The Arab Spring ten years on
Its lessons and legacy.
Libya’s silent, deadly suffering
By Jaqueline Singh WHILE within Fortress Europe right wing agitation and violence against refugees are on the increase, its external
Nato powers plot new Libya role
By Dave Stockton Five years after the NATO-led intervention into the revolutionary civil war that ended in the overthrow of
Order reigns in Tobruk
By Marcus Halaby March 21, 2015 Those on the left who supported Muammar Gaddafi’s dictatorship against its own people in
Mali: French boots on the ground – fire fighters or arsonists?
“France represents only humanitarian interests,” insists French president François Hollande. It is a solely a case of the war on
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The Arab Spring two years on
Marcus Halaby analyses the great – and as yet uncompleted – Arab revolutions of 2011, debunking a number of myths
The Arab Left: Paying the price for Stalinism
The Arab Spring of 2011 inspired millions around the world through its acts of heroism. But now the revolutions have
Libya – the struggle continues
Gaddafi has been toppled from power, but the fight for the future of Libya continues. Dave Stockton looks at the
Who really beat Qaddafi?
This piece at the Daily Kos looks at the clamour of western powers to claim victory for the Libyan Revolution
After the fall of Gaddafi revolution must go deeper
Gaddafi has been defeated – now the fight is on to save Libya from NATO and the oil grabbing western
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Imperialist hypocrisy over Libya
THE IMPERIALIST powers were caught backing the ‘wrong side’ in the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions, notes Richard Brenner. Only when
Regimes and West plot to crush Arab revolt
Every revolution is at some stage confronted by a counter-revolutionary struggle. Egypt’s Mubarak and Tunisia’s Ben Ali may have been
Battle for Libya rages on
Fierce fighting continues across Libya as the revolutionaries struggle to bring down Gaddafi’s regime.
Stop the UN intervention in Libya
The UN decision to intervene in Libya was not a humanitarian measure to “protect civilians”. It was, first of all,
Victory to the Libyan Revolution!
The rebellion against Gadaffi’s dictatorship deserves unconditional support and that is not altered by the UN decision. Those who oppose
North Africa: the revolutions rage on
The revolutions sweeping North Africa and the mass protest movements across the Middle East are a sign of the times.
Libya: The battle for the future
Muammar Abu al-Gadaffi, Libya’s brutal dictator, has used his armed forces to slaughter pro-democracy protesters, a vicious act unseen in
This is revolution!
What is a revolutionary situation “… a revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, it is not every revolutionary