Farce

From a Leftist perspective, Aijaz Ahmad succinctly concluded, “Khomeini’s takeover was one of those rare conjunctures in which the revolution and the counter-revolution were condensed in the same moment…It was a decisive retreat of the Left from the Middle East and the rise to ideological hegemony of Islamic fundamentalism in that whole region- the history-as […]

To borrow Dickens’ phrase, we are living in the worst of times and perhaps the best of times. “There is lots of upheaval under the sun,” Chairman Mao said, “and things are ideal for a revolution. Humanity is living in a time when imperialism is running amok. From the brazen genocide inflicted upon Palestine to […]