Post-Racialism and Imperialism thru Democracy
By I. Langalibalele
The landslide election of Barack Obama to the White House opens a critical new chapter in the world working class revolution. Obama’s victory came about because Imperialist contradictions have reached rotten ripe maturity. Marxists are fond of saying this and have been repeating it for a long time, however now it is more [...]
Time Management for Anarchists Zine
“Starring Emma Goldman and Mikhail Bakunin, it’s a totally weird animal: part how-to, part polemic, part coming-of-age story, part interview, and Marc’s matched it with his whacked-out imagery and trippy colouring.”
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Model Minority Forum
KQED in the Bay Area recently hosted a panel of Asian-Americans about whether the societal assumption of academic success is a burden or an advantage. Guests included Doua Thor, executive director of the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center; and Robert Teranishi, professor of higher education at NYU and co-director for The National Commission on Asian-American [...]
What’s M.I.A.’s Stake?
Performer M.I.A., as many know, has an unexpected pop hit on her hands with “Paper Planes,” released last year on her CD Kala, but used in the trailer to the film Pineapple Express, which turned it into mall fodder. In case you missed it:
Racialicious offers up an insightful critique on M.I.A. and her presumed politics, [...]
Palestine: the most reliable path to freedom
Omar Barghouti, the Electronic Intifada, June 9th 2008.
Photo: Maan Images. Palestinians in Gaza take cover during clashes with Israeli troops during demonstrations marking 60 years of Palestinian dispossession from their homeland. May 15th 2008.
“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet but not to make them die of hunger,” said Dov Weissglas, Sharon’s [...]
Photo Essay: Beirut Streets. May 2008
Photo essay from Carole Kerbage.
Beirut May 10th 2008: Barbour district Beirut witnessed harsh armed battles.
Writing toward a common ground in Palestine
Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif discusses her work in advance of her upcoming Beirut lecture…
Daily Star. by Laura Wilkinson. Friday, May 23, 2008
Giant sculptures of keys, 21,915 black balloons and wailing sirens - so far, commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the Nakba (the Palestinian Catastrophe) have unfolded across the region in the form of protest, [...]
US system of deportation inhumane
Egypt: Recalling 1968
Al-Ahram. by Amina Elbendary. May 2008.
Photo: Cairo streets…
What connections can be drawn between the waves of student and popular protest that swept the world in 1968? Amina Elbendary asks Hossam Issa, an Egyptian student in Paris in May 1968…
May 1968 was an exceptional moment in world history, but like moments of protest before and since [...]
Movie addresses Israel’s role in Sabra-Shatila massacre
Agence France Presse (AFP). Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Photo: Stefan Christoff. Shatila refugee camp in Beirut.