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Zwan Mahmod

Zwan Mahmod

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Zwan Mahmod writes about history, current affairs and politics. He has been published in the Fabian Society Review, DiEM25, and Ceasefire Magazine. He also writes a Substack newsletter, Zwan's Review, about a range of topics including foreign policy, economic democracy, and free speech.
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Meaningful Control: The Pursuit of True Economic and Political Democracy

  • byZwan Mahmod
  • 10 December 2024
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Introduction The liberal, democratic, capitalist model of the West is arguably the most successful form of human government…
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US Election 2024: Yet Another Farcical and Costly Contest

  • byZwan Mahmod
  • 8 November 2024
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In a decent and sane world, we need not have cared who was elected President of the United…
afghanistan
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A Small Light: Acts of Resistance in Afghanistan

  • byZwan Mahmod
  • 25 June 2024
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In an Afghanistan once again ruled by the Taliban, there exist public executions, floggings, and lashings of alleged…
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Israel’s war on Gaza is a war on the Palestinian people

  • byZwan Mahmod
  • 1 May 2024
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'The war in Gaza represents—and is—a war on the Palestinian people.'
Sudan
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Death of a revolution: the Sudanese civil war

  • byZwan Mahmod
  • 4 March 2024
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Zwan Mahmod reports on the catastrophe in Sudan and the end of its democratic dream.
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