Category: Saudi Arabia

22 Nov

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Guest post: For those who resist – Palestine is still the issue

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Left Flank is very pleased to be able to post this extended analysis of Israel’s war on Gaza by British-based socialist Kevin Ovenden, set in its regional and international context. Kevin has been a leading activist in Viva Palestina and narrowly escaped death at the hands of the IDF as part of the first Gaza […]

Filed under: Egypt, Featured, imperialism, Islamism, Left strategy, Palestine, revolution, Saudi Arabia, Syria, War on Terror

01 Feb

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With ‘friends’ like Western governments, the Arab Spring doesn’t need enemies

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Protesters in Tahrir unfurl the flag of the Syrian rebellion This article first appeared on the ABC Drum website yesterday. One of the abiding images of the Arab Spring has been an aerial view of Tahrir Square in Cairo, brimming with thousands and perhaps hundreds of thousands of protesters. This image has returned most spectacularly on the […]

Filed under: Bahrain, Egypt, imperialism, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Syria