Topic: Middle East

Report: Sungur Savran

Assault on Gezi Park sparks furious protests

Turkish police moved against the occupation of Gezi Park, but their brutality was met by resistance across the country. June 17, 2013
Report: Eric Ruder

Riot police storm Taksim

Hundreds of police used water cannons and tear gas against demonstrators in Taksim Square in a crackdown on protests. June 12, 2013
Solidarity with Taksim

Some 70 people gathered in Austin, Texas, to voice their support for the demonstrations for democracy in Turkey. June 12, 2013
Comment: Alexander Billet

No longer a sad affair

Artists, activists and other working people are well aware of what Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan's policies mean for them. June 11, 2013
Comment: Taylan Acar

From repression to resistance in Turkey

The uprising in Turkey today is an expression of the wide range of grievances with the staunchly neoliberal Islamist government. June 10, 2013
La primavera llegó a Turquía

El potencial para una nueva Turquía se halla en la Plaza Taksim de Estambul, donde una nueva generación enarbola la lucha por la democracia. June 10, 2013
Turkish protesters demand their rights

The Gezi Park protests resemble the Occupy Wall Street movement with its resilience, passion and creativity. June 6, 2013
Interview: Matthew Lynch

Tear gas in the air in Taksim

Another participant in the protests in Istanbul talks about the heavy-handed repression used against peaceful demonstrators. June 6, 2013
Interview

The bitterness has been brewing

A professor and activist in Istanbul talks about the state of the protests--and how they are swelling into a broader resistance. June 6, 2013
Report

Solidarity with Taksim Square

Turkish people in the U.S. joined with supporters to hold actions in solidarity with Turkey's fast-developing uprising. June 6, 2013
Comment: Sungur Savran

A taste of Tahrir at Taksim

Attention is turning toward upcoming actions that the labor movement had already planned before the wave of protest began. June 4, 2013
Analysis: Richard Seymour

The roots of Turkey's rebellion

While the ostensible issue sparking massive, Occupy-style protests in Istanbul is modest, the real causes run deeper. June 3, 2013
Comment: Tom Gagné

Spring comes to Turkey

The potential for a new Turkey lies in Istanbul's Taksim Square, where a new generation is taking up the struggle for democracy despite bitter repression. June 3, 2013
Statement

Mobilizing the opposition to Morsi

Egypt's Revolutionary Socialists explain the importance of a campaign to declare "no confidence" in President Mohamed Morsi. May 24, 2013
Analysis: Michael Karadjis

What does the U.S. want in Syria?

The U.S. and Israel have been reluctant to lend any concrete support to the rebels trying to overthrow the Assad regime. May 14, 2013
Analysis: Eric Ruder

Will Israel's air strikes set off a regional war?

Israeli jets carried out assaults in Syria in early May with the full backing of the Obama administration. May 8, 2013
Statement

Solidarity with the Syrian revolution

Syrian, Arab and international activists from more than 30 countries, express their support for uprising against the regime. May 1, 2013
Analysis: Eric Ruder

Angling for war in Syria?

Reports that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against the rebellion are prompting U.S. politicians to demand military intervention. April 30, 2013
Comment: Yusef Khalil

Why the left must support Syria's revolution

Some on the left still cling to the idea that the Assad regime is progressive--even as it presides over violence and repression. April 9, 2013
Interview: Mostafa Ali

Anger rises against the Muslim Brotherhood

An Egyptian socialist describes the backdrop to the recent protests outside of the national headquarters of the Muslim Brotherhood. March 25, 2013
Interview: Ghayath Naisse

Prospects for Syria's revolution

An activist with the Revolutionary Left Current in Syria analyzes the dynamics of the revolution on its two-year anniversary. March 7, 2013
Analysis: Yasmine Kamel

Yemen's untouchables

In one of the Middle East's poorest countries, a untold story of racism, struggle and victory has been taking place. February 5, 2013
Comment: Dave Zirin

Rallying against a new tyranny

Egypt's ultras aren't leaving the stage of history until there is justice--and until the state and the military are held accountable. January 30, 2013
Statement

Morsi declares war on Egyptians

President Mohamed Morsi is using naked force against a wave of struggle sparked by his government's failures. January 30, 2013
Comment: Joseph Daher

Answering Syria's dictator

A Syrian revolutionary responds to Bashar al-Assad's speech in which he vowed to continue the war on the people's uprising. January 15, 2013

Topic: Middle East

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