Kurdish-held Afrin, an enclave located in northwest Syria, was occupied by the Turkish military and its Free Syrian army affiliates on March 18. Will the radical democracy of Northern Syria now become another legend in the history books? It is a question that ought to weigh heavily on all of our minds.
International teen solidarity could challenge both the U.S. military and the National Rifle Association to end assaults on human life. "Our goal must be to demand that every person around the world agree to stop producing and using weapons," says Nasir, a teenager in Kabul.
Relentless resistance, a notion now embodied in the very fabric of Palestinian society, has denied the oppressor the opportunity to emasculate Palestinians, or to reduce them to helpless victims and hapless refugees. Palestinian culture is rooted, like the olive trees and mountains of Galilee.
Israel's Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel recently called for more death and injuries of Palestinians in Gaza. Such views are reflections of real policies that have been carried out for over 70 years. This violent legacy continues to define Israel to this day, through the use of what Israeli historian Ilan Pappe describes as ‘incremental genocide.’
2018 promises to be a decisive year for the future of all Palestinians and it will be a difficult one. Not only did the US pull out of the 'peace process', it is expected to do its utmost to jeopardize any Palestinian initiative aimed at holding Israel accountable for its 50-year-old illegal military occupation.
Ta’iz, Yemen was home to a vibrant, creative youth movement during the 2011 Arab Spring uprising. Young men and women organized massive demonstrations to protest the enrichment of entrenched elites as ordinary people struggled to survive. The young people were exposing the roots of one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world today.
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