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1 February 2015, by Mustafa Caglayan
Norman Finkelstein: Charlie Hebdo is Sadism, not Satire
World renowned political science professor says he has ’no sympathy’ for staff at Charlie Hebdo In Nazi Germany, there was an anti-Semitic weekly newspaper called Der Stürmer. Run by (...) -
1 February 2015, by Sukumar Muralidharan
Hand in Hand?
India inhabits a complex part of the geopolitical map, where the simple binaries of us and them break down, especially for the US The sole Indian journalist called on to address a question (...) -
1 February 2015, by Messaoud Romdhani
Women’s Empowerment: The Text and the Practice
Tunisia could pride itself on drafting the most advanced code of personal status in the region, forbidding polygamy, legalizing divorce, establishing equality between partners in the choice of (...) -
1 February 2015, by Medea Benjamin
Flogging for Blogging?
The U.S. government continues to turn a blind eye to the medieval forms of torture meted out by its Saudi allies. On January 9, two days after the massive Paris march condemning the brutal (...) -
1 February 2015, by Harsh Kapoor
Long Live Charlie Hebdo!
A letter to the left leaning in wake of Charlie Hebdo shootings of January 2015 The January 2015 terror attack on the Paris satirical weekly and its gross misinterpretation by people of Left (...) -
1 February 2015, by Leo Panitch
The Greek Election
As we enter the eighth year of the long-lingering global economic crisis, it is sobering indeed that it is only in Greece that a political party putting forward a clear, radical democratic (...) -
1 January 2015, by Pervez Hoodbhoy
It Wasn’t The Final Atrocity
THE gut-wrenching massacre in Peshawar’s Army Public School has left Pakistan aghast and sickened. All political leaders have called for unity against terrorism. But this is no watershed event (...) -
1 January 2015, by Ajmal Kamal
Litfests and Bookfairs – Two Worlds?
If you have attended this year the two events that mark the pinnacle of Karachi’s book culture – the Karachi Literature Festival and the Karachi International Book Fair – you may have noticed (...) -
1 January 2015, by Editorial, Economic and Political Weekly
Staring Down a Precipice
Lima ignored the urgent need to address climate change. They came, they talked, and they almost failed. That seems to be the trajectory of most of the conferences on climate change held (...) -
1 January 2015, by John Feffer
Carrots for Cuba, Sticks for North Korea
As one cold war thaws, another refreezes. Cuba and North Korea share a great deal in common. They are both led by dynastic rulers. They retain their nominal affiliation to revolutionary (...) -
1 January 2015, by Messaoud Romdhani
Tunisia: The Third Option For The Region
Despite hardships and breaches that marred the electoral campaign depriving scores of citizens, mainly outside the country, from their right to vote, the electoral process was rather successful. (...)