Solidarity with Iraq Popular Protests: Statement from Alliance of MENA Socialists
The demands for social justice and economic redistribution against the neoliberal destructive policies cannot be dissociated from the opposition to the sectarian political system. The overwhelming majority of protesters continue to denounce the Islamization and...
Video of San Francisco Event in Solidarity with Iranian Women Political Prisoners
As part of a monthlong series of events for women, human rights activists and political prisoners in Iran, an art mural opening took place in San Francisco last week. Some of the artists participating were born in Iranian prisons because their mothers were political...
No to the invasion and occupation of northeastern Syria by the Turkish army
The Alliance of Middle Eastern and North African Socialists condemn Turkeys invasion of Northeastern Syria and its deadly assault on the Kurds. Last week, after U.S. president Trump announced the withdrawal of US troops from Northeastern Syria on October 9th, Turkey...
Livestream Dialogue on Kurdish Self-Determination and Socialism
Sunday November 3, 2019 6 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Geneva time Sponsored by the Alliance of Middle Eastern and North African Socialists Two hours of discussion with Kurdish Turkish, Kurdish Iranian, Syrian Swiss socialists to be followed by 30 minutes for Q and A with...
Palestinian Women Protest Against Femicide, For Free Homeland & Women’s Emancipation
On September 26, 2019, hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets to protest femicide. The demonstrations which took place in Haifa, Jerusalem, Ramallah, the West Bank and the Gaza strip, were organized via Facebook under the event “Free Homeland, Free Women”. The...
Protest movements in Iraq in the age of a ‘new civil society’
For Iraqi protesters, individual freedom, especially the freedom not to belong to a religious and sectarian group is considered as essential as economic equality. The madaniyya claimed by Iraqi youth is not only the ‘post-Islamist’ moment spreading throughout the...
Event in Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Iran, October 6, 2019, Paris
This event is organized by Iranian progressives and socialists in Paris. On October 6, 2019, we stand in solidarity with the resistance of Iranian people. Particularly, we express our solidarity with the inspiring and courageous struggles of Haft Tappeh workers...
Open Letter from Iranian Workers and Labor Activists to International Workers, Labor Organizations, Syndicates, and All People of Conscience
International working class solidarity calls on workers of all countries, especially countries in which workers still have the basic rights of free speech, protest and association, to support the struggles of their fellow working class members, condemn the...
Sudan’s Acute Contradictions
Sudan is in a state of acute contradiction as popular forces share power with the very actors that repressed the movement. The Revolution has Emerged: Sudan’s Acute Contradictions By: Emma Wilde Botta Source: The Review of African Political Economy September 2019 In...
The Paradox of Syria’s Reconstruction
As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has regained power, thanks to Russian and Iranian military assistance, it has turned to the country’s reconstruction. Yet Assad’s primary aim has not been to reverse the ravages of war. Instead, his regime has designed...