Tag: Arab Awakening
Solidarity with the Syrian revolution
Nureddin Sabir calls on freedom-loving people worldwide to declare publicly their support for the Syrian people and to participate in the Global Day of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution on 31 May.
In solidarity with the people of Syria
A petition in support of the Syrian people’s struggle against dictatorship and genocide has been launched by the Global Campaign of Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution, which also has a Facebook page
The Arab Islamists’ bargain with the West
Optimistic observers of the Arab world might like to believe that the Islamist wave sweeping across the region is but a temporary phase that must be traversed before the people regain control
The proxy war destroying Syria
Jamal Kanj argues that between them, an arrogant tyrant, Bashar Assad, a fractious, visionless, bankrupt opposition, and Russia, the USA and Turkey are breaking up Syria into mini Israel-type ethnocentric states.
Egypt: no short cuts in democracy
Jamal Kanj argues that despite Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi’s shortcomings, his opponents must endure the results of the ballot box and allow him to serve his term, because the alternative is anarchy.
Say “no” to the Saudis and their Gulf allies
Nureddin Sabir views the Saudi role in promoting Islamist cults, criminal groups and deviant, primitive variants of Islam in Arab societies, and calls for mass actions to expose and eradicate Saudi influence.
Megalomaniac vs monomaniacs in Syria
Jamal Kanj argues that while Bashar Assad is part of Syria’s problem, not its solution, the “detached, five-star hotel denizens” of the external opposition have no domestic credibility, leaving Israel the winner.
Syria’s Assad plays Israel card, apes Gaddafi
Nureddin Sabir looks at how Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has learned nothing from the other fallen Arab dictators in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya, but is aping them, almost word by word.
Libya on the edge of a precipice
Nureddin Sabir says failure to disarm Libya’s 1,700 militias is putting it on the edge of a precipice and that only an international peacekeeping force can disarm the militias and establish security.
Libya in peril
Today a huge car bomb exploded near Al-Jalaa Hospital in the eastern Libyan city of Benghaz, killing and wounding dozens of people, including children. The attack is the latest in a wave