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Items by Alain Alameddine
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Do not surrender to despair or hope
Marx analyzed the dynamics by which employers profit from workers’ labor, predicting that this exploitation would inevitably spark a revolution. A logical conclusion, it would seem—yet most workers have not revolted over the past hundred years, nor are they revolting today. Marx also predicted that European societies with the highest…
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How can Lebanon face the Zionist aggression?
The conflict between two opposing forces ends when one of them decisively loses or gains in power. Faced with the horror of the occupation’s genocidal power, its successes, and its threats, it is natural for the human mind, always seeking safety, to search for solutions that will spare Lebanon further…
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Rethinking solidarity with Palestine
Over the past two years, millions have voiced their solidarity with Palestine, many of whom had never done so before. This support has helped Palestinians, especially those going through genocide in Gaza, feel that they are not alone. However, it has not stopped the genocide, nor does it seem capable…
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One Palestinian state on all of Palestine is not the best solution, it is the only one
All successful liberation movements in history had a clear vision of what constituted liberation. The Vietnamese National Liberation Front set the objective of driving the US army out of their land and establishing one socialist state. The French resistance was not content with driving the German army out but aimed…
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Venezuela, Greenland and Iran: Key takeaways
The recent weeks, just like the recent years, have been momentous, as the US administration abducted Venezuelan president Maduro, declared its intention to annex Greenland, and threatened to attack Iran then appeared to back off. What are some key takeaways that can help us grasp what is happening, and affect…
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What should happen with Hezbollah’s military capacities?
Lebanon is currently divided between two points of view regarding Hezbollah’s weapons: The first calls for their handover on the basis of the state’s right to monopolize violence, while the second calls for not handing them over to the state (or rather: the “non-state”) on the basis of its incapacity…
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The Beit Hanoun operation: A blow to the colony’s alleged “legitimacy”
On 7 July 2025, the Palestinian resistance carried out a series of operations against the occupying army in Beit Hanoun —in the North of the Gaza Strip, an area the colony declared to be under its control— killing 5 enemy soldiers and wounding dozens. This qualitative operation is not only…
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Sinwar’s vision for a one-state solution: The Palestine Liberation Commission
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar realised that resistance is a tool to achieve a political goal: the establishment of a Palestinian state from the river to the sea. Interestingly, he did not postpone envisioning the shape of this state until after liberation. In 2021, he sponsored a conference titled “The Promise…
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Freeing the world from colonial institutions
Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza over the past year has prompted a number of questions regarding the “international community”. How, for example, is this genocide being allowed to happen? Why has the UN not been able to stop it? Are international courts powerless? Are all these institutions really…