Happy Yalda!

Very curious to read this after watching Soundtracks to a Coup d'Etat!

Monday 25 November new action against 'disastrous cuts' in higher education | De Algemene Onderwijsbond Not together with thousands of students and higher education staff, but in a gray room in the House of Representatives behind a microphone, the educational organizations informed Minister Eppo Bruins ...

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Book launch and panel discussion:
Carceral Worlds: Legacies, Textures and Futures
22.11.24, 12:00-14:00

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Earlier today Antonio Negri passed away at the age of 90. Negri was one of the most influential radical political theorists of the post-War generation, and he arguably shaped the political world view of at least two generations of activists and theorists on the anti-authoritarian Left. (1)

Book talk with Suchitra Vijayan at University of Amsterdam.

Iran ‘using Gaza conflict as cover’ for execution of 127 people since war began Human rights groups record alarming rise in number of people put to death by Tehran regime since 7 October

The Iranian regime has executed more than 127 people, including women and children, since the Hamas attacks of 7 October.

The Nobel Peace Prize 2023 The Nobel Peace Prize 2023 was awarded to Narges Mohammadi “for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all”

“Her brave struggle has come with tremendous personal costs. Altogether, the regime has arrested her 13 times, convicted her five times, and sentenced her to a total of 31 years in prison and 154 lashes.”

Hospitalisation of Iranian girl leads to claims against ‘morality police’ Incident puts country back on edge a year after mass protests over death in custody of Mahsa Amini

“A journalist who had been trying to cover the story by going to the hospital was briefly arrested. Access to the hospital has since been restricted by police.”

‘It was strange’: Iranian chess players meet across board in exile Mitra Hejazipour tells of sadness and joy in playing fellow female grandmaster at world championship

www.theguardian.com/world/2023/o...

There is the 9/11 we are told to never forget and the 9/11 we never remember because we were never taught about it in the first place.

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