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...
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...
“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...
Protest movements in Iraq in the age of a ‘new civil society’
For Iraqi protesters, individual freedom, especially the freedom not to belong to a religious and sectarian group is considered as essential as economic equality. The madaniyya claimed by Iraqi youth is not only the ‘post-Islamist’ moment spreading throughout the...
Event in Solidarity with Political Prisoners in Iran, October 6, 2019, Paris
This event is organized by Iranian progressives and socialists in Paris. On October 6, 2019, we stand in solidarity with the resistance of Iranian people. Particularly, we express our solidarity with the inspiring and courageous struggles of Haft Tappeh workers...
Sudan’s Acute Contradictions
Sudan is in a state of acute contradiction as popular forces share power with the very actors that repressed the movement. The Revolution has Emerged: Sudan’s Acute Contradictions By: Emma Wilde Botta Source: The Review of African Political Economy September 2019 In...
The Paradox of Syria’s Reconstruction
As Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime has regained power, thanks to Russian and Iranian military assistance, it has turned to the country’s reconstruction. Yet Assad’s primary aim has not been to reverse the ravages of war. Instead, his regime has designed...
