Middle East

Adam Hanieh — We cannot understand the Gaza genocide today, or the crucial place of the Middle East in US geopolitical ambitions, without centering the ongoing centrality of oil to capitalism.

Adam Hanieh explores the need to foreground value transfers in understanding imperialism, Israel’s role in global fossil capitalism and the rising influence of the Gulf states.

Gilbert Achcar — The events unfolding in Turkey since last Wednesday are extremely serious: they constitute a new and very dangerous step in the country’s slide towards the suffocation of democracy.

Revolutionary Left Current — The interim constitutional declaration has entrenched the very opposite of the goals and roots of the Syrian revolution.

Rojava Information Centre looks at Syria’s new transitional constitution.

Hamit Bozarslan talks about the historical roots of the Kurdish issue, Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the PKK to disarm and recent developments in Northern and Eastern Syria.

Joseph Daher discusses regional and multipolar imperialism, the limits of Iranian resistance, and the international path toward Palestinian liberation.

From prison on Imrali Island, Abdullah Öcalan has issued a call to members of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party to lay down their arms and dissolve the organisation.

Michael Karadjis breaks down some myths surrounding Israel, Iran and the fall of the Assad regime.

Ronahi Hassan — Women in North and East Syria are continuing to fighting for their revolutionary social model, as a hope for Syria, the Middle East, and the world.

Joseph Daher — The ability to improve socio-economic conditions is crucial to widen participation of the Syrian people in the struggles for democratic rights in the country. But the interim government is working in continuity with the previous regime.

Husam Mahjoub — Understanding the UAE’s role in reshaping regional geopolitics is critical to challenge imperialist power structures effectively.