Afghanistan
Five Demands We Should Fight For in Response to the Crisis in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is in ruins and facing a major crisis. U.S. imperialism and the Taliban offer no solutions to the crisis. The working class and oppressed people in the U.S. must put forward a struggle in solidarity with the Afghan working class and oppressed. What should we be fighting for?
Left Voice
August 31, 2021“Lesser-Evil” Biden Kills Kids with Drone Strike
A drone strike in Afghanistan in the aftermath of the attack on the Kabul airport killed innocent civilian bystanders, all members of one extended family.
Scott Cooper
August 30, 2021No More Imperialist Bombing of Afghanistan!
The United States is preparing for further retaliatory attacks against ISIS-K to “make them pay.” The real people who will pay are the Afghan people.
Emma Lee
August 29, 2021Afghan Refugees Forced to Wait in Hellish Conditions in Qatar’s Refugee Camps
U.S. embassy employees at the U.S. air base in Doha, have denounced the unsanitary, overcrowded, and inhumane conditions in which Afghan refugees are being held. Such circumstances are the direct product of the destructive two-decades long U.S. occupation of Afghanistan.
La Izquierda Diario Argentina
August 26, 2021Refugee Caps Are a Tool of Imperialism. Don’t Trust Imperialists to Resolve the Refugee Crisis
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans are now refugees. The global working class must demand that the imperialist nations give refuge to any refugee who requests it.
Sybil Davis
August 21, 2021Protests Erupt Across Afghanistan in Defiance of Taliban Rule
For the past three days, Afghans in at least four cities have taken to the streets to resist the return of the Taliban in protests led by women and youth. Though the protests are small, they signal a way out of a crisis created by U.S. imperialism that does not rely on local or foreign foes.
Maryam Alaniz
August 20, 2021Afghanistan: Biden Eulogizes Another Humiliating Defeat for U.S. Imperialism
President Joe Biden gave a fervent speech on Monday justifying his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan to end the longest war in U.S. history. The speech was met with criticism from sectors of both capitalist parties who believe that the decision is a blow to U.S. credibility and power globally.
Jimena Vergara
August 17, 2021U.S. Military Left behind Biometric Tracking Technology. The Taliban Is Already Using It to Track Afghans
The U.S. military helped design and build technology to identify Afghan civilians and collaborators who worked with the fallen government, U.S. forces, or NGOs. With the U.S. withdrawal and fall of the government, the Taliban has these data now.
Rose Lemlich
August 17, 2021The Triumph of the Taliban and the Road Ahead
Twenty years after the fall of the Twin Towers and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban have triumphed and captured Kabul.
Salvador Soler
August 16, 2021Taliban Again to Rule Afghanistan after 20 Years of Imperialist Occupation
What are the international consequences of the swift Taliban victory in Afghanistan after two decades of occupation by U.S. imperialism? Here are some initial thoughts.
Philippe Alcoy
August 15, 2021