Good news, bad news as elections reconfigure world politics
A time for serious analysis, examination and history making
A biography of protean intellectual Edward Said situates the advocate for Palestinian statehood as a deep political thinker and skeptic of identity politics would both excoriate the crimes of Israel and the US and denounce Arab despotism.
Drones criss-crossing the skies and hunting for high-value targets create a distraction from actual crises afflicting people in Afghanistan. U.S. drone surveillance potentially sets the stage for criminal assassination.
Democracy Now speaks with Ziad Abu-Rish, a historian and research fellow at the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies and co-director of Bard College’s Masters of Arts program in human rights and the arts.
The China debate continues, Lebanon explodes, Bolivians rebel against coup regime, and more
Since 2011, Arab labor organizations and left parties have been central to movements for democracy and social justice in the Middle East. Frequently overlooked in Western media coverage...they’ve carried on this fight against tremendous odds.
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How Sinn Féin won young voters - and Eastern Europe, Algeria, Lebanon, and El Salvador
Movements in India, Italy and France move forward, Amazon workers discuss transnational strike, and more
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