by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn / Love and Rage Media Mariam Rawi is a member of the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). She recently spoke with Brendan Maslauskas Dunn about the current crisis that the people and women of Afghanistan face, and the continued resistance to war, […]
by Kurdish Women’s Movement / Press Release The world premiere of the film Blooming in the Desert will take place on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 3:00 PM EST. The film will be available to the public on the Kurdish Women’s Movement social media pages. of Blooming in […]
by Katarina Pavičić-Ivelja/It’s Going Down It cannot be ignored that various modes of silencing often times experienced by members of the excluded and exploited or any other persons seen as a possible threat to the current ‘order’ and perceived as a disruption of the status quo become more evident with […]
by Hawzhin Azeez If you want freedom you have to take it! You cannot appeal to the conscience of the imperialists, the colonialists, the oppressors, and the creators of your dispossessed marginalized status. Your martyrs did not die for this ideology, they died fighting against it. The announcement […]
by Utica IWW/Press Release On Wednesday, April 11, 2018 a panel discussion will be held at Mohawk Valley Community College about the Rojava Revolution in Kurdistan and the battle against ISIS. The event will take place from 7:00pm – 8:30pm at MVCC in Utica, NY in the Information […]
by libcom.org – Views YPG-Training camp for international volunteers, canton of Cizîrê, April 12, 2017 This blog is the travel notebook of a libertarian communist who decided to join the revolution in Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava). I will try to hold it up do date (as far as practicable, […]
by United Nations Association of the Upper Mohawk Valley/Upcoming Events The UNAUSA will be hosting two talks as part of the Great Decisions 2016 series. The topics relate to the Syria Crisis. Part I is entitled “ISIS: Who are they and what do they want” and will take […]
by Janet Biehl/ROAR Second Wave feminism, once it erupted in the late 1960s, called out misogyny where it came into view. Breathtakingly, it insisted on recognizing human rights for all women everywhere. But today many Western feminists hesitate to speak in such bold terms. Wrestling with the legacy […]
The Problem with The Utica Phoenix by Brendan Maslauskas Dunn/Love and Rage You may have seen the latest edition of the Utica Phoenix around town lately or perhaps you’ve read it online. I have been reading the Phoenix since shortly after it was launched. I even wrote for […]
by David Graeber/The Guardian In the wake of the murderous attacks in Paris, we can expect western heads of state to do what they always do in such circumstances: declare total and unremitting war on those who brought it about. They don’t actually mean it. They’ve had the […]