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Live entertainment giant Ticketmaster recently inserted language into its user agreements that steers customer lawsuits into a corporate-friendly private justice system, just months after a federal judge ruled its use of such processes was illegal. A federal court decision last fall found that Ticketmaster’s arbitration clause in its user policies was unenforceable, in part because […]

Readers discuss UK politics and whether they will support Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana’s new left-wing party

Russian-speaking Ukrainians are among the main victims of Vladimir Putin’s invasion, and many have served in the Ukrainian army. The call to “decolonize” Ukraine by banishing Russian ignores this, imposing a vision of narrow cultural homogeneity. In Ukraine, language has turned from a means of communication into a “security” issue. (Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP via […]

France’s neoliberal government is expected to lose a confidence vote on Monday. For its opponents, the aim isn’t just to topple the current cabinet but to kill off President Emmanuel Macron’s whole austerity agenda. French prime minister François Bayrou has called for the cancellation of two public holidays. Part of a brutal austerity package, the […]

Like past waves of automation, AI isn’t going away. Boom or bust, the fight is over whose interests it will serve. Whether the AI hype deflates or investment keeps pouring in, capital is committed to forcing AI into the workplace, reshaping jobs and lowering labor standards. (Alex Wong / Getty Images) A report from MIT […]

A proposed solution to the plastic pollution crisis, “chemical recycling,” is at best unproven and more likely disastrous for the environment. The EPA just removed the only regulatory obstacle to its widespread adoption. With oil and gas in decline, fossil fuel companies are turning to plastics to survive. Dubious “recycling” schemes make endless plastic production […]

The election for general secretary of UNISON, Britain’s biggest trade union, pits a faithful ally of Keir Starmer against a left-wing challenger who was expelled from the Labour Party by his factional minions. It could be Starmer’s next big headache. Keir Starmer’s conservative, anti-worker agenda has put him at odds with the unions that supply […]

What looks like Trump-era economic nationalism has deeper roots. German nationalists of the 1800s and fascist leaders of the 1930s imagined power through autarky — national self-sufficiency — with consequences that stretched from tariffs to conquest. Friedrich Ratzel (1844–1904) was a German geographer and influential early proponent of autarky, or national self-sufficiency. (Ullstein Bild via […]

After anti-Israel protesters set up camp at Bondi Beach in Sydney, the Jewish community responded in force with counter-chants and uplifting songs. https://worldisraelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ZjHYoehO_LJV6Tdx.mp4 https://worldisraelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/7Ud6At88BP_02qEk.mp4 https://worldisraelnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/3vMWzs7b4uJuklIv.mp4 חוף בונדי, סידני, אוסטרליה, הבוקר: הפגנה פרו ישראלית עם דגלי ישראל ודגלי אוסטרליה אל מול הפגנה פרו פלסטינית. הצד הפרו ישראלי קורא: אתם יכולים לדחוף את פלסטין שלכם לתחת! pic.twitter.com/GrNRHbAh4X […]

Israel’s second largest civilian airport was hit and damaged in a drone strike conducted by Yemeni terrorists Sunday afternoon. Members of the Iranian-backed Ansar Allah terror group, better known as the Houthis, launched at least four suicide drone aircraft towards Israeli territory Sunday afternoon, the IDF said. According to an army spokesperson, initially only three […]

The percentage of people in the UK holding antisemitic views has doubled in just four years, study finds, with just 31% of young Brits accepting Israel’s existence as a Jewish state. By World Israel News Staff More than a fifth of Brits hold antisemitic beliefs, according to a new survey, while nearly 50% back comparisons […]

Vivek Chibber on how we should understand capitalism’s middle strata — and why so many professionals are moving toward anti-capitalist politics. Author Barbara Ehrenreich speaks about employment issues and her books Bait and Switch and Nickel and Dimed in Boulder, Colorado, circa 2006. (Josh Lawton / Digital First Media / Boulder Daily Camera via Getty […]