In this episode, Sally and Jess sit down with Standing Together co-directors Rula Daood and Alon-Lee Green. They dive into how it felt to see
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Dabashi’s power lies in rewriting the genealogy of colonial violence and binding it to the present. Still, his critique falters when it treats “the West”
The recent “12-day war” between Israel and Iran represents the latest manifestation of the rapid descent into generalized barbarism to which the capitalist system has
How do “stupidity” and “vulgarity” turn into political action? This isn’t abstract. I still remember a moment in 2004, during a friendly football match between
For over two years, the world has watched Israel carry out daily atrocities in Gaza and wondered: how did Israeli society allow this to happen?
From Al-Jumhuriya Syrian social media was abuzz in June when Ahmad al-Sharaa, the country’s transitional president, chaired an Eid al-Adha event for prominent Syrian women.
From +972 Magazine By attaching a military goal to each act of killing, Israelis of all stripes could partake in the slaughter without questioning the
Everyone everywhere is talking about what they want the future in Israel-Palestine to look like, but what do we want it to look like? Sally
From New Lines Magazine The religious-nationalist right has targeted Israel’s most secular, liberal city The sound of male voices chanting the Sabbath liturgy was not
As we reach two years since October 7th and Israel’s assault on Gaza, Sally Abed and Jess Bricker reflect on the power and pitfalls of
From identity and belonging to responsibility and organizing, Sally Abed and Jess Bricker unpack why they’re here and why they’re part of a joint Jewish-Palestinian
Solidarity with Standing Together: A Response to Calls for a Boycott, by UK FoST – 17 September 2025
UK Friends of Standing Together responds to renewed calls from some in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement to boycott and no-platform Standing Together
For the past few days, the fire of popular protests in Iran has flared up again, and in many cities we’re seeing gatherings by different
How the Left Misread Syria The Syrian Revolution began in the context of the Arab Spring. While there were many reasons for protest, people took
About a decade ago, I was invited to a small private gathering of Jewish studies scholars to talk about the future of Zionism. One of
Since the fall of the former Syrian regime a few months ago, Syria has been engulfed in a wave of “identity-based massacres” that have unfolded
On 6 March, a unit of the Syrian state police conducted a ‘combing operation’ in a village near the coastal city of Jableh. They were
Through the paradigmatic case of post-revolutionary Iran, this article argues critiques of power-laden human rights politics epitomised by Makau Mutua’s 2001 ‘Savages, Victims, and Saviors
An interview with Saladdin Ahmed Bahozde from the forthcoming issue of Historical Expertise. Interviewer: Yurii Latysh. Historical Expertise [HE]: Your book Fascism in the Middle
From +972 Magazine In the aftermath of bombings, the Israeli army routinely fires on Palestinian rescue workers, paramedics, and other civilians to prevent them from
This interview is based on Mohamed Salhi‘s article Reinventing the Right in Morocco: Right-Wing Populist Discourses and Sentiments in Moroccan Online Spaces. It was conducted
From Atar: Sudan in Perspective The Haftar-Hemedti nexus rests on a shared ideology that scorns centralised state authority in favour of personal loyalty networks and
From New Lines Magazine What began as intercommunal clashes in Sweida has mutated into a major security operation and Israeli intervention For months, Sweida in
From Himal Southasian Nearly a million Afghan refugees have been deported from Iran in 2025 – many after brutal detention and abuse – to face
From New Lines Magazine Sweida, in southern Syria, a province once spared the worst of the country’s civil war, has become one of its most
From New Lines Magazine They serve in the army, pay their taxes and obey the laws of the land, but have never been granted equality
From +972 Magazine Abu Dhabi seeks to present itself to the West as a stable alternative to an increasingly rogue Israel, where defense cooperation and
1) When I set out to write this report, even the title gave me pause. „Fleeing“—it wasn’t a word I wanted to use. But it’s
On this page we document some dissident and alternative views on the conflict from social movements in Iran and its region.
From Prospect Often, my first reaction to news coming out of Israel and Palestine is a narcissistic one—making it all about me. When I hear
Reports from the past week on workers’ struggles and other protest movements. Produced and edited by: Hayat Almasi and Evin Rezaei, Workers Communist Party of
This is reposted from Libcom, published there as “Iranian feminists speak out”, and originally published in English by the Anarchist Communist Group. Editorial comments below
Nearly a year after the eruption of the Woman, Life, Freedom protests across Iran in September 2022, Sedigheh Vasmaghi, a renowned theologian, former politician and
We are publishing this translation as part of a series documenting some dissident and alternative views on the conflict from social movements in Iran and
It’s hard to write about something like this. Events are moving very quickly, and it’s difficult for us mere mortals to stay on top of
We, Iranians and Israelis, share grave concerns for the future of our countries and the region. Israel and Iran have been engaged in indirect conflict
From Journal Farsi, affiliated with the Worker-Communist Party of Iran, of which Hamid Takvaee is the leader. We are publishing this translation as part of a
From +972 Magazine Israel is conditioning aid delivery to force Gazans south into ‘concentration zones.’ This plan has begun to stall, but that only portends
Following the 12-day war between Iran and Israel, the Islamic Republic has initiated a new wave of widespread repression. Under the guise of “national security”
From The New Arab Building a free and just Syria after five decades of totalitarian rule, in a region rife with instability and foreign meddling,
Yemeni women have taken to the streets in their thousands in recent weeks. They have demanded water, electricity, a better standard of living, the payment
Owen Flood (Solidarity): What is the Black Flag Action Group? How did it come into being? How do you relate to other anti-war groups in
This statement was published with over 1,200 signatures of academics based in Israel. For the online version of the letter in Hebrew, Arabic, and English
From ANF Melis Tantan says that Turkey’s energy strategy is based on colonialism and that energy has become a tool of domination for many states.
The move reflects a broader strategic vision embracing gender liberation, pluralism, and local democracy The formal announcement of the PKK’s dissolution has sparked mixed reactions among Turkey’s Kurds and international
Omdim be’Yachad-Naqef Ma’an, or Standing Together, is a Jewish-Arab social movement in Israel that organises against racism and occupation, and for equality and social justice.
From +972 Magazine Genocidal rhetoric is not new to Israeli politics. But Gaza’s destruction mirrors the apocalyptic language pouring out of the Knesset — where
Growing up in Saudi Arabia, we were taught that the kings gave us everything we needed. That oil was a blessing from God. That obedience
Last November, Kamel Daoud, an Algerian-French author and conservative columnist, received the esteemed Goncourt Prize in Paris for his novel “Houris.” This work, published by
As the world marks the 110th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide on 24 April 2025, the enduring power of denialism continues to shape how the
From New Lines Magazine. A recently foiled Muslim Brotherhood plot symbolizes the challenge of growing popular discontent over the war in Gaza, in the Hashemite
From Sidecar The 15 April marked the two-year anniversary of a civil war in Sudan that has left tens of thousands dead and millions displaced.
Many people have taken note of recent poll data regarding American attitudes towards Israel, which are (to summarize) cratering. Among Democrats, 69% now view Israel
From New Lines Magazine. How settlers took over the country’s press and transformed it into a vehicle for their movement In early August of last
From Vox. The MAGA movement loves Israel — but is increasingly hostile to Jews. Over and over again, the Trump administration has claimed to be
In this period of escalating outrage, and proving right the old adage ‘birds of a feather flock together’, we have learned that Amichai Shikli, Israeli
From New Lines Magazine. Why one Syrian woman says her recent visit to her hometown, after more than a decade away, may be her last
Century International: On Thursday, March 6, Syria’s new rulers began a military crackdown on what they described as a nascent insurgency by supporters of the
Öcalan calls for PKK dissolution, but Turkey may refuse to release him In a historic declaration, the imprisoned founder of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK),
Abdullah Öcalan has called for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party to put down their weapons. What will this mean for Iraq? In the rugged mountains of
Shovrot Kirot aimed to bring together marginalized communities in Israel to build a new political force. But facing funding shortfalls and internal divisions after Oct.
Minutes after the hostage agreement was signed between Hamas and Israel, the streets of the West Bank, several Arab capitals, and even some European cities
From Ill Will Traversing a century of revolution, counter-revolution, and regime change in Iran, Arya Zahedi traces out the social, political, and ideological tensions that
Life in Iran is not lived, it is performed. Every movement, every word, every breath is dictated by an invisible force, an unyielding presence that
Democratic region faces an impossible choice if it loses NATO support On Saturday 15 February, Turkish-backed forces in northeastern Syria killed journalist Egîd Roj. This
Settler colonialism is very much alive in the state of Israel today. Open a newspaper anywhere in the world and you are likely to see
Away from the Red Sea crisis that dominated the headlines of 2024, the space for female political and social actors in Yemen has continued to
The United Arab Emirates has become a sub-imperial power in Africa, investing in ports, airports and infrastructure projects to extract resources and increase its global
00:00:00 Background information00:03:37 Start of Ben’s talk, introduction00:04:20 Theoretical background00:06:14 Thematic overview00:07:00 Real and imagined Jews in the history of European colonialism00:12:45 Activist settler colonialism
Marta Bellingreri in discussion with Rahaf Aldoughli, author of Romancing Masculinity in Baathist Syria: Gender, Ideology, and Identity In your book, you wrote about the
In the month since Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by a coalition of rebel forces, thousands of political prisoners have been released while many
From +972 Magazine Israeli leftists have been more divided and marginalized than ever since the October 7 assault, with joint Palestinian-Jewish struggle at a breaking
Soon after the Hamas atrocity of 7 October 2023, while Israel was bombing Gaza in retaliation but before it invaded, Aaron Bastani of Novara Media
I am going to be very harsh: there is something morally nauseating about Western hypocrisy, which has always killed civilians or let them be killed
From New Lines Magazine. In the end, Bashar al-Assad had nothing to say to the country he bludgeoned and bled, but what matters now is
From the Unxeptable YouTube channel. A new documentary by Avi Amit published on Kan, Israel’s public broadcaster, outlines the Israeli far right’s plan to resettle
At the end of January this year, I visited South Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) together with Zainab Murad Sahrab, the co-chair of the KNK [Kurdistan National
From New Lines Magazine. Aleppo was never meant to fall. A stunning offensive waged by two Turkish-backed forces over the space of the last five
From The New Arab Eight years after Aleppo was subjected to a brutal starvation siege, pounded by the Assad regime, Russian and Iranian bombs and
‘Not nice boys’: how the Black Panthers shook up Israeli society, by Keith Kahn-Harris – Autumn 2024
From Jewish Renaissance, via Keith Kahn-Harris Asaf Elia-Shalev’s recent book reveals the startling impact of the Black Panther movement on Israel after the Six-Day War.
The Sudanese people and the revolutionary forces are at a critical juncture, caught in the violent grip of a war that began on April 15,
This article analyzes the crimes committed by Hamas in Israel on October 7th through a comparison with other historical massacres. This can give us a
On 27 July 2024, a major tragedy struck the people of Majdal Shams after a missile fell on a football field, injuring and killing children
From Liberties, by Arash Azizi. A friend of mine once asked me why I get so worked up about Jewish Currents, a left-wing American magazine known for
By Edo Konrad From +972 Magazine Israel’s long-subservient media has spent the past year imbuing the public with a sense of righteousness over the Gaza
An Attempt to Revive an Entity in a Coma for Decades Subtle efforts are underway in the city of Sweida to revive the role of
Author: Subha WijesiriwardenaLead Editors: Islam Al Khatib, Maie Panaga BabkerEditor: Naureen ShameemPeer Review: Suri Kempe, Tooba Syed, Sabika Abbas, Amna NasirAdditional Research: Anonymous contributorProofreading: Rochelle
Welcome to “The Conflict”, A comprehensive historical analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Hosted by Dr. Arnon Degani, a historian and Middle Eastern studies expert, and
What really happened on 7 October 2023? Is this even a question we should be asking after eight months of Israeli bombardment of the claustrophobic
For the vast majority of Ukrainians, Syria before 2011 was probably just another Arab country, but after the war began, it came to symbolize the
From +972 Magazine. In a context of fear, hatred, and violence, an Israeli-Palestinian gathering that seemed detached from reality actually represented something revolutionary. At first
From K. The Magazine “What did y’all think decolonization meant?,” reads the hyper-viral tweet that circulated after October 7. As antisemitic violence erupted in Canada,
Saul Dubow is a South African historian specialising in the history of South Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This article first appeared in
Asaf Elia-Shalev’s book Israel’s Black Panthers: The Radicals Who Punctured a Nation’s Founding Myth (University of California Press, 2024) tells the story of the young and impoverished
A statement we co-authored, published in December 2023, “For a consistently democratic and internationalist left“, highlighted the serious problem the global left has with antisemitism.
The seduction of speaking as a Jew – and why I will not do it Of the many indignities Jews have been forced to endure
The chorus of authoritarian propaganda against democratic protests should concern us all. When Greta Thunberg, a student activist against climate change, tweeted a “toolkit” comprising
Interview by Erik Peter for the German daily “Die Tageszeitung” (“taz“). The May 1st demonstration in Berlin was characterized by pro-Palestine slogans. Peter Ullrich talks
As thousands of bodies are blown apart in Gaza and children starve to death in the city’s rubble-strewn streets, numerous groups are exploiting this suffering