The Pickle

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76 posts

A Green by any other name

Zack Polanski couldn't have foreseen the antisemitism he'd experience in politics. But his name change at 18 shows his lifelong commitment to standing as himself, and with minorities everywhere.

14 Nov 2025

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4 Min

By: Alexandra Diamond-Rivlin

Jazz hands and hollow gestures — watching a play is not political action

On the emptiness of art in the shadow of genocide.

24 Oct 2025

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8 Min

By: Kendall Gardner

‘It’s humiliation as political method’: behind the curtain of the Labour right

A conversation with journalist Paul Holden about his new book The Fraud.

17 Oct 2025

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8 Min

By: Eli Machover

‘It’s a task for a whole generation’: how the Hind Rajab Foundation pursues Israeli war criminals around the world

A conversation with HRF chairman Dyab Abou Jahjah

10 Oct 2025

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10 Min

By: Evan Robins

Israel is rapidly destroying Gaza’s hospitals

Collapse is imminent.

26 Sep 2025

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3 Min

By: Vashti Editors

We all deserve better than the Your Party debacle

A deeply embarrassing day for the left.

19 Sep 2025

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3 Min

By: Evan Robins

Why the Left should embrace Jewish tradition

We cannot cede religion to the far right.

29 Aug 2025

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8 Min

By: Zohare Jacobi

No, the future of the Palestinians is not in Somaliland

Israel’s proposal to outsource responsibility for the Palestinians onto Somaliland is not only morally objectionable but practically and politically untenable.

22 Aug 2025

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5 Min

By: Matthew Gordon