It now stands for torture chambers and car bombs, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. But there was a time when Ba’athists could have inherited the mantle of Nasser and the cause of Arab unity.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Whatever Happened to the Ba’ath Party?
Category: Middle East
The Taliban’s Choice of Interim Prime Minister
There appears to be a power struggle behind Mullah Akhund’s appointment, writes Ali A. Olomi.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Taliban Takeover Alarms the Gulf
The quick collapse of the Afghan government after the withdrawal of U.S. troops has scared the despots, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
THE ANGRY ARAB: The Life & Mind of Edward Said
As`ad AbuKhalil says a new biography seems to introduce the reader to someone the Middle East scholar clearly was not.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Counter-Revolution Strikes Tunisia
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel and the U.S. just don’t want democracy in the Arab world, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
YouTube Lifts Block on CN Live! — ‘Palestine: 20 Years Later’ with John Pilger & Ilan Pappé
YouTube blocked a CN Live! program on Palestine in the 20 years since John Pilger’s film Palestine is Still the Issue with Pilger and Israeli historian Ilan Pappé.
THE ANGRY ARAB: From a Lost Generation of Palestinian Resistance — the Life of Ahmad Jibril
As`ad AbuKhalil looks back on a Palestinian who was among a group of leaders to emerge after 1948 and dedicate themselves to liberating their homeland.
THE ANGRY ARAB: How the US Controls Lebanon
The “war on terror” is even more convenient for Washington’s dreams of hegemony and domination than the previous war on communism, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.
A Kinder, Gentler US Empire Is Not Possible
Caitlin Johnstone responds to the latest rebuke of progressive House member Ilhan Omar by members of her own party.
THE ANGRY ARAB: Michael C Hudson & the Arabs
The late scholar was co-founder of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown, which directly challenged the Zionist narrative and traditional Orientalist teaching, writes As`ad AbuKhalil.