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Apologies to All the People in Lebanon
A man walks amidst the rubble in the wake of an Israeli airstrike on the Beirut neighbourhood of Bachoura on 18 March 2026 -- Megaphone, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Vijay Prashad As the United States farcically walks away from the negotiations with Iran in Pakistan, it was always a matter of concern whether Israel would abide by any such agreement. This was particularly the case with Lebanon and with the Palestinian territories, where Israel seemed absolutely hell ben

The Left Chapter
Apr 138 min read


Cape Town commemorates the 1948 Nakba as the beginning of the genocide underway
“We will never allow another Nakba on our watch” The PSC says that it will intensify the isolation of Israel. Photos by Mzi Velapi By...

The Left Chapter
May 21, 20252 min read


Israel’s Assault on Gaza Proves the Nakba Never Ended
What followed the initial displacement and killing of Palestinians in 1948 has been one of the most violent, costly, and protracted...
Michael Laxer
May 18, 20244 min read


The No-State Solution Becomes More and More Real as Israel’s Permanent Nakba Continues
Image via X By Vijay Prashad In 1948, the Syrian historian Constantin Zurayk used the Arabic word Nakba (Catastrophe) to refer to the...
Michael Laxer
Dec 13, 20236 min read


Red Review #98 -- International Left and Labour News
With news from India, Turkey, Thailand, Nepal, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Kenya, Swaziland, the Czech Republic, South Korea, Vietnam,...
Michael Laxer
May 17, 202316 min read
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