Tag: war
The PKK’s Dissolution Paves the Way for a New Era of Radical Democracy
A painted portrait of Abdullah Öcalan. ©Joey L. Link copied! The recent call by Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) founder Abdullah Öcalan for the dissolution of […]
The Cybercrime Law & the Genocide in Palestine: a Perfect “Storm” to Shrink Freedom’s Space in Jordan
“With the malik (king).” Pro-government propaganda poster after the king’s return from a meeting with Donald Trump in Washington. ©Mohammad Shamandafar Link copied! “I really […]
The Revolution that Never Came: The April 25 Insurrection in Italy
The Italian insurrection of April 25, 1945, marked the highest point of the partisan war against Nazism and fascism, the peak of a revolution that was possible at that historical moment. However, 80 years later, it remains in collective memory stripped of all its most radical and subversive elements.
After Ten Years of War, Women Face a Dark Age in Yemen
Shorooq, a displaced from woman from Saada, at Dharawan camp in Sana’a. ©Laura Silvia Battaglia Link copied! It was August 2022, sometime around 3 a.m., […]
The Woman Who Talks With the River
She talks with the river about life in the city, herself, her kids, the past, the present, like with a best friend. When sad, she shares it with Drina. When happy, too. Drina is the first to know what is happening in her life. The river knows her fears, her dreams, her truths.
The State of Women’s Rights in 2025: A Call to Action Against Global Regression
The first quarter of the 21st century has taught us a sobering lesson: our rights are not guaranteed. The struggle for gender equality requires women’s active participation in all realms of life—political, economic, and cultural.
On Digital Memory: Syria Taught the World the Value of Digital Evidence, and Just How Easily It Can Be Erased
For many researchers, journalists, analysts, and activists, the Syrian Civil War taught hard lessons about how easily a dictatorial fascist regime can target and erase digital memory. But the fight to preserve the memory must go on.
Ten Years After Its Liberation From ISIS, Kobane Fights a New Existential War
Townspeople from all walks of life describe the current phase of fighting as an existential war, a question of existence and non-existence for the town and its Kurdish identity. Many have personally endured the threat of ethnic cleansing when the Islamic State (ISIS) besieged the city ten years earlier and they are determined to defend their city once again.
The Changing Syria: Voices From the Ground
The Arab Spring in 2011 being a distant memory in many of the countries engulfed by the protest wave, in Syria, the long road to freedom appears now significantly shorter than a few months ago.