Anarchists Against the Wall

Direct Action and Solidarity with the Palestinian Popular Struggle

Uri Gordon

Part of a small but growing phenomenon in Israel since 2003, Anarchists Against the Wall have been boldly challenging the Segregation Barrier and generalized violence against occupied Palestine....

A Woman in the Crossfire

Diaries of the Syrian Revolution

Samar Yazbek

A well-known novelist and journalist from the coastal city of Jableh, Samar Yazbek witnessed in person and actively participated in the first four months of the Syrian intifada. Throughout she kept...

Arab Youth

Social Mobilisation in Times of Risk

Samir Khalaf

In 2011, Arab youth took to the streets in their thousands to demand their freedom. Although it is too early to speculate on the ultimate outcome of the uprisings, one auspicious feature stands...

Crusade 2.0

The West’s Resurgent War on Islam

John Feffer

Crusade 2.0 examines the resurgence of anti-Islamic sentiment in the West and its global implications. John Feffer discusses the influence of three "unfinished wars"—the Crusades, the Cold...

ATTA

Jarett Kobek

In Semiotext(e)’s “Intervention” Series! Ours is a century of fear. Governments and mass media bombard us with words and images: desert radicals, "rogue states," jihadists, WMDs, existential...

Midnight on the Mavi Marmara

The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and How It Changed the Course of the Israel/Palestine Conflict

Moustafa Bayoumi

At 4:30 am on Monday, May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos, boarding from sea and air, attacked the six boats of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla as it sailed through international waters attempting to bring...

Gaza in Crisis

Reflections on Israel’s War Against the Palestinians

Noam Chomsky

Described by a UN fact-finding mission as "a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate, and terrorize a civilian population," Israel's Operation Cast Lead thrust the...

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions

The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights

Omar Barghouti

Thirty years ago, an international movement utilizing boycott, divestment, and sanction (BDS) tactics rose in solidarity with those suffering under the brutal apartheid regime of South Africa. The...

The Age of the Warrior

Selected Essays

Robert Fisk

Robert Fisk has reported from the Middle East for thirty-two years and covered eleven major wars. Britains most celebrated foreign correspondent, he is allowed unique freedom to speak out against...