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1. New devastation in Iraq

   YJS. There are even YJS fighters taking part in the assault on Raqqa, aiming to rescue Yazidi women and ... Tony Iltis Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL) Mosul Women's Protection Units (YPJ) People's ... Minister Haider al-Abadi was in the nation’s second-largest city, Mosul, on July 10 to announce the city’s ...

2. Turnbull transforms immigration into a security issue

   (Australia) Australian Border Force (ABF) war on refugees immigration department Peter Dutton Malcolm Turnbull ... department's focus since then-Prime Minister John Howard launched Australia's war on refugees in 2001 is ... and are suspected of war crimes such as murdering civilians, including children, extra-judicial ...

3. A look at Rojava's democratic, feminist revolution

   commune, the district, the city, and the canton. The women’s councils don’t decide on general issues ... accepted. They have veto power on issues concerning women.” Feminism The emphasis on women’s liberation that ... and Egypt and Tunisia … but the same status for women has persisted.” Because of blockade and war ...

4. New racist attacks on refugees

   Lanka. A March 10 report on the website of the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan ... Tony Iltis The federal Labor government announced a moratorium on processing claims for asylum for ... people coming from Sri Lanka or Afghanistan on April 9. This means refugees from Afghanistan will be ...

5. Fresh Western hypocrisy on Arab Spring

   speech on the Middle East at the State Department in Washington to make similar declarations of his ... rulers. The Obama administration was silent on Tunisia until after Ben Ali's overthrow and publicly ... result of neoliberal economic policies that were forced on Tunisia (and other countries in the region) by ...

6. Western Sahara caught in human rights nightmare

   offshore hydrocarbon exploration than French companies. Morocco is seen as a stable ally in the “war on ... Democracy Imperialism & war International solidarity Tony Iltis Polisario Saharawi Arab ... territory in Africa. Between 1973 and 1991 it was at war, as the pro-independence Polisario Front fought ...

7. Syria: Feminist hope amid multi-sided conflict

   the internal and foreign participants in Syria's multi-sided conflicts signed on. The air wars ... opponents since the civil war began in 2011. Iranian troops have been fighting on the side of the Assad ... are fighting them on behalf of all the women in the world. “Women have active participation at all ...

8. The world must recognise Western Sahara

   left the country three years later, but Morocco continued the war”. It continued until 1991 when the ... many UN envoys “appointed to solve the problem”, said Saleh. “They work on the issue for some years, ... Following the Moroccan invasion, half the population fled to refugee camps on the remote desert border with ...

9. Afghanistan: US surge slowly deflates

   one of the primary goals of the “war on terror”, but the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq clearly in no ... Imperialism & war Tony Iltis In a June 22 televised speech from the White House, United States ... "surge" by occuyping forces began at the end of 2009. Britain’s Channel 4 said on June 24 that the ...

10. Malalai Joya interview: Occupation making Afghan lives worse

    the Sydney Morning Herald said on November 11. With no end in sight to the war further devastating one ... Afghanistan. The war on Afghanistan is not only a military war but also a propaganda war. The media buries the ... women as war propaganda. The headline should have been: “What happens while we are in Afghanistan?”. As ...

11. Syria: Talks fail to stop bloodshed, but Rojava example spreads

    multi-sided civil war was declared on February 27, about 6000 people have been killed in the conflict. This ... territorial losses. Betul Ehmed Dahul, an Arab QSD fighter, told Firat on May 3: “As women, we are in better ... Imperialism & war Anti-racism Democracy National liberation Tony Iltis Fighters in the ...

12. Turkey: Government implicated in ISIS suicide attack

    Director of the Amara Culture Centre Zehra Yanardağ told the JINHA Women's News Agency on July 21: ... are calling on all women, all children of Gezi, all those who resist, all revolutionaries, socialists, ... Imperialism & war Socialism International solidarity Democracy Tony Iltis Syria Peoples' ...

13. Killer drones cause widespread trauma

    Imperialism & war Tony Iltis “I saw men, women and children die during that time,” former US ... Brennan is the architect of the drone program. On February 7, protesters from anti-war group Code Pink ... risk from PTSD. On the other side of the world, US drones are creating a different order of risk, ...

14. Iraq: Mosul offensive poses new questions amid Western hypocrisy

    Imperialism & war National liberation Socialism Democracy Feminism Tony Iltis Kurdistan ... start of an assault to recapture Mosul, the most important Iraqi city held by ISIS, on October 16. The ... the assault on Mosul. Initial reports suggested a steady advance towards the ISIS-held city. However, ...

15. Britain joins bloody Syrian conflict

    main theatre of the US-led “war on ISIS”. The US-led coalition secured an invitation for their air ... justification used by British Prime Minister David Cameron for joining the Syrian air war. On December 1, ... significance. Far more significant was the bombing campaign begun by Russia on September 30. 'War on ...

16. Syria:‭ ‬Amid bloodshed,‭ ‬Rojava offers way forward

    Imperialism & war Feminism Democracy National liberation Tony Iltis War planes from the US and ... its allies bombed the village of Birmehli in northern Syria on the night of April‭ ‬30.‭ ‬US Central ... ‬were women. US military authorities have said the allegations of civilian casualties would be ...

17. Philippines: Controversial populist's win a sign of crisis

    women. He is also on record supporting unrestricted access to contraception and LGBT rights, including ... Imperialism & war Democracy Economy Elections Tony Iltis Party of the Labouring Masses ... left-wing Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) Sonny Melencio told a conference in Sydney on May 14. Melencio told ...

18. Pakistan: New drone killings deepen instability

    involvement of the Pakistani Air Force. 'War on terror' Since 2001, when the US invaded Afghanistan ... and launched the global “war on terror”, Pakistan has been allied with the US war while maintaining ... Muslim and Christian peasants and the high degree of participation by women. On July 3, the army invaded ...

19. Afghans react to burning of their country

    Imperialism & war Tony Iltis There has been a surge in protests and attacks against the US-led ... military advisors, shot inside the Afghan Ministry of the Interior on February 25 by an Afghan intelligence ... President Barack Obama’s plans for a “troop withdrawal” at the end of 2014. Modelled on the post-occupation ...

20. Behind the US's confusing, shifting Syria policy

    intervention A major motivation for the air war on ISIS was relegitimising Western military interventions in ... air war. The alliance was based on the Rojava-based revolutionaries being the only force inside Syria ... Imperialism & war Democracy National liberation Feminism Tony Iltis Rojava Rojava revolution ...

21. Kurds betrayed: How serious is the US about fighting ISIS?

    brings Turkey into the US-led “war on ISIS” — makes one thing clear. For Turkish President Recep Tayyip ... Imperialism & war Socialism Feminism Democracy National liberation Tony Iltis The July 23 deal ... several others injured on August 1 when Turkish jets flattened the Iraqi Kurdish village of Zergele, ...

22. Fresh 'blow back' as Iraq violence escalates

    Imperialism & war International solidarity Democracy National liberation Tony Iltis The US has ... recurring pattern of “blow back” from military adventures and pretexts for war that have become ... it was the invasion based on this lie that brought Salafi fundamentalist terrorist groups to the ...

23. Burma: Rohingya refugees flee new wave of violence and ethnic cleansing

    Anti-racism Imperialism & war Democracy Elections National liberation Tony Iltis Buddhist ... the country. Once isolated by sanctions imposed on the pretext of the widespread human rights abuses ... forces, now answering to an NLD-led government, are still engaged in huge human rights abuses. On November ...

24. How indigenous peoples in Bangladesh struggle for their rights

    still many human rights violations going on. There is a lot of violence against women: many women have ... Imperialism & war Anti-racism Indigenous Democracy Tony Iltis Fadang Randal Parbatya ... against that dam. He was jailed, but later on created a political organisation. After the independence of ...

25. Turkey: West's ally Erdoğan pushes deadly electoral strategy

    war. The AKP government has cracked down on political opponents and the media, put cities and towns ... launched air wars against two neighbouring countries. Though unable to agree on forming a coalition, the ... killed, JINHA Women's News Agency reported on September 16. Officially the town has been under ...

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