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January 2017
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1 January 2017, by Gustave Massiah
The New World Struggles To Be Born
The situation seems to be desperate. The offensive of the right wing and the far right movements occupies space and minds. It spreads out in the media and claims to express the shift of societies (…) -
1 January 2017, by Ariane Brunet
Syria: A Moment to Reflect
The Syrian wars are one set of issues the other is the so-called peace to come, an added bonus here. Whether UN agencies, donors, mafia, proxy rebels, human rights NGO, women’s rights (…) -
1 January 2017, by Kashmir Concerned Citizens’ Collective
Kashmir
SRINAGAR, December 16: The Concerned Citizens’ Collective team that visited Kashmir from 12 to 16 December 2016, expressed deep dismay to observe that the people of the Kashmir valley have been (…) -
1 January 2017, by Kurdish Question
New Internationalist Antifascist Battalion Formed in Rojava-Northern Syria
The battalion, formed by foreign volunteers from around the globe was declared on 19 December 2016 with a press statement. The statement by the group, which was released online read: "Today (…) -
1 January 2017, by Patrick Cockburn
This Is Why Everything You’ve Read About The Wars In Syria And Iraq Could Be Wrong
It is too dangerous for journalists to operate in rebel-held areas of Aleppo and Mosul. But there is a tremendous hunger for news from the Middle East, so the temptation is for the media give (…) -
1 January 2017, by Pritam Singh
Punjab’s Dalits and Politics of Patronage
The share of Dalits in the population of Punjab is higher than in any other state. What distinguishes Punjab’s story of failed Dalit mobilisation from UP’s successful model of Dalit mobilisation (…) -
1 January 2017, by Haidar Eid
An Independent Palestinian Reaction to John Kerry’s "Historic" Speech
GAZA: Outgoing Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a speech on December, 28, in which he lamented the defunct two- state solution for the “Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” (The reason I am using (…) -
1 January 2017
“US Vote was Obama Revenge on Netanyahu”
The UN Security Council has passed a resolution censuring Israel for its settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories after the US refused to veto it, reversing its longstanding (…)