MILLIONS OF young people led the uprising in Egypt with great resolve and determination, yet what happened in Egypt was much bigger and much deeper than just a youth revolution or a Facebook revolt. It is probably fair to say that this revolutionary uprising and...
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South Sudan: Post-independence opportunities and challenges
South Sudan is the newest member of the family of nations. However, after years of bloody conflict in the region, can the new nation live up to its expectations? This article analysis the situation in the Sudan and the reality of the new state. The independence of...
Interview with Noam Chomsky
Frank Barat poses questions from artists, activists and journalists, on Egypt, corporate power, Palestine and more.For his second interview in less than a year with Professor Noam Chomsky (the first one took place in Cambridge in September 2010 and is available here),...
Egypt’s “orderly transition”? International aid and the rush to structural adjustment
ALTHOUGH PRESS coverage of events in Egypt may have dropped off the front pages, discussion of the post-Mubarak period continues to dominate the financial news. Over the past few weeks, the economic direction of the interim Egyptian government has been the object of...
Revolutionizing Egypt by the Day: An Eyewitness Report
*Veteran analyst Bob Wing and Egyptian-American activist Hany Khalil, both among the founders of War Times, recently met with a dozen key revolutionaries and spoke with numerous people on Cairoís streets, in the cafes and taxis, and in their homes.Jan. 25: Cairo--The...
The heartbeat of the Arab revolutions
Much has been written already about the revolutions in the Maghreb and the Arab world and their historical significance. Less emphasis has been placed, however, on the relevance they have for the European left. The first important question we face is precisely that of...
The myth of U.S. humanitarian intervention in Libya
THE MYTH of humanitarian intervention has once again surfaced as the key justification for Western imperial adventurism. This time, Libya has been targeted by the United States and France for a bombing campaign that is alleged to be primarily about ìprotectingî the...
