Lebanon

Hope and danger a year after Beirut blast
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Hope and danger a year after Beirut blast

The days surrounding the one-year anniversary of Beirut’s port blast saw examples of unity against the ruling class alongside the danger of sectarian divisions.
10 August 2021
Eyewitness from Beirut—‘The explosion means we have to change everything’
International

Eyewitness from Beirut—‘The explosion means we have to change everything’

“We have been fighting the system for a long time, now our anger has overflowed, it has gone beyond everything normal because the explosion at the harbour means we have to change everything.
09 August 2020
The legacy of empire behind Lebanon’s explosion
Features

The legacy of empire behind Lebanon’s explosion

The devastating blast in Beirut highlighted Lebanon’s rotten political system. This sectarian set-up was built by Western imperialism, writes Nick Clark
07 August 2020
Horrific Beirut explosion fuels anger against Lebanon’s corrupt elite
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Horrific Beirut explosion fuels anger against Lebanon’s corrupt elite

An enormous explosion in Beirut will cause more misery for ordinary people—and could spur further rage at the government.
05 August 2020
Mass protest returns to the streets of Lebanon
International

Mass protest returns to the streets of Lebanon

Protests have exploded back onto the streets of Lebanon, as people battled cops and soldiers and set fire to banks over poverty and hardship.
04 May 2020
Lebanon debt default sparks IMF fear
International

Lebanon debt default sparks IMF fear

Lebanon defaulted on a foreign debt payment for the first time in its history this week.
10 March 2020
International round-up—Get Trump out of the White House
International

International round-up—Get Trump out of the White House

The US House of Representatives was set to vote on whether to impeach Donald Trump on Wednesday of this week.
16 December 2019
Protests have put resistance back on the agenda
International

Protests have put resistance back on the agenda

Nick Clark says that revolts sweeping the Middle East are overcoming sectarianism and terrifying US rulers
07 December 2019
Protesters stay on the streets to win change in Iraq and Lebanon
International

Protesters stay on the streets to win change in Iraq and Lebanon

Tens of thousands of people in Iraq have fought pitched battles with police, as they blocked major roads in the centre of ­capital city Baghdad.
05 November 2019
Socialist Review Archive

Lebanon’s October revolution

Mass protests and strikes in Lebanon have already toppled the prime minister, but they must go further, writes Simon Assaf.
05 November 2019
Protesters show unity in Lebanon
International

Protesters show unity in Lebanon

Mass demonstrations across Lebanon have entered their second week
29 October 2019
Exploring a world in rebellion
Features

Exploring a world in rebellion

With huge anti-government movements erupting across the globe, Sadie Robinson looks the root cause of these protests and how these struggles have the potential to win
27 October 2019
Movement in Lebanon demands fall of the government
International

Movement in Lebanon demands fall of the government

Protesters in Lebanon are calling for “revolution”. They are demanding an end to corruption and poverty—and the fall of the government.
22 October 2019
Say no to ban on Hizbollah
News

Say no to ban on Hizbollah

Home secretary Sajid Javid, in his ongoing grandstanding campaign to be Tory leader, has declared Lebanese group Hizbollah a terrorist organisation.
26 February 2019
Mass slaughter at Egyptian mosque follows repression by dictator el-Sisi
International

Mass slaughter at Egyptian mosque follows repression by dictator el-Sisi

Egypt’s dictator General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi promised to respond with “brute force” after an appalling terror attack on a mosque
27 November 2017
Fears in Lebanon as its people ‘see war coming’
International

Fears in Lebanon as its people ‘see war coming’

Ordinary people in Lebanon have begun stockpiling food and supplies, fearing that regional giant Saudi Arabia will push the country into civil war.
21 November 2017
Stop the drive to a new war in Middle East
What We Think

Stop the drive to a new war in Middle East

The prospect of another war hangs over the Middle East—this time in Lebanon.
14 November 2017
Sharp rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran forces out leader of Lebanon
International

Sharp rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran forces out leader of Lebanon

 
07 November 2017
Lebanese socialist activists targeted after call for solidarity with Syrian refugees
International

Lebanese socialist activists targeted after call for solidarity with Syrian refugees

Activists from the Socialist Forum in Lebanon are facing a campaign of threats and intimidation after they called for a protest in solidarity with Syrian refugees.
17 July 2017
Syrians fleeing war deported from Lebanon after EU-Turkey deal
International

Syrians fleeing war deported from Lebanon after EU-Turkey deal

Over 250 refugees were deported from Beirut airport in Lebanon to Syria on Friday of last week.
12 January 2016
Lebanon’s elite turns terror backlash against refugees
International

Lebanon’s elite turns terror backlash against refugees

The editorial committee of Al Manshour (Socialist Forum) in Lebanon report from Beirut in the aftermath of last week’s deadly suicide bomb attack
17 November 2015
Socialist Review Archive

Discontent rises in Arab world

A crisis caused by uncollected rubbish has triggered the biggest popular protest in Lebanon for a generation. And in Iraq, discontent over electricity shortages has galvanised a movement for an end to corruption and the sectarian wars. The fast pace of neoliberal reforms in Egypt has pushed workers in the civil service to call for...
02 September 2015
Socialist Review Archive

Bassem Chit (1979-2014)

After the sudden loss of a revolutionary who inspired and organised young activists in the Middle East, Simon Assaf records Bassem Chit's legacy.
05 November 2014
How did the sectarian nightmare come true in Syria and Iraq?
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How did the sectarian nightmare come true in Syria and Iraq?

Lebanese socialist Bassem Chit argues counter-revolution and imperialism created Iraq and Syria’s army of sectarians the Islamic State. Something else must defeat it
19 August 2014