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Women Worldwide, March-April 2013
Russian repression of Pussy Riot supporters; Ethiopian Jewish refugee women in Israel given Depo-Provera without their consent; Danica Patrick Continue reading
Now off the press: The Crossroads of History: Marxist-Humanist Writings on the Middle East by Raya Dunayevskaya
From the new January-February 2013 issue of News & Letters: Now off the press: The Crossroads of History: Marxist-Humanist Writings on the Middle East by Raya Dunayevskaya Excerpts from the Foreword: Nobody, least of all Marxists, foresaw the great historic … Continue reading
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Tagged 1844 Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts of Karl Marx, anti-Semitism, Arab spring, Arab-Israeli conflict, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Bani-Sadr, Egypt, French Revolution, Iran, Iranian Revolution of 1979, Iraq, Israel, Israel/Palestine peace process, Israeli occupation of Palestine, Jordan, Karl Marx, Lebanese Civil War, Lebanon, Libya, Marx, Marxism, Marxist-Humanism, Middle East, Muammar Qaddafi, Palestine, philosophy of revolution, Raya Dunayevskaya, religious Right, revolution in permanence, Ronald Reagan, Russian Revolution of 1917, Sabra and Shatila, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tahrir Squares, V.I. Lenin, Zionism
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Syria and the Left
From the July-August 2012 issue of News & Letters: World in View Syria and the Left by Gerry Emmett “None of us believe that peace is so sweet or life so dear that we are willing to sell our freedom … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-war movement, Arab spring, Assad, Avigdor Lieberman, Bashar al-Assad, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bosnia genocide, Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' Organizations, counter-revolution, counter-revolutionary anti-imperialism, Eli Yishai, Great Syrian Revolt, Houla, Iran, Israel, Karaj, Middle East, Mohja Kahf, NATO, Spain, Spanish Civil War, Spanish Revolution, Syria, Syrian people, Syrian revolution, Tahrir Squares, Tel Aviv
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Paths of destruction
From the May-June 2012 issue of News & Letters: Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 2012-2013 (continued from Part II) III. Paths of destruction A. From war to war to war War is one of the rulers’ most potent counter-revolutionary weapons when … Continue reading
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Tagged 15M, Afghanistan, Anatole France, anti-war movement, Arab spring, Black, China, climate change, climate chaos, European debt crisis, eviction, Famine, foreclosure, global warming, Golden Dawn, Great Recession, Greece, homelessness, indignados, Iran, Iraq, Iraq war, Israel, Latino, M15, Memphis, NATO, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Pentagon, Puerta del Sol, racism, San Francisco, Senegal, Somalia, Spain, structural economic crisis of capitalism, Tahrir Square, Taliban, United States, war, Zimbabwe
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Syrian revolution fights Assad’s genocide, world powers watch
From the new March-April 2012 issue of News & Letters: Lead Syrian revolution fights Assad’s genocide, world powers watch by Gerry Emmett The unprecedented uprising in Syria has been called the “orphan revolution” because it seems that the Syrian people … Continue reading
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Tagged Ali Ferzat, Arab League, Arab spring, Assad, Baathist Party, Baba Amr, Bashar al-Assad, Bosnia genocide, Chechnya, China, Christian, Danny Abdel Dayem, Egypt, Free Syrian Army, Hafez al-Assad, Hama, Hamas, Homs, Ibrahim Qashoush, Iran, Iranian Revolution of 1979, Israel, Khader Adnan, Middle East, Nir Rosen, Occupy Wall Street, Palestinian people, Pelican Bay prison hunger strike, Rami al-Sayyed, revolution in permanence, Russia, Syria, Syrian National Council, Syrian people, Syrian revolution, Tunisia, UN Security Council, Vladimir Putin, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, women
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Palestinian solidarity
From the January-February issue of News & Letters: Palestinian solidarity On the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian people, Nov. 29, we reflected on the current situation and what needs to be done to achieve peace in the Middle East. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ban Ki-moon, feminism, Gaza Strip, gender, Human rights, imperialism, International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian people, International Law, Israel, Israel/Palestine peace process, Israeli settlements, Jerusalem, Mahmoud Abbas, Middle East, occupied territories, Palestine, Palestinian people, Palestinian refugees, Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development, patriarchy, Security Council Resolution 181, Security Council Resolution 194, sexism, United Nations, women's liberation
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