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Humanitarian Intervention in Libya?

by Adil E. Shamoo | Mar 16, 2011

Unlike the despots in Egypt and Tunisia, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is resisting the popular revolutions sweeping the Arab world. As of this writing, the pro-democracy rebels successfully control Benghazi, Libya’s second largest city, and most of the eastern part of the country. Gaddafi still controls most of the military, revolutionary committees, and foreign mercenaries. More importantly, Gaddafi controls the capital city of Tripoli with a population of 2.5 million out of a total population of 6.5 million. Gaddafi is attacking the rebels, taking back Zawiya, Ras Lanof, and pushing forward east to take more rebel areas.

The Arab Revolutions and the Democratic Imagination

by Walden Bello | Mar 16, 2011

The revolutionary democrats of the Arab world have an opportunity to bring about the next stage in the global democratic revolution. Will they accept the challenge, or will they withdraw back to private life, as some have indicated, leaving older generations of politicians to come to center-stage with their tired, archaic western models of representative democracy?

Failure to Open “New Chapter of Engagement” Will Dog President Obama on Visit to Latin America

by Coletta Youngers | Mar 15, 2011

Brazil’s rise in a way parallels the demise of U.S. influence in the region.

The Age of Activism

by John Feffer | Mar 15, 2011

In four magisterial works, the historian Eric Hobsbawm divided 200 years of modern history into the Age of Revolution (1789-1848), the Age of Capital (1848-1875), the Age of Empire (1875-1914), and the Age of Extremes (1914-1991). The period after 1992 so far remains nameless. Let me rashly and prematurely propose a name for our era: the Age of Activism. Here’s a preliminary sketch for a history of the age in which we are currently immersed, as well as a diagnosis of where this activism is heading.

How to Prevent Pakistani Anarchy

by M. Junaid Levesque-Alam | Mar 14, 2011

U.S. policymakers should learn from the events in the Middle East that the Muslim impulse for modernity and freedom is hindered, not helped, by Western military intervention. And they should learn soon. The U.S. “Af-Pak” war is accelerating the self-destruction of the world’s second largest, and only nuclear, Muslim country.

Days of Rage in Croatia

by Sabrina Peric | Mar 14, 2011

Thousands of people have gathered in the main square of the capital city demanding the resignation of the ruling government. This time it’s not Cairo or Tripoli, but Zagreb. For the past 16 days, the residents of Zagreb, along with citizens in towns across Croatia, have been demonstrating every other day. Their numbers seem to be growing. According to recent estimates by Croatian media, up to 100,000 people across the country have participated in the protests.

Hey, Dude, Who Stole My Islamophobia?

by Russ Wellen | Mar 11, 2011

The Western world finally sees real Muslims in action.

Calls for Libya No-Fly Zone an Excuse to Put American Stamp on Arab Revolution?

by Peter Certo | Mar 10, 2011

A no-fly zone would be of little help halting the largely ground-based attacks on Libyan rebels and civilians.

Not Only al Qaeda But West on Outside Looking in at Libyan Opposition

by Russ Wellen | Mar 9, 2011

Al Qaeda has tasked one of its most capable leaders with making inroads into Libya.

Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders

by Laura Carlsen | Mar 9, 2011

Josefina Reyes began her career as a human rights organizer the same way as thousands of women across the globe–defending her family and her community. The middle-aged mother staged a hunger strike to demand the safe return of her son after Mexican soldiers abducted him from their home. She lost another son to the drug war violence that has come to characterize the Valle de Juarez, where the Reyes family lives. Josefina spoke out against this violence, particularly against abuses committed by the army and police deployed to fight organized crime.