“I am … watching tragedy engulf my city… After two days of bombing … large portions of it have been destroyed… I broke my Ramadan fast yesterday with the last… Read more »
middle east
Yasser Arafat and the unfinished revolution
After 46 years of struggle in the cause of Palestinian self-determination, Yasser Arafat is dead. Arafat was brave and dedicated. Palestinians loved and revered him for putting their struggle on… Read more »
En medio de la tormenta internacional: las mujeres contra la derecha religiosa
¿Qué pasa cuando posponemos un sueño? No hace mucho tiempo, la liberación de las mujeres era una ola en progreso. Era razonable pensar que la sociedad continuaría tirando hacia delante…. Read more »
In the eye of the storm: women vs. the religious right
What happens to a dream deferred? Not too long ago, women’s liberation was an advancing wave. It seemed reasonable to believe that society would continue to move forward. Along with… Read more »
Election sham in Palestine
Press proclamations aside, there was no “historic expression of democracy” taking place in the January 9 election for a new president of the Palestinian Authority. What was happening was a… Read more »
A sham election, another puppet government
Two January surveys of Iraqis showed what they really want. Zogby International found that 82 percent of Sunni Arabs and 69 percent of majority Shiites want the U.S. occupation to… Read more »
Imperialismo, Iraq y el Derecho a Resistir: De cómo el movimiento anti-guerra y las feministas pueden cambiar el destino de dos países
Todos los días en las noticias, los lectores y televidentes ven imágenes de la resistencia iraquí, la cual parece cada vez más terrorista e inclusive desenfrenada. En parte, esto se… Read more »
Imperialism, Iraq, and the right to resist: How the antiwar movement and feminists can change the course of two countries
Every day on the news, readers and viewers see images of an Iraqi resistance that seems ever more terrorist and even unhinged. In part, this is thanks to the bias… Read more »
Support for Iraqi rebellion deepens internationally
As the war against Iraq drags on and casualties and exposés of outrages mount, so too does the number of upfront defenders of the Iraqi rebellion against U.S. occupation. Many… Read more »
Iraq: after nearly 40 years, a labor movement reborn
The Baath Party began wiping out the democratic labor movement in Iraq soon after it seized power in 1968. Existing unions were turned into tools of the government. In 1987,… Read more »
