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SyriaLessons of the Syrian Revolution – “Wherever there’s struggle, whatever condition it’s in, we need to be part of it”
Syrian socialist Ghayath Naisse, a member of the Revolutionary Left Current, spoke to Simon Assaf about the brutalisation of Syria, the goals of those intervening and the prospects for socialists in the region.
Simon Assaf: Let’s start with imperialism. What do those intervening in (...) -
HistoryThe 1956 Suez Crisis, Nasser and the high tide of Arab nationalism
July 26, 1956. A crowd, tens of thousands strong, gathered in Manshiyya Square in Alexandria, to hear a speech by Egypt’s president, Gamal Abd-al-Nasser. The atmosphere was tense—only days before Nasser had received a humiliating rebuff from the US Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, to his (...)
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AlgérieAlgérie : libéralisation et consensus autoritaire – Un tournant sur la politique de la dette
Contribution à la Rencontre des associations militantes contre le système de la dette dans la région arabe , les 23-24 décembre 2016 à Tunis.
1 - La situation économique en Algérie est marquée par un retour, « modeste » mais réel, vers l’endettement extérieur. En effet le gouvernement de Bouteflika vient (...) -
Women, patriarchyEgypt – “What has Azza done?”: Azza Soliman, a unique feminist at risk
The escalation of judicial harassment against Azza Soliman triggered many angry, but also surprised, reactions: “what has Azza done?” This indeed is a question I would like to answer.
Azza Soliman. Picture by Rene Celement.
It is often said, to portray the extent of authoritarianism of the (...) -
SyriaSyria – ’I couldn’t take anything except dignity’: stories of the leaving of Aleppo
Evacuees from the Syrian city tell how life continued through years of bombing – until it was impossible to stay.
The Aleppo Thaer al-Halabi left behind was a ghost town filled with the shadows of friends lost to war and the shattered dreams of a different Syria.
Still, the parting resembled (...) -
FemmesViol – Le mariage d’une fillette jette une lumière crue sur les violations des droits des femmes en Tunisie
Le tribunal du Kef a estimé que la jeune fille de 13 ans, violée et enceinte, « était apte au mariage » avec un proche responsable des faits. Ce dernier échappe ainsi à la prison.
A Tunis, le 14 décembre, manifestation contre l’article 227bis du Code pénal tunisien. Sur la pancarte, elle a écrit en (...)