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A white SUV loaded with mattresses navigates a rural road, surrounded by a herd of goats. The Shepherd gestures to the driver.

Martyrdom as The First Act of Return

By

Fatima Joumaa

A soldier stands between military vehicles on a street, conveying tension and readiness.

Sovereignty Without Defense: The Army, the State, and Hezbollah’s Weapons

By

Ziad Abu-Rish

A collage of a young girl (Milad Daqqa) playfully standing by an iron-barred window with her father's handwritten notes reflecting on the glass.

“They Make Death, and I'm the Labor of Life”: Palestinian Prisoners’ Sperm Smuggling as an Affirmation of Life

By

Layal Ftouni

A man rides a motorcycle on a road filled with sewage water. Bamboo sticks protrude from the side of the road.

From Flush to Crop: Akkar Farmers’ Desperate Use of Raw Sewage Water

By

Layla Yammine

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Richard Salame

Painting of two lovers

قبول مكتوم: مجتمع الميم في التاريخ الإسلامي

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علي علومي

A group of six Amazigh women sit on the ground shoulder-to-shoulder. They all have their hair and faces partially covered; one of them is talking into a megaphone.

Dismantling the Greenwashing Machine: Strategies From Below

By

Lylla Younes

Kenyan domestic workers hold a sustained sit-in in front of their consulate in Badaro to demand immediate repatriation to their country. Beirut, Lebanon. August 11, 2020. (Mohamad Cheblak/The Public Source)

Kafala Reform a Liberal Veneer: Migrant Workers and the Struggle for Liberation

By

Sintia Issa

A woman donning a mask makes her way through a secondhand market in Tripoli near Nahr Abu Ali. Tripoli, Lebanon. June 13, 2020. (Natheer Halawani/The Public Source)

Quarantine: New Bodies in Familiar Places

By

Jana Nakhal

A meme from the Intergalactic Workers' League - Posadist Facebook page. February 23, 2020.

Culture and Revolution: Toward a Leftist Politics of Oscillation (Part 2 of 2)

By

Panos Aprahamian

The Socialism of the Inevitable vs the Communist of the Impossible: A meme from the Intergalactic Workers' League - Posadist Facebook page. August 10, 2018.

Culture and Revolution: Toward a Leftist Politics of Oscillation (Part 1 of 2)

By

Panos Aprahamian

Photojournalists place their cameras on the ground at the Interior Ministry to denounce police violence against journalists. Beirut, Lebanon. January 17, 2020. (Alternative Journalists Syndicate)

Did Someone Say Workers? (Part 2 of 2)

By

Lea Bou Khater

Protesters hold a candlelight vigil for two Syrian workers who died in a building fire following riots. Downtown Beirut, Lebanon. October 20, 2019. (Mohamad Cheblak/The Public Source)

From Hope To Dismay: How Crises Affect Syrians in Lebanon

By

Yazan Al-Saadi