Issue section: The Middle East

Saeed Rahnema analyzes the fall of Assad from a long-term historical perspective, and warns the threats posed by religious fundamentalism and the emboldened Turkish regime.

Samuel Farber analyzes the situations and practices of Zionism in the context of Jewish politics, in the early 20th century and interwar Poland.

Syrian poet Mohja Kahf celebrates the human rights activist Razan Zaitouneh, and calls for a future Syria based on her vision.

In an interview, Leila al-Shami analyzes opportunities and obstacles for left, labour and feminist organizing in post-Assad Syria, as well as damages caused by the global campist left.

In an interview, Gilbert Achcar analyzes geopolitical transformations across the Middle East over the past year, and prospects for emergence of a progressive movement.