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Tag: revolution

Posted inLebanon

In rudderless Lebanon, revolutionaries drift apart

by Hashem Osseiran October 15, 2020October 17, 2020

Beirut — When Lebanon’s protest movement erupted in October 2019, Jennyfer, Teymour and Dayna marched in the same euphoric crowd, united in their determination to bring down their corrupt leaders. A nightmarish year – which saw Lebanon’s economy go into a tailspin and a cataclysmic explosion destroy swathes of Beirut – has left the three […]

Posted inMiddle East

Iran crown prince predicts regime will collapse

by AT Contributor January 16, 2020February 18, 2020
Protesters walk past a mock gravestone that reads "RIP Freedom of Speech" during a protest against new licensing regulations imposed by the government for online news sites, at Hong Lim Park in Singapore June 8, 2013. Photo: Reuters
Posted inChina, Hong Kong, United States, World

Freedom of the mind: An irreconcilable division

by Edward R Dougherty December 17, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inLebanon, Middle East

The Arab Winter of Discontent

by Ishac Diwan November 3, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inBeijing, China, Hong Kong, United States, World

Hong Kong and consent of the governed

by Edward R Dougherty September 16, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inIran, Middle East, United States, World

Iranian cinema thrives on censorship 40 years on

by Kourosh Ziabari March 4, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inWorld

American efforts at regime change are bound to fail

by Mikhail Molchanov February 2, 2019February 6, 2019
Then Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro smokes a cigar during interviews with the press during a visit of US Senator Charles McGovern in Havana in  May 1975. Photo: Reuters/Prensa Latina
Posted inBangladesh, Egypt, European Union, India, Middle East, South Asia, World

The Cuban Revolution, 60 years on

by Vijay Prashad January 6, 2019
الناشط الذي يحظى باحترام عالمي رائد فارس، 46، أغتيل من قبل جهاديين في شمال سوريا الأسبوع الماضي
Posted inAfghanistan, European Union, Middle East, South Asia, Syria, Turkey, World

‘Every day is a bonus’: Raed Fares and the Syrian revolution

by Manhal Bareesh December 1, 2018February 18, 2020
Friendly days. Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Hamburg on July 8. Photo: Reuters/Saul Loeb
Posted inChina, European Union, France, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, World

Are Trump and Xi conservatives? If so, so what? (Part 1)

by Tom Velk and Jade Xiao May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
Vietnam War photographer Sean Flynn in parachute gear. Photo: Copyright Sean Flynn
Posted inAT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, China, France, Indonesia, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Korea, Vietnam, World

A camera’s story of a lost wartime friend

by Tim Page March 31, 2018February 18, 2020
Devolution would put more power in the hands of the people of Pakistan. Photo: iStock
Posted inEuropean Union, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

Is emerging power of public opinion in Pakistan a threat?

by Hamza Liaquat March 13, 2018
Japanese Red Army founder Fusako Shigenobu, shown here in the documentary 'Children of the Revolution,' spent nearly 30 years in hiding before being arrested in 2000. | © TRANSMISSION FILMS 2011
Posted inUncategorized

Japanese Red Army founder still holds out hope for revolution

by Peter Langan June 9, 2017February 18, 2020
Fidel Castro,1978. Photo: Marcelo Montecino [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, European Union, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, World

To Cuba or Singapore? A tale of two roads diverging

by Ng Weng Hoong November 4, 2016November 4, 2016
By Dying Regime from Maldives (Protest calling for Sharia in Maldives) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Posted inChina, European Union, India, Iran, Israel, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Pakistan, Russia, South Asia, World

The ‘correlation of forces’ threatening capitalism

by Norman A. Bailey October 13, 2016October 16, 2016

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