The Alliance of
Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
Toward a Global Prison Abolitionist Movement: Videolink to panel
In this panel we will we offer an overview of the prison and refugee camp populations and situations in the U.S., Syria and Iran. We will address some key obstacles to the formation of a global prison abolitionist movement, offer ways of overcoming them and present...
What Is Holding Back the Formation of a Global Prison Abolitionist Movement to Fight COVID-19 and Capitalism?
Effectively fighting the COVID-19 pandemic demands a global prison abolitionist movement based on opposition to all forms of exploitation and domination. In the first part of this article, we offer some an overview of the world’s prison and refugee camp populations....
A Conversation About U.S. Sanctions on Iran
Shiyam Galyon of War Resisters League in conversation with Sina Zekavat about U.S. Sanctions on Iran. Last month, the US increased sanctions on Iran. What do people in the United States need to know about these sanctions? That they are primarily hurting ordinary...
Gender Violence, Political Activism & Imprisonment in Egypt
While nine years ago female protesters struggled with violence on the street, female dissidents today face worse consequences in political prisons. This includes the famous human rights lawyer Mahienour El Massry, who has been in and out of prison for the past 15...
Syrian Revolution and Counter-Revolution: An Interview with Joseph Daher
Ani White, Australian socialist feminist interviews Joseph Daher, author of Syria After the Uprisings: The Political Economy of State Resilience (Pluto Press, 2019)...
Intersectional Feminism: A Sudanese-American Woman’s Perspective
Feminism can only be emancipatory if it is also anti-racist and anti-capitalist; and it has to be so in its practices, not just its discourses. My Feminism Will Always Be Unfinished by Sara Abbas Source: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung The Left Berlin ...
Protest Removal of Palestine From Coronavirus Map
A large platform for sharing global figures on COVID-19 patients and deaths decided to completely remove Palestine and now counts Palestinian cases as Israeli. The World Health Organization (WHO) figures got simply changed by the department at John Hopkins University....
Coronavirus Pandemic Exposes Inhumanity of Capitalism. What Can Socialists Do? Statement by Alliance of MENA Socialists
We need to change the dominant discourse from one focused on fear of “the other” to one that challenges the capitalist system’s failure to put humanity and nature at the center of our concerns. There are structural reasons that prevent capitalism from...
Video Panel: Socialist Feminists Respond to COVID-19, Unfinished Global Revolts, Me Too Movement
Video recording of online panel organized by Alliance of MENA Socialists on March 29, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/2196931800604746/videos/3121336057890977/ Speakers: Julia Wallace: Black socialist activist, member of SEIU Local 721 and writer for Leftvoice.org...