For Iran and the US, public health is a political weapon
This article was first published on Open Democracy With or without the US sanctions, the Iranian regime is neither capable nor interested in prioritizing the well-being of its citizens. While the COVID-19 virus continues to prey on vulnerable lives in Iran and across...
Historical Lessons of the Syrian Revolution: A CRITICAL BALANCE SHEET
Article first published on the website Spectre Journal More than 9 years after the beginning of the Syrian uprising, the situation is more than catastrophic for the popular classes in the country. It is facing a deep humanitarian crisis with 11.7 million persons in...
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...
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)...
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...
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,...
