The Pickle

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63 posts

Jazz hands and hollow gestures — watching a play is not political action

On the emptiness of art in the shadow of genocide.

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8 Min
By: Kendall Gardner

‘It’s humiliation as political method’: behind the curtain of the Labour right

A conversation with journalist Paul Holden about his new book The Fraud.

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8 Min
By: Eli Machover

‘It’s a task for a whole generation’: how the Hind Rajab Foundation pursues Israeli war criminals around the world

A conversation with HRF chairman Dyab Abou Jahjah

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10 Min
By: Evan Robins

Israel is rapidly destroying Gaza’s hospitals

Collapse is imminent.

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3 Min
By: Vashti Editors

We all deserve better than the Your Party debacle

A deeply embarrassing day for the left.

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3 Min
By: Evan Robins

Why the Left should embrace Jewish tradition

We cannot cede religion to the far right.

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8 Min
By: Zohare Jacobi

No, the future of the Palestinians is not in Somaliland

Israel’s proposal to outsource responsibility for the Palestinians onto Somaliland is not only morally objectionable but practically and politically untenable.

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5 Min
By: Matthew Gordon

A parable of the Magpies

How Saudi investment in Newcastle football club might teach Britons to let go of their main character syndrome

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5 Min
By: Matthew Gordon

Conditional humanity

Making two of the necessary steps towards justice mutually exclusive is strange politics.

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4 Min
By: Francesca Newton

Trading with impunity

The Israeli stock market is at historic highs as the country enacts forced starvation. The UK wants its share of the profits.

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3 Min
By: Evan Robins

The youth shall see visions

Good thing they know that direct action, not just a vote, brings visions about.

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4 Min
By: Asha Lyons Sumroy

Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover

The authors of Facing antisemitism argue for embracing the shifting ground of the Jewish community.

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7 Min
By: David Feldman, Ben Gidley, Brendan McGeever

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