6 days ago by marah

The "bravest woman in Afghanistan" delivers her message to Canada. Joya is currently touring her book, co-written with Canadian activist, Derrick O'Keefe. Malalai Joya and a message from the edge of the imperial project in the first half. Greg McMullen is an articled student of law currently working ...

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7 days ago by marah

Malalai Joya is the first woman elected to the Afghani parliament, and the first woman to be booted out of that suspect body. She's survived several attempts on her life, and continues to condemn the farce of democracy in her homeland. She is currently touring Canada with the co-author of her auto-b ...

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7 days ago by marah

Malalai Joya is the first woman elected to the Afghani parliament, and the first woman to be booted out of that suspect body. She's survived several attempts on her life, and continues to condemn the farce of democracy in her homeland. She is currently touring Canada with the co-author of her auto-b ...

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20 days ago by coto2admin

By Chris Hedges The warlords we champion in Afghanistan are as venal, as opposed to the rights of women and basic democratic freedoms, and as heavily involved in opium trafficking as the Taliban. The moral lines we draw between us and our adversaries are fictional. The uplifting narratives used to j ...

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104 days ago by sakerfa

‘Bravest woman in Afghanistan’ rails against warlords “Dust has been thrown into the eyes of the world by your governments. You have not been told the truth. The situation now is as catastrophic as it was under the Taliban for women. Your governments have replaced the fundamentalist rule of the Tali ...

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121 days ago by Saba Ansari

An Afghan voice against the US-led occupation By James Cogan 25 July 2009 Malalai JoyaThe so-called “lefts” and liberals who try to justify the war in Afghanistan with claims it is bringing democracy and liberation to women do not like what Malalai Joya has to say. A 31-year-old Afghan woman and pol ...

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151 days ago by J.E. Robertson

Malalai Joya is a pioneer in Afghan politics, one of the female members of Parliament, as of 2005, and a voice for women's and human rights generally in a nation increasingly beleaguered by corruption, mass violence and social disintegration. Joya was stripped of her seat in parliament in 2007, in e ...

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