There are few people alive who have spent a lifetime as politically involved as she has. She is 91 years old, the founder of Wages for Housework Campaign, and has fought to end institutional racism and gender inequality. Her life is the epitome of a constant struggle for a new […]
Politics
Solidarity with Haiti: Reparations not deportations
It is 200 years since France forced Haiti at gunpoint to pay for the “crime” of overthrowing slavery and winning independence from French colonialism! Today Haitian voices demand reparations and restitution from France. Week of Solidarity. Global Women’s Strike The stories are alarming: Venezuelan immigrants disappeared into El […]
Nasrin Sotoudeh on poetry, awards, and the refuge of words
The clinking of chains keeps sleep at bay…Thus, resistance turns into poetry—words that sprout from the heart of winter 2018, and, like ivy, climb the prison bars. In this segment, Nasrin Sotoudeh speaks of literature, accolades, and dreams—dreams that no wall could keep confined. Rola Zamzameh* We may […]
Gaza: The Jewish prohibition of the slaughter of innocents
Israel’s war on Gaza has abandoned all the moral standards of Judaism. Its illegal blockade has made the evacuation of children impossible, and the traumas of those who survive will be felt in Israel and the West for decades to come. The moral degradation of Israel cannot be separated from […]
Cristina Fernández is proscribed and wanted in prison
This is the first time in Argentine history that a president or former president has been sentenced to prison after a trial criticised for being riddled with irregularities and seen as a judicial coup. The decision has exacerbated the feelings of many Argentinians who are protesting against the decision […]
















