Category: International Relations
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The Arab Revolts Against Neoliberalism
Completely unexpected, 2011 has emerged as a year of revolt against neoliberalism and austerity, from Tahrir Square in Cairo to Plaça de Catalunya of the indignados to Zuccotti Park of … Keep reading »
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A ‘Palestinian Spring’? Not Yet
The ‘Palestinian Spring’ is the only one of the ‘Arab Springs’ to be announced from the General Assembly platform of the UN. “At a time when,” Mahmoud Abbas declared in … Keep reading »
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The Left Bloc and Resistance Across Europe
A major European Conference Against Austerity is slated for London on 1 October, as part of building and coordinating a set of mobilizations across the fall in Europe. A key … Keep reading »
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The Grumpy Diplomats of the Rogue State
The Israeli ambassador to Spain, Raphael Schutz, has just finished his term in Madrid. In an op-ed in Haaretz’s Hebrew edition he summarized what he termed as a very dismal … Keep reading »
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Meaning of Maghreb?
Zagreb, Croatia — 18 May 2011. Participants: Slavoj Zizek, Mamdouh Habashi, Samir Amin, David Harvey, Zygmunt Bauman. Moderator: Srecko Horvat Since Muhammad Bouazizi poured petrol over himself because the police … Watch video »
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Gaza: A View From the Ground
A South African Perspective Here in Palestine, disgust expressed by civil society reformers about Barack Obama’s May 19 policy speech on the Middle East and North Africa confirms that political reconciliation … Keep reading »
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Egypt’s ‘Orderly Transition’? International Aid and the Rush to Structural Adjustment
Although press coverage of events in Egypt may have dropped off the front pages, discussion of the post-Mubarak period continues to dominate the financial news. Over the past few weeks, … Keep reading »
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Killed for Demanding the Right of Return
Thousands of unarmed Palestinian demonstrators came under fire from Israeli troops on May 15 as they marched on Israel’s borders from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Gaza as part of a … Keep reading »
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The Path for Venezuela Cannot Be Neoliberalism or Stalinism
Edgardo Lander is Professor of Social Sciences at the Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas. Lander is one of the leading thinkers and writers on the left in Venezuela, both … Keep reading »
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Two Views on the NATO Military Intervention in Libya
The United Nations-NATO military intervention in the Libyan civil war has posed a challenging question for socialists in Canada – all the more given the active participation of the Canadian … Keep reading »
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Israeli Apartheid: A Socialist View
John Greyson – filmmaker, writer, queer activist and professor at York University in Toronto – recently produced Vuvuzela. This short video cleverly portrays the growing participation of musicians in the … Keep reading »
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Libya and the Danger of Humanitarian Intervention
Events are rapidly unfolding in Libya and the surrounding region, and military intervention appears to be an increasing reality as the hours pass. One look at the principal Western nations … Keep reading »