Comprador elites clamped down on progressive currents inside Pakistan while aiding America’s endless wars abroad. In the 1980s, Pakistan joined the US-financed ‘Jihad’ against the Afghan government, ...
First published in Arabic at Al-Quds al-Arabi. Translation from Gilbert Achcar's blog.
The sudden overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria comes at a time that poses profound challenges for solidarity with Palestine in South Africa.
A Syrian socialist in Britain reflects on what the fall of the Assad dictatorship in Syria means for solidarity with Palestine.