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.
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1967: End of Israel’s ‘Golden Age’ in Africa
THE ANGRY ARAB: Anti-Semitism & Gulf Regimes’ Normalization with Israel
Lessons From the 10th Anniversary of the Egyptian Uprising
THE ANGRY ARAB: UAE Normalization With Israel a Gift to Trump
THE ANGRY ARAB: ‘The 1967 Defeat’ Industry
COVID-19: A New Appeal Against Preparations for War
In response to the atmosphere of war that the U.S. is creating during the Great Lockdown, Vijay Prashad and Abdallah El Harif are issuing a fresh appeal for peace.
THE ANGRY ARAB: The First Elected Egyptian President? The Death of Mohammad Morsi
There were Egyptian elections before Mohammed Morsi, who underestimated the anti-democratic impulses of Arab tyrannies, and assumed Western governments wouldn’t stand for an overthrow of a democratically-elected president.
THE ANGRY ARAB: How to Bring Down a Regime in the Arab World
Wanted: The ‘Butcher of Damascus’ to Return Normalcy to Syria
Bashar al-Assad is just the latest in a long line of Middle East leaders demonized by colonial Britain and the U.S. for their independence, says Eric Margolis in this commentary.