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Joseph Daher (2020): “The struggling popular classes should remain our lodestar”
Transcript of an episode originally broadcast by Where’s My Jetpack podcast, on March 15th 2020. From the Fightback magazine issue Syrian Voices – please subscribe here. Audio: Syrian revolutionary dabke.1 Ani White: That was a Syrian revolutionary dabke2 from 2011, a time when freedom seemed nearer. The dabke had lyrics calling for the ouster of President… Read more
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FREE DOWNLOAD: Fightback Issue 47, Syrian Voices
Fightback is pleased to offer a free download of the latest issue of our magazine, Syrian Voices. From the editorial by Ani White: It has been over 10 years since the Syrian Revolution first broke out in early 2011, as a part of a broader regional uprising widely dubbed the “Arab Spring.” After beginning as… Read more
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Migrant women and family violence
While intimate partner violence is a widespread problem in Aotearoa New Zealand – we have the highest rate in the OECD – women from migrant communities are particularly vulnerable. Read more
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – an interview with Eric Draitser
“…we’re back with an episode on the invasion of Ukraine. We’re interviewing Eric Draitser, an independent political analyst and host of CounterPunch Radio.” Read more
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Nationalism and authoritarianism in the Balkans
As Russia acts on its imperial ambitions in Ukraine, Putin’s support of groups in the Balkans who glorify the war criminals who committed atrocities against the region’s Muslim populations and harbour desires for ethnostates means that violence could once again erupt. Read more
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Pandemic insignificance: how Germany’s left failed to defend life against capital during the COVID pandemic
This situation is a result of the loud voices of COVID-denialists and individualists, but most of all of the fundamental function of the capitalist state that systematically prioritizes capital’s interests over the health of workers and marginalized groups. Read more