna Unite Progressives?

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'They slammed their M16s against his skull': inside the film about Amy Goodman’s fearless reporting

As Steal This Story, Please! charts her astonishing reports on everything from climate summits to earthquakes to massacres, Goodman talks about dissent, censorship – and her ‘magic moments’

Spain's Pedro Sánchez is a progressive outlier in Europe – and over Ceuta, he is being made to pay for it

The Spanish PM has been one of few European leaders to stand up to Trump. He now faces coercive diplomacy and an emboldened far right at home

El Sayed minimizes Hasan Piker's role in Michigan Senate race: 'He's a streamer'

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed waved off Twitch streamer Hasan Piker‘s role in the state’s bruising Democratic primary, saying he does not share Piker’s perspective that the party should rally behind the recent winner.

Federal judge muzzles 1930s law restricting suppressors, some guns

A federal judge in Texas on Wednesday ruled that key provisions of a nearly century-old federal firearms law can no longer be enforced, finding that Congress lost the constitutional basis for regulating suppressors and certain short-barreled firearms after eliminating the tax that originally justified the restrictions.

Nato to ‘urgently’ get air defences for Ukraine, as Zelenskyy warns of surge in Russian missile production

After Ukraine failed to shoot down a single ballistic missile fired by Russia on Wednesday, the president urged allies to increase supplies of Patriot interceptors

Man Arrested at Trump's California Golf Course Wore Earpiece and Took Photos, Police Say

Jeanine John Taele Faces New Weapons Charges as Details of ‘Suspicious’ Behavior Ahead of President’s Visit Emerge

U.S. ready to return to 'commitments,' Iran says, after Trump signals deal is near

Iran denied it was in talks with Washington, despite claims by Trump to the contrary.

Ukraine war briefing: Cut-price Patriot among options in desperate search for missile defence

Talks on Ukraine building Patriots continue despite Trump casting doubt, Reuters reports; forced evacuations in Kramatorsk. What we know on day 1,625