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What Can Americans Learn from New York’s Shrewd Governor, Andrew Cuomo?

By Barbara Nimri Aziz, October 28, 2020             Day 240 of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US; anxious New Yorkers are again invited to hear about changing conditions in…

The Empty Classrooms of Qalamoun

DECEMBER 6, 2013, Counterpunch.org. Poetic designations like Qalamoun are propelled into international consciousness as new sites of combat and desolation. Because Qalamoun lies strategically on the main route…

Nepal’s Democracy Landmark (a Constitution) Leads to Instability

OCTOBER 26, 2015 on Counterpunch.org. To set the framework for its infant democracy, to recognize its rich pluralist character, and to enshrine its secular ideals Nepal had finally…

Democracy in Nepal Passes a Second Test

JULY 7, 2017 on Counterpunch.org. Nepal’s 28 million citizens have waited 20 years for the elections that finally took place during recent weeks (with the final 10 percent…

Letter to My Friend in Damascus

MARCH 13, 2017, Counterpunch.org I am afraid to ask you your feelings about the recently announced American invasion into your country. In our talks these past months, we’ve…

Syria: Back in Government Hands! (Or, Dying to Get Back to School)

APRIL 7, 2017, Counterpunch.org “Back in government hands”; the journalist repeated it twice in the same account of her report from Homs, Syria. Lyse Doucet had returned to…

Syria’s Survival

AUGUST 28, 2017, Counterpunch.org Syria’s current struggle against multiple assaults is not over by any means. It remains in a highly vulnerable state. Its people are scattered across…

Iraq Then, Syria Now

APRIL 16, 2018, Counterpunch.org When will you get the message? Comply, as Jordan, Egypt and others did and we’ll protect your leaders, ensure favorable press, shore up your…

Iraqi Landscapes: the Path of Martyrs

March 23, 2018, Counterpunch.org In the final thirty kilometers drive back to my home in the Catskills, along a vacant highway through hills of leafless winter trees colorless…

Iraqis’ Diet Fifteen Years After the Invasion

April 12, 2018, Counterpunch.org Some Iraqis might assert that today everything is available in their country. That’s true to a degree; if you exclude self-sufficiency. And trust.