We have all been horrified to learn of Cesar Chavez's sexual assaults and rape of young girls and women. We who worked for years as volunteers or supporters of the United Farm Workers, even those of us like myself who were critical of Chavez, never expected anything like this. The story recently published in The New York Times, carefully investigated and documented, leaves no doubt that Chavez violated those girls as well as betraying the trust that so many had placed in him. When I wrote (…)

- USA / CHAVEZ Cesar, United Farm Workers (USA), Chicanos / Latinos, HUERTA Dolores, Agricultural workers, UFWA (USA), Democratic Party (USA), Catholic, California, Democracy, Women, Rape , Subordination of women, Violence (women), Patriarchy

Social scientists often see the individual as a product of society. But never, never underestimate the impact of personality on society. Or at least, some personalities. The only other personality in recent history who had as great an impact on global developments as Donald Trump was Osama bin Laden, who famously lured the US into disastrous engagements in the Middle East. If Osama was the “Napoleonic” figure of the first decade and a half of the 21st century—that is, one who shifts the (…)

- USA / MAGA (USA), TRUMP Donald, Civil War, Project 2025 (USA), TNCs / Transnationals (Eng), Apple, Trump's new world order, Deglobalisation / Deglobalization, Iran (Eng), Israel (Eng), Crisis (political/institutional/regime)

Below is the revised text of a presentation by Frieda Afary to the South African organization, Zabalaza for Socialism on March 15, 2026. I. What has happened since the United States and Israel launched the latest war on Iran? The United States and Israel started a new round of bombing Iran on February 28. Since then, they have bombed oil depots; oil facilities; Kharg Island, which is the export hub for 90% of Iran's oil (4-5 million barrels a day); military sites, missile and drone (…)

- Iran / USA (Eng), Israel (Eng), Lebanon, Palestine (Eng), Gaza, West Bank, Internally-displaced persons (IDPs), Humanitarian Disasters / Humanitarian crisis, Industry (oil and fossil fuel), Russia, China, Annihilatory language / Language of extermination, Fundamentalism / Fundamentalist, Iranian Revolution (1977-1979), Khomeini / Khomeiny (ayatollah), Subordination of women, Patriarchy, Left forces, Regional imperialism, Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) (Iran), Rights (minorities, populations), Fascism / Fascists (Eng), Imperialism (Eng), Woman, life, freedom / Femme, vie, liberté, 2022, Persian nationalism, Nationalism / Nationalists (Eng), Kurds, Rights (national), Reza Khan (Reza Shah Pahlavi), Campism vs Internationalism /Tankies, Internationalism (Eng)