The Fall of Sudan’s “Morsisi”

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...

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Venezuelan Socialist Speaks to Middle Eastern Socialists

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...

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The Trajectory of India Under Modi

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 textbooks in Gujarat, ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP,...

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Syria, the United States, and the Left

Syria, the United States, and the Left

As the war in Syria draws to a close, the debate on the U.S. left over that conflict seems as intractable as ever. The immediacy of Syrian politics for Americans seems to ebb and flow as the war impinges on a shifting but surprisingly broad scope of issues salient to...

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