Joseph Daher

The government's inadequate response to the earthquake speaks to decades of mismanagement, corruption, and cronyism that could threaten Erogan's career, as public outrage soars alongside the death toll, writes Joseph Daher.

The financial crises that have hit Egypt, Lebanon and Tunisia are the result of a failed neoliberal model of development, which continues to deepen the struggles of working class people while emboldening authoritarianism, writes Joseph Daher.

The newly elected extremist far-right government of Israel is the logical result of decades of unchecked occupation, colonisation, and ethno-nationalism, writes Joseph Daher, and any struggle for democracy must centre Palestinian liberation.

From its violent repression in the lead-up and continued imprisonment of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, to the summit’s polluting ‘partners’ like Coca-Cola, the Sisi regime is greenwashing its crimes through COP27, writes Joseph Daher.

To preserve their own wealth and power, the ruling class have consistently opposed changes to the corrupt banking system, deliberately orchestrating a crisis that has plunged the country into poverty and economic collapse, writes Joseph Daher.

In the last decade there has been a shocking decline in Syrian students, and for those still in school the rising cost of learning is unsustainable, yet the regime’s response is further divestment and poorer quality of teaching, writes Joseph Daher.

Joseph Daher warns that despite the Syrian official opposition’s claims, Turkey’s normalisation with Assad and its targeting of Syrian refugees reinforce that Erdogan is no ally when it comes to honouring the objectives sought by the 2011 uprising.

Two years on from the Beirut port blast, Joseph Daher argues that life in Lebanon has become even more difficult for the people. The outcomes of Lebanon’s elections in May, a key event since the tragedy, failed to provide any meaningful change.

Joseph Daher argues that Iran and Hezbollah’s strategic regional interests which requires a reconciliation between their allies, are defining the growing relationship between the Syrian regime and Hamas.

Despite the momentum of the October 2019 uprisings in Lebanon, there is little hope for progressive alternatives in the upcoming elections, especially with such a weakened trade union movement, writes Joseph Daher.