NEW: Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities Dear Friends and Comrades, Today we’re publishing the first piece from our forthcoming issue on campus activism and repression since October 7, 2023. In “Censorship and Surveillance at US Universitie...

In “Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities,” Torin Monahan details the expansive apparatus used by university administrations, often following federal or state political pressures, to police pro-Palestine and progressive speech on campuses across the country.

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Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities The night before the start of the Fall 2025 semester, facilities workers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill quietly boarded up a pro-Palestine mural. The mural, created by art…

NEW: "Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities"

Torin Monahan details how university administrations bowed to political pressure to surveil and censor students and faculty who have stood up for Palestinian liberation since October 7, 2023.

The Evolution of Sudan's Popular Political Forces - MERIP On January 30, 2011, a protest took place in Sudan’s capital Khartoum. Inspired by uprisings in other parts of the Arabic-speaking world, such as Tunisia and Egypt, activists announced and promoted…

The Sudanese writer, organizer and MERIP contributor Muzan Al Neel has passed away. In 2021 Al Neel reflected on the 2019 revolution and how it departed from the 2011 Arab Uprisings. Since that time, Al Neel played an active role in MERIP's world, her voice will be missed.

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Excerpt from Fred Halliday writing on Mario Offenberg's 1975 book, Kommunismus in Palastina: Nation und Klasse in der Antikolonialen Revolution.

From the April 1977 issue of MERIP Reports.

Poale Zion was the 'socialist Zionist' party.

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'Our Compass is Broken'—Israel's Ongoing War in South Lebanon Every day since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza in 2023, my father, like many other villagers from Lebanon’s south, has listened to the news in the hope of hearing that he can return to our village along the border of South Lebanon and rebuild our house.

A new piece from grantee @merip.bsky.social—a personal exploration & analysis by Susann Kassem on "Israel's Ongoing War in South Lebanon" ⬇️
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NEW: ‘Our Compass is Broken’—Israel’s Ongoing War on South Lebanon Dear Friends and Comrades,  Amid the escalating US and Israeli war on Iran, the Israeli invasion of South Lebanon is intensifying. In addition to drone and missile attacks in Beirut, Israel is carryi...

❝ Susann Kassem tells of the struggles her extended family has faced as their homes and villages in the south of Lebanon and in Dahiyeh have been destroyed and terrorized by the IDF. ❞

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'Our Compass is Broken'—Israel's Ongoing War in South Lebanon Every day since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza in 2023, my father, like many other villagers from Lebanon’s south, has listened to the news in the hope of hearing that he can return to our vill...

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Israeli occupation vandalism in a southern Lebanese home: “Fuck Shia” in English, puerile remarks in Hebrew, and a feminine hygiene product affixed nearby.

Susann Kassem's account of life for displaced southern Lebanese during the one-sided ceasefire in @merip.bsky.social is a sensitive record of the interregnum between two Israeli invasions. The state & much of society sacrificed a whole community to Israeli fire & de facto occupation. Link ⤵️

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A Primer on Lebanon—History, Palestine and Resistance to Israeli Violence - MERIP n September 17, 2024, pagers exploded across Lebanon, indiscriminately killing at least 32 people and blinding or otherwise maiming thousands. The next day, walkie-talkies exploded, again killing and ...

And our Lebanon Primer is a fantastic overview of the long history of resistance to Israeli violence threaded through the country’s modern history.

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Dispatch from South Lebanon—Life as Resistance at the End of the World - MERIP A look at land, and life, on Lebanon's frontlines.

Susann Kassem’s piece follows on Munira Khayyat’s earlier dispatch from South Lebanon after the 2024 ceasefire.

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War Across Boundaries–Perspectives on Iran and a Region Under Siege On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, initiating a war with wide-ranging consequences for Iran and the broader region and devastating effects for their popula...

Rima and Maya Mikdashi’s entries in our recent collection also highlight the limitless war Israel is seeking to wage on Lebanon.

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