Tag Archives: Turkey

Women Bearing the Brunt of Reaction Lead the Resistance

Posted on April 7, 2019 by franklindmitryev

Here is a presentation given by Terry Moon for International Women’s Day/Women’s History Month. Women Bearing the Brunt of Reaction Lead the Resistance Talk for the Chicago Local of News and Letters Committees –Terry Moon March 27, 2019 Part … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged fascism, International Women's Day, Marxist-Humanism, Pakistan, Raya Dunayevskaya, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Spain, Terry Moon, Turkey, women's liberation | 2 Comments

Özgecan Aslan: Sexual assault and murder in Turkey spark widespread outrage, demonstrations

Posted on February 20, 2015 by franklindmitryev

Preview of article on women’s oppression and freedom struggles worldwide for March-April issue. Comment now so that your thoughts can be taken into account in the finished article. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged Abortion, Ahmet Suphi Altindöke, AKP, Ankara, Özgecan Aslan, Berlin, Cyprus, feminism, Frankfurt, Gaziantep, Germany, Hamburg, India, Istanbul, Justice and Development Party, Jyoti Singh Pandey, Mersin, patriarchy, Rape, rape culture, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Reproductive Justice, Reproductive rights, sexism, sexual assault, students, Taksim Square, Taliban, Terry Moon, Turkey, Violence against women, women's liberation, youth, İzmir | Leave a comment

Israel decimates Gaza as world faces global counter-revolutions

Posted on September 4, 2014 by franklindmitryev

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 →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | 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 | Leave a comment

Philosophy and organization

Posted on May 10, 2014 by franklindmitryev

Draft for Marxist-Humanist Perspectives, 2014-2015. IV. Philosophy and organization. A. The philosophic moment of Marxist-Humanism. B. Organizational tasks. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged 1844 Economic-Philosophical Manuscripts of Karl Marx, 1953 Letters on Hegel's Absolutes, Absolute Idea, Absolute Negativity as New Beginning, capitalism, Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy, News and Letters Committees, Occupy Boston, Occupy Gezi, Occupy Movement, philosophy, The Philosophic Moment of Marxist-Humanism, Turkey, Ukraine | Leave a comment

From the U.S. to Ukraine, crises and revolts call for philosophy

Posted on May 5, 2014 by franklindmitryev

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 →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged 1953 Letters on Hegel's Absolutes, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Alisar Iram, Arab spring, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, Bosnia, Bosnian Spring, capitalism, Counter-revolutionary, Crimea, Croatia, dialectic, Dmitry Kiselyov, Egypt, European Union, Free Syrian Army, Hezbollah, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Joseph Stalin, Maidan, Marxism, Middle East revolutions, Mohamed Morsi, NATO, News and Letters Committees, Occupy Gezi, Orange Revolution, philosophy, Raya Dunayevskaya, Reshat Ametov, Rosa Luxemburg, Rosa Luxemburg Women's Liberation and Marx's Philosophy of Revolution, Russia, Ryan Crocker, serbia, Slovenia, Syria, Tahrir Square, Tatars, The Philosophic Moment of Marxist-Humanism, Turkey, Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, Vladimir Putin, war, Yassin al-Haj Saleh, Yulia Tymoshenko | 1 Comment

May-June 2014 News & Letters online

Posted on May 2, 2014 by franklindmitryev

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 →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | 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 | Leave a comment

Readers’ Views, March-April 2014, Part 1

Posted on April 8, 2014 by franklindmitryev

Readers’ Views from the March-April 2014 issue of News & Letters, part 1. Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged African Americans, Arab spring, Ariel Sharon, Arizona, Black liberation, Borderlands/La Frontera, capitalism, Cook County Hospital, Detroit, Egypt, Friends of the Southwest Museum, Gene Autry Museum, Gezi Park, Gloria Anzaldúa, Hamentashen, healthcare, Iranian Revolution of 1979, Jordan Davis, Latinos, Maidan, Medicaid, medicare, Mexican American studies, Michael Dunn, Middle East revolutions, Native Americans, News and Letters Committees, Obamacare, Occupy Boston, Occupy Gezi, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Paradise Valley, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, PTSD, racism, Russia, Sabra and Shatila, Southwest Museum, structural economic crisis of capitalism, Syria, Tahrir Square, theocracy, Tucson, Turkey, Ukraine, Yemen | Leave a comment

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

Call for News and Letters Committees Convention, 2014

Posted on March 11, 2014 by franklindmitryev

News and Letters Committees has posted its OFFICIAL CALL FOR CONVENTION to Work Out Marxist-Humanist Perspectives for 2014-2015 February 23, 2014 To All Members of News and Letters Committees Dear Friends: The sharpness of revolution and counter-revolution … Continue reading →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | Tagged 1953 Letters on Hegel's Absolutes, 2014 Winter Olympics, Absolute Idea, Absolute Negativity as New Beginning, Arab spring, Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, Bosnia, Cameroon, Canada, Chattanooga, climate change, Congo, counter-revolution, Dialectics of Organization and Philosophy, Egypt, European Union, fast food workers, Gezi Park, global warming, Iran, Keystone XL pipeline, kill list, LGBTQ rights, low-wage workers, Middle East revolutions, Moral Mondays, News and Letters Committees, Nigeria, Occupy Boston, Occupy Gezi, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, Pelican Bay prison hunger strike, philosophic moment, philosophy of revolution, queer liberation, Rape, Raya Dunayevskaya, revolution in permanence, Rosa Luxemburg, Russia, Ryan Crocker, structural economic crisis of capitalism, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tahrir Squares, tar sands, The Philippines, Turkey, Typhoon Haiyan, U.S. military occupation of Iraq, UAW, Uganda, Ukraine, Unemployment, VW, Walmart strikes, War in Afghanistan (2001–present) | Leave a comment

Tahrir three years later

Posted on February 7, 2014 by franklindmitryev

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 →

Posted in Marxist-Humanism | 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 | Leave a comment