Jonah Birch

The frontrunner in France’s presidential election is a devoted neoliberal whose reign could give a further boost to the far right.

Rather than a distraction from confronting class inequality, movements against racism are part of building opposition to capitalism.

Our horror at the carnage that was taking place around us in Paris was compounded by a recognition of what would come next.

The narrative of a "culture of poverty" is racist code used to dismiss the effects of structural inequality on African Americans.

When France became the 14th country to legalize same-sex marriage, the right used the moment to mobilize in large numbers.

Europe's economic disaster is producing new confrontations between governments and masses of working people.

France's Interior Minister has announced a ban on street protests against anti-Muslim cartoons published in a "satire" magazine.

Which direction the protests against neoliberal policies in Israel will go depends on whether they take up the question of justice for Palestinians.

Updated at 1:45 p.m.: New York University students who organized an occupation to pressure the university for reforms have been detained and suspended.