Author: Ali Mustafa

Ali Mustafa was a Toronto-based freelance photojournalist, activist and writer. His work and politics spanned from local organizing in Toronto to working with the Landless Workers Movement (MST) in Brazil, and later to freelancing as a photojournalist in Palestine, Egypt, and Syria. Ali was killed along with seven others on March 9th, 2014 in Aleppo, Syria in an aerial bombing carried out by the Assad government. He had returned to Syria to continue his work exposing the depths of a human tragedy that he believed the rest of the world could no longer afford to ignore. His old blog is at frombeyondthemargins.blogspot.ca and a blog in his honor is maintained at rememberingalimustafa.org

Aftermath of the Port Said Massacre: Ultras Strike Back

From Beyond The Margins. On February 1, 2012, 74 people were killed and over 1,000 more injured in a stadium riot following a football match between rival clubs Al-Masry and … Watch video »

Social Movements • February 2, 2013 • Ali Mustafa
Book Launch: Monsters of the Market

David McNally interviewed by Ali Mustafa (audio only): A night to celebrate the launch (in paperback) of David McNally’s Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism and the … Watch video »

Economy • December 23, 2012 • David McNally and Ali Mustafa
The 2012 Toronto Palestine Film Festival: A Preview

The 2012 Toronto Palestine Film Festival (TPFF) is finally set to hit theatres this weekend. Launched in 2008 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of al nakba, TPFF aims to showcase … Keep reading »

Culture/Media • September 29, 2012 • Ali Mustafa
No Fare is Fair

A Roundtable with Members of the Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly Transit Committee The Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly (GTWA) is a promising new initiative aiming to build a united, non-sectarian, and militant … Keep reading »

Public Goods, Social Movements • March 18, 2011 • Ali Mustafa, Jordy Cummings, Lisa Leinveer, Leo Panitch, Kamilla Pietrzyk and Herman Rosenfeld
Tahrir Square: This is What Democracy Looks Like!

“The more late his decision to go away is, the more creative and more beautiful the revolution. So I want him to give us some more time to make a … Keep reading »

Social Movements • February 22, 2011 • Ali Mustafa
Weighing Up the G20: From Toronto to Korea to the Left

The G20 meetings in Seoul, Korea are scheduled for November 11-12. It is clear that like the Toronto meetings of June that they will be pre-occupied with the world economy, … Keep reading »

Social Movements • September 5, 2010 • Ali Mustafa
For Venezuela, There is No Going Back

A Discussion with Federico Fuentes and Kiraz Janicke As Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution enters a new decade of struggle and defiantly advances toward its goal of ‘21st Century Socialism,’ serious challenges to … Keep reading »

Latin America • March 24, 2010 • Ali Mustafa, Federico Fuentes and Kiraz Janicke
The ROM Dead Sea Scrolls Exhibit

Re/Mapping Identity, Culture, & Colonial Discourse “He who controls the present, controls the past. He who controls the past, controls the future.” — George Orwell Even before the highly anticipated six-month, … Keep reading »

Culture/Media • August 16, 2009 • Ali Mustafa