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Arab revolutions

“The events are essentially a source of hope”

An interview with Gilbert Achcar by Christian Höller

Christian Höller: The recent uprisings in various Arab countries have been accompanied, at least on the side of Western commentators, by equal measures of hope and fear. Hopes that at last a sustained wave of democratization will sweep through these societies, which have resisted reforms for so long. Fears that more reactionary or totalitarian tendencies may gain the upper hand. For you, as a profound specialist on the political systems in the region as well as someone with many personal ties there, what has been the prevailing feeling?

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USA

Massive occupation targets Wall Street

The following article appears in the October edition of Socialist Action newspaper.

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Sri Lanka

Review of a history of oppression: The Tamils of Sri Lanka

In February 2011, the President of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the island’s independence. In his speech, he stressed the necessity of “protecting the reconstructed nation”, as well as protecting “one of the oldest democracies in Asia”, its unity and its unitary character.

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