Palestine and the Middle East
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Libya: war is not the answer
Phyllis Bennis argues that foreign military intervention in Libya has little to do with humanitarian concerns. Protracted militarization will threaten the country’s chance for real democratic development
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After the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
Ewa Jasiewicz considers the impact of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and its violent raid by Israel, in Palestine, Israel and internationally
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Hizbullah: Home-grown in Lebanon
Responding to the discussion on political Islam begun in the previous issue of Red Pepper, Bilal El-Amine considers the experience of Hizbullah in Lebanon
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For the love of oil
Mehri Honarbin-Holliday details the long and nefarious history of how US and UK interference has repeatedly crushed Iranian democracy – and halted people’s movements for peace
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Western warmongering serves repression in Iran
Iranian President Ahmadinejad has failed to deliver on his 2005 election promise to ‘put the oil money on the people’s tables’. In this context, western aggression is a godsend for his regime, write Andreas Malm and Shora Esmailian
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Pouring oil on Lebanon’s fire
The Paris conference to provide ‘aid’ to Lebanon sent a clear message: if you are on the verge of civil war, make sure you privatise and pay your foreign debt
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Let justice not misguided morality prevail
Paul Nicholas Anderson assesses the morality of the war in Iraq