[This review was originally posted to The Commoner on January 20th, 2023.] Against Orthodoxy and Despotic Rule: A Review of Islam and Anarchism Javier Sethness The first part in a series on Islam, humanism, and anarchism. Originally written by Javier Sethness, this review includes an alternate perspective …
As predicted, racist anxieties in Quebec about Muslims and immigrants are proving fair game as Jean Charest and Mario Dumont have tried to score cheap electoral points, each of them hoping it will win them white votes in the upcoming provincial election here… The latest chapter in this growing novella …
I posted Matt Lyons’ piece on Defending My Enemy’s Enemy to Louis Proyect’s Marxism list, where it received a number of (highly) critical responses. One answer in particular, though, did at least try to deal with the actual issues Lyons was touching on.As i stated in my own comments – we …
The following essay by Matthew Lyons comes from the Three Way Fight blog. Lyons is co-author (along with Chip Berlet) of Right-Wing Populism in America: Too Close for Comfort, as well as numerous essays and articles about repression and the far right in America. I’ll add some of my own …
Revolutionary Islam in Iran: Popular Liberation or Religious Dictatorship? by Suroosh Irfani, Zed Books London 1983. I’ve had Iran on my mind for the past few weeks. It’s beginning to bother me. At first, it was because i was reading this book Revolutionary Islam in Iran: Popular Liberation or Religious …