Political Movements and Collective Consciousness
Political movements, particularly liberation movements, have come to define the 20th century. People observed the formation of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), the League against Imperialism, and the...
View ArticleGood and Bad
“Good” and “bad”, “better” and “worse”, are terms which may or may not have a verbal definition, but in any case first come to be understood ostensibly. Let us then begin with an attempt to indicate...
View ArticleCivil War in Yemen: A Cause for Concern
Since March 25th, 2015, Yemen has been embroiled in a civil war that has paralyzed the nation. This is not the first time Yemen has witnessed a civil war. What we consider to be the Republic of Yemen...
View ArticleReflections on My Meeting with Prof. Chomsky
It’s 6:00am on the 9th of October 2015. This is the big day, of course—I am going to be meeting Prof. Noam Chomsky in his office at MIT. I must assure myself that this is not a big deal. It’s now...
View ArticleThe Plight of Iqrit
What would you do if one day you were asked to leave your hometown and have not been able to return for 67 years and counting? This is what happened in 1948 to the Palestinian people who were living in...
View ArticleCompetition in Education
Of the dominant ideals of the nineteenth century, some have survived into our age, and some have not. Those that have survived have, for the most part, a more restricted field of application in our day...
View ArticleAnarchism
A lot of misconceptions are thrown around in the public and private sphere regarding the philosophy of anarchism. Most people associate anarchy with chaos, which is not reflective of what the truth...
View ArticleDo Not Go to the Classroom!
On a regular basis, I witness my anxious peers scrambling to get to their respective classrooms in order to hear their professors speak on a topic that they—the professors—have singularly chosen....
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