Portside

Palestinian voices and news from around Asia

“Earth or Death!”  — Hugo Blanco (1934-2023)

What happened to Angola, and other reports from a burning world

Long takes on Iran and Haiti, and the drive for popular democracy in Africa

Violence and defiance in Palestine, the return of Austro-Marxism, and more reports and analysis from five continents

The Left faces Islamophobia in Europe, as Myanmar masses start to see how they were used. More news and analysis from everywhere

The extreme violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar (Burma) is closer to extermination than religious persecution. One key factor insufficiently recognized is the massive land grabbing that is happening in Burma and has now reached into the poorest state, Rakhine. Land grabbing has become a major factor in multiple displacements, including in Central America. Too many explanations stop short from seeing a larger economic vortex of land grabbing.