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For Albert Cossery, the world is split between those who respect a cause and those who don’t give a tinker's damn.

This Wednesday, Egyptians will hold the first competitive presidential poll after emerging from three decades of autocratic rule last year.

Six recent clashes and conflicts on a planet heading into energy overdrive.

On its fiftieth anniversary, the founding declaration of SDS echoes today in democracy movements around the world.

The Czech playwright's enduring ideas about politics, truth and human nature.

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has replaced Hosni Mubarak as the force that rules Egypt with an iron fist. As January 25 approaches, the revolution is not over.

How the occupied became the occupiers.

On a recent visit to Gaza, officials from both factions told me they are ready to accept the results of new elections, win or lose.

In the midst of a complicated election, Egyptians are once again in the streets, protesting military rule and debating what democracy means.

The massive popular protests that shook the globe this year have much in common, though most of the reporting on them in the mainstream media has obscured the similarities.