A week of mass upsurge and states in transition
The goal of Israel’s fascist right is to establish a religious dictatorship run according to their openly oppressive principles, explicitly targeting Palestinians, LGBTQ people, women, and most every marginalized group in Israel.
How authentic protest movements like the one in Iran can be hijacked by a funded opposition that builds momentum for war and military intervention.
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As the economy opened up to women a half century ago, one in three working women was an office employee. As the clerical workforce grew by leaps and bounds, so did a sense of injustice among the women, leading to the founding of the 9 to 5 Movement.
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Bahareh Hedayati, an Iranian women’s rights and human rights activist who has been arrested and imprisoned several times, was last arrested on October 11 amid the protests that started after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of morality police
Beating back the right, fight by fight
The Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade was a blow to reproductive rights. But fortunately, new data suggest that most of those seeking abortions still seem to be getting them.
The massive protests in Iran, fueled by the audacity of young women and children, are rooted in over a century of struggle.
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