في صداقة الياس خوري

On the Friendship of Elias Khoury

I have not yet said goodbye to Elias Khoury — for him, culture was a moral act and friendship its highest commitment.

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.

مجموعة «لبنان الاشتراكي» السنوات الأولى ١٩٦٥-١٩٦٨

The "Socialist Lebanon" Group: The Early Years 1965-1968

Bidayat

From the heart of the "Lebanon Socialist" experience and its self-critique, a contemporary question emerges: Can social justice, by ensuring equal opportunities and fair resource distribution, socio-economically hollow out sectarianism and curb sectarian grievances?

بدايات تختتم عيدها العاشر وتعلّق الصدور مؤقتًا

Bidayat Concludes Its Tenth Anniversary and Temporarily Suspends Publication

Bidayat

After ten years of publication, “Bidayat” magazine is temporarily suspending its work due to funding challenges, hoping to find a qualitative shift that ensures its continuity or concludes its venture.

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.

هذا العدد

This Issue

Bidayat

200 individuals control Lebanon's economy and the "consortium" connects to the president's family — corruption is a capital-power partnership.

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.

أوكرانيا على مذبح المعسكريَن أوقفوا هذه الحرب!

Ukraine on the Altar of the Two Camps: Stop This War!

Bidayat

The Cold War ended by dissolving one alliance and enlarging the other, but Russian aggression remains aggression — and Ukrainians are paying the price. Stop this war.

هذا العدد

This Issue

Bidayat

This issue delves into neoliberalism and consumer society, revealing how they reshape cities, transport, and social relations, leading to segregation, privatization, and new forms of wealth display.

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.

١٥٠ عامًا على «عامّية باريس»

150 Years Since the Paris Commune

Bidayat

From the shock of defeat and refusal to surrender, the Paris Commune declared the first experiment in direct democracy, secularism, and social justice, affirming that democracy is a product of popular imagination and struggles.

هبّة فلسطين المستقبل ومستقبل الصراع العربي الإسرائيلي

The Palestine Uprising: The Future and the Future of the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Bidayat

The recent Palestinian uprising and Israel's 'peace of hegemony' compel Arab and Palestinian forces to reconnect the liberation struggle with national sovereignty and move beyond military reductionism in the face of new regional alliances.

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.

الحرية ضد العدالة والمساواة نقاش لأفكار فون هايك النيوليبراليّة

Freedom Against Justice and Equality: A Discussion of Friedrich von Hayek's Neoliberal Ideas

Bidayat

The article discusses Friedrich von Hayek's neoliberal ideas, which prioritize individual liberty over justice and equality, showing how his concept of market "spontaneity" ignores the role of human struggles in achieving justice and transforms the market into a speculative "casino."

ما هي النيوليبرالية؟

What Is Neoliberalism?

Bidayat

Neoliberalism is a comprehensive ideology that governs our lives without being named, presenting itself as a natural, inevitable doctrine, while being the economic face of new American imperialism and responsible for major crises.

هل الاقتصاديات العربية ريعية؟ حالتا مصر ولبنان

Are Arab Economies Rentier? The Cases of Egypt and Lebanon

Bidayat

The concept of "rentier economy" is inverted from a negative symptom to an inherent feature of capitalism, where exploitation extends beyond production to strongly impact the market.

مجتمع الاستهلاك

The Consumer Society

Bidayat

Class "frenzy" replaces class struggle — conspicuous consumption is the other face of wealth concentrated in the hands of the few.

أوّل العلاقات مع النفط: حسين العُوَيني والشبكة السعوديّة

The First Oil Connections: Hussein al-Oweini and the Saudi Network

Bidayat

Before the discovery of oil, Hussein Aoueini, a naturalized Saudi and later a Lebanese Prime Minister, was the first agent of Saudi interests in Lebanon, accumulating wealth and influence and paving the way for the Kingdom's penetration into its economy and politics.

جميل المعلوف: الاتحاد العربي والعلمانيّة

Jamil al-Maalouf: Arab Union and Secularism

Bidayat

Jamil Maalouf, a pioneer of Arab unity, saw radical secularism, the separation of religion and state, and women's liberation as the key to the East's salvation from its misery and its progress.

الاقتصاد والطوائف في نشوء «لبنان الكبير»

Economy and Sects in the Genesis of "Greater Lebanon"

Bidayat

The emergence of 'Greater Lebanon' was not merely a response to sectarian desires but a comprehensive French colonial operation that instrumentalized economics and sects to define an entity serving its interests in controlling Syria.

ملاحظات على خطاب الجنرال غورو

Notes on General Gouraud's Speech

Bidayat

Gouraud laments the absence of Lebanon's delegates — one is absent because he himself ordered his arrest, while his brother the Patriarch sits at his right.

مئوية لبنان: البدايات، المحطات، العلاقات

Lebanon's Centenary: Beginnings, Milestones, Relations

Bidayat

This special issue investigates Lebanon's centenary by examining its colonial beginnings and revealing how "Greater Lebanon" was founded on French economic interests and the instrumentalization of politicized religious minorities.

ميكلوس يانكشو فتنة الثورة واقتتال الإخوة

Miklós Jancsó: The Temptation of Revolution and Fratricidal Strife

Bidayat

Jancsó: where oppression reigns, open space becomes a prison without bars — commissioned for the revolution's anniversary, he made an anti-war film.

أزمة الانفجار وانفجار الازمات اللبنانية

The Explosion Crisis and the Explosion of Lebanese Crises

Bidayat

The Beirut explosion, a "crime of negligence," laid bare a system of corruption and unaccountability, whose repercussions are now escalating into political, economic, and sovereign crises.