Tag Archives: Revolution
The Islamists’ hijacking of Arab hope
Jamal Kanj argues that in swapping places with Dark Ages Europe, the contemporary Arab world is descending in darkness because religionists are consumed with peripheral practices rather than seeking democracy and knowledge. Read more [...]
“Jerusalem the Red Line”
Stuart Littlewood argues that effective Palestinian resistance to the Israeli occupation must go beyond amateur gestures, such as firing garden-shed rockets, and self-defeating attacks on civilians – and must start early. Read more [...]
Watch: putting human faces to the Syrian revolution
Not Anymore: A Story of Revolution
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Syria’s secular rebels are there, if you care to look
Syrian researcher Bassma Kodmani Read more [...]
Worldwide social activism demanding change
Graham Peebles views the people’s movements sweeping the globe, from Occupy to the Arab Spring and the protests in Brazil and Turkey, arguing that a new spirit of revolution is afoot. Read more [...]
Syria, Egypt and the grand dilemma
Uri Avnery says the choice of who deserves moral support in Egypt and especially in Syria may no longer be between black and white or shades of grey but shades of black. Read more [...]
Egypt and the compatibility of Islamism and democracy
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The Achilles’ heel of the peoples’ revolutions
Uri Avnery explains why the popular uprisings sweeping across the world, from Brazil to Egypt and Turkey, are in danger of of fading away without leaving anything behind, except some memories. Read more [...]
Who are our friends?
Once upon a time, in our naïveté, Read more [...]
Syria – victim of foreign machinations
Munzer Hindawi says the key to breaking the stalemate in Syria lies with the United States, but Washington will move only if the Syrian conflicts threatens to spill over to other countries. Read more [...]
