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#AlJazeera | Why are Western feminists silent on the war on Iranian women?

"Western feminism mobilises when violence can be framed as Islamic oppression or backward tradition, but retreats when the violence is produced by Western-backed power. In doing so, it avoids confronting the very structures of imperial violence that shape these conditions. This silence is often justified through a false choice: that opposing war risks legitimising the Iranian state, and that feminist critique must therefore remain selective. But this is a political evasion. It is entirely possible, and necessary, to oppose both imperial violence and authoritarian rule."

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/4/30/why-are-western-feminists-silent-on-the-war-on-iranian-women

#Feminism #Iran #Imperialism

Why are Western feminists silent on the war on Iranian women?

Those who backed Iranian women’s protests against compulsory hijab are silent as those same women are killed.

Al Jazeera

محمد هشام حجازي 3h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mohammedhijazi/116494807241659206

#gazaverified #palestine #lsrael #lranWar
#Press #1000MAdleens #War#War
#thales #Imperialism
#Genocide#MutualAidRequest
#MutualAid #palestine#helpgaza
#gazahelp #drawing #Gaza#gazastrip
#gazaverified #gazagenocide
#freepalestine #iran #lranWar #ran
#IsraellranWar #USPol #EUPol
#gazaverifieddonations

Muir 3h ago

The making of the US military footprint in Ghana

The US presence in Africa is much larger than a base. It is a network of access points to allow for the rapid and flexible deployment of US troops onto African territory.
#Imperialism #Africa
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/29/the-making-of-the-us-military-footprint-in-ghana/

keyofG 5h ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y9wlnwl85o
#Banksy #Art #Imperialism

Banksy confirms he is behind new statue in central London

The sculpture in central London of a man walking off a plinth while holding a flag has been drawing crowds.

BreakThrough News Archive 6h ago

How the US uses oil as a geopolitical weapon

https://tankie.tube/w/pz3AEba9f9rYYCiaW8JkpR

How the US uses oil as a geopolitical weapon

PeerTube

Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines 8h ago

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Ukraine may have solved its Russian Kinzhal missile problem -- Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian explosives plant in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast -- Russian oil facilities in Perm and Orsk struck as Ukraine's drones follow up Tuapse attacks -- Russia’s offensive tactics on full display in fight for Sloviansk ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/thursday-april-30-2026/

Richard Michael Blaber 11h ago

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260430-new-york-s-mamdani-calls-on-king-charles-to-return-koh-i-noor-diamond. And quite right, too! Yet another egregious example of #British #imperialism - but do #English people even think about it? You have to know your #history or be a #victim of it to be #aware of it.

New York's Mamdani calls on King Charles to 'return' Koh-i-Noor diamond taken from India

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday called on King Charles III to "return" the Koh-i-Noor diamond, a 105.6 carat gem that was mined in India and is now the star of Britain's crown jewels. The diamond has been in British hands since 1849 but its ownership is contested with several countries laying claim.

FRANCE 24

PugJesus 22h ago

If we could just get the leaders of Israel, Iran, and the USA into one room, to talk out their differences... then it would only take a single drone strike to bring peace in the Middle East

(at least until the next crisis starts up)