October, 2021

• 3 October

  To Protect Women Migrants, Implement Feminist Migration Policies

  

  When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left the hospital in April 2020 after having been treated for COVID-19, he released a widely viewed video address in which he thanked the nurses that had cared for him. In singling out two for special mention—Jenny from New Zealand and Luis from Portugal—he …

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• 3 October

  Wealthy Countries Are Backsliding on Asylum Rights

  

  Last week, the British government introduced a bill that would allow asylum-seekers to be transferred outside the country while their claims are being processed. The measure, which was swiftly criticized by human rights groups, comes on the heels of a similar system being enacted in Denmark last month. On the …

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• 3 October

  Across the Maghreb, support for all outside actors, including China and Russia, remains low

  

  In recent years, China and Russia have gradually increased their influence in the Maghreb. The two powers, relative newcomers to the regional scene compared to Europe and the U.S., have been building stronger commercial, security, and diplomatic ties to the Maghreb countries of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. However, these ties …

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• 3 October

  In surveys, Tunisians tell of continuous economic grievances

  

  The latest round of public opinion surveys conducted by Arab Barometer confirms that the deterioration of the economy — or more specifically a continuing collapse in living standards — has been at the forefront of people’s minds in Tunisia. Examining this economic backstory may help explain how and why there …

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• 3 October

  What will SCO membership mean for Iran?

  

  Iran came one step closer to becoming a full member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) last week with the approval of its bid, 15 years after it first applied. The organization, which includes China, Russia, and India, in addition to Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Pakistan as members, accounts …

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• 3 October

  Will Sistani be the Last Legend? The Challenge of Succession and the Future of the Marj’aiyyah

  

  For Shi’a Muslims, the highest-ranking religious authorities are known as marj’as, who serve as a reference point for emulation for laypeople (marj’a al-taqlīd). The position of the marj’a, known as the marj’aiyyah, has the exclusive right to issue religious rulings (fatwas). Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali …

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• 3 October

  Najmaldin Karim: Islamic State is resurgent, dominated by locals

  Kurdistan 24 spoke recently with Najmaldin Karim, who served as Governor of Kirkuk Province until Baghdad’s assault last October in an attack engineered by Qasim Soleimani, head of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

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• 3 October

  The Project of Capital and the Project of the Proletariat in a time of World Crisis

  ABSTRACT This is a response to the two sets of articles written by Sajai Jose on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and on the world’s and India’s hunger crisis. It is in two parts. In the first part it lays the historical background of the response of capital in the face …

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• 3 October

  Η Κεντροαριστερά επιστρέφει – στην Ευρώπη

  Η Κεντροαριστερά στην Ευρώπη είναι σε άνθηση. Χθες ο ηγέτης των Βρετανών Εργατικών, Κιρ Στάρμερ, μίλησε συγκινητικά για τη χειρωνακτική εργασία και υποσχέθηκε ένα πράσινο New Deal. Στη Γερμανία ο Ολαφ Σολτς κέρδισε τις εκλογές, εντάσσοντας στην ατζέντα του SPD τις ανισότητες, την αύξηση του κατώτατου μισθού και την κλιματική …

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• 3 October

  A Bosnian refugee’s path to Bundestag

  Jasmina Hostert, born in Pašić in 1982, was seriously wounded, losing her arm at the beginning of the war in BiH. She was then sent to Germany for treatment and is now an SPD lawmaker in the Bundestag. Adis Ahmetović was born in Hanover after his parents left BiH for …

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