This past Friday (June 21) saw the 18th week of massive, peaceful protests filling the streets of cities all across Algeria. Midweek, the country’s much-criticized strongman Gen. Gaid Salah, had …
Algeria: Some early thinking about a possible political solution
We are very happy to publish this paper, which was produced May 5 by a group of 15 professors at the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations, University of …
Algeria: Mass, peaceful protests continue, make slow gains
Friday May 31 was the 15th Friday in a row in which, across the massive North African country of Algeria, hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters have taken to the …
Our ‘Story/Backstory’ project produced great new discourse-expanding resources
One of Just World Ed’s major projects in Spring 2019 was the “Story/Backstory” project, in which– over a 13-week period– JWE President Helena Cobban produced weekly packages providing richly informed …
Algeria’s amazing mass movement makes gains…
The Arab world is seeing a wave of mass popular movements that we might even call “Arab Spring 2.0.” In Gaza, protesters have marched weekly for over a year now …
Zohra Drif memoir spurs discussion on political violence and anti-colonialism
In recent weeks, the NYC-based Nation magazine has hosted an intriguing discussion about the use of political violence in one of the great anti-colonial movements of the twentieth century: the …
Zohra Drif explored Algeria’s freedom struggle broadly in U.S. tour
Algeria’s national-liberation heroine Zohra Drif wrapped up her 18-day U.S. speaking tour “Memories of Algeria’s Freedom Struggle” on October 4, returning to Algeria after enthralling audiences in nine public gatherings …
Zohra Drif discusses Algeria’s freedom struggle in Washington DC, NYC!
Zohra Drif, a key heroine of the actual 1957 “Battle of Algiers” came to the United States in late September to start sharing her memories of her country’s much-acclaimed freedom …
