Iraq’s uprising is unmasking all the sectarian leaders attempting to ride the revolutionary wave. By Zeidon Alkinani In order to understand the recent and sudden alliance that was established by Iran and the Iraqi cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr,….

SULAIMANI — Shia cleric and political leader Moqtada al-Sadr issued a statement on Sunday (February 2) calling on his followers to work to put down major protest actions across Iraq in coordination with the security forces, including by breaking strikes….

BY Nadia Mahmood The protests in Iraq are not just around a particular demand, but against the whole governmental system. How can an alternative government be won, and what sort of government? We talk about councils – in place of….

By Dr Janan Aljabiri | Dr Rima Majed| Professor Gilbert Achcar In December 2010, the uprising that started in Tunisia set in motion a regional revolutionary shockwave widely referred to in 2011 as the Arab Spring. Eight years later, in….

AN INTERVIEW WITHSAMI ADNAN INTERVIEW BYSCHLUWA SAMA Mass protests are nothing new for Iraq. But what’s different about the demonstrations currently rocking the country is that protesters are calling for the overthrow of the entire post-US-invasion political system. Since October….