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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Iraq, demonstrators demand change and the government fights backInitially described as protests over the economy, they have become a call for revolution.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIraqis rise up against everything and everyone
In today’s Iraq, there are plenty of Saddams and plenty of Ba’athist-like parties that enjoy an agreed balance of power.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaProtest movements in Iraq in the age of a ‘new civil society’For Iraqi youth, the demands for social justice and economic redistribution cannot be separated from the claim for...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIt’s not just Barclays – tackling climate change means building a new banking systemProtests are spreading as banks’ investments in fossil fuels contradict their Paris pledges on climate change.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria breaks the wall of fearThousands of Algerians march to say 'No!' to a fifth presidential mandate for Bouteflika.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIs Iraq entering an era of post-sectarianism?In the absence of civil war, the people of Iraq have found an opportunity to demand that the political elite deliver...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIraq’s protest movement reveals the failure of the post-2003 regimeWhile Iraq is experiencing its fourth week of mass protests, it is essential to understand not only their direct...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMorocco's social protests across time and spaceBetween the Rif republic, the “Arab Spring”, and the diaspora in Europe, to what extent will current and future...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Palestine: self-dehumanisation against the disregard of human valueWhile the US was opening its new embassy in Jerusalem, dozens of Palestinians were being shot dead in Gaza by the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaNeoliberalism and Iran’s protest movementThe protests in Iran, like those elsewhere, are the outcome of discontent in our circumstance and the present...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisians oppose the IMFThe Tunisian working class’ fight against poverty, corruption and unemployment is ever more present. عربي
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe decentralization of Palestinian national discourseRecent developments on the ground are creating a localized Palestinian national discourse countering the threats...
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Published in: Home"Less-lethal" weapons in Jerusalem: "The purpose of these bullets isn’t corresponding to the reality"Israeli photojournalist Tali Mayer, 28, was shot by a black-tipped sponge bullet while reporting on a demonstration....
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIraqi feminists mobilise against sectarian lawsThe sectarian personal status code comes in a context marked by social and religious conservatisms, sectarian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy aren't Egyptians revolting against the price hikes?Some are frustrated at the Egyptian public’s ‘non-reaction’ to the waves of successive price hikes and deterioration...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia’s struggle against corruption: time to fight, not forgiveA new economic reconciliation law protects clientelist structures in Tunisia and replaces the process of...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia'The oppression is brutal’: Morocco breaks up Western Sahara protest ahead of UN talksThe confrontation highlights the Moroccan routine response towards self-determination and human rights activists in...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia‘The intellectuals don’t have the answers’: Lebanese documentary wins at Berlinale"What can the ghosts of protests past tell us?" A particularly relevant question that Mary Jirmanus Saba's...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThis year's student occupations: getting out of the boxMany student movements seem to fizzle out, but they build shared experiences and extended networks that lay the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTime to sideline government and just build the new societyWe have more power than we think - but we're held back by our obsession with the State.
