This Website Has Been Archived
As of March 2021, this website will no longer have new posts. For future posts, go to the facebook page of the Alliance of MENA Socialists. https://www.facebook.com/Alliance-of-MENA-Socialists-2196931800604746 این تارنما تبدیل به آرشیو شده لطفا به صفحه ی فیس بوک اتحاد...
Letter from Palestinian Woman Prisoner, Khalida Jarrar
Khalida Jarrar is a feminist, human rights activist and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. She lives in Ramallah, but has been held by Israel in administrative detention off an on since July of 2015. The following letter was written for the keynote...
Defend Iranian Woman Labor Leader Parvin Mohammadi
Parvin Mohammadi needs support from labor activists and feminist activists around the world. During all these years of struggle, she has never separated the labor struggle from women’s struggles for their rights. Frieda Afary January 20, 2021 Source: New Politics On...
Conversation with Producers of Nasrin, documentary about Imprisoned Iranian Feminist Human Rights Attorney, Nasrin Sotoudeh
On December 6, Internationalism From Below and Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants and Alliance of MENA Socialists sponsored a screening of the magnificent documentary, Nasrin. Below is the link to a thirty-minute conversation that Frieda Afary had with...
Another Attack on Women’s Rights in Iraq
Article 57 Amendment: Another Attack on Women's Rights in Iraq by Huda Samir Despite the poverty, destitution, and loss of job opportunities that Iraqi society suffers from, Despite the public demands to end sectarianism and corruption in government institutions,...
Video of Panel on Women in Prisons: U.S. & Iran
On Saturday, September 26, the Zanan Group of Northern California organized a panel discussion of former women prisoners from the US and Iran. Below are the video link and bios of the speakers. The Prison journal, Captured Words, Free Thoughts has also...
The Me Too Movement in Iran: What Is New About It? What Can It Learn From Abolitionist Feminism in U.S.?
For the past month, an unprecedented development has started to take place in Iran. Thousands of women and some men have started to speak publicly on social media about their experiences of sexual harassment, abuse, assault and rape. by Frieda Afary Originally...
For Iraqi Women, Silence was Never an Option
The participation of women in the 2019 and 2020 protests were very apparent and inspiring for many women around the world, though their participation came with a price. Women have lost their lives because of systematic killing and assassinations. Reham Yaqoub is the...
The Syrian Revolution: A History from Below (12 Webinars,June 20-August 5, 2020)
This webinar will challenge the mainstream, orientalist, and manichean perspectives that have come to dominate narratives surrounding the events that have transpired in Syria since 2011. That includes a mainstream perspective that often ignores the revolutionary...
