Middle East-Africa
Erdogan Has Left-Wing University Students from Istanbul Arrested
Students at the Boğaziçi University in Istanbul were protesting against an action by Islamist students in support of the Turkish army's war in Afrin. Now, the protestors have been arrested by police. The country's president has vowed that they will be expelled because they are "terrorists".
Nathaniel Flakin
March 25, 2018The Women’s Movement in Turkey
Ecehan Balta of the socialist collective Başlangıç Kolektifi speaks about socialism, the women’s movement and the International Women’s Strike.
Amelia Robles
February 28, 2018Ecological Crisis and Capitalist Accumulation in Contemporary Turkey
Left Voice interviews Turkish environmentalist, Zafer Ülger.
Amelia Robles
February 26, 2018Prospects for a Working Class Revolutionary Socialist Party in South Africa
Radical leftists in South Africa and beyond have broadly welcomed NUMSA’s 2018 New Year’s resolution to establish a workers’ party in the near future. What is to be expected?
Peter Jacobs
February 3, 2018Stop the War on Afrin!
The Turkish Armed Forces -supported by Free Syrian Army groups- have started an air and land offensive on the predominantly Kurdish town of Afrin in Northern Syria, from multiple fronts at the same time.
Başlangıç Dergisi
February 2, 2018Seven years after the fall of Ben Ali, Tunisians continue to take to the streets
Since the beginning of the week, the protests in Tunisia have multiplied. The underlying reason is the austerity budget, announced on January 1 in a country already ravaged by the rise of precarious work and unemployment. In the last seven years, the economic situation has become progressively worse. Friday’s protests were smaller than those of the previous few days, but the police crackdown was just as brutal. More protests are planned for Sunday, the seventh anniversary of the fall of Ben Ali.
Sadek Basnacki
January 14, 2018South Africa: NUMSA Calls to Build a Workers Revolutionary Party
The largest metalworkers' union in South Africa has just put out a call to build a revolutionary workers' party in the country, independent of both the ANC and the Communist Party.
Left Voice
January 11, 2018The Sigh of the Oppressed in Iran
Protesters in Iran express outrage at economic conditions, a testament to a failed domestic agenda of neoliberalism and privatization.
Mohammad Tootkaboni
January 8, 2018Iran Protests: Is the Islamic Regime Coming to an End?
The protests against the Islamic Republic in Iran have taken on a mass character. These demonstrations are a spark of hope for workers and oppressed peoples in the Middle East. What should the Iranian government be expecting?
Baran Serhad
January 7, 2018Shifting Relations Between Turkey and the U.S. and the State of the Turkish Left
Left Voice recently spoke with Foti Benlisoy of Başlangıç Dergisi, a socialist organization in Turkey, to discuss the political context and changing dynamics between Turkey and the U.S. in the wake of upcoming elections.
Foti Benlisoy
January 4, 2018