Ben Lorber - In These Times

BEN LORBER works as senior research analyst at Political Research Associates, a progressive think tank monitoring right-wing movements, where he focuses on white nationalism and antisemitism. His book Safety through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism was released in 2024.

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The Right Is Increasingly Exploiting the Horror of Genocide

Right-wing operatives are channeling the genocide in Gaza into mainstream antisemitism.

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How Colleges Became Recruitment Hubs for the Gen-Z Right

Right-wing Zoomers are outflanking their MAGA elders in enthusiastic embrace of radically anti-democratic, exclusionary and bigoted beliefs.

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The ADL Is Making It Less Safe to Be a Progressive Jew

In our topsy-turvy reality, the organization most associated with fighting antisemitism, the Anti-Defamation League, has cast its lot with antisemites.

In the Age of Trump, Progressive Jews Can Learn From the 20th Century’s Radical Yiddish Tradition

Our forebears' struggles against capitalism, fascism and Zionism—carefully chronicled in Revolutionary Yiddishland—resonate more than ever now that the the far right is once more taking power.

Why Peter Beinart Is Wrong About Pro-BDS, Anti-Zionist Jews Like Me

We fight for BDS precisely because we care deeply about the future of the Jewish people.

In Max Blumenthal’s ‘The 51 Day War,’ Life in Gaza Looks Bleak, But Resistance is Growing

Blumenthal offers an unembellished look at the misery on the ground in the Gaza Strip during Israel's Operation Protective Edge in 2014.

Illinois Bill Would Ban State Pension Funds from Divesting from Israel

The anti-worker and anti-Palestinian agenda seem to be converging in Illinois.

Brazil Is Waking Up; Mass Arrests in ‘Moral Monday’ Protests; Bulgarian Demonstrators Win Reforms

10,000 Protest Closure of ‘Greek BBC’; Carnival Against Capitalism; Brazilians Fight Fare Hikes

Occupy Gezi Crackdown Intensifies; GMO Labeling Victory; Europeans Rebel Against Lending Troika

Firefighters vs. Austerity; Anonymous Hacks Hate Group; Occupy Istanbul Launches

Party-Crashing for the Climate; Indignados Turn Two; Bus Ads Promote Equal Rights for Palestinians

Hawking Joins Boycott; Foreclosing on Wells Fargo; Cooper Union Gets Occupied

Occupy Earth Day; BDS Movement Expands Its Reach; How to Strike for Education

Togo Teachers Strike; Miners Cheer Maggie’s Death; Anti-Nuke Protesters Stage Blockade

Why Daniel McGowan is Back in Prison; Students Protesters Evicted; Drop the I-Word Victory

Teens Trek 600 Miles Through Snow; Pro-Palestine Subway Ads Unveiled; North Dakota Abortion Fight

Palestinians Unwelcome Obama; $1 Million in Medical Debt Abolished; ‘Persepolis’ Protests in Chicago

The 5 Biggest Corporate Cyberbullies; Detainee Hunger Strike; Standing Up to Socialist Misogyny

Vital Signs: Oil Giants for Feminism; Maple Spring Revival

Vital Signs: Bradley Manning Pleads Guilty; The Muslim Brotherhood’s ‘Harlem Shake’ Problem

Vital Signs: An Interfaith Boycott; Tunisian Revolution Redux

Vital Signs: Scouting for Equality; Puerto Rico’s Student Movement Wins Big

Vital Signs: Seattle’s Standardized Testing Revolt; Palestinian Settlement Evicted

Vital Signs: Stop Stop and Frisk Victory; An Electoral Rebellion in Israel

Vital Signs: Hong Kong Defies Jackie Chan; Global Demonstrations to End VAW

Vital Signs: Power to the People After Sandy; Occupy Boehner’s Stocking

Occupy the Port: Demonstrators Confront Ship Carrying Walmart Goods

Vital Signs: Labor Takes On Durbin; Indigenous ‘Idle No More’ Movement Escalates

The ‘Fight for Fifteen’ Is On

Chicago Community Group Files Lawsuit Against Johnson & Johnson Supplier for Racial Discrimination

Clocktower Occupation at Cooper Union Enters Second Day