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21 May, by Beena Sarwar
Pakistan Elections: Democracy, Dichotomies, and Shades of Grey

The recent elections in Pakistan show that the country is finally on the right track notwithstanding the rigging, the violence and the brutal prevention of women from voting in some areas by (...)
19 May, by Aman Sethi
“Neo-Colonial Land-Grab”

Last August, Ojulu sat smoking a cigarette outside his thatch-roofed hut in Pino village when a rising tide of water seeped through the reed fence. “The water came in the morning,” Ojulu said, “And (...)
16 May, by Ramzy Baroud
Hawking and a Brief History of Boycotts

It is an event "of cosmic proportions", said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description regarding Stephen Hawking’s decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference slated for next June. (...)
13 May, by Feroz Mehdi
A Good Day For Democracy

May 11, 2013 was an important day for Pakistan and a good day for democracy. My five years old daughter will remember this day when she grows up, not only because it is her birth day but also (...)
10 May
Interview: Phyllis Bennis on Stephen Hawking

PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR, TRNN: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay in Baltimore. And welcome to this edition of The Bennis Report with Phyllis Bennis, who now joins us from Washington, (...)
10 May, by Ayesha Siddiqa
Naya Pakistan, An Old Fable

The renowned television anchor Quatrina Hosain was in tears. A day after the incident of her being sexually assaulted at a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) jalsa by party workers in Wah (...)
9 May, by Harriet Sherwood and Matthew Kalman in Israel, and Sam Jones
Stephen Hawking: Furore Deepens over Israel Boycott

The celebrated physicist Stephen Hawking became embroiled in a deepening furore today over his decision to boycott a prestigious conference in Israel in protest over the state’s occupation of (...)
2 May, by Stephen Zunes
The U.S. and Chemical Weapons: No Leg to Stand On

If, as alleged, the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons, it would indeed be a serious development, constituting a breach of the Geneva Protocol of 1925, one of the world’s most important (...)
2 May, by InCACBI
Appeal to Authors to Boycott ‘Celebrating India in Israel’ Festival at the University of Haifa

New Delhi, April 30, 2013 Dear Namita Gokhale and Amish Tripathi, We, a group of artists, academics and activists in India, came together in 2010 to campaign against yet another apartheid (...)
1 May, by Frances Hasso
Alternative Worlds at the 2013 World Social Forum in Tunis

Last month, I attended my first World Social Forum (WSF) in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. I study social movements and teach about the WSF and the very different and more established annual (...)