استئناف حوار مع فكر مهدي عامل -١

Resuming a Dialogue with the Thought of Mahdi Amil - Part 1

SifR

Mahdi Amil was distinguished by his theoretical independence from Soviet orthodoxy and the Communist Party, yet he remained rigorously committed to justifying its policies, creating a tension between his thought and his theoretical and political practice.

مذكرات جورج بطل ٣ فرج الله حلو في موقفه الجريء وعزله واستشهاده

The Memoirs of George al-Batal 3: Farajallah al-Helou in His Courageous Stance, His Isolation, and His Martyrdom

Bidayat

I am Farajallah Helou, there is no other responsible person — his last words before torture killed him and acid dissolved his body. Heikal denied he ever existed.

جورج البطل، آخر البلاشفة ٢ شيوعيّون في «حوادث الـ٥٨»

George al-Batal, the Last Bolshevik (2): Communists in the 1958 Crisis

Bidayat

"You're good at demonstrations but can't shoot," Jumblatt told them — so the communists smuggled three hundred weapons past his own checkpoints.

جورج البطل، آخر البلاشفة مذكرات قائد شيوعي من لبنان

George al-Batal, the Last of the Bolsheviks: Memoirs of a Communist Leader from Lebanon

Bidayat

At age five he insisted on what he knew despite his father's slap, and solved a murder — the tannery taught him that a generous employer curses communists when a worker carries a clock.

30 على انطلاقة «جمول»: شهادة عن فترة التأسيس

30 Years Since the Launch of the LNRF: Testimony on the Founding Period

Bidayat

Don't shoot us, we're withdrawing — the Israeli army left Beirut after JAMOUL operations reached one every five hours.

The Woes of Confessionalism

As-Safir

Translation of two columns from as-Safir: Yousif Bey Karam said it in 1867—sectarian division invites external domination. The question: "Do we change the system or the people?"

Lebanon on the Brink

As-Safir

Translation from as-Safir after Gemayel's assassination: sectarian division invites external domination since 1867—and when the Lebanese unite, they do so despite the confessional system and against it.