4 ChangeLabor and Class in Iran: An Interview with Mohammad Maljoo
Friday, June 23, 2017
Paola Rivetti. This article was posted on MERIP online on May 26 2017. Following the July 2015 signature of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or “nuclear…
Lines of Debate: the Subaltern and the Proletariat of the World
Monday, May 29, 2017
Marcel van der Linden Interviewed by Paula Varela Left Voice. Reverberations of the international crisis have resurrected the idea of the working class as revolutionary political actor from…
To the barricades: Has protesting become too easy?
Friday, May 12, 2017
Isaac Chotiner Slate. Book Review: Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest. Interview with author Zenep Tufekc. First posted on Slate May 8, 2017….
The freedom to say “No”: Interview with dismissed Turkish academic and Yeniyol editor Uraz Aydin
Wednesday, April 19, 2017
This interview was posted on Links International from Left East before the constitutional referendum in Turkey. However, it covers many points that remain relevant regardless of the result…
The Menace of Trump and the New Authoritarianism: An Interview With Henry Giroux
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Joan Pedro-Carañana, Truthout. Trump’s brand of populism and politics are a tragedy for democracy and a triumph for authoritarianism. Using manipulation, misrepresentation and a discourse of hate, he…
“Russia Is Preparing For Hot War”
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Stephen Cohen and Abby Martin, Information Clearinghouse. This video was posted on April 11, 2017 ABBY MARTIN: While many in power recklessly escalate tensions with Russia, there is…
Trump and the Middle East: A talk with Ardeshir Mehrdad
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Mehdi Kia: In an earlier interview with Barabari television station you talked about the apparent change of direction in Trump administration’s foreign policy which you called “going beyond…
Palestinian women in the Occupied Territories: an interview with Laila al-Hamdani
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Libcom.org Interview with Laila al-Hamdani describing the role of women in the Occupied Territories as well as the central role they played during the first intifada. Q. Perhaps…
Donald Trump’s foreign policy: the “logic of an illogical mind”
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Interview with Ardeshir Mehrdad. Ali Damavandi: In part one of our interview (with Barabari TV) you covered the background to the ascent of Trump to the presidency of…
The Syrian uprising six years on: interview
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Razan Ghazzawi & Ramah Kudaimi, Jacobin. In a few weeks, many Syrians, Syrian-Palestinians, and their supporters will be commemorating the sixth anniversary of the Syrian uprising. Amid ongoing…
Civil war in Syria: interview with Aziz Al-Azmeh
Sunday, November 20, 2016
Ardeshir Mehrdad. Thank you professor Aziz Al Azmeh for agreeing to this interview. Our world is entering a grave crisis. War and terrorism feed off escalating poverty, with…
Leila Khaled on ISIS and Islamism, Syria and the Palestinians
Monday, September 26, 2016
Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, Defend Democracy Press. ISIS is a criminal organization which was created, and is used, by the USA. As for Syria, it was not only the intervention…
Five years after the Arab uprisings: An interview with Asef Bayat
Thursday, September 15, 2016
Özgür Gökmen, Jadaliyya. Özgür Gökmen (ÖG): In Life as Politics you refer to the dangers of foreign intervention more than once. Expectations were not high but there was…
Syria’s forgotten revolutionaries
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Patrick Ward Bookwitty Interview with Leila al-Shami In 2011 the Arab Spring swept the Middle East and North Africa. Millions of people rose up against dictatorships across the…