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...
Iranian feminist political prisoner’s open letter defends Kurdish women political prisoners
Golrokh Iraee’s letter from inside the Varamin-Qarchak prison; the pressures on #Zeynab Jalalian continue. Zeinab Jalalian is one of the longest serving political prisoner in Iran. After enduring years of incarceration and torture in several prisons and detention...
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...
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 ...