March 15 youth Chanting for Unity at Al Manara, Ramallah OPT Sawt Almanara March 15th: Ending the division and reclaiming thestruggle for Palestine By Amal Ahmad In response to the Arab revolutions a new Palestinian movement seems to be taking shape. Driven by the youth it is in part aimed …

Saudi security forces confronting protesters Saudi Arabia and the Arab revolutions March 5, 2011 Hassan Hanizadeh Some 132 Saudi intellectuals, scholars and professors at the kingdom’s universities have written a letter to the Saudi king, urging change in the ruling system of the House of Saud’s regime. In the letter, …

‘Time for Palestine’s statehood now’ March 3, 2011 Mohyeddin Sajedi How long will the wave of revolutions and developments in the Arab states last? When would Muammar Gaddafi’s regime collapse? Would Libya be afflicted with civil war and turn into another Somalia? The premier, whom Hosni Mubarak had tipped to …

The FBI will not intimidate us to stiffle our freedom of speech Students for Justice in Palestine National Solidarity Statement on Impact of Grand Jury Subpoenas on Students’ First Amendment Rights December 29, 2010 “For if they take you in the morning, they will be coming for us that night.” …

Arab societies have risen with a unified call for freedom. (Aljazeera) A Neoconservative ‘Shock and Awe’: The Rise of the Arabs March 10, 2011 by Ramzy Baroud A pervading sense of awe seems to be engulfing Arab societies everywhere. What is underway in the Arab world is greater than simply …

The Knesset plenum Bill to punish anti-Israel boycotters passes first Knesset hurdle According to proposal, Israelis would face harsh punitive measures for such actions; controversial bill also calls for imposing sanctions on foreign nationals and groups and on states that give boycotts force of law. March 3, 2011 Jonathan Lis …

Egyptians embrace while celebrating the resignation of Mubarak AF Roots of the Arab Revolts and Premature Celebrations James Petras Introduction Most accounts of the Arab revolts from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Yemen, Jordan, Bahrain, Iraq and elsewhere have focused on the most immediate causes: political dictatorships, unemployment, repression and the …

The Tunisian whose jihad was for the people, not God Saturday, 5 March 2011 Robert Fisk The second Arab awakening of modern history – the first was the Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire – requires some new definitions, perhaps even some new words in at least the English language. …

CPMAJO Presidents Meets with President Obama on March 1, 2011 American Zionism against the Egyptian Pro-Democracy Movement One of the least analyzed aspects of the Egyptian pro-democracy movement and US policy toward it, is the role of the influential Zionist power configuration (ZPC) including the leading umbrella organization – the …

Robert Fisk: The historical narrative that lies beneath the Gaddafi rebellion Thursday, 3 March 2011 Poor old Libyans. After 42 years of Gaddafi, the spirit of resistance did not burn so strongly. The intellectual heart of Libya had fled abroad. Libyans have always opposed foreign occupiers just as the Algerians …