Syrian Women Say “Enough” in a New Wave of Protests
Syrian women take to the streets after over a decade of being silenced and pushed into the shadows. This time, the epicenter of protests lies in Sweida, historically considered a neutral city.
Syrian women take to the streets after over a decade of being silenced and pushed into the shadows. This time, the epicenter of protests lies in Sweida, historically considered a neutral city.
A report from “Anarchy 2023,” the recent conference in Switzerland observing the 150th anniversary of the Anti-authoritarian International. How international was it?
In an empire leaving disabled and sick people for dead, why are so many queers following suit rather than rebelling against such structural neglect? Is the phrase We Keep Us Safe only a slogan with no meaning behind it?
At dawn on the morning of Feb 21 a group of Indigenous relatives and allies gathered for ceremony and began to set up camp at the Roof Depot site in East Phillips. If the city will not heed warnings about the risks of demolition and construction, say residents, they will protect their community themselves.
We don’t have to wait until things collapse to build the world we want to live in. There are people, everywhere, experimenting with and living these ideals out. It’s already happening.
Syrian-British journalist Robin Yassin-Kassab on the connections between the wars in Syria and Ukraine, the failure of the Western left, and ways to deepen democratic institutions.
The default anti-military position is that when two imperial powers fight each other, you don’t take a side. This position is convenient but it’s not the situation that’s happening. There aren’t two imperialisms here, there’s just one imperialism against the people.
So, you’re an abolitionist and you just lost at the polls. Maybe now you’re feeling burned out, disillusioned, wary. The fight continues, but how? Let us begin to find each other.
The city of Minneapolis is preparing to use nonprofit groups as an eviction force, knowing that another attempt by MPD to evict the Near North encampment would be met with resistance.
The decline is real. The fall is real. But what’s remarkable is that the idea of Roman decline is always there, even when Rome is expanding, even when its society is getting stronger.