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Sakowsky: Domino Theory, Tunisia Style
Znet Article, February, 15 2011
Casimir Sakowsky
Sakowsky's ZSpace page
It takes 29 days to topple a 23-year old regime. At least that’s the mathematics Tunisia taught the rest of us on January 14th.
Chomsky: This is the Most Remarkable Regional Uprising that I Can Remember
Znet Article, February, 03 2011
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
An analysis of the Egyptian uprising and its implications for the Middle East and beyond.
Chomsky: ‘The Arab World Is on Fire’
Commentary, February, 03 2011
Noam Chomsky
Chomsky's ZSpace page
“The Arab world is on fire,” al-Jazeera reported on January 27, while throughout the region, Western allies “are quickly losing their influence.
Fisk: Blood And Fear In Cairo's Streets As Mubarak's Men Crack Down On Protests
Znet Article, February, 03 2011
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
The sky was filled with rocks. The fighting around me was so terrible we could smell the blood.
Wallerstein: "The Second Arab Revolt: Winners and Losers"
Commentary, February, 03 2011
Immanuel Wallerstein
Wallerstein's ZSpace page
The Arab Revolt of 1916 was led by Sharif Hussein bin Ali for Arab independence from the Ottoman Empire.
Fisk: Secular And Devout. Rich And Poor. They Marched Together With One Goal
Znet Article, February, 02 2011
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
It was a victory parade – without the victory.
Bennis: Tunisia's Spark & Egypt's Flame: the Middle East is Rising
Commentary, February, 01 2011
Phyllis Bennis
Bennis's ZSpace page
The Arab World plays dominoes with Empire...
El-Hamalawy: Crisis in Egypt
Znet Article, January, 31 2011
Hossam El-Hamalawy
El-Hamalawy's ZSpace page
Hossam el-Hamalawy, an Egyptian blogger and journalist from Cairo who writes the popular blog Arabawy, was online for the Washington Post Monday, Jan. 31, at Noon ET to take questions about what is currently happening on the ground in the Egyption...
Fisk: Egypt: Death throes of a dictatorship
Znet Article, January, 30 2011
Robert Fisk
Fisk's ZSpace page
Fisk joins protesters atop a Cairo tank as the army shows signs of backing the people against Mubarak's regime.
Prince: The Middle East Becoming A Major U.S. Policy Failure?
Znet Article, January, 30 2011
Rob Prince
Prince's ZSpace page
It is not just the governments of different Arab countries that are in crisis as the media would have us believe.
Olson: Washington’s Egyptian Nightmare
Commentary, January, 28 2011
Gary Olson
Olson's ZSpace page
As I watch events unfolding on the streets of Tunisia, Yemen, Egypt and elsewhere in the region I'm reminded of a summer I spent in Egypt studying Arabic language and Middle East politics at The American University in Cairo.
Fisk: Egypt's Mubarak Regime May Not Survive New Protests As Flames Of Anger Spread Through Middle East
Znet Article, January, 28 2011
Robert Fisk
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Egypt's ageing President Hosni Mubarak is clinging to power...
Podur: More such philanthrocapitalism we shall be utterly undone
Znet Article, January, 23 2011
Justin Podur
Podur's ZSpace page
Another attempt at an answer might be to identify certain things that billionaires won't ever do. Call this my challenge to the philanthrocapitalists.
Hochschild: Patrice Lumumba
Znet Article, January, 22 2011
Adam Hochschild
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This week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
Prince: Tunisia: Yezzi Fock! (It’s Enough)
Znet Article, January, 13 2011
Rob Prince
Prince's ZSpace page
The situation is intensifying in the face of growing, if not massive, repression.
Authors: South African Workers Occupy Abandoned Factory
Video, November, 17 2010
Many Authors
Authors's ZSpace page
A first in South Africa...
Bond: Will Zimbabwe Again Regress?
Commentary, November, 14 2010
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
If leaders of a little African country stand up to imperialist aggression, that would strike any fair observer as extremely compelling...
Bond: South African Development Goals Will Not Be Met
Commentary, September, 29 2010
Patrick Bond
Bond's ZSpace page
Since coming to power after a palace coup against Thabo Mbeki exactly two years ago, the new government’s performance has been miserable. For example, roughly 1.5 million jobs have been lost, in spite of a major economic burst before and during th...
Marqusee: Small country, big struggle
Znet Article, September, 03 2010
Mike Marqusee
Marqusee's ZSpace page
In Swaziland, democracy activists are waging a brave struggle against one of the world's last absolute monarchies.
Rosen: Somalia's al-Shabab
Znet Article, August, 30 2010
Nir Rosen
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When Somalia's al-Shabab militia claimed responsibility for the July 11 suicide bombings that killed 76 people watching soccer on TV in Uganda, the media described the event as an al-Qaeda attack on the World Cup. That's a misrepresentation, of co...
