The Alliance of
Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
Solidarity with Iranian Women Political Prisoners and Women Indicted for Opposing the Compulsory Hijab or for other Social Justice Activities
Below, the Alliance of Middle Eastern Socialists is providing short biographies of several of the most well-known feminist political prisoners, in order to heighten awareness of the important role of women in the current protest movement in Iran and to promote...
What Are Iran’s Labor Protests/Strikes Demanding? What Are the Barriers to a Revolutionary Socialist Direction? What Kind of International Solidarity Is Needed?
Below is the text of Frieda Afary's presentation to a group of international labor activists on June 10, 2018. The mass protests that began in Iran on December 28, 2017 and have continued in the form of smaller nationwide protests and strikes, have been unprecedented...
Los Angeles Panel: Solidarity with Iranian Labor, Feminist, Student & Environmental Protests; Oppose Trump’s War Threats
You are invited to a Panel Discussion: Solidarity with Iranian Labor, Feminist, Student & Environmental Protests Oppose Trump’s War Threats Speakers: Frieda Afary, Producer of Iranian Progressives in Translation and member of Alliance of Middle Eastern...
Liberation Not War! A Panel in Solidarity with Middle Eastern Political Prisoners, May 27, Los Angeles
Sunday May 27, 2018 1-3 p.m. The Public School 951 Chung King Road Los Angeles 90012 Hosted by Black Rose / Rosa Negra - Los Angeles and The Public School Los Angeles https://www.facebook.com/events/2140482522847474/ In the face of the ongoing global and regional ...
What Can U.S. Teacher Protests Learn from Iranian Teacher Protests?
At a time when the Trump administration is increasing sanctions and war threats against Iran, a wave of teachers’ protests in the U.S. and Iran can create the possibility for international labor solidarity instead of militarist ideological brainwashing. In this...
The Syrian Revolution and the Emancipation of Palestinians and Kurds: Interview with Joseph Daher
Below, we reprint an interview which the Greek socialist collective Ela Liberta conducted with Joseph Daher, Swiss-Syrian socialist academic and activist. May 8, 2018 A) Ela Liberta: A large part of the Left chose not to support the Syrian revolution, or even stood by...
Migrant Women Fighting for Reproductive Rights
Editors’ Note: The article below has been submitted to the Alliance by MERJ, an organization of migrant and ethnic minority women who fight for women’s reproductive rights and wish to reach out to more Middle Eastern and North African women. May 14, 2018 We are...
How I Became a Feminist: A Brazilian Labor Leader Speaks to Iranian Women
Editors’ Note: Helena Silvestre is the National Coordinator of the Luta Popular Movement in Brazil and one of the signatories of a recent statement by a group of international socialist feminists in solidarity with Iranian women(see link below). She was inspired to...
No to Trump’s, Netanyahu’s, Bin Salman’s Imperialist War Drive Against Iran. Support Progressive and Revolutionary Opposition to Iranian Regime
For Iran, the U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Nuclear Agreement will mean crushing sanctions and direct or continued indirect war declared by Israel and Saudi Arabia with U.S. support. For the Middle East, it will mean further destruction and regional imperialist...
