Articles & Analysis

The Left Between Memory and Reality: From Nostalgia to Action

More than a century has passed since the founding of the Lebanese Communist Party, along with a long history of sacrifices and disappointments, of struggle and confusion. But the question […]

Bashir Osmat

12/26/2025

Articles & Analysis

Eighty Years of Mobilization: From “State as Mission” to “State as Arena” – Part One

Lebanon has spent eighty years shaped by wars and narratives that treated it as an arena for others’ conflicts rather than a sovereign state. The recent war proved that the […]

Bashir Osmat

12/26/2025

Articles & Analysis

The Left Between Nihilistic Obituary and Living History: From the Dilemma of Nostalgia to the Possibility of Renewal

The article critiques a recent pessimistic view of the left as dead and irrelevant, arguing instead that despite its struggles and failures, the left remains a vital and evolving force. […]

Bashir Osmat

12/08/2025

Articles & Analysis

Lebanon on Others’ Tables

Lebanon is no longer negotiating from a position of choice, but from a position of collapse. What is presented as diplomacy is, in reality, the management of defeat, while sovereignty […]

Bashir Osmat

07/04/2025

Articles & Analysis

Between Heroism and Self-Destruction: When Resistance Turns into a Collective Illusion

Heroism does not mean abandoning reason, nor does resistance justify destroying the state. True confrontation requires awareness, strategy, and national unity—not slogans that mask collapse and push societies toward collective […]

Bashir Osmat

07/02/2025

Articles & Analysis

May 4: Let Voting Be for the Nation, the Public Interest, and Change

Publication date: April 30, 2025 In Lebanon, when municipal elections approach, the scene no longer looks democratic as it is meant to appear. Instead, it turns into another arena of […]

Bashir Osmat

04/30/2025