The Alliance of
Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
Los Angeles Panel: New Directions for Socialist Feminist Resistance, An International Dialogue
Speakers: Arielle Concilio, Latina gender studies student and activist, member of Left Voice Julia Wallace, Black anti-racist activist, member of SEIU and Left Voice Ashleigh Campi, gender studies and political theory scholar and activist Frieda Afary, producer...
Statement from a group of international socialist feminists in solidarity with Iranian women
We the signatories of this statement, refuse to separate our opposition to U.S. imperialism and any imperialist war drive on Iran, from our support for the progressive and revolutionary social justice struggles of Iranian women, workers and oppressed minorities...
The Rise, Decline and Return of Marxist Feminism
In this introduction to the new Persian translation of Heather Brown’s Marx on Gender and the Family: A Critical Study (Brill Press, 2012 and Haymarket Press, 2013), the translators situate Brown’s work in the context of the various tendencies within Marxist...
The Kurdish Crisis in Iraq and Syria
We must support the right of self-determination for 28 to 35 million Kurdish people in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. We need to denounce these authoritarian regimes, as well as international and regional measures and pressures that prevent Kurdish populations from...
The Experience of Local Councils in the Syrian Revolution: A Critical Retrospective View
The original idea behind the councils became meaningless. Under the hegemony of weapons and conditional funding, the space for council work closed up. Thus, the possibility of building an alternative, democratic authority from below, which could lead the revolution...
Support Iranian Women’s Acts of Protest Against the Compulsory Hijab: Drawing Lessons from 1979 and Today
These are incredibly courageous acts in a country in which the hijab is compulsory, and where women who do not wear their headscarves properly can be arrested, assaulted, face fines, lashes and imprisonment. . . These acts of protest are part of a broader wave of...
Indian Socialist Discusses Iran’s Present & Past Struggles
Rohini Hensman analyzes the recent uprising by working-class Iran in the context of a battle for democracy which has spanned longer than a century. Rohini Hensman is a writer and independent scholar whose forthcoming book, Indefensible: Democracy, Counter-Revolution,...
Solidarity with Afrin, al-Ghouta, Idlib Against All Military Attacks
We, the Alliance of Middle Eastern Socialists oppose the various military attacks on Afrin, Idlib and Eastern Ghouta and support all the innocent civilians in Syria. . . There has been a consensus between all the international and regional powers on the necessity to...
Italian Trade Union’s Statement in Solidarity with Iranian Protesters and Political Prisoners
Sindicato Intercategoriale Cobas, Italy Statement for the Release of Arrested Protesters and Political Prisoners in Iran January 17, 2018 The SI Cobas trade union of Italy expresses its support for the struggles of workers, proletarians and young Iranians against the...