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Anonymized missing person flyer that circulated online in the aftermath of the explosion. The man was found alive and well. August 2020. (The Public Source)

Life and Death on the Margins: On the Double Trauma of Migrant Workers

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Anti-Racism Movement

The Dikkenneh Co-op, Basta al-Tahta. Beirut, Lebanon. April 16, 2021. (Rita Kabalan/The Public Source)

“We All Benefit”: On the Little Dikkeneh Co-op That Could

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Yara El Murr

Al-Khiam Prison, turned into a memorial by Hezbollah, was bombed by Israel during its 2006 war on Lebanon. Khiam, Nabatieh. 2006. (Marwan Tahtah/The Public Source)

Committed to Liberation: Remembering Soha Bechara’s Clandestine Mission

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Soha Bechara

Stencil on a wall by artist collective Bel Mersad. It reads, "Hasten to the dreams of workers. For a foreseeable future, happy life, job security, freedom of choice." Beirut, Lebanon. May 1, 2020. (Bel Mersad)

On Today’s Alternative Organizing to Reclaim and Politicize the Labor Struggle

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Sintia Issa Christina Cavalcanti

The electricity sector has become an embodiment of corruption in Lebanon. Électricité du Liban, Mar Mikhael, Beirut. November 10, 2019. (Hoda Kerbage/The Public Source)

Anti-Corruption: A Neoliberal Strategy to Breathe New Life into Lebanon's Spoils-Sharing System?

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Karim Merhej Sintia Issa

Three protesters hold a sign in Riad al-Solh Square that reads, “burn their mansions." Beirut. Lebanon. October 18, 2019. (Mohamad Cheblak/The Public Source)

Workers’ Solidarity, Redistribution, and Universal Social Protections... Slogans of a Struggle Against Engineered Losses

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Christina Cavalcanti

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

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Sintia Issa

A protestor enters the abandoned opera house in Beirut, Lebanon. October 21, 2019. (Rita Kabalan/The Public Source)

Psychological Warfare in Times of Revolution

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Ramez Dagher

Visitors gather by the ruins of the Ancient Roman Marj Bisri temple during a hike aimed at promoting awareness of the site's cultural and historical heritage. April 22, 2017. (Photo courtesy of "Save the Bisri Valley Campaign")

Bisri Valley: Infrastructure and the Trap of Neoliberal Development

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Sintia Issa

A drawing of martyred media worker Mohammad Sherri by illustrator Amy Chiniara.

Veteran Journalist Mohammad Sherri Killed by Israel

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Christina Cavalcanti

The photo shows several damaged tombstones in Beirut's Bachoura Cemetery.

Can the Dead Rest? Israeli Strike on Bachoura Damages Beirut’s Historic Cemetery

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Tracy J. Jawad