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Tag Archives: Middle East
In memoriam: Freedom fighter Alisar Iram
From the September-October 2014 issue of News & Letters: World in View column The work of Syrian poet Alisar Iram, who died in July, made a vital contribution to my understanding of the meaning of Syria’s Revolution, seeing it as she did against … Continue reading
Israel decimates Gaza as world faces global counter-revolutions
Lead from the September-October 2014 issue of News & Letters: Israel decimates Gaza as world faces global counter-revolutions The loss of lives and vast destruction visited In Israel’s war on Gaza has surpassed the horror of 2008’s “Operation Cast Lead.” Over 2,000 Palestinians … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab spring, Asmaa al-Ghoul, Avigdor Lieberman, Ayelet Shaked, Bashar al-Assad, Benjamin Netanyahu, counter-revolution, Egypt, Elizabeth Tsurkov, Eyal Yifrach, Gaza, Gerry Emmett, Gilad Shaar, Hamas, Israel, Israeli occupation of Palestine, Israeli Right, Jewish Voice for Peace, Marxist-Humanism, Middle East, Mohamed Morsi, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, Naftali Bennett, Naftali Fraenkel, Operation Cast Lead, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian unity government, Palestinian youth, Qatar, revolution, Syria, Turkey, two-state solution, West Bank, Zeev Sternhell
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May-June 2014 News & Letters online
May-June 2014 News & Letters online: “From the U.S. to Ukraine, crises and revolts call for philosophy”; “Unchaining the revolutionary dialectic”; much more… Continue reading
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Tagged 1844 Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts of Karl Marx, birth control, Bolivia, Bosnia, capitalism, Chernobyl disaster, climate change, Contraception, dialectic, dialectics of philosophy and organization, feminism, Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, global warming, healthcare workers, Karl Marx, labor, Marxist-Humanism, Middle East, miners, News and Letters Committees, philosophic moment, philosophy of revolution, Raya Dunayevskaya, Syria, Turkey, Ukraine, women's liberation, workers
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Queer Notes, Nov.-Dec. 2013
Queer Notes: Discrimination in Russia; Intersex in Germany; no prison for rape in Iowa; transition surgery in Iran; Lembembe murdered in Cameroon. Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Africa, Alternatives-Cameroun, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Brent Girouex, Cameroon, Cameroonian Foundation for AIDS, Council Bluffs Iowa, Eric Ohena Lembembe, Europe, Germany, heterosexism, homophobia, International Olympic Committee, intersex, Iran, lgbt, Middle East, Rape, Russia, Same-sex marriage, transition surgery, Victory Fellowship Church
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Women Worldwide, Nov.-Dec. 2013
Women Worldwide: Ada Lovelace Day; Diana Nyad; FEMEN Continue reading
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Tagged Ada Lovelace, Ada Lovelace Day, Diana Nyad, FEMEN, feminism, Middle East, patriarchy, science, sexism, STEM fields, Suw Charman-Anderson, Ukraine, women's liberation
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Readers’ Views, September-October 2013, Part II
Readers’ Views, September-October 2013, Part II Continue reading
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Tagged Access Living, ADAPT, Arab spring, capitalism, Communization theory, counter-revolution, criminal injustice system, Department of Health Care and Family Services, DHCFS, dialectic, Disability Pride Parade, disability rights movement, East German Revolt of 1953, Folsom State Prison, Human rights, Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Karl Marx, Maximus, Medicaid, Middle East, North Korea, Paris Commune of 1871, Pelican Bay prison hunger strike, people with disabilities, political Islam, prison industrial complex, prisoners, queer liberation, revolution, Russia, Vorkuta
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