Vaccinations are widely perceived as useful and necessary, but there is growing civil unrest, as all criticism and dissent to public policies is silenced or demonised. The progressive vision of potential for a positive transformation of a hard-hit society after the tragedy of the pandemic has been all but lost, as worries about the lack of pluralism in the political debate and the fragility of democracy in a what resembles a cultural hegemony are concrete
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Covid in Italy, the never-ending State of Emergency and the “othering” of dissent
Posted: 12/30/2021 by editormary in Europe, PoliticsTags: Covid, Italy
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Assessing Ken O’Keefe’s World Citizen Solution as at October 2019
Posted: 10/07/2019 by editormary in Activists and Activism, Ken O'KeefeTags: Ken O'Keefe, World Citizen Solutions
Written by Mary Rizzo, long-time Ken-skeptic, and only cheated out of money for the “Ferry to Gaza” that never saw the light of day. It’s been over three and a half years since Ken O’Keefe announced (and started asking for money) the World Citizen Solution. In the meantime, he’s often announced he’d actually announce what […]
Call for the Formation of a Transnational Socialist-Humanist Solidarity Network
Posted: 04/04/2019 by editormary in Activists and Activism, Grassroots Activism, Human Rights, Ideas and Projects, Internet and Communication, People's Movements / Struggles, Politics, ResistanceApril 2, 2019 Dear Friends: Critical developments around the globe compel the creation of a new type of transnational socialist and anti-authoritarian solidarity network. Objectively, we are facing the growth of authoritarian capitalist governments, an increasing economic and military competition between the U.S. and China, and the ominous consequences of climate breakdown. In addition, we […]
Iranian militia shoots disabled activist dead in his home in front of his children
Posted: 04/04/2017 by editormary in Activists and Activism, Ahwaz, Children's Corner, Human Rights, Iran, People's Movements / Struggles, Somoud: Arab Voices of ResistanceWritten by Rahim Hamid, Ahwazi freelance journalist and human rights activist based in the USA An Iranian regime militia shot an unarmed wheelchair-bound disabled Ahwazi activist dead in front of his wife and children in their home, apparently “revenge” for his civil rights activism. The armed […]
Instruments for Activists: 1) Debate and discussions on Syria
Posted: 01/13/2016 by editormary in Activists and Activism, Grassroots Activism, Ideas and Projects, Internet and Communication, Middle East Issues, Opinions and Letters, People's Movements / Struggles, SyriaWRITTEN BY Mary Rizzo There are various moments / instances involved in the act of participation in discussions/debates Launching the argument (starting the discourse) Entering into a discussion that is already in course Leaving a discussion (or closing a discussion) For each of these, there are factors to consider: among which Who is the interlocutor […]
Iran will fall into civil war within 5 years
Posted: 12/15/2015 by editormary in Activists and Activism, Ahwaz, Human Rights, Iran, Middle East, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, WarWritten By Rahim Hamid Iran’s number one desertification specialist Professor Kurdwani addressed the Iranian government: “I don’t know why they don’t understand that the water is gone. Every time the authorities invite me to attend a conference on the subject I do not attend because it is all over and there is no use holding […]
Damascus chemical attack, two years on.
Posted: 08/16/2015 by editormary in Activists and Activism, Human Rights, Maps, Middle East, Politics, Refugees, Syria, WarTags: Assad, Chemical Weapons
WRITTEN BY SAMANTHA FALCIATORI The nearly 1,400 people poisoned to death on Aug. 21, 2013 do not have an official murderer yet, but ballistic analysis leaves little doubt. Here is what we know and what cannot be told of that terrible night. Between 2:00 and 5:00 am on August 21, 2013 in the Damascus suburb […]
How the Iranian regime tries to obliterate Arab identity in Al-Ahwaz
Posted: 06/08/2015 by editormary in Ahwaz, Culture and Heritage, Education, Grassroots Activism, Iran, Middle East Issues, People's Movements / Struggles, Religion, Somoud: Arab Voices of ResistanceWritten by Rahim Hamid The objective of this article is to highlight the pervasive systematic violations of the Ahwazi Arab people’s rights. Over the last 36 years, essentially coinciding with the formation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, these violations have increased many-fold, even as the Ahwazis continue demanding their legitimate rights. This article […]
Al-Ahwaz: 90 Years of Occupation and Injustice
Posted: 04/08/2015 by editormary in Ahwaz, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Culture and Heritage, Education, Grassroots Activism, Human Rights, Iran, Middle East Issues, People's Movements / Struggles, Politics, Refugees, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Strategy for LiberationWRITTEN BY Rahim Hamid Al-Ahwaz region of Iran is currently witnessing a wave of mass protests and demonstrations demanding freedom and an end to the Iranian regime’s multifaceted oppression of the Ahwazi people, which has been continuous since Iran first occupied the region by the use of military force. Ahwazi Arabs are among the most […]
The threat of ongoing Persian settlement policies in Al-Ahwaz
Posted: 02/27/2015 by editormary in Ahwaz, Human Rights, Iran, Middle East Issues, People's Movements / Struggles, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of ResistanceWRITTEN BY Ahwazna website Throughout human history, authoritarian regimes have exercised numerous policies to influence and pressure peoples whose homelands are under the grip of domination and occupation. Occupation policies include construction of settlements and relocation of settlers to change demographics to favor their colonial aspirations. This is one of many ways used gradually to […]
VANESSA AND GRETA ARE NOT “INCOMPETANT FOOLS”
Posted: 01/23/2015 by editormary in Europe, Grassroots Activism, Ideas and Projects, Internet and Communication, Interviews, Middle East, People's Movements / Struggles, Refugees, Syria, WarTags: Greta Ramelli, Vanessa Marzullo
A word from Rosamaria Vitale, 55, the surgeon who was supposed, until the last moment, to take part in the mission in Syria with the two recently freed Italian girls. She had met the girls in Milan, in the reception center of via Novara, run by the cooperative “Farsi Prossimo” of the Caritas Ambrosiana. Written by Stefano […]
The policy of changing the demographic composition of Al-Ahwaz, a practical example of Persian racism
Posted: 01/05/2015 by editormary in Ahwaz, Culture and Heritage, Human Rights, Iran, Maps, Middle East, People's Movements / Struggles, Somoud: Arab Voices of ResistanceWRITTEN BY AHWAZNA, Prepared and presented by: Committee for research and studies in The Arab Movement for the Liberation of Al-Ahwaz Ahwaz is an occupied Arab country located in the southwestern region of the Republic of Iraq and also in the southwestern region of Persia. It is bounded on the north by the Kurdistan Mountains the eastern […]
Syria – two Italian volunteers kidnapped
Posted: 08/07/2014 by editormary in Grassroots Activism, Human Rights, Middle East, Newswire, People's Movements / Struggles, Syria, WarMissing from Aleppo, no news of the two young women since 1 August Hours of anxiety for the fate of two young Italian aid workers abducted in Syria in Aleppo, where they had been since 28 July to carry out humanitarian projects. The Foreign Ministry, which has activated the Crisis Unit, confirmed “the impossibility of […]
The myth of the “Secularism” of the Assads
Posted: 04/07/2014 by editormary in Culture and Heritage, Middle East, Politics, Religion, SyriaWRITTEN BY JEAN -PIERRE FILIU, translated by Mary Rizzo Among the arguments put forward constantly by proponents of the Syrian dictatorship , standing out is the presumed ” secularism” of the Assad regime. It is striking that “secularism” is associated with the illusory protection of minorities (while the percentage of Christians in the Syrian population […]
The Anti-War Movement Wins – the War in Syria Continues
Posted: 10/01/2013 by editormary in Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Grassroots Activism, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinions and Letters, People's Movements / Struggles, Politics, Rant / Musings / Discussion, Syria, WarWritten by NOT George Sabra. [Submitted this to any number of publications, none picked it up. Maybe I shouldn’t have gone after Rania Masri…] The anti-war movement in the West got what it wanted: the war in Syria grinds on without the involvement of the only force capable of ending the bloody stalemate, the U.S. military. The […]
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. The Mass Media and getting things wrong about Syria
Posted: 04/26/2013 by editormary in Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Grassroots Activism, Human Rights, Middle East Issues, People's Movements / Struggles, Resistance, SyriaWRITTEN BY MARY RIZZO AND MALAK CHABKOUN But don’t you see that the whole trouble lies here? In words, words. Each one of us has within him a whole world of things, each man of us his own special world. And how can we ever come to an understanding if I put in the words […]
Smearing and inflated egos at it again… God save the free Palestine movement
Posted: 06/25/2012 by editormary in Internet and Communication, Opinions and LettersHere we go again, just when one thinks that the insanity of the personalisation of the PALESTINIAN CAUSE is finally running its course, long, long overdue, I add… I find that a blog called Shoah.org that purports to be very popular and pro-Palestinian, though featuring almost no Palestinians at all among those it publishes, has […]
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