The Alliance of
Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
No Wars: Support Regional Uprisings/Revolutions
As internationalists we must learn from and relay the independent voices trying to turn their countries away from the influence of Western and regional military and economic influence. Specifically, this means supporting the recent wave of revolutions in Algeria,...
What is New About State Capitalism in the 21st Century?
For much of the left, since the 1980s, neoliberalism has been an all-encompassing term to identify the character of contemporary capitalism ... Since the 2008 economic crisis however, some leftist as well as liberal analysts have argued that this concept is not...
Dialogue Between Socialist Feminists from China, Russia, Turkey
Sunday March 1, 2020, 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. Geneva time Two hours of Q and A with a moderator to be followed by 30 minutes of Q & A with the facebook audience. Videolink: https://www.facebook.com/2196931800604746/videos/508724249785465/ Speakers: Zoe...
Palestine: The “deal of the century” or a new attempt to liquidate the Palestinian question
On January 28 in Washington, a so-called Middle East peace plan was presented by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and in the notable absence of the Palestinian side. The outlines of the project were put together by Jared...
Nine years of struggle for democracy in Syria
This article was first published on the Websites of Socialist Resistance and International Viewpoint SOCIALIST RESISTANCE – The movement for democracy which erupted in 2011 in Syria, alongside others in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), gave hope that the...
Free Mays Abou Ghosh and Khalida Jarrar from Israel’s prisons !
We publish the the following article as part of an ongoing series calling attention to the state of political prisoners and the importance of the MeToo movement in the MENA region. By Lara al-Kateb The "banana" position is a method used in interrogation which involves...
Report on Socialist Feminist Dialogue Between Iranian, Iraqi, Palestinian-Lebanese, Chilean women
The speakers identified a universal challenge in their movements: too often gender justice is viewed as a secondary struggle, less important than economic or political fights. A key task for socialist feminists is to meld economic, political, and social issues....
Al-Mounadil/ah Newspaper threatened with suspension, and its website with closure: No to stifling the freedom of expression!
"The following statement, published on 30 January 2020, explains the Moroccan judiciary’s threat to close the revolutionary socialist newspaper and website, al-Mounadil-a (‘the Militant’). As the al-Mounadil-a editorial board suggests below, such threats are parts of...
The ‘Caesar Bill’: A step towards accountability in Syria, or a worsening economic crisis
Article first published on the website Syria untold: https://syriauntold.com/2020/01/27/the-caesar-bill-a-step-towards-accountability-in-syria-or-a-worsening-economic-crisis/ The Caesar Bill has become the subject of debate among progressive and democratic Syrian...