كارل ماركس – مقالات عن سورية ولبنان، ١٨٦٠

Karl Marx - Articles on Syria and Lebanon, 1860

Bidayat

In his articles on the 1860 events in Syria and Lebanon, Marx exposes French and Russian imperial ambitions behind the pretext of protecting Christians, and reveals the "Arab Kingdom" project.

استئناف نقاش مع فكر مهدي عامل – ٢

Resuming a Discussion with the Thought of Mahdi Amil - Part 2

SifR

Can theory invent history? And is Marxist-Leninist thought truly absent from Arab thinking? A critical discussion with Mahdi Amil.

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.

عن الماركسية والتاريخ والثورات والدولة الوطنية والمجتمع المدني والطائفية وأشياء أخرى

On Marxism, History, Revolutions, the Nation-State, Civil Society, Sectarianism, and Other Things

الترا صوت

In a comprehensive intellectual review, the author re-examines fundamental concepts and experiences in the Arab world, calling for a critical, self-reliant approach that transcends imported ideas and simplistic dichotomies.

عن الماركسية والثورات والمجتمع المدني والطائفية

On Marxism, Revolutions, Civil Society, and Sectarianism

Bidayat

This article interrogates post-Cold War concepts adopted uncritically by the Arab world—from Marxism to the national state, civil society, and sectarianism—calling for a critical vision rooted in Arab reality.

الثورة والسياسة الثورية في فكر لينين

Revolution and Revolutionary Politics in Lenin's Thought

Bidayat

Lenin developed his revolutionary theory by adapting Marxism to Russia's reality of being "economically backward yet politically advanced," considering it the "weakest link" where revolution could precede advanced nations.

لينين والكومنترن والصهيونية – المؤتمر الثاني للكومنترن آب/اوغسطس ١٩٢٠

Lenin, the Comintern, and Zionism - The Second Congress of the Comintern, August 1920

Comintern 1920: the Zionist project as a prime example of colonial deception — subjecting Arabs to British exploitation "under the pretext of a Jewish state."

لينين والكومنترن والصهيونية

Lenin, the Comintern, and Zionism

The Comintern in 1920: "Under pretext of a Jewish state, Arab workers are subjected to British exploitation" — Britain expelled Arabs then turned them against settlers to monopolize control.

العمال يؤسسون للديمقراطية والعلمانية

Workers Lay the Foundations for Democracy and Secularism

Bidayat

150 years since the Paris Commune — 72 days of direct democracy, secularism, and social justice. Paris lived in the future and bequeathed the hope that paradise on earth is possible.

قراءة غرامشي في العصر النيوليبراليّ

Reading Gramsci in the Neoliberal Age

Gramsci in the neoliberal age: hegemony through consent, not coercion — "common sense" makes the ruling class's interests seem natural.

مقدّمة لـ«أسس نقد الاقتصاد السياسي» (١٨٥٧) جزء ٢/١

Introduction to the "Grundrisse" (1857) Part 1/2

Bidayat

In "Grundrisse," Marx challenges the classical economic view that separates and eternalizes production and distribution, revealing their organic unity and historical determination within specific social relations.

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.

مقالات عن سورية ولبنان، ١٨٦٠

Articles on Syria and Lebanon, 1860

Bidayat

Translation: Marx in 1860 reveals great-power horse-trading over Syria's corpse — but neglects the internal causes: the collapse of the muqata'ji system and peasant uprisings.

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.

Edward Said in Translation – The personal and the academic

A lecture on translating Said and the friendship: "Your language is convoluted—I plan to deconstruct it and reconstruct in Arabic." Twenty years barred from the US, and emails about Tahiyya Karioka, Cyd Charisse, and Oslo as "the peace of the weak."

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

While media superficially compared the 'Arab Spring' to the 1848 revolutions without genuine study, this article reclaims Marx's engagement with the 'Spring of Peoples' to offer a profound analysis of revolutionary complexity, class representation, and the role of the state.

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.

انطونيو غرامشي – ملاحظات عن التاريخ الايطالي – فترة النهضة القومية

Antonio Gramsci - Notes on Italian History - The National Renaissance Period

What matters in Gramsci goes beyond Italy: state, hegemony, and revolutions that cannot be read through class alone, yet make no sense without it.

الأمل لا يعني التغاضي عن الانتكاسات مقابلة مع فواز طرابلسي

Hope Does Not Mean Overlooking Setbacks: An Interview with Fawwaz Traboulsi

Bidayat

Marxism gave him the confidence to write about everything — and hope does not mean overlooking setbacks.

كتاب لينين “تطوّر الرأسمالية في رُوسيَا”

Lenin's "The Development of Capitalism in Russia"

Lenin's "The Development of Capitalism in Russia" settled the debate with populism, laying the foundations for the Leninist method of applying Marxism to Russian reality, and remains a living model for concrete analysis.

اعجب المخلوقات – ناظم حكمت

The Most Wondrous of Creatures - Nazim Hikmet

A translation of Nazim Hikmet: "Brother," you are like a sheep rushing to the flock when the executioner raises his staff—stranger than a fish that lives in the sea and does not know the sea.

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.