Middle East
An unending genocide in Gaza: Interview with Toufic Haddad
Toufic Haddad speaks about the history and political economy behind the genocide — from Hamas’ October 7 attack to Israel’s strategic objectives in its repeated wars on Gaza, to the failures of the Oslo framework.
The mythology of a Mideast ‘Axis of Resistance’
Michael Karadjis look at the members of the alleged ‘Axis of Resistance’, how resistant they have been in relation to the Gaza genocide and what is behind their rhetoric.
Abandoned legacy: The left of Iran and Palestinians
Omid Montazeri charts the entwined histories of resistance and collaboration between the Iranian Marxist and muslim groups and Palestinian liberation.
Reflections on the Palestinian and Kurdish Resistance: History, challenges and solution perspectives
This brochure is a compilation of four interviews analysing the Kurdish and Palestinian resistance.
Gilbert Achcar: Is the drumbeat of war on the Israel/Lebanon front a prelude to all-out war?
Gilbert Achcar — Recent weeks have witnessed a sharp escalation of the exchange of fire between the Lebanese resistance and Israeli forces in South Lebanon/North of the Zionist state.
Ilan Pappé: The collapse of Zionism
Ilan Pappé — We are witnessing a historical process – or, more accurately, the beginnings of one – that is likely to culminate in the downfall of Zionism.
Framing Palestine: Israel, the Gulf states, and US power in the Middle East
Adam Hanieh provides an alternative approach to understanding Palestine – one that is framed by the wider region and the Middle East’s central place in our fossil fuel-centred world.
Gilbert Achcar: Truce in Gaza and the dilemmas faced by Netanyahu and Hamas
Gilbert Achcar — News related to the genocidal war in the Gaza Strip have been overshadowed by the truce project that Biden attributed to “Israel” without specifying which Israeli governing body had approved it.
The anti-war left makes inroads in Israel: An interview with Standing Together’s Uri Weltmann
Uri Weltmann discusses the growing peace movement inside Israel and how activists are confronting far-right extremists seeking to disrupt humanitarian aid going to the Gaza Strip.
We live in a world of growing imperialist rivalries
Ilya Matveev — Vast shifts in the world economy are driving a new imperialist rivalry, for which a series of regional wars are creating dangerous flash points.
Ukrainians and Palestinians are fighting occupation
Terrell Starr speaks with Rita Adel and Vladyslav Starodubtsev about why they feel it is important for Ukrainians to understand colonialism in other parts of the world.