Middle East 4 ChangeA letter in my purse: a poem
Friday, May 20, 2016
Shaimaa El-Sabbagh translated by Maged Zaher Arablit Shaimaa El-Sabbagh, poet and Socialist Popular Alliance Partya ctivist who was shot dead at a rally in Tahrir Square I am not…
A Commune in Rojava?
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Alex de Jong New Politics The siege of Kobani by Islamic State (ISIS) brought worldwide attention to the Syrian Kurdish PYD (Partiya Yekîtiya Demokrat, Democratic Union Party), the…
Towards Progressive Politics in the Middle East
Friday, May 6, 2016
Abbas Shahrabi Farahani & Gilbert Achar Problematica/New Politics Abbas Shahrabi: How do you define “Left” and “Leftist Politics”? What are the main theoretical elements of a leftist politics?…
Struggle for a Democratic Socialism in the Middle East
Thursday, May 5, 2016
Joseph Daher Problematica/Alliance of Middle East Socialist In this interview with the Iranian site, Problematica, Daher investigates issues such as the relationship between socialism, secularism and democracy, the…
A left-wing refugee policy for the European Union
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Gabi Zimmer Links International Speech given by Gabi Zimmer, chair of GUE/NGL, in Athens at the International Conference “Alliance For Democracy – Against Austerity in Europe”, 18-20 March…
Crisis in Brazil
Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Perry Anderson London Review of Books The BRIC countries are in trouble. For a season the dynamos of international growth while the West was mired in the worst…
What Is The Kurdish Calculation In Rojava?
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Fehim Taştekin interviews Eldar Halill Links The US Department of State and the Pentagon had given certain warnings to the YPG, in an attempt to appease Turkey’s anger…
The Israeli Right’s historic ties to European fascism
Monday, April 18, 2016
Noam Rotem +972 The heads of the Freedom Party of Austria, an extremist, far-right political party, are currently visiting Israel following a formal invitation from the ruling Likud…
Struggle for a Democratic Socialism in the Middle East: Interview
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Joseph Daher Problematica/Syria Freedom Forever Recent mass movements in Middle Eastern and North African countries, despite their defeats and failures, showed prospects and possibilities of a progressive change…
The revolution continues, chant Syrian revolutionaries
Monday, April 11, 2016
Syrian freedom forever On Friday March 4, 2016 massive popular demonstrations throughout the liberated areas of Syria occurred under the slogan “The revolution continues”. More than 100 protests…
Burning country: Syrians in revolution and war
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Robin Yassin-Kassab Syria Solidarity UK Talk given at LSE on March 21 2016. Robin Yassin Kassab is author of Road from Damascus and is closely involved with the…
Kurdish PYD leader: Time has proved us right
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Interview by Karlos Zurutuza Links Salih Muslim Muhammad is co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party – PYD, the political force that has led the uprising of the Kurds in…
Political Islam, class and capital. Part 2: Manifestation of centre-periphery crisis
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Ardeshir Mehrdad Illustration by Ardeshir Mohassess Despite claims to the contrary, political Islam is a child of late capitalism, growing where capitalist development is more advanced. There are…
Egypt running on empty
Friday, March 18, 2016
Joshua Stacher MERIP An authoritarian regime may be unpopular, even loathed, but at least it has rules. The rules may bear little resemblance to the law, but relations…
Israel’s Putinisation
Friday, February 26, 2016
Adam Shatz L0ndon Review of Books Ahmad Tibi, a long-standing Arab member of the Knesset, once remarked that ‘Israel is democratic towards Jews, and Jewish towards Arabs.’ For…
The Global disorder of Capital
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Alain Badiou translated by Yassamine Mather Weekly Worker Alain Badiou discusses the consequences of neoliberal capital’s disastrous policies worldwide and what he calls new imperial practices. He writes:…
Syrian Democratic and Revolutionary Opposition
Monday, December 14, 2015
Interview with Joseph Daher Radio Zamaneh Joseph Daher is a Syrian-Swiss Marxist intellectual with a PhD in Development at the University of SOAS, London. He is also a member of Solidarités…
Political Islam, class and capital Part 1: what are its common features?
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
By Ardeshir Mehrdad Illustration by Ardeshir Mohasses The last three decades have witnessed a relentless growth of Islamist movements, so that today political Islam is an undeniable reality…