Civil Unrest

A Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer Is in Jail for Giving a Speech

A Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer Is in Jail for Giving a Speech A Pakistani Human Rights Lawyer Is in Jail for Giving a Speech

My lawyer, Imaan Mazari, was arrested for speaking out against the Pakistani military.

Aug 30, 2023 / Hasan Ali

Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington

Martin Luther King’s Dream at 60 Martin Luther King’s Dream at 60

King offered Americans the choice between acting in accordance with the constitution and resistance—often violent—to change.  In many ways, we face the same choice today.

Aug 28, 2023 / Eric Foner

wagner mercenary group soldier at memorial for yevgeny priogzhin

Prigozhin, Putin, and What Next? Prigozhin, Putin, and What Next?

Private military companies, war, and the dilemma of the elites.

Aug 24, 2023 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A police armored vehicle patrols an intersection on August 24, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Americans Are More Violent Than Ever, and We Have No One to Blame but Ourselves Americans Are More Violent Than Ever, and We Have No One to Blame but Ourselves

This has been a violent American century—but even less recognized is how our War on Terror helped us to turn on one another.

Aug 24, 2023 / Andrea Mazzarino

Palestinians inspect the damage after Israeli forces stormed the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.

Why Palestinians Could Be Facing Another Nakba Why Palestinians Could Be Facing Another Nakba

There are terrifying present-day echoes of the circumstances that led to the catastrophe of 1948.

Aug 17, 2023 / Anne Irfan

Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system

Israel’s Repression of Palestinians Paved the Way for Its New Antidemocratic Court Israel’s Repression of Palestinians Paved the Way for Its New Antidemocratic Court

The 56-year-long brutal occupation of the Palestinian Territories has come home to roost.

Aug 16, 2023 / Juan Cole

PERU-INDEPENDENCE-MESSAGE TO NATION-BOLUARTE

Peruvians Are Protesting Their Unelected President Peruvians Are Protesting Their Unelected President

Thousands have joined demonstrations against Dina Boluarte. Now, progressives in Congress are asking the Biden administration to stop supporting her far-right regime.

Aug 16, 2023 / Aída Chávez

Police patrol on a street in Yangon on July 19, 2023, on the 76th Martyrs' Day, which marks the anniversary of the assassination of independence leaders including general Aung San, father of the currently deposed and imprisoned leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

My Homeland Is Being Ruled by Terror. The World Must Pay Attention. My Homeland Is Being Ruled by Terror. The World Must Pay Attention.

Myanmar’s military junta is committing indiscriminate atrocities. We shouldn’t look away.

Aug 16, 2023 / Manny Maung

After Imran Khan’s Arrest, Pakistan’s National Assembly Is Dissolved

After Imran Khan’s Arrest, Pakistan’s National Assembly Is Dissolved After Imran Khan’s Arrest, Pakistan’s National Assembly Is Dissolved

The former prime minister was detained and convicted on Saturday. By Wednesday, the lower house of Parliament had been disbanded.

Aug 11, 2023 / Hasan Ali

Israeli police use a water cannon during a March 23, 2023, protest in Tel Aviv against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul Israel’s judicial system.

Third Temple: Israel’s Occupation Is Coming Home Third Temple: Israel’s Occupation Is Coming Home

Netanyahu’s government is not here to debate—it’s here to rule, and any resistance is an intifada.

Aug 4, 2023 / Etgar Keret

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