The Fall of Sudan’s “Morsisi”
By Gilbert Achcar April 12, 2019 The Sudanese people just toppled their longtime autocratic leader, Omar al-Bashir. It's a confirmation that the revolutionary ferment of the Arab Spring didn't die out in 2011. On December 17, 2010, the self-immolation of a young...
Iranian Masses Crushed by Floods, Militarized State Capitalist Regime and U.S. Imperialist Sanctions
In this article, I would like to examine the causes and catastrophic consequences of the current floods in Iran. This is a disaster brought about not simply by natural causes and mismanagement but by the logic of capital in a repressive regime. For the past two...
Documentary about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict : 1948: Creation & Catastrophe
Through riveting and moving personal recollections of both Palestinians and Israelis, 1948: Creation & Catastrophe reveals the shocking events of the most pivotal year in the most controversial conflict in the world. 1948: Creation & Catastrophe tells the...
Venezuelan Socialist Speaks to Middle Eastern Socialists
Editors’ Note: On March 9, 2019, Eva Maria, Venezuelan socialist writer and activist spoke to a meeting of the Alliance of Middle Eastern Socialists. Below is the text of her presentation: First of all, thank you so much for inviting me to this call. It is my...
The Trajectory of India Under Modi
Narendra Modi has from his childhood been a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), which had links to Italian fascism and Nazism; from the period when Modi was chief minister to this day, school