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From the U.S. to Ukraine, crises and revolts call for philosophy
Revolution and counter-revolution contend now, while the prolonged global capitalist economic crisis refuses to end. The question arises: where is the needed banner of total uprooting of the system and creation of new human relations as the goal? This objective need is present in every struggle from outright revolution in the Middle East to movements in the U.S. Beset by attacks and contradictions, they have in turn sparked counter-revolutions. Continue reading →
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Women fight for freedom against growing retrogression
While experiences in the squares of the Arab Spring, in Turkey’s Gezi Park, in the streets of Spain and Greece, and in the U.S. Occupy Movements have revealed moments of what new human relations between women and men could look like, those moments of hope and exhilaration have been followed by devastating reaction and retrogression. Continue reading →
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Tahrir three years later
Three years ago, the Egyptian Revolution was fighting for its life in Tahrir Square. For 18 days and nights, the women and men of the Square faced off against President Hosni Mubarak’s security forces and thugs. In the end Mubarak was forced to follow Tunisia’s President-for-life, Ben Ali, into retirement and shame. The light of freedom spread–Square to Square, occupation to occupation. It was a historic turning point. Continue reading →
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Tagged 2011 Egyptian revolution, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Arab spring, counter-revolution, Hanaa Safwat, Hosni Mubarak, imperialism, Iran, Islamic fundamentalism, Karl Marx, labor, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Nour Party, Paris Commune of 1871, philosophy of revolution, religious fundamentalism, revolution in permanence, Saud Omar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tahrir Square, Tunisia Jasmine Revolution, Turkey, V.I. Lenin, women's liberation movement, workers, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Egypt: Dual fascisms test women
For Egyptian women to experience freedom, the revolution has to continue, and for that to happen the revolutionaries have to oppose both Morsi and Sisi’s bloodthirsty military and fight for the vision of a new society that sustained them in Tahrir Square. Continue reading →
Egypt at deadly crossroads
The horrific events taking place in Egypt today show the dead end of all alternatives to revolution. The military, led by Deputy Prime Minister General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, has been all too happy to retake power and impose capitalist “stability” once again. Continue reading →
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