Power, Discourse & Governance

A graffiti artist paints a mural of some of Lebanon's oligarchs on a wall erected near Riad al-Solh Square in downtown Beirut. October 24, 2019. (Lara Bitar/The Public Source)

What is Oligarchy? (Part 1 of 2)

Julia Choucair Vizoso

What is Oligarchy? (Part 1 of 2)

Editorials

“Lebanon First:” On the Politics of Neutrality on a Moving Train

Lara Bitar

“Lebanon First:” On the Politics of Neutrality on a Moving Train

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?

Karim Merhej & Sintia Issa

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

Two young boys carry a tire at a roadblock reinforced by burning dumpsters. Beirut, Lebanon. October 18, 2019. (Mouran Mattar/Fawra)

Lebanon’s Class Struggle: Between the “Civil” and the “Popular”

Wissam Saade

Lebanon’s Class Struggle: Between the “Civil” and the “Popular”

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

Psychological Warfare in Times of Revolution

Ramez Dagher

Psychological Warfare in Times of Revolution

Slogans against sectarianism are abundant near downtown's protest squares, "sectarianism is an illness caused by warlords to rule us” affirms this one in Beirut, Lebanon. October 23, 2019. (Nour Mufti/Fawra)

Are the People to Blame? Debunking Counter-Revolutionary & Culturalist Arguments

Nadim El Kak

Are the People to Blame? Debunking Counter-Revolutionary & Culturalist Arguments

Protesters rest beside graffiti depicting the hanging of an authority figure. Downtown Beirut, Lebanon. December 15, 2019. (Rita Kabalan/The Public Source)

Oligarchiyya, Lebanese Style (Part 2 of 2)

Julia Choucair Vizoso

Oligarchiyya, Lebanese Style (Part 2 of 2)