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Women fight for freedom against growing retrogression

Posted on March 13, 2014 by franklindmitryev

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 →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Abortion, Afghan Women's Network, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, African Americans, Arab spring, Bashar al-Assad, birth control, Black liberation, Burma, Contraception, Dina van der Zalm, Egypt, feminism, food stamps, Gezi Park, Greece, Hamid Karzai, Heather Barr, Human Rights Watch, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Jordan, Kachin, Latinas, Lebanon, Louisiana, Middle East revolutions, Missouri, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, Myanmar, New York Times, Nouri al-Maliki, Nuba Mountains, Occupy Gezi, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, patriarchy, Planned Parenthood, poverty, racism, Rape, Raqqa, Reproductive rights, sexism, sexual harassment, Shan, Sima Samar, South Dakota, Spain, Sudan, Suraya Pakzad, Tahrir Squares, Taliban, Texas, Turkey, U.S. military occupation of Iraq, Unemployment, United States, Violence against women, Virginia, Wendy Davis, Women's League of Burma, women's liberation | Leave a comment

Now off the press: The Crossroads of History: Marxist-Humanist Writings on the Middle East by Raya Dunayevskaya

Posted on February 5, 2013 by franklindmitryev

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 →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | 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 | Leave a comment

Palestinian youth open new front in Arab Spring

Posted on July 19, 2011 by franklindmitryev

From the new July-August 2011 issue of News & Letters: Lead Palestinian youth open new front in Arab Spring by Gerry Emmett When thousands of unarmed Palestinians marched upon the Occupied Territories on May 15, they were met by gunfire … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Antisemitism, Arab spring, Bashar al-Assad, Egypt, Gaza, Golan Heights, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli settlement, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian people, revolution, Syria, Tahrir, West Bank | Leave a comment

World in View: Counter-revolution targets Palestine

Posted on May 25, 2011 by franklindmitryev

From the new issue of NEWS & LETTERS, May-June 2011: World in View: Counter-revolution targets Palestine by Gerry Emmett Something is becoming more apparent in the Middle East. Whenever counter-revolution raises its head, it begins looking in the direction of … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Fatah, Hamas, International Solidarity Movement, Israel, Jordan, Juliano Mer-Khamis, King Abdullah, Middle East, Palestine, Palestinian people, Rami Liddawi, Syria, Tahrir Squares, Vittorio Arrigoni, West Bank | 1 Comment

Support the revolutions of Egypt and Tunisia!

Posted on February 4, 2011 by franklindmitryev

Here is the statement posted by News and Letters Committees Feb. 3, 2011 Support the revolutions of Egypt and Tunisia! When Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak unleashed his plainclothes security agents and hired thugs against the freedom fighters in Tahrir Square … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Algeria, Ben Ali, Egypt, Egyptian Revolution, Egyptian workers, General Union of Tunisian Workers, Hamas, Hosni Mubarak, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Jordan, Karl Marx, Middle East, Mubarak, Muhalla al-Kubra, Muslim Brotherhood, Palestine, Palestinian Authority, revolution, Sudan, Tahrir Square, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, Tunisia, Tunisian Revolution, UGTT, United States, Yemen | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Jordan

Women fight for freedom against growing retrogression

Now off the press: The Crossroads of History: Marxist-Humanist Writings on the Middle East by Raya Dunayevskaya

Palestinian youth open new front in Arab Spring

World in View: Counter-revolution targets Palestine

Support the revolutions of Egypt and Tunisia!

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