As Colombia approaches presidential elections next year, the US decision to decertify the country in the war on drugs plays into the hands of its allies on the political right, writes NICK MacWILLIAM
World feminism in crisis: Palestine and the betrayal of solidarity
Palestinian women have been failed by the feminist movement overall, argues MARYAM ALDOSSARI, calling for a return to principled solidarity instead of selective outrage and dehumanising narratives
SIDING WITH PALESTINE:
A woman protester spells it
out on a march in London,
October 28 2023
The move against alleged PKK members that sparked outrage as a community centre in north London was raided last year has now come to trial, writes TONY BURKE, but in the meantime, the peace process abroad has changed the situation almost entirely
A new report points a way to overcome complacent framing of climate issues, ‘by sparking a wider public reckoning with climate realities,’ and reconnecting with working-class people. IAN SINCLAIR reports
We cannot understand today’s world without understanding the rise of China – and we cannot understand China without understanding how it was shaped by the second world war, writes JENNY CLEGG
NICK WRIGHT reports from Italy, where 80 cities saw Gaza strikes as unions paralysed transport and massive crowds clashed with police in Milan — but France is also kicking off, and Westminster, in a very different way, is facing a crisis of legitimacy too
Escalating anti-China rhetoric from the West has a clear purpose – to manufacture consent for the new cold war, and potentially a hot one, argues CARLOS MARTINEZ
FOR over a year now, the world has been inundated with the narrative that Israel has the “right to self-defence,” a claim used to shield and legitimise the relentless violence inflicted upon Palestinians — violence that has reached unimaginable levels.
Women and children bear the brunt of a brutal occupation that erases their humanity while subjecting them to relentless military aggression. In Gaza, the most densely populated strip on Earth, the siege tightens daily, depriving over two million people of the basic essentials of life.
In the West Bank, settler violence, condoned and facilitated by the Israeli state, has escalated to unprecedented levels. Palestinians are not only at the mercy of an occupying force but also trapped in a narrative that dehumanises them and normalises their suffering.
Historically, feminism has been a force for justice, taking on patriarchy, inequality, and colonial violence in its quest to liberate women. During the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, women played a pivotal role in resisting both racial and gender oppression, demonstrating feminism’s potential to confront intersecting systems of injustice.
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The regime’s handpicked female firsts — drawn from elite families — mask the reality of Dar al-Reaya ‘care homes’ where disobedient women are beaten and drugged, and the feminists who fought for driving rights remain jailed, writes MARYAM ALDOSSARI
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