The judicial murder on 1 January of the leading Shia cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, by the Saudi monarchy has been roundly condemned by the UN, EU and US as “provocative” and “exacerbating sectarian…
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As you might expect the facts are disputed. Moscow accuses Ankara of a treacherous attack. Ankara replies that the Russian fighter, after repeated warnings, remained in Turkish air space and…
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The massacre in Paris has produced an outcry that it is a crime against humanity. The international bourgeoisie hovers between despair and indignation, between fear and calls for revenge. From all…
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We can now add "Tsar" Putin’s Russia to the already tragically overcrowded number of participants in the war around the shaky regime of Bashar al Assad. It officially claims to be entering the…
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West vs. East?. A clash of civilisations? Religious wars of Sunnis against Shiites, Sunnis against Sunnis, Muslims against Crusaders? Is this the true picture? Not at all. It's just some…
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Just as the Islamic State (or IS)[1] is being pushed back in the battles around Tikrit, a new front in the wars currently raging across the Middle East has opened far to the south. The conflict in…
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The crisis of this accursed capitalist system of production offers us only unending social and economic barbarism. Economic devastation has increased financial parasitism and speculation, first as…
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== The Arab Winter
How long three years seems. In early 2011 it seemed that a fresh wind of revolt was stirring from the East and spreading throughout the Arab world.(1) Massive protests…