Parvin Mohammadi needs support from labor activists and feminist activists around the world. During all these years of struggle, she has never separated the labor struggle from women’s struggles for their rights.
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Conversation with Producers of Nasrin, documentary about Imprisoned Iranian Feminist Human Rights Attorney
On December 6, Internationalism From Below and Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants and Alliance of MENA Socialists sponsored a screening of the magnificent documentary, Nasrin. I had the honor of hosting a conversation with the film producers, Marcia Ross and Jeff Kaufman, after the screening. Below, please see the link to that thirty-minute fascinating conversation about why and how they made this film and its call to social justice activists around the world. FREE NASRIN!
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Video of Book Launch: A Region in Revolt: Mapping the Uprisings in North Africa & West Asia, 2019-2020, Published by Daraja Press
I wrote a chapter about the Iranian Uprising of 2019-2020 for this book.
To order the book as a print copy or PDF, please click on the Daraja Press link below:
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Presentation to Abolitionist Activists in Los Angeles About Struggles in Africa & Middle East Against Police Brutality & State and Gender Violence
Video of my talk to abolitionist activists in Los Angeles about recent struggles in Africa and the Middle East against police and militarized state brutality, incarceration, gender violence and for human rights. Thanks to the Letters from the Etui Project and Women’s Center for Creative Work for organizing this event as part of a workshop series.
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Video of Panel on Women in Prisons: U.S. & Iran
On Saturday, September 26, 2020, the Zanan Group of Northern California organized a panel discussion of former women prisoners from the US and Iran. Below are the video link and bios of the speakers as well as a report about this panel that appeared in the U.S. prisoner solidarity journal, Captured Words, Free Thoughts:
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