After 43 years of foreign intervention and war in Afghanistan, including 20 years of U.S. imperialist occupation, the U.S. – backed puppet government has collapsed in a handful of days and the Taliban have once again regained control of the country. Let us remind ourselves that the reactionary Taliban forces were a creation of U.S.Continue reading “Long Live the People of Afghanistan!”
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KJK Statement of Solidarity for the Women of Afghanistan
Let’s stand in solidarity with the women and peoples of Afghanistan! In Afghanistan, which for decades has been the stage of proxy wars, power was handed over to the misogynistic Taliban as a result of the dirty policies of the global hegemonic powers. This situation,which caused great rage and anger among women and the peoplesContinue reading “KJK Statement of Solidarity for the Women of Afghanistan”
Rest in Power Nanay Mameng
The International Women’s Alliance (IWA) deeply mourns with the rest of the women’s and the people’s organizations in the Philippines the passing of Carmen Deunida, or as we fondly call her, Nanay Mameng, on July 19, 2021. We send out sympathies and condolences to family, friends, and comrades she left behind. IWA admires her fightingContinue reading “Rest in Power Nanay Mameng”
Register now for “Women Against Wars of Aggression”
Register now for IWA’s two part webinar series on the global impacts of wars against women, and how we can support women’s resistance to war and militarism through the International Women’s Alliance. Registration for part 1: https://tinyurl.com/WomenResistP1Registration for part 2: https://tinyurl.com/WomenResistP2
IWA says “Hands Off Cuba!” “End the illegal U.S. blockade NOW!”
The International Women’s Alliance, which brings together militant grassrootswomen’s organizations to promote women’s human rights around the world, remainssteadfast in its solidarity with socialist Cuba that has been defending its right tosovereignty against U.S. imperialist intervention for over 60 years. Besides untold assassination attempts on Cuban leaders and other forms of illegalimperialist sabotage, the U.S.Continue reading “IWA says “Hands Off Cuba!” “End the illegal U.S. blockade NOW!””
IWA Stands in Solidarity with the Palestinian Struggle for Liberation on Nakba 73
Seventy three years ago, on May 15th, Zionists enacted a mass expulsion of indigenous Palestinians from their land. In 1948, 700,000 people were violently removed from their homes in cities like Haifa and Safad. 20,000 Palestinians were brutally murdered as they fought to keep their ancestral land. Today, Palestinians around the world mark this dayContinue reading “IWA Stands in Solidarity with the Palestinian Struggle for Liberation on Nakba 73”
Women Workers Continue to Struggle Against Exploitation and Oppression Amidst the Ongoing Pandemic
The International Women’s Alliance recognizes May Day as an important day for workers around the world to fight the system that keeps them, as well as most people in society, exploited and oppressed. Today marks the second time the International Workers’ Day has been celebrated in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic and economicContinue reading “Women Workers Continue to Struggle Against Exploitation and Oppression Amidst the Ongoing Pandemic”
Uphold people’s democracy in Myanmar!
The International Women’s Alliance expresses its solidarity with the people of Myanmar in their fight to kick out the military dictatorship that has occupied their country. We support their call to ensure genuine democracy and ensure justice and freedom for all people of Myanmar. As the whole world is still battling the COVID-19 pandemic andContinue reading “Uphold people’s democracy in Myanmar!”
Uphold and Defend the Rights of Lady Ann Salem, Reina Mae Nasino and Amanda Echanis
December 10, 2020 The Duterte administration and its armed forces have once again shown how they can violate press freedom and freedom of expression when they abducted Manila Today editor Lady Ann Salem this morning, December 10. It does not matter that December 10 is the commemoration of International Human Rights Day. The Duterte governmentContinue reading “Uphold and Defend the Rights of Lady Ann Salem, Reina Mae Nasino and Amanda Echanis”
Declaration of the Kurdish Women’s Movement on the Occassion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
It is time to get to the roots of patriarchal violence We live in the age of unnamed wars. A nameless war is being waged against women without being declared. Patriarchal violence is carried out openly everywhere. Hundreds of women are murdered by men every day. Dozens of women are victims of sexual harassment andContinue reading “Declaration of the Kurdish Women’s Movement on the Occassion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women”
