The Alliance of
Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
An Iranian Crisis of Representation
The recent round of spontaneous protests against the petrol price hike has to be contextualized as part of the “long-term revolutionary process” in Iran. Rahman Bouzari 22 November 2019 Source: ...
Iran Nationwide Popular Protests Call for Overthrow of Demagogic Regime
Police stations, banks, some public buildings, a few religious seminaries and many posters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have been set on fire. Demonstrators have blocked roads. Slogans include: “Gasoline is becoming more expensive and the poor are...
Idlib Resists
Despite being trapped between the regime and extremists, Idlib (Syria) remains home to many civil initiatives and outpourings of resistance. November 9, 2019 by Leila Al Shami source: https://leilashami.wordpress.com/2019/11/09/idlib-resists/ Over the past few days...
Letter from the Free Union of Iranian Workers to the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
Dear General Secretary Burrow, all of these acts of repression against Iranian workers are committed because the Iranian government considers any union activity by workers, teachers and all wage earners to be a security threat. It uses false security accusations to...
Livestream Event: Youth Power: Socialist Activists from Sudan, Iraq, Iran, China, U.S. in Dialogue, Nov. 17
Sunday November 17, 2019 7 p.m. -9:30 p.m. Geneva time Livestream Dialogue with socialist activists from Iraq, Iran, Sudan, China and the United States about what is new in their struggles. Our discussion will include the opposition to racism and imperialism, the...
Statement by MENA Socialist Feminists and Allies on the Popular Uprisings in the Region
In all the ongoing struggles in the region, the most progressive demands have been raised by women participants who oppose patriarchy and do not separate social justice from women’s emancipation. In order for the 2019 uprisings to move forward, the struggle for...
“The People Want the Fall of the Regime”
Article published on the website of Jacobin: https://jacobinmag.com/2019/10/lebanon-protest-movement-inequality-austerity?fbclid=IwAR2EWx4FZtUA7XVt5L3i5aNknFkHaq35g3AT3proWX6xr2n5fhvwJskdacc The streets of Lebanon are ringing with protest chants as the country...
Lebanon’s ‘October Revolution’ must go on!
Lebanon has a golden opportunity for the formation of an alternative, we should not let the ruling class reproduce itself again. Rima Majed October 20, 2019 source: Open Democracy...
Palestine: “No Liberation Without Free Women”
The TALIAAT movement mobilized for the first time in Ramallah on September 26, 2019, bringing together more than one hundred women against violence committed against a woman by her husband. Other demonstrations were organized at the same time throughout all of...