Asharq Al-Awsat: On ‘Colonialism’ as an ‘Original Sin’

By Hazem Saghieh. While colonialism, including the settler variant, is obviously an acute and vicious problem in Palestine and for Palestinians, this does not mean that decolonization is a universal issue that all of humanity must contend with. In fact, this assumption goes against the popular claim that Palestinians are suffering at the hands of

Al Mayadeen: Palestine and the Problem of Land

By Hanna Eid. Peter Linebaugh’s article makes no mention of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, the Axis of Resistance, or Iran, which form constituent elements of the ‘real movement’ in West Asia away from the dominance of imperialist power centers. The principal contradiction of our world system today remains the antagonism between the collective imperialism of the

Asharq Al-Awsat: The Resounding Foundational Tragedy Shrouded in Neglect

By Hazem Saghieh. Tragedy has hit one country of the Arab Levant after another, and yet a foundational tragedy has been deliberately neglected, despite the fact that many of the others were either linked to it or caused by it. The prominent position that Arab nationalists and socialists have occupied in Arab political culture promoted

Consortium News: Russian Imperialism

By Joe Lauria. Tucker Carlson’s interview with Vladimir Putin fed typical hysterical and ahistorical notions about Russian motives in Ukraine and beyond Amongst the condemnations that were hurled at Tucker Carlson and Vladimir Putin even before their interview was aired, was this gem from an unnamed European foreign affairs spokesman to The Guardian:  “A spokesperson

Dissident Voice: On 1 January 2024, the World’s Centre of Gravity Will Shift

By Vijay Prashad. On the last day of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the five founding states (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) welcomed six new members: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The BRICS partnership now encompasses 47.3 percent of the world’s population, with a

The Herald: Iraqi story – The artist’s impression of imperialism, misery

By Elliot Ziwira. The story of Iraq has always been a controversial, yet enduring one. It is a transcendental story that cuts across geographical boundaries, religion and ethnicity in which hope wears so many faces that it risks obscurity.  Indeed, it is the tale of lack, where reality and the metaphysical are intertwined with symbolic