Libya
Adam Hanieh: Power, wealth and inequality in the Arab world
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Libya's continuing struggle for democracy
An anti-militia protester gunned down on November 15,
Uganda: How the West brought Idi Amin to power
Some of the victims of the Idi Amin regime recovered by local farmers in the fertile fields of the Luwero Triangle region
War crimes, international law and the elephant in the room
By Rupen Savoulian
Syria needs solidarity not Western intervention!
Statement by the Socialist Alliance (Australia)
Adam Hanieh: 'The Arab revolutions are not over'
Adam Hanieh addresses a meeting in London.
Adam Hanieh interviewed by Farooq Sulehria
Syria: Between popular resistance and foreign intervention
By Khalil Habash
January 12, 2012 -- Counterfire via International Socialist Group (Scotland) -- The Syrian popular movement has witnessed an increasing mobilisation in recent weeks – the most important since last summer – despite the continuous violent repression. Defections within the army are still happening on a growing scale. Ten months after the beginning of the revolution – and despite the 6000 martyrs – the popular movement is continuing, though there are profound political divisions among the opposition.
The divisions among the opposition
The two most well-known political opposition groups are Syrian National Council (SNC) and National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change (NCCDC), in addition to the Local Coordinating Committees and other groups on the ground. Many political groups are not yet represented by the two main opposition groups.
Boris Kagarlitsky: Reflections on the Arab revolutions
By Boris Kagarlitsky, translated from Russian by Renfrey Clarke