Not long ago a Jacobin article (re-posted on ZNet) argued that we need more Marxism. To my eyes the tone was if we aren’t Marxist we aren’t materialist, if we aren’t materialist we don’t believe in reality, and if we pay inadequate attention to reality we will chase rainbows and …

Located among the sprawling dunes of Israel’s southern desert is a central component of what Avner Cohen calls his country’s “worst kept secret.” The Negev Nuclear Research Center, officially renamed in 2018 after late Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres and often referred to by the name of the nearby city …

Russia’s energy giant Gazprom has ended plans to develop a new hub in Turkey for its natural gas, it has been reported. It deals another blow to the prospect of Russia regaining a foothold in the lucrative European market it lost access to following Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. …