Everyone you see in the photo above was kidnapped by Assad forces on March 9-11 in 2013. Exactly 10 years ago. The mother depicted, Rania Alabbasi, was a dentist and Syria’s most famous chess champion. In addition to her . . .
Place: Middle East
Statement by Ukrainian Feminists in Solidarity with Iranian Women
Ukrainian feminists see themselves as part of the same struggle as that of Iranian women
Iran Protests Against Compulsory Hijab and State Violence
At this time, international solidarity with women in Iran is critically important in order to help the continuation of the current courageous wave of protests in defense of women and against state brutality.
review
White Torture
Frieda Afary reviews a collection of interviews with 12 women political prisoners in Iran.
“The simple thing. So hard to achieve.”
Interview with Standing Together's National Field Organizer
Standing Together, as a movement, stands for an Israeli-Palestinian peace based on justice and independence for both peoples of this country, while knowing full well that the real problem lies with the unwillingness of the Israeli political establishment to advance towards such a solution.
Weaponizing Antisemitism “Makes Jews of Color Less Safe”
Interview with Anna Rajagopoal
Anna Rajagopal speaks about what Judaism and anti-Zionism mean to them, what it’s like being a Jew of color, and how this controversy has been affecting them.
Reading Tolstoy’s “Sevastopol Sketches” against Russia’s Wars on Syria and Ukraine
In the continuities between the Tolstoyan scenes from the “Sevastopol Sketches” and the destruction of Syrian and Ukrainian cities, we perceive constancy in the fundamentally brutal exercise of State power
Open letter from Israel to the Russian Anti-War Movement
Israeli activists for Palestinian rights express support for the Russian anti-war movement
review
Half-Apology for Apartheid?
Linfield’s The Lions’ Den reads like an intervention toward holding back the encouraging tide of pro-Palestinian awareness.
We Who Are in Prison Escape Every Day
Students and Women Organizing Against Israeli Occupation: An Interview with Layan Kayed
Layan Kayed, who was imprisoned by Israel for her activism, discusses organizing by students and women.
Left Antisemitism and Consistent Democracy
A Reply to Daniel Fischer
Daniel Randall responds to Daniel Fischer’s review of his book Confronting Antisemitism on the Left: Arguments for Socialists.
An Especially Shameful Episode in Zionist History
We need to know all this history and lots more about Zionist leaders’ dealings with Jew haters so we can immediately confront and neutralize Zionist slander the next time they falsely cry “antisemitism.”
Are Tankie Politics Racist?
Ani White and Gayaal Iddamalgoda argue that so-called “tankie” politics, meaning support for “actually-existing socialist” and “anti-imperialist” states, erase struggles in the Global South.
The Fight Against Antisemitism is the Fight for Total Liberation
In Confronting Antisemitism on the Left, Daniel Randall challenges socialists to confront antisemitism with the same vigor they have taken on other struggles against oppression.
We Anti-Zionists Speak for a Quarter of U.S. Jews
The newest poll numbers show that a quarter of U.S. Jews fundamentally oppose the Zionist project.
The Failure of American Empire Lite
The only thing “lite” about American empire turned out to be a dogged unwillingness to accept any culpability in using power to try and remake the world, instead insisting that the exercise of violence could be innocent as long as the right people were doing it.
The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report: A Green-Syndicalist Analysis
Since publication of its first assessment report in 1990, the IPCC has borne witness to the ever-worsening problem of anthropogenic climate disruption, together with what amounts to humanity’s suicidal failure to address the factors threatening collective destruction.
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