By Maryam Alaniz This article was originally published in the Left Voice on October 28, 2022. Over a month after a historic feminist revolt broke out in Iran, what is the significance of the these protests? What strategic lessons can …
Women, Life, Freedom: Strategic Perspectives on the Iranian Revolt
Iman Ganji and Jose Rosales . On September 13, Zhina (Mahsa) Amini,1 a twenty-two-year-old Kurdish woman, was arrested and detained by the Iranian “morality police”2 while visiting Tehran with her family from Saqqez (in Iran’s Kurdistan Province). Her charge: allegedly violating the law …
By Elham Hoominfar. This article was first published here. Recently in Iran’s largest city, Tehran, Mahsa Amini, a twenty-two-year-old Kurdish woman, was arrested by Iran’s “morality police” for allegedly wearing her government-mandated hijab inappropriately. She was beaten, and three days later, …
The main losers of 1979, the creators of the new revolution in Iran
The English translation of this incredible text, written by L, was originally posted here via Jadaliyya [Translated by Alireza Doostdar.] [2] For Zhina, for Niloofar, for Elaheh, for Mahsa, for Elmira, and for those whose names I have yet to call. Is the uprising …
FIGURING A WOMEN’S REVOLUTION: BODIES INTERACTING WITH THEIR IMAGES
The following is a short introduction for a forthcoming discussion between comrades from an NYC feminist group and an Iranian-Kurdish collective in the first issue of The Reservoir–a new publication run out of Woodbine (NYC) Ni uno solo-Ni Una Menos: this is …
Free Union of Iranian Workers Mahsa’s murder sparked public anger across the country on Friday evening. Those who gathered in front of the hospital were stopped by the security forces. The Iranian regime, which is hostile to women and freedom, …
Edited by the feminist network Essential Autonomous Struggles Transnational (EAST) and the Transnational Social Strike (TSS) platform The Covid-19 pandemic revealed, more than anything, the deep interconnectedness and mutual dependencies that exist between different countries in Europe and beyond, and …
“Agential realism is not a manifesto, it does not take for granted that all is or will or can be made manifest. On the contrary, it is a call, a plea, a provocation, a cry, a passionate yearning for an appreciation …
Reading Karen Barad’s Interview in New Materialism: Interviews & Cartographies
Back to Basics: Theses on and Observations about the Struggle in France 1. Women’s self-defense is at the heart of individual and social emancipation. Freed from governmental and authoritarian feminism, the will to eradicate patriarchal behavior is the surest means …
First published on Antagonismo, on Aug 17th 2019. An account by an anarchist feminist in Mexico City. Translator’s note: throughout feminine adjectives were used which cannot be replicated in English. The translation follows. The Mexican State, the media, the people …
———————————————————————————————- This is a modified excerpt from a forthcoming publication of a roundtable discussion with Jules Joanne Gleeson, Andrew Culp, and myself. The full transcript will be able to be found in the forthcoming issue of Identities Journal. ——————————————————————————————– Q. …
What would it mean to love as a Communist? To love as a comrade?
