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An Exclusive Amandla! Interview with Gilbert Achcar A!: What impact has the conflict in Israel/Palestine had generally on the political situation in the Middle East? GA: Basically it's a further factor in radicalising the populations in the Arab world. You have...
Amandla!: What in your view are the factors that gave rise to the latest assault on Gaza and why did it happen at this time? Why has it taken such an exceptionally brutal form? Gilbert Achcar: The real qualitative escalation in brutality goes along with the drift of...
by Sungar Savran Istanbul has become a battlefield covered by tear gas. The police, no doubt at the behest of the Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his AKP government, have been attacking protestors in the centre of the city, near Taksim Square, for five consecutive...
Since the revolution, academics and pundits have predicted the collapse of the Iranian regime. This week, they did no better guardian.co.uk Saturday 13 June 2009 I have been in Iran for exactly one week covering the 2009 Iranian election carnival. Since I arrived, few...
Wed, 17/06/2009 Iran is gripped by a political crisis, reports Simon Hardy. Claims of rigged elections have spiralled into a mass popular movement on the streets, but is Mousavi the way forward? Thirty years after the Iranian revolution, which saw the creation of the...