On a revolutionary event without revolutionary subjects, the reconfiguration of Lebanese capitalism, and the hydra-like Lebanese ruling oligarchy.
Protesting crowds in Lebanon need to start advancing realistic demands and mobilizing further than leaderless indignation.
“The people want the fall of the regime” has been echoing between hundreds of thousands of protesters who have been occupying Lebanese streets for the past five days. Protests started on October 17 after Telecommunications Minister Mohamed Choucair announced yet another austerity tax to be taken by the Lebanese government:...
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri announced that the Lebanese Cabinet has agreed to all points of his economic reform package...
Both celebrated and cursed, the Lebanese resilience –or capacity to endure the toughest of situations and contexts, is engraved in...
Today marks the third day of the Lebanese protests. Yesterday night, a festive atmosphere took over the nationwide demonstrations. But before that, protesters faced violence from security forces and “thugs” defending the political parties that people on the streets are looking to dismantle. Video by Lujain Jo...
From Saida to Beirut to Tripoli, spontaneous protests have broken out in Lebanon. Here’s a summary of what’s happened so...
The news has created a simpler way of discussing global matters which allows the youth –and Donald Trump– to understand politics.
On the occasion of the International Day for Universal Access to Information, Gherbal Initiative (GI), an initiative that works on fighting corruption in the Lebanese public and private sectors, released two reports that deal with transparency in Lebanese public administrations and their expenditure reports for 2017. In collaboration with the...
"Our voices are as high as our tuition."
“I do not feel safe here. After receiving too many threats on social media or over the phone, I stopped publishing.”
That's not all: Syrian refugees are actually filling some of the gaps in the Lebanese economy, as opposed to competing with the Lebanese workforce.