The Alliance of
Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
This Website Has Been Archived
As of March 2021, this website will no longer have new posts. For future posts, go to the facebook page of the Alliance of MENA Socialists. https://www.facebook.com/Alliance-of-MENA-Socialists-2196931800604746 این تارنما تبدیل به آرشیو شده لطفا به صفحه ی فیس بوک اتحاد...
Letter from Palestinian Woman Prisoner, Khalida Jarrar
Khalida Jarrar is a feminist, human rights activist and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. She lives in Ramallah, but has been held by Israel in administrative detention off an on since July of 2015. The following letter was written for the keynote...
Defend Iranian Woman Labor Leader Parvin Mohammadi
Parvin Mohammadi needs support from labor activists and feminist activists around the world. During all these years of struggle, she has never separated the labor struggle from women’s struggles for their rights. Frieda Afary January 20, 2021 Source: New Politics On...
Syria’s Labor Communist Party, a rich political history – Part two
The LCP's history of standing alongside minority groups could hold lessons for today's Syrian opposition. This article is the second in a two-part series examining the history of Syria's Labor Communist Party, through the recent book The Story of the Labor Communist...
Syria’s Labor Communist Party, a rich political history – Part one
What can Syria's progressive opposition learn from the story of the Labor Communist Party? This article is the first in a two-part series by Joseph Daher examining the history of Syria's Labor Communist Party. Article first published on Syria Untold Rateb Shabo, a...
Reviews of “A Region in Revolt”, book about 2019 N. Africa & West Asia Uprisings
Below are two recent reviews of the book, A Region in Revolt: Mapping the Recent Uprisings in North Africa and West Asia which was recently published by Daraja Press and Transnational Institute. The first review by Emma Wilde Botta was published by the Review of...
Conversation with Producers of Nasrin, documentary about Imprisoned Iranian Feminist Human Rights Attorney, Nasrin Sotoudeh
On December 6, Internationalism From Below and Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants and Alliance of MENA Socialists sponsored a screening of the magnificent documentary, Nasrin. Below is the link to a thirty-minute conversation that Frieda Afary had with...
Video of Book Launch: A Region in Revolt: Mapping the Uprisings in North Africa & West Asia, 2019-2020, Published by Daraja Press
Video of Book launch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKOEqCO6T-E&feature=em-lsb-owner Audio of Book launch https://darajapress.com/2020/11/20/a-region-in-revolt-mapping-the-recent-uprisings-in-north-africa-and-west-asia Book Launch, Sunday Nov. 29 @6 p.m....
What’s Really Driving the Azerbaijan-Armenia Conflict
The bloody conflict that has erupted between Azerbaijan and Armenia isn’t the result of ancestral hatreds or deep-seated animosity between Muslims and Christians. It is the product of a long history of colonialism, nationalism, and authoritarianism. BY DJENE RHYS...