Secular Islam | Portside

May 25, 2020

Arab Workers And The Struggle For Democracy

Joel Beinin Jacobin

Since 2011, Arab labor organizations and left parties have been central to movements for democracy and social justice in the Middle East. Frequently overlooked in Western media coverage...they’ve carried on this fight against tremendous odds.

October 10, 2019

Not Just Ethnicity: Turkey v. Kurds and the Great Divide over Political Islam v. the Secular Left; Portraits of the Kurdish Struggle

Juan Cole; and an Interview with Joey Lawrence Informed Comment

Turkey’s incursion into Syria has roiled the Middle East and NATO countries, demonstrating one key polarizing divide on both sides of the Mediterranean. As far as I can tell, that divide is between supporters of political Islam and its opponents.

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