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The art of Arab Spring

Posted on April 3, 2014 by franklindmitryev

“Creative Dissent: Arts of the Arab World Uprisings” is an exhibit which magnificently captures the voices, images and revolutionary ideas of participants in the Arab Spring. Continue reading →

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The Syrian Revolution as the test of world politics

Posted on November 13, 2013 by franklindmitryev

On Aug. 21 the genocidal regime of Bashar al-Assad murdered over a thousand civilians, mostly women and children, with sarin gas in the Damascus suburbs of Eastern Ghouta. It committed this crime in full view of the world—images of hundreds of murdered children, still in pajamas, laid out in temporary morgues, shocked viewers across the world.
Since April 2011 the world has looked on as over 115,000 Syrians have been killed, and over 7.2 million have been made refugees. When Assad’s regime resorted to illegal chemical weapons, it seemed to many that this would change. It seemed that the images of so many murdered innocents might compel some action. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged al Qaeda, Al-Baghdadi, Aleppo, Ali Khamenei, ANA New Media Association, Arab spring, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Ben Allison-Davies, chemical weapons, counter-revolution, Egypt, Free Syrian Army, Ghouta, Hassan Rouhani, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic State of Iraq, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, John Kerry, Local Coordination Committees, Middle East revolutions, political Islam, Rami al Razzouk, Raqqa, Russia, sarin, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Syrian civil war, Syrian National Council, Tea Party, Tunisia, Turkey, UN Security Council, Vladimir Putin, women's liberation | Leave a comment

Egyptian masses must determine the next stage of the revolution

Posted on July 4, 2013 by franklindmitryev

The mass demonstrations that forced the removal of President Mohamed Morsi on July 3 were a call to continue and deepen the Egyptian revolution. Millions of people took to the streets in opposition to Morsi’s rule in demonstrations even larger than those that ousted former dictator Hosni Mubarak. They were a measure of the detestation the Egyptian people had come to feel at the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood through Morsi and his Freedom and Justice Party. It was this that forced the Egyptian generals to act, once again removing a president. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Adly Mansour, Ahmed Shafik, Al-Nour, Arab spring, democracy, Egypt, Freedom and Justice Party, Galal Morra, Hosni Mubarak, Iran, labor, Middle East revolutions, Mohamed ElBaradei, Mohamed Morsi, Muhalla al-Kubra, Muslim Brotherhood, religion, revolution in permanence, Revolutionary Socialists, Salafists, Syrian revolution, Tahrir Square, Tamarod, Tunisia, Turkey, women textile workers, youth | Leave a comment

Turkey, Syria and Iran at crossroads of world revolt

Posted on July 2, 2013 by franklindmitryev

The mass protests in Turkey, the presidential election in Iran and, above all, the continuing struggle for the Syrian revolution express the depth of today’s social crisis. These crises are interpenetrated and inseparable. The stakes are high. Continue reading →

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Violence ‘normalized’

Posted on May 17, 2013 by franklindmitryev

We are living in contradictory times, especially when it comes to women’s struggle for freedom. On the one hand you have a Women’s Liberation Movement that has never been more radical, unified and global. On the other hand there is more repression, and the violence is more brutal and deadly than ever before. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Anene Booysen, Arab spring, Bangladesh, Congo, Doctors Without Borders, Egypt, Facebook, feminism, Great Britain, Hena Akhter, India, Jyoti Singh Pandey, Left, Maldives, normalization of violence against women, patriarchy, Rape, revolution, sexism, sexual assault in the military, Socialist Workers Party, South Africa, SWP, Tunisia, U.S. Air Force, United States, Violence against women, Women in India, women's liberation movement | Leave a comment

Tunisia and the Left

Posted on May 15, 2013 by franklindmitryev

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 →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | 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 | Leave a comment

Arab Spring and the missing link of philosophy

Posted on May 4, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Tunisia, Syria and Egypt show the determination of the masses to continue their revolutions in the face of vicious counter-revolution. Continue reading →

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May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters is out

Posted on April 29, 2013 by franklindmitryev

The new May-June 2013 issue of News & Letters is available on the web: News & Letters, Vol. 58, No. 3 May – June 2013 You may view this issue of News & Letters in pdf form here Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Absolute Idea, Arab spring, Boston Marathon bombing, Canada, capitalism, Chinua Achebe, Chokri Belaid, City College of San Francisco, climate change, counter-revolution, criminal injustice system, Detroit, disability rights, Egypt, feminism, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, global warming, Good News Club, healthcare, Hugo Chavez, labor, Margaret Thatcher, Memphis, Middle East, Newark, News and Letters Committees, Nicolas Maduro, nuclear war, Police brutality, Portsmouth, prison industrial complex, prisoners, Raya Dunayevskaya, revolution, sexism, Solitary confinement, students, Syria, Tahrir Squares, Trade Fair, Tunisia, Venezuela, Violence against women, women's liberation, workers, youth | 1 Comment

Left still can’t fathom Women’s Liberation

Posted on March 30, 2013 by franklindmitryev

Women’s struggle for freedom has continued to develop into a worldwide movement with revolutionary content (see page 1). Unfortunately, much of the Left seems unable to hear this radical dimension of women’s struggles. A recent example is Sharon Smith’s essay, Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged capitalism, Egypt, feminism, Frederick Engels, India, International Socialist Organization, IS tradition, Karl Marx, Marxist-Humanism, movement from practice, Origin of the Family Private Property and the State, patriarchy, philosophy of revolution, post-Marx Marxism, Raya Dunayevskaya, Reproductive Justice, sexism, Sharon Smith, Socialist Workers Party, SWP, Tunisia, vanguardism, women's liberation | 1 Comment

From India to Egypt to U.S., women fighting for freedom

Posted on March 17, 2013 by franklindmitryev

From the new March-April 2013 issue of News & Letters: Lead From India to Egypt to U.S., women fighting for freedom by Terry Moon Two recent events have shown the deep and seemingly intractable worldwide oppression of women and, at … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged 2011 Egyptian revolution, Abortion, Addis Ababa, All India Progressive Women's Association, Arab spring, Bangladesh, birth control, Chokri Belaid, City of Joy, Congo, Contraception, Delhi, Egypt, Ennahda Party, Ethiopia, feminism, Hosni Mubarak, I Am One, India, Indonesia, Kashmir, Kavita Krishnan, Military rape, Mogadishu, Native American women, One Billion Rising, Opantish, Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment/Assault, patriarchy, Rape, Reproductive rights, revolution, Roman Catholic Church, sexism, sexual harassment, Somalia, Syria, Tahrir Square, The Uprising of Women in the Arab World, Tunisia, VAWA, Violence Against Women Act, women's liberation movement | Leave a comment