Civil Unrest

How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East

How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East How One Man Laid the Groundwork for Today’s Crisis in the Middle East

We’re still paying the price of Henry Kissinger’s “grand strategies.”

Sep 28, 2015 / Greg Grandin

September 28, 2000: Ariel Sharon Visits the Temple Mount, Sparking the Second Intifada

September 28, 2000: Ariel Sharon Visits the Temple Mount, Sparking the Second Intifada September 28, 2000: Ariel Sharon Visits the Temple Mount, Sparking the Second Intifada

“A new sense may actually be dawning that only a mass movement against Israeli apartheid (similar to South Africa’s) will work.”

Sep 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

September 21, 1976: Chilean Exile Orlando Letelier Is Assassinated in Washington, DC

September 21, 1976: Chilean Exile Orlando Letelier Is Assassinated in Washington, DC September 21, 1976: Chilean Exile Orlando Letelier Is Assassinated in Washington, DC

“Repression for the majorities and ‘economic freedom’ for small privileged groups are in Chile two sides of the same coin.”

Sep 21, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Migrants walk through Serbia en route to Croatia.

Europe’s Handling of the Migrant Crisis Shows Just How Morally Bankrupt It Has Become Europe’s Handling of the Migrant Crisis Shows Just How Morally Bankrupt It Has Become

While the spotlight turns to refugees from violence, Europe keeps its poorest migrants in the dark.

Sep 18, 2015 / Michelle Chen

Jeremy Corbin

What the US Left—and Bernie Sanders’s Supporters—Can Learn From Jeremy Corbyn What the US Left—and Bernie Sanders’s Supporters—Can Learn From Jeremy Corbyn

Could Americans be primed for a rejection of austerity politics?

Sep 16, 2015 / Ted Fertik

Europe’s Refugee Crisis Was Made in America

Europe’s Refugee Crisis Was Made in America Europe’s Refugee Crisis Was Made in America

Washington helped create the conditions with its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Sep 9, 2015 / The Editors

Has Russia Been Right All Along About the ‘Arab Spring’?

Has Russia Been Right All Along About the ‘Arab Spring’? Has Russia Been Right All Along About the ‘Arab Spring’?

If so, why is Washington opposed to Moscow’s help in the war against ISIS?

Sep 9, 2015 / Stephen F. Cohen

September 5, 1972: Israeli Athletes Murdered at the Munich Olympics

September 5, 1972: Israeli Athletes Murdered at the Munich Olympics September 5, 1972: Israeli Athletes Murdered at the Munich Olympics

“The terrorists have said they are in a ‘state of war’ with Israel and the government of Israel sees no reason to dispute that contention or withhold from retaliation in kind.”

Sep 5, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

September 4, 1958: Arkansas Governor Calls Out the National Guard to Prevent Public School Integration

September 4, 1958: Arkansas Governor Calls Out the National Guard to Prevent Public School Integration September 4, 1958: Arkansas Governor Calls Out the National Guard to Prevent Public School Integration

“State defiance of federal authority may not be tolerated. This would no longer be state sovereignty but state anarchy.”

Sep 4, 2015 / Richard Kreitner

Guatemala protests

What’s Happening in Guatemala? What’s Happening in Guatemala?

With its government about to fall, Guatemala is finally questioning the neoliberal orthodoxy of the post–Cold War world.

Sep 2, 2015 / Greg Grandin

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