This interview with the late Juliano Mer-Khamis was originally published on South/South on the 5th of April, after a shorter version appeared on Electronic Intifada. Many thanks to Maryam Monalisa Gharavi for allowing us to publish it here.
Art cannot free you from your chains, but art can generate and mobilize [a] discourse of freedom. [...]

This article by Jean-Luc Nancy first appeared in French in Libération 28 March 2011. This translation is by Gilbert Leung of Critical Legal Thinking. Many thanks to Gilbert for allowing us to republish it here.
The Arab peoples are signifying to us that resistance and revolt are with us once again, and that history is moving [...]

IPSC Open Letter to Bob Geldof: Do not choose the side of the Israeli oppressor
Issued: Wednesday 23rd March 2011
Dear Bob Geldof,
Your decision to accept an honorary doctorate from Israel’s Ben-Gurion University (BGU) has come as a shock to many of those who respect your humanitarian activities. Before you travel to Israel, there are a number [...]

British prime minister David Cameron recently received a lot of unjustified and unnecessary criticism from malevolent commentators in the media for inviting representatives from a number of arms manufacturers and dealers to accompany him on his tour of Middle Eastern countries. This criticism was the result of biased, selective and partial coverage of the prime [...]

Until recently, I never focused much on Libya. As part of the 1960s new left, I cheered the green revolution of 1969, as part of a wave of national liberation movements sweeping the world. Gaddafi seemed to be a revolutionary leader of a movement which overthrew a monarchy, set out to forge a form of [...]

Demo at the Egyptian Embassy in Solidarity with the Egyptian People
Time: 3.30pm-5.30pm on the 4th of February.
Location:
Egyptian Embassy, 12 Clyde Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, Ireland
Find it here | Facebook event
There is a call for a massive Demo at the Egyptian Embassy in Solidarity with the Egyptian People, all are welcome, please invite as many [...]

The Front National (FN) Congress in Tours approved the transfer of the family business to Marine Le Pen. Jean-Marie Le Pen has handed over everything, including his goodwill. Gregory Marino and Lionel Venturini report for L’Humanité from Tours. Translated for L’Humanité in English by David Lundy.

Slicker… Marine Le Pen? In her first speech as president [...]

The international network No to War - No to NATO was founded in Stuttgart in October 2008. More than 650 organizations from over 30 countries signed the establishing call, the “Stuttgart Appeal”.
Our network conducted international protests (with international congress, demonstration, village camps and actions of Civil Disobedience) against NATO at the Strasbourg / Kehl Summit in [...]

I thought it would be worthwhile drawing attention to a blog entry relating to the recent student protests in the UK by a senior journalist in a mainstream news outlet in order to highlight prevailing media attitudes towards protest and, in particular, civil disobedience. It’s important to make a distinction here, as the right to [...]