Lebanon: imperialist penetration and anti-imperialist contradictions | Part 3
What are the prospects for a nascent left in Lebanon, and how do we strengthen anti-imperialist resistance from Britain?
Gaza ceasefire: a new phase in the struggle for Palestinian liberation
This is not something we move on from as a point in time, but an ongoing fight for liberation that cuts to the heart of the capitalist and imperialist world system.
Syria: history shapes our organising today
How does the overthrow of Assad fit in the wider context of the Middle East, Israeli aggression and inter-imperialist competition?
Lebanon: imperialist penetration and anti-imperialist contradictions – part 2
Part two of a three part series of articles on anti-Zionist resistance and the development of the Lebanese state
Lebanon: imperialist penetration and anti-imperialist contradictions
Part 1 in a series on Lebanon’s history of resistance
Stand with Lebanon
What’s the role of the Palestine solidarity movement in the face of Israel’s escalations?
Justice for Lebanon: Against the ‘new phase in the war’
These latest barbaric events develop the broader project of Zionist terror in Lebanon.
Toward decolonisation: the struggle for Palestine today – interview with Tareq Baconi
Spectre Journal interviewed Tareq Baconi, author of Hamas Contained, about 7 October, Israel’s genocide, and the state of the Palestinian resistance and its implication for the region and world.
Yemen: ‘It’s not working: we’re going to keep doing it’
Jamie Allinson points out the contradictions of US and British policy towards Yemen.
Palestine 101: Israel is the watchdog of US imperialism
brian bean analyses US support for Israel and the geopolitical implications of the war on Gaza
Western terror in the Middle East
Wars and oppression in the Middle East and North Africa are a product of centuries of colonial and imperial domination by Western powers. Eleanor Morley explains the bloody history.
Hope amid the horror: Palestinian resistance after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood
Anindya Bhattacharyya analyses Operation Al-Aqsa Flood and its repercussions for resistance to occupation and imperialism.
Syria – ‘The people want the fall of the regime!’
Large demonstrations have been taking place across Syria in recent weeks. While their scale has yet to reach the peaks seen in 2011, many are hopeful that the government will be brought down. We republish an interview with an Australian based Syrian leftist.
Revolt and reaction: lessons from the struggles in Sudan, Syria, and Palestine
Revolution and reaction in Sudan, Syria and Palestine.
The Nakba never ended. Victory to the Intifada
For 73 years Palestinians have not only mourned the Nakba but refused to accept its continuation.
Palestine: never give up the struggle
What is happening to the Palestinians right now is not new, not some anomaly, not some break with the past.
Syria, Palestine, Solidarity
Palestinian liberation is intimately tied to the liberation struggles of the entire region. Shireen Akram-Boshar argues that Palestine’s dynamic interdependence with the revolutionary struggle against Assad in Syria has important lessons.
Review | Sinews of War and Trade
Mykola Macke reviews an important book which bring together the history of development in the region with the parallel evolution of world shipping routes as the life-blood of world capitalism.
Video: Popular Uprisings from Belarus to Lebanon
Mass movements around the world are continuing to upset the status quo. We were joined by activists from Belarus and Lebanon to learn more about the struggles unfolding in both states.
Interview: Beirut blast exposed a global system
Rima Majed spoke to rs21 about the blast that devastated Beirut in the context of an existing political and economic crisis.
‘It is time for rage’
The disastrous explosion in Beirut on 4 August has opened a new phase in Lebanon’s revolutionary upheaval
Solidarity with al-Mounadil-a newspaper
We reproduce a statement in solidarity with the Moroccan socialist newspaper and website al-Mounadil-a, currently under threat of closure from the authorities.
No war with Iran, no peace with imperialism
Following a naked act of war against Iran by US imperialism, we must tenaciously resist any drive to fresh war and bloodbath
Lebanon’s ‘October Revolution’ must go on!
Lebanon has a golden opportunity for the formation of an alternative, we should not let the ruling class reproduce itself again. In this piece originally published on Open Democracy, Rima Majed reflects on the recent uprising.
Solidarity against the Turkish invasion
Turkey’s invasion of north-eastern Syria (Rojava) must be opposed with practical international solidarity, not with calls for the US to continue its War on Terror.
Down with Sisi and long live the people!
On Friday 20 September, people in Egypt took to the streets in some of the first protests since President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi took power in 2014. Here is the statement by the Revolutionary Socialists.
The Making of a Revolution: Art from Sudan
Allan Struthers reflects on a recent exhibition co-hosted by rs21 and the Sudan Doctors’ Union.
AUDIO: Sudan, Yemen and the British arms trade
Listen to the talks from our recent meeting on how British arms exports to Saudi Arabia are fueling repression in Sudan and a bloody massacre in Yemen
Motion: Solidarity with the revolution in Sudan
Take this motion to your local union branch to build solidarity with the revolutionary movement in Sudan. This motion was initiated by members of The Sudanese Workers’ Alliance for the Restoration of Trades Unions.