Kevin Ovenden

Blockupy and the battles to come

Two socialists reflect on the huge Blockupy protest in Frankfurt and the tasks of the movement in the coming months.

March 23, 2015

Learning from Upton Park

The international character of today's cosmopolitan city is before our eyes all the time--and so is the potential for solidarity.

September 29, 2014

Our struggle is for the liberation of all

The discussions taking place about sexism and socialism pose a question about the liberatory core of the socialist project.

November 21, 2013

The growing threat of Russia’s right

Russia is experiencing a frightening rise in racism, fascism and bigotry. How the left responds will be key to stopping it.

November 12, 2013

Greece’s anti-fascist struggle

The fight against Golden Dawn--the most pernicious and entrenched neo-Nazi force in Europe--has reached a critical moment.

October 8, 2013

Protesters in Cyprus gather outside parliament to protest the deal with the troika

How the great Cyprus bank heist was foiled

The parliament in Cyprus has rejected an EU bailout that would have ripped off bank depositors in order to "rescue" the banking system.

March 20, 2013

The scapegoating quicksand

Britain's right-wing government is trying to create a moral panic in response to the riots--and a section of the liberal left is following their lead.

August 15, 2011

Protesters in Los Angeles march in solidarity with the people of Palestine

Bringing the world’s solidarity to Gaza

A second, larger aid flotilla is due to sail to Gaza at the end of May, and the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu is desperate to stop it.

May 4, 2011

The revolution must stay in Arab hands

Left-wing voices like Gilbert Achcar's are badly mistaken to give their support to Western intervention against the Qaddafi regime in Libya.

March 30, 2011

Shock waves from a revolution

The dizzying momentum of the Egyptian and Tunisian revolutions is ricocheting around the Middle East--and upsetting a U.S.-led system of domination.

February 17, 2011

Tunisians continue to protest the interim government that followed the fall of the dictator Ben Ali

Interview: Kevin Ovenden

The revolt shaking the Arab world

The Tunisian revolution has inspired a series of upheavals in the region, panicked regimes across the Middle East and alarmed U.S. policymakers.

January 27, 2011

Readers’ View

Overthrow of an Arab autocrat

Desperate, impoverished people, battered by the world crisis are not doomed to passivity and being spectators in their own immiseration.

January 18, 2011

Interview: Kevin Ovenden

Advancing solidarity with Gaza

The director of the Viva Palestina convoy talks about the latest success in breaking the siege of Gaza--and what it means for the solidarity movement.

November 4, 2010

Protesters march in New York City for an end to the siege of Gaza following Israel's massacre on the Mavi Marmara

A new phase of struggle is born

A leading voice of the Palestine solidarity movement explains how Israel's deadly assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla has changed everything.

June 28, 2010

Israeli soldiers fire on solidarity activists after landing on the deck of the lead ship in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla

Interview: Kevin Ovenden

An act of state terrorism

An organizer of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla describes the massacre he witnessed on the high seas--and talks about what's next for the solidarity movement.

June 7, 2010