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Where does ISIS come from?

Posted on 22nd June 2016 by Camilla

A review of Abdel Bari Atwan, Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate (Saqi, 2015), £9.99 Rosa Luxemburg said that capitalism would end in either socialism or barbarism. Looking at the Middle East, as hopes of democracy and social justice have been… Continue Reading →

Book reviews ISIS, Islamism, Syria

ISIS, imperialism and the war in Syria

Posted on 6th January 2016 by Camilla

For the fourth time in less than a decade and half the UK is at war, and once again the vast majority of the victims will be Muslims. Bolstered by the votes and voices of the Labour right, on 2… Continue Reading →

Analysis imperialism, ISIS, Middle East, Syria

Fascism and ISIS

Posted on 5th October 2015 by Camilla

Ghayath Naisse’s article “The ‘Islamic State’ and the Counter-revolution” is an extremely valuable contribution to the discussion about the nature of ISIS. In particular, Naisse’s emphasis on the devastating impact of war on Iraqi and Syrian societies—in the Iraqi case… Continue Reading →

Feedback ISIS, Middle East

The “Islamic State” and the counter-revolution

Posted on 6th July 2015 by Camilla

According to the world’s media outlets and major heads of state, a new threat has been looming over “world peace” since June 2014—the threat of ISIS. ISIS was presented as an imminent danger and, far from being constrained to the… Continue Reading →

Article ISIS, Middle East, Syria

ISIS and counter-revolution: towards a Marxist analysis

Posted on 5th January 2015 by ISJ

Four years after the Arab revolutions of 2011 the hopes that the uprisings kindled seem to have been all but extinguished. Libya, Syria and Iraq present grim variations on the theme of “failed states”.1 Meanwhile, a United States-led military coalition… Continue Reading →

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