شهادة في فكر – انطونيو غرامشي

Testimony on the Thought of Antonio Gramsci

They wanted to stop his mind for twenty years — Gramsci produced in prison the theory of "hegemony": ruling-class ideas become "common sense," and law is "the silent force" of coercion.

تأملات كورونيالية – قابيل، انكيدو وجورج حاتم

Coronial Reflections - Cain, Enkidu, and George Hatem

When humans domesticated animals, animals retaliated with plague — Enkidu was humanized through woman but died incomplete. In the 21st century, the savage is entirely human.

الثورة السلمية في عظمتها وحدودها

The Peaceful Revolution in Its Greatness and Its Limits

Bidayat

The Sudanese peaceful revolution succeeded in overthrowing the dictatorship and imposing a partnership with the military, but it faces major challenges in holding perpetrators accountable and securing genuine civilian authority over the army and security forces.

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.

ماركس في «ربيع الشعوب» ١٨٤٨ بناء الحقل السياسي والتعلّم من الممارسة

Marx in the "Spring of Nations" 1848: Building the Political Field and Learning from Practice

Bidayat

Marx's engagement with the 1848 revolutions refined his understanding of class representation and the state, leading him to view socialism as the necessary completion of political democracy to resolve the contradiction between political and social inequality.

مقابلة الثقافة الجديدة

Al-Thaqafa al-Jadida Interview

Ath-Thaqafa Al-Jadida

An intellectual and political journey that never separated struggle from writing, offering critical revisions of civil war experiences and the challenges of the Left, and reaffirming Marxism as a reference for understanding contemporary capitalism.

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.

ثورة أكتوبر الروسية ١٩١٧: البدايات

The Russian October Revolution 1917: The Beginnings

Bidayat

October centenary editorial: not about the system but the revolution — a decade of freedom and experimentation crushed by bureaucracy and the sole leader.

بدايات في العام السادس

Bidayat in Its Sixth Year

Bidayat

In its sixth year, “Bidayat” renews its commitment to expanding critical reflection and deep left-wing intellectual inquiry to confront the challenges of the Arab uprisings, moving beyond quick opinion journalism.

قراءة في كتاب«جنوب اليمن في حكم اليسار- شهادة شخصية»

A Reading of the Book "South Yemen Under Leftist Rule - A Personal Testimony"

As-Safir

A critical review praises the book "South Yemen Under Left Rule," which objectively analyzes the leftist governance experience in the South, free from dogmatism, highlighting its grim conflicts and national achievements.

عودة علي شريعتي

The Return of Ali Shariati

Bidayat

Nasrallah and Khamenei declare Shariati's era over — insisting it has "passed" only confirms it is returning: "Red Shiism" vs. "Black."

فواز طرابلسي يتذكّر الترويكا في “اليمن الديمقراطي” (4-4)

Fawwaz Traboulsi Remembers the Troika in "Democratic Yemen" (4/4)

Al-Araby al-Jadeed

In a paradox revealing the limits of Communist internationalism, the Soviets did not object to Salmin's removal but opposed Abd al-Fattah's presidency because he was a 'northerner,' amidst internal conflicts that led to the liquidation of comrades.

فواز طرابلسي يتذكّر الترويكا في “اليمن الديمقراطي” (3-4)

Fawwaz Traboulsi Remembers the Troika in "Democratic Yemen" (3/4)

Al-Araby al-Jadeed

From al-Hamdi's assassination in Sana'a to Salmin's end in Aden, chapters of Yemen's bloody conflicts unfold, where internal divisions reached the point of readiness for battle, and a personal letter survives to bear witness to that era.

فواز طرابلسي يتذكّر الترويكا في “اليمن الديمقراطي” (2-4)

Fawwaz Traboulsi Remembers the Troika in "Democratic Yemen" (2/4)

Al-Araby al-Jadeed

After the left took power in "Democratic Yemen," the conflict within the ruling troika exposed the contradiction between the ideological drive towards Marxism and one-party rule, and Salmin's pragmatism in facing economic realities.

فواز طرابلسي يتذكّر الترويكا في “اليمن الديمقراطي” (1-4)

Fawwaz Traboulsi Remembers the Troika in "Democratic Yemen" (1/4)

Al-Araby al-Jadeed

The author recounts his personal experience with leftist rule in Democratic Yemen, revealing the dynamics and internal contradictions of the ruling 'troika,' including the conflict between the city and the countryside.

مشاريع ادونيس

Adonis' Projects

As-Safir

Which revolution is Adonis's reference? His eloquence covering for dictatorship now approaches stupidity.

مشاريع ادونيس … وادونيس ايضا مهموم بالمشاريع.

Adonis' Projects... And Adonis Too Is Preoccupied with Projects

As-Safir

Adonis rejects revolutions for lacking a "project" — has any revolution in history not begun by toppling the system as the path to an alternative?

الطبقات الاجتماعية في لبنان ٢/٢ الطبقات والطوائف: تقاطع وفعل متبادل

Social Classes in Lebanon 2/2: Classes and Sects - Intersection and Mutual Action

Bidayat

Sectarianism in Lebanon is not merely a superstructure or a relic of backwardness; it is an intrinsic part of the capitalist system of control, intersecting with classes to modify them and distribute privileges and deprivations.

ماركس غسان الرفاعي – هل العودة الى النص الاصلي تجديد أم تجميد؟

Ghassan al-Rifai's Marx - Is Returning to the Original Text Renewal or Freezing?

Bidayat

Return to Marx as fundamentalism: if the text were timeless it wouldn't need 150 years of interpreters — and the Soviet experience was dictatorship, not "underdeveloped democracy."

الطبقات الاجتماعية في لبنان نقاط استدلال منهجية

Social Classes in Lebanon: Methodological Reference Points

Bidayat

In Lebanon, the existence of social classes is denied by externalizing poverty and wealth or by concealing exploitation behind sectarianism, while neoliberalism redefines justice and poverty to obscure class distinctions.

إدوارد سعيد في «الأسلوب المتأخر» الوقاحة بما هي منهج فكري

Edward Said on "Late Style": Impudence as Intellectual Method

Bidayat

Lateness is not maturity but "intransigence and unresolved contradiction" — Said concludes with the method of impudence, and with Genet declares imperialism the exportation of identities.

مقابلة شاملة مع فواز طرابلسي عن الثورة والحرب في سورية

A Comprehensive Interview with Fawwaz Traboulsi on Revolution and War in Syria

Bidayat

The Syrian revolution, an expression of a deep crisis, was pushed into civil war by regime violence, yet it remains a revolution with class and sectarian dimensions requiring a clear vision from the Left and opposition.

interview with Fawwaz Traboulsi on the Syrian revolution

An interview (2013): "Syrian revolutionaries owe nobody an apology"—militarization was forced by the regime, and the US seeks to salvage regimes through a military-Islamist assemblage. The opposition must crystallize its vision now.

مؤتمر الانقاذ من ينقذه ؟

The Rescue Conference: Who Will Rescue It?

As-Safir

Demands regime overthrow "with all its symbols" but won't name the Golan — inflated slogans masking the gap between word and deed.