Archive - What's Left

The fog of ‘Warfare’ and the Real Arab test

The haunting impenetrability of Iraq in US cinema

May 16 •

March 2025

We ought to be talking about what JD Vance actually said in the Signal chat

As national security principals debated bombing Yemen, the true nature of America First was revealed.

Mar 28 •

January 2025

Two months out: 9 thoughts on the election

Every crisis is an opportunity.

Jan 10 •

November 2024

August 2024

Understanding 'Kamabla' and other Trump talk

Resist false choices and you can see the game.

Aug 8, 2024 •

July 2024

September 2023

Eugene Debs ran for U.S. president from prison. Here's how that went.

A century-old socialist presidential campaign set a strange precedent for 2024.

Sep 6, 2023 •

August 2023

The A.I.-generated journalism abomination

G/O Media’s disastrous use of AI is an affront to journalism — and society.

Aug 1, 2023 •

April 2023

How to think about blowing up a pipeline

A Q&A with the director of the provocative new eco-thriller.

Apr 27, 2023 •

March 2023

How the U.S. ensured Iraq had no chance at real democracy

An expert explains how the U.S. built a corrupt new petrostate in Iraq through the war.

Mar 20, 2023 •

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