The Right to Bread and Social Justice
Social justice is the key to making any real change, and to all of the problems facing Egyptian society today.
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Examinations
Essays & Analysis, Interviews & Panels, People’s History – analytical, historical, theoretical, cerebral, literal, somewhat more composed approaches to truth-telling.
It’s More Than Just FIFA
“We’re seeing an elite degenerate so quickly. Now that there’s a little bit of evidence from soccer, we can see the way they all operate, the cash in the suitcases and all the rest of it. It’s delightful, actually.”
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Resistance in Azerbaijan
At least 33 human rights defenders, youth movement activists, bloggers, journalists and others have been jailed in the last year in Azerbaijan, where the UK-based oil group BP is the largest foreign investor.
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Comparing Emancipatory Struggles in North and West Kurdistan
It is not easy to overturn the influence of 500 years of Turkish authority during which people have been marginalized, isolated and treated with utter disrespect. To change all of this requires a lot of work on the ground, and on the individual level as well. But what is promising is the zeal and determination of the activists in the area.
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The Brutal Business of Bordering Europe
There is a very counterproductive type of border control being put in place across the rich world’s borders, on a global scale. It’s leading to a lot of suffering and misery. There are much better ways to organize globalization. We still haven’t even begun to look at that in a politically engaged manner in much of the rich world.
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Novorossiya’s ‘Leftist’ Friends
European countries have yet to see in action the “red-brown” synthesis, which is so popular in the post-Soviet space.
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Still a Revolution: Solidarity Among Syrians
I haven’t met any Syrians who think that we should break up the country. We’re wary of further reinforcing divisions among us.
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Capitalism, Slavery, and Resistance
“We’ve really got to reckon with these forces, these conglomerations of power that still exist, and are still driven by the legacy of slavery. That can’t be wiped away by white people having a change of heart.”
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Is Culture Important? The Struggle Over How to Struggle
“As much as I admire the cultural revolutions of the 1960s, the forces of capitalism can easily adapt to that. In fact, they have adapted to it better than any one person in America has.”
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Concerning Violence
In this case it is obvious that agent of government speaks the language of pure force. He does not seek to hide the domination; he puts it into practice with the clear conscience of an upholder of the peace; yet he is the bringer of violence.
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