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.

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."

توضيح من فواز طرابلسي: لنتذكر الأسباب والدروس في الحروب الاهلية وننسى العنف

A Clarification from Fawwaz Traboulsi: Let Us Remember the Causes and Lessons of Civil Wars, and Forget the Violence

Al-Akhbar

Remember causes and lessons, forget the violence — the opposite of the illusion that reminding people of massacres prevents wars. Reducing war to sectarianism is explaining water by water.

A Response to Manfred Sing

A “non-repentant Marxist” responds to an academic who read three pages of his book and declared him a liberal convert — do you suggest skipping democracy for the dictatorship of the proletariat?

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?

لم ينقرض العرب والثقافة العربية تقاوِم

The Arabs Have Not Gone Extinct and Arabic Culture Resists

Adonis announces the extinction of Arabs while ignoring a resistant cultural surge — turning three hundred million people into a self-Orientalist stereotype.

حوار هادئ: فواز طرابلسي يرد على خطاب نصرالله في الموضوع السوري

A Calm Dialogue: Fawwaz Traboulsi Responds to Nasrallah's Speech on the Syrian Issue

As-Safir

Bahrain's king's absolute powers are no greater than Assad's under his "reform" constitution — Nasrallah mourns four security chiefs but not their hundreds of thousands of victims.

الرد على امل حوا

A Reply to Amal Hawwa

Al-Akhbar

The issue is not Joseph Samaha's “style” but reducing him to it: once politics becomes denunciation, thought itself disappears.

رأسمالية بلا مصالح – وامبريالية من دون استغلال

Capitalism Without Interests - And Imperialism Without Exploitation

Al-Akhbar

Debate: capitalism without interests, imperialism without exploitation — post-colonialism replaces the thing with its image. Arafat asked for "understanding" in exchange for oil; the demand degraded to "some interest."

هل يكون “الكازينو الدولي” بديلاً من العدالة الاجتماعية؟

Could the "International Casino" Replace Social Justice?

Bidayat

Can the "global casino" replace social justice? This piece critiques Friedrich von Hayek's neoliberal ideas and calls on the Arab left to reclaim the concepts of justice and equal opportunity it abandoned.