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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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Readers’ Views, September-October 2013, Part I
Readers’ Views, September-October 2013, Part I Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, African Americans, anti-war movement, Arab spring, Bertell Ollman, Black history, criminal injustice system, Danica Patrick, Detroit bankruptcy, disability rights, Egypt, emergency manager, feminism, George Orwell, George Zimmerman, Golden Dawn, Greece, Harlem Hospital, International Antiwar Assembly, Iran, Japan, Kevyn Orr, Konstantinos Moutzouris, Latinos, Michigan, Middle East, militarism, NASCAR, New York City, Okinawa, Osprey, panopticon, patriarchy, Planned Parenthood, Police brutality, prison industrial complex, racism, Rosie the Riveter, Savvas Matsas, Schomburg Library for Black Culture, sexism, Spanish Harlem, sports, stop and frisk, Syria, Texas, The Arsenal of Democracy, The Motor City, Trayvon Martin, Turkey, United States, Willow Run Bomber Plant, women's liberation movement, World War II, Zengakuren
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Rise Up Texas
An overflow crowd at Bluestockings Bookstore in New York City heard Hallie Boas speak on “Come and Take It: How the Fight to Protect Wom¬en’s Healthcare Is Launching a New Wave of Feminism in Texas.” Continue reading
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Tagged Abortion, African Americans, Arab spring, Black, Bluestockings Bookstore, feminism, Hallie Boas, healthcare, Latino, Middle East, Occupy Wall Street, patriarchy, religious fundamentalism, Rise Up Texas, sexism, Texas, United States, Wendy Davis, women's liberation
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Revolutionary from Turkey speaks
From the new July-August 2013 issue of News & Letters: Revolutionary from Turkey speaks Events in Turkey appeared spontaneous, but are a continuation of a long history. It was not the psychology of Prime Minister Erdogan that created opposition, but … Continue reading
July-August 2013 issue of News & Letters is now online
News & Letters, July – August 2013. Lead: Turkey, Syria and Iran at crossroads of world revolt; From the Writings of Raya Dunayevskaya: ‘Russia more than ever full of revolutionaries…’; Editorial: Support striking prisoners!; Essay: Communization theory and its discontents truncate Marx’s dialectic; Workshop Talks: The boss is spying; Revolutionary from Turkey speaks; Brazil’s uprising; Teacher and school struggles; and more… Continue reading
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Tagged Arab spring, Brazil, Communization theory, criminal injustice system, East German Revolt of 1953, education, feminism, Guantanamo, Iran, labor, Marxian dialectic, Middle East, Pelican Bay SHU hunger strike, prison industrial complex, prisoners' hunger strike, Russia, school, surveillance state, Syria, teachers, Turkey, Vorkuta, women's liberation, workers
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Tunisia and the Left
The Feb. 26 assassination of Tunisian Marxist Chokri Belaid is a tragedy, not least because it denies this serious and courageous activist a chance to help work out the contradictions in his own movement. His funeral—perhaps a million people took to the streets—became a massive demonstration in favor of continuing the Tunisian Revolution. Continue reading
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Tagged 1844 Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts of Karl Marx, Arab spring, Bashar al-Assad, Chokri Belaid, Ennahda Party, Marx's critique of religion, Middle East, negation of the negation, Palestinians, Popular Front, revolution in permanence, Salafist, shabiha, Syria, Tunisia, Tunisian Revolution, Unified Party of Democratic Patriots, World Social Forum
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