Global Justice

Our Man for Tehran

The U.S.- and Israel-backed campaign positioning Reza Pahlavi, son of the Shah, for regime change in Iran.

  • Alex Shams

The Alarming Stakes of German Rearmament

Germany has responded to war in Ukraine with huge increases in defense spending, marking a new wave of militarization.

  • Stephen Milder

Dreams of Green Hydrogen

In place of public-private partnerships, we should revive the Pan-African ambitions of the green developmental state.

  • Daniela Gabor
  • Ndongo Samba Sylla

Salman Rushdie and the Neoliberal Culture Wars

Far from a metaphysical battle between fanaticism and tolerance, the Rushdie affair exemplifies the marketization of hurt sentiments.

  • Faisal Devji

Prospects for Peace and Justice in Israel and Palestine

A recording of our event featuring Noam Chomsky, Sally Abed, Omar Dahi, Alon-lee Green, Congressman Jim McGovern, and Dr. James Zogby, President of the Arab-American Institute.

What Does Europe Have Against Halal?

Food is becoming a target for anti-Islam politics.

  • John R. Bowen

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What Isn’t Taught in Israeli Schools

A Palestinian mother’s perspective.

  • Muzna Awayed-Bishara

No Country for Eight-Spot Butterflies

The U.S. Department of Defense is ramping up the militarization of Guam. If we hope to withstand the forces of predatory global capitalism, we need to begin articulating alternatives.

  • Julian Aguon

Poland’s Memory Politics Are Rewriting History

The country’s ruling party is suppressing research and cultural work on the role of ethnic Poles in the persecution of Poland’s Jews.

  • Mikhal Dekel

How Israel Weaponizes International Law

The country has manipulated rules of engagement to serve its colonialist project in Palestine.

  • Maryam Jamshidi

Why Aren’t We Talking about Farmers in India?

They are fighting in a global war over the future of agriculture. Modi is chocking the debate.

  • Raj Patel

When Protesting Israel Becomes Hating Jews

History has shown time and again that it is not possible to dehumanize an enemy while treating their cousins, aunts, and uncles with respect. 

  • Jason Stanley

A Hobby Lobby Afterthought

The Supreme Court never agreed that access to contraceptives is a compelling government interest. The consequences may be significant.

  • Simon Waxman

SCOTUS Protects ‘The Privacies of Life’

At last, a unanimous Supreme Court decision in which the Justices agree with… me.

  • Reed Hundt

Justice Roberts Should Visit an Abortion Clinic

The buffer zone decision is wonderfully logical but also divorced from real experience.

  • Simon Waxman

Daniel Dennett and Steven Pinker: Can We Become a More Peaceful Species?

A recording of their debate at the Unlearning Violence conference.

  • John Berger

Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism

Our primary allegiance should be to the community of human beings across the entire world.

  • Martha C. Nussbaum
with responses from
  • Anthony Appiah
  • Harvey C. Mansfield
  • Anne Norton
  • Robert Pinsky
  • Hilary Putnam
  • Richard Sennett
  • Benjamin R. Barber
  • Immanuel Wallerstein
  • Amy Gutmann
  • Michael Dorris
  • Judith Butler
  • Leo Marx
  • Paul Berman
  • David A. Strauss
  • Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
  • Lloyd Rudolph
  • Michael Lerner
  • Charles Beitz
  • Rachel Hadas
  • William E. Connolly
  • Nathan Glazer
  • Charles Taylor
  • Herbert Gintis
  • Michael Walzer

Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism

The life of the cosmopolitan, who puts right before country, and universal reason before the symbols of national belonging, need not be boring, flat, or lacking in love.

  • Martha C. Nussbaum
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