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• Arab Revolutions Under Threats of Penetration and Third Hegemony
  14 July 2011, by Adel Samara
  Current Arab revolutions must originate from their own organic environments in order to produce their own new social formations including new structures, institutions, agencies and sets of beliefs, values, norms, discourse and systems of meanings as a sine qua non for an Arab self-determent, sovereignty, independence and sustainable development. Permanent indigenous, inborn Arab revolution is the only guarantee to stem the hemorrhage of Arab economic surplus, external pillage and plunder, (…)
• Etat et guerre religieuse - ESPRIT Mai 2005
  6 avril 2007, par Samir Frangieh
  Cet extrait est issu du texte de la conférence donnée le 7 février 2005 dans le cadre du Séminaire de philosophie du droit organsé par l’IHJE, l’ENM et la revue Esprit.
• "Arabes et musulmans ont le sentiment d’être poussés hors de l’Histoire"
  19 décembre 2006, par Mahmoud Darwich
  La poussée du Hamas en Palestine s’inscrit-elle dans un environnement général qui voit les islamistes progresser dans l’espace arabo-musulman ? C’est une évidence : la Palestine ne peut être une île dans un océan de progression de l’islam politique. S’il y avait des élections libres dans le monde arabo-musulman, les islamistes l’emporteraient partout, c’est aussi simple que cela ! C’est un monde qui vit profondément dans le sentiment de l’injustice, dont il rend responsable l’Occident. (…)
• الانتخابات البلدية ثبتت «الكانتون» السني الاول في لبنان!
  13 حزيران (يونيو) 2016, بقلم ريمون عطاالله
  نجيب ميقاتي سعد الحريري نهاد المشنوق أشرف ريفي لو كان الأمر بيد الطبقة السياسية اللبنانية، لفضَّلت التمديد للبلديات السابقة أسوة بتمديداتها المتمادية للمجلس النيابي. وهي تفضِّل التمديد لكل شيء مدى الحياة بما في ذلك الفراغ الرئاسي. وليس سرَّاً مخفيِّاً أن إجراء الانتخابات البلدية في موعدها القانوني تمَّ بناء على أوامر خارجية، ظاهرها الحرص على المواعيد الدستورية بعملية تُفقد أي تمديد معناه وجدواه، وهو ما ظهر بعد المرحلة الأولى من الاقتراع من خلال الدعوات الواسعة الى إجراء الانتخابات (…)
• The Fake Moderation of America’s Moderate Mideast Allies
  4 February 2011, by Asli Bâli, Aziz Rana
  As the Mubarak regime turns to violence in a vain attempt to repress the peaceful protests that have swept Egypt’s streets for over ten days, the risks associated with current U.S. strategy for Egypt and the wider region continue to grow. In its response to the events, the Obama administration has subtly shifted its message, incrementally increasing pressure on the regime over the last week. But the more important story is the remarkable continuities reflected in the administration’s (…)
• Why Is the U.S. Continuing to Tell the Lebanese How to Vote?
  12 June 2009, by Stephen Zunes
  In recent visits to Lebanon, both Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made clear that the United States would react negatively if the March 8th Alliance — a broad coalition of Islamist, Maronite, leftist, nationalist, and pan-Arabist parties — won the upcoming parliamentary elections. These not-so-subtle threats have led to charges of U.S. interference in Lebanon’s domestic affairs. What prompts U.S. concerns is that the largest member of this coalition is (…)
• Syria’s policies may save it from a Dignity Revolution
  4 February 2011, by John Bell
  Tunisia has fallen; Egypt is on the verge; Jordan, Yemen and Algeria are feeling the tremors. Many commentators have mentioned that these revolutions are about bread, freedom and justice, and they have also frequently mentioned “dignity.” Having used that word often to describe Palestinian needs vis-a-vis Israeli occupation, I sought a definition of this keyword, and found: “the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect.” This need for status and legitimacy in a community is basic and (…)
• The Iranian Elections and the Hysterical Media
  20 June 2009, by Ron Jacobs
  Here comes the hysteria and bold-faced lies. In the wake of the Iranian election, various commentators and so-called reporters in the United States are reacting as if the end of the world was at hand. Although nobody knows for certain and everyone only has the words of western press pundits and an angry candidate to go by, virtually every mainstream US news source is calling the re-election of Ahmadinejad the result of fraud. There has been no verification of this from any objective (…)
• Iranian Elections: The ‘Stolen Elections’ Hoax
  21 June 2009, by James Petras
  "Change for the poor means food and jobs, not a relaxed dress code or mixed recreation... Politics in Iran is a lot more about class war than religion." Financial Times Editorial, June 15 2009 Introduction There is hardly any election, in which the White House has a significant stake, where the electoral defeat of the pro-US candidate is not denounced as illegitimate by the entire political and mass media elite. In the most recent period, the White House and its camp followers cried (…)
• Pourquoi la Syrie ne tremble pas ?
  8 mars 2011, par Bachir El -KHOURY
  Outre les facteurs sociopolitiques et les antécédents de répression violente, la gestion de la transition économique, amorcée par le parti Baas syrien en 2005, et l’essor que connaît le pays depuis un certain temps semblent constituer une soupape de sécurité pour le régime de Damas contre le phénomène de renversement, par la rue, de régimes dans le monde arabe. Éclairage. Orchestré ou pas par certaines puissances étrangères, le « printemps arabe » - ce vent de liberté qui souffle pour la (…)