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Frieda Afary

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 13, 2026
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Jul 30, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Frieda Afary

    Against the Hierarchy of Lives — a Call for an Internationalism from Below - New Politics (opens the original)

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    From a collective of Iranian leftist activists and supporters. a Call for an Internationalism from Below To the authors and signatories of the open letter in support of prisoners’ resistance against executions in Iran, and to the awakened consciences of the world: As collectives from the Iranian left-wing spectrum, we are sending this open letter to convey our gratitude and solidarity for your courageous and enlightening action. First and foremost, your letter represents an effort to honor the l

  2. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Frieda Afary

    Support for the International Solididarity Convoy to Ukraine - New Politics (opens the original)

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    Statement from Ukraine Solidarity Network, U.S.: “Our solidarity with Ukraine is not just about Ukraine: it is inseparable from defense of an international order that protects human rights — for everyone, everywhere.” ********************************************************************* In 2026-27, the Ukrainian people will face the terrible prospect of a fifth winter of invasion and a war of attrition that has already lasted longer than the First World War; the next winter may even be harsher t

  3. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Frieda Afary

    Letter from Iranian Former Political Prisoners, Writers, Scholars, Activists - New Politics (opens the original)

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    We, the undersigned former Iranian political prisoners, activists, writers, artists, intellectuals, academic scholars, researchers, and members of civil society within Iran and in exile, stand resolutely in support of the open letter published in The Guardian on 20 August 2026, “To Iran’s Political Prisoners, Trapped ‘Between Two Blades of A Scissors.” Its core principle is clear: the Iranian people must not be forced to choose between external military and economic aggression and state repressi

  4. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Frieda Afary

    On Iranian Political Prisoners: Two Blades, and Who Gets to Hold the Scissors - New Politics (opens the original)

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    The problem with the critics is not that they insist on the imbalance of power. The imbalance is real. The problem begins when the imbalance is used to give the Iranian state political priority over Iranian society. . . Once the unit of analysis moves from social relations to the state, domestic repression becomes secondary. *************************************************** On 20 August 2026 the Guardian published an open letter to political prisoners in Iran under the title “To Iran’s politic

  5. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · By: Frieda Afary

    AI as the Logic of Capitalist Domination - New Politics (opens the original)

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    Two recent books on Artificial Intelligence (AI) offer rich research and key conceptual frameworks that can help progressive activists comprehend and analyze this phenomenon. They also offer ways of combating AI’s harmful and dangerous effects. Emily Bender and Alex Hanna’s The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want, begins by discussing the origins of AI in the 1956 Dartmouth College workshop on “thinking machines” led by Marvin Minsky and John McCarthy, who coined t

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