The producers of The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes are proud to present a series of discussions at the Arcola Theatre focusing on the issues surrounding the play and its international context. These informative and informal panels will be open to anyone who has booked a ticket to see the show at any point during the run on a first-come, first-served basis. The discussions will begin ten minutes after the end of the play that evening. Continue reading
Jul 23 2014
The Nightmares of Carlos Fuentes: Post-show Discussions
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Jun 30 2014
Iraq: International Solidarity Critical at This Time of Crisis
By Laura Raymond, Advocacy Program Manager at the Center for Constitutional Rights
“I would like to recall the first US war in Iraq, in ’91 at 2:30 a.m. when those bombs went down and they devastated our reality forever.” – Yanar Mohammed, testifying at the Right to Heal People’s Hearing, March 26, 2014.
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Jun 30 2014
Militants Sweep towards Baghdad: Women’s Rights Groups Mobilize
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 12, 2014. In the past 48 hours, militants have seized control of cities across northern Iraq, including Mosul, the country’s second largest city. Led by the extremist group Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS), the insurgents’ rapid advance is raising fears of an all-out civil war as they move south towards Baghdad. The approach of this armed offensive is escalating sectarian tensions and the threat of violence even in areas beyond insurgents’ control.
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Jun 30 2014
In Iraq, humanitarian crisis called ‘epic’
Among most traumatized are women and children, drawn into a new humanitarian crisis — the most severe in living memory for its swiftness and intensity.
When a savage Islamic insurgency hit Mosul like a sudden summer storm on June 10, the northern Iraqi town was caught unawares. Continue reading
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Jun 23 2014
Statement by the European Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI
IN SOLIDARITY WITH IRAQI WOMEN’S RIGHTS ORGANISATIONS
European Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI and MENA partners, among them women’s rights organizations from Iraq and Kurdistan Region, are working together to advocate in the Euro-Mediterranean political space for the values of equality between women and men and the demand for the recognition and implementation of women’s fundamental right to full citizenship. Continue reading
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Jun 23 2014
On the Occupation of Mosul and the Cities of Western Iraq
The Iraqi society is suffering unprecedented crisis that threatens the future of peaceful co-existence of citizens, and augments genocides and civil conflicts based on the sectarian identities that were established on the Iraqi population, and were strengthened throughout more than a decade of the American occupation to Iraq. Continue reading
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Apr 03 2014
International Women’s Day Statement
Male, Class, and Sectarian Oppression are Strengthened Through Exploiting and Subjugating Us
Eleven years of violence in Iraq have resulted in the escalation of a sectarian, authoritarian, backward, and oppressive rule; these years led to the creation of a dictatorial power that violently opposes any actions for liberation and egalitarian demands; an authoritarian dictatorship that is ready to commit all types of crimes and violations Continue reading
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Apr 03 2014
The Iraq War’s Real Legacy
JESSICA DESVARIEUX, TRNN PRODUCER: On a planned presidential trip to the E.U. headquarters, it was supposed to be all handshakes and photo ops about a new trade deal. But instead, President Obama, in his speech before the E.U., took to defending the United States’ decision to invade Iraq. Continue reading
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Dec 25 2013
A Decade of Occupation for Iraqi Women.
A decade after the US invasion of Iraq, only one of the straw-man arguments for going to war remains standing: “We did it for democracy and women’s rights.” And yet we hear the same thing again and again from women in the shelters we operate throughout Iraq: “Why are we living in these violent times?” Continue reading
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Dec 24 2013
After 10 years of destruction and corruption in Iraq
Our only hope is in a cultural and political revolution: The International Women’s Day celebration this year coincides with the tenth anniversary of the tragic attack of the US war-machine on millions of unsuspecting Iraqi civilians, causing one of the biggest human crises of modern times, under the pretext of liberating Iraq and the women and men of Iraq. It is noteworthy that the war was launched as a result of the biggest lie of pursuing weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Continue reading
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Dec 22 2013
Is International Women’s Day Still Worth Celebrating?
Women’s rights have come a long way since the first International Women’s Day in 1900. Talks of gender equality have come to dominate the agenda of politicians of all credos leaving many wondering if there is still a need for a feminist struggle – especially within Western democratic societies. Continue reading
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Dec 21 2013
Day 16/16 of Activism Against Gender Violence: Women Rights and War
“Growing up in such high level of political violence, state oppression, and degradation had left its impact on me of course… from a very early age I became very rebellious against imposed norms and restrictions.” Continue reading
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Dec 20 2013
An open letter
An open letter to:
President of Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq,
Prime Minister of Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq,
Kurdistan Regional Government and public opinion, Continue reading
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