Since the October 2019 protests calling for reform and an end to corruption, the Iraqi city of Basra has been the scene of a chilling spree of assassinations of activists. To date, no one has yet been held to account….

Jeremy Booth AN INTERVIEW WITH Schluwa Sama Three young Iraqi women peer out from surgical masks and combat helmets. They appear to be in a war zone, perhaps working as medics or reporters. But this is no traditional war zone. These….

express Im Oktober 2019 brachen im gesamten Irak Aufstände aus, die bis heute ohne Unterbrechung andauern und in denen Säkularisierung und bessere Lebens- und Arbeitsverhältnisse gefordert werden. Bisher reagierte die Regierung mit gewaltsamer Repression,der bereits mehr als 600 Menschen zum….

rgent statement – Workers against Sectarianism For many years, the Iraqi people have been fighting for a country with health institutions that are free from corruption and sectarianism serving all the people of Iraq equally. This includes the raising of….

The unprecedented process of popular unity since “October uprising”, show that Iraqi women and men are healing from decades of war and social fragmentation. By Zahra Ali Since October 2019, Iraq is experiencing a turning point in its history with….

BY SCHLUWA SAMA Protesters in Iraq are rejecting the imprints of war and sectarianism that have destroyed the country — and attempting to build an egalitarian homeland that will put ordinary Iraqis first. In Iraq, “we need a homeland” is….

By STEVE SWEENEY IRAQI women have called for urgent international action to deal with growing violence against protesters amid a rise in attacks by armed militias. Today the Iraqi Women’s League condemned the “excessive violence committed by the Iraqi security….

Iraq’s uprising is unmasking all the sectarian leaders attempting to ride the revolutionary wave. By Zeidon Alkinani In order to understand the recent and sudden alliance that was established by Iran and the Iraqi cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr,….

BY Nadia Mahmood The protests in Iraq are not just around a particular demand, but against the whole governmental system. How can an alternative government be won, and what sort of government? We talk about councils – in place of….

elections and an end to corruption. Most of the protesters are young Iraqis who want an end to American and Iranian interference in the country. More than 500 have been killed by security forces and pro-Iranian militia during months of….

By Zahra Ali The political crisis into which US-Iran tensions have plunged Iraq is delaying the changes that the protesters have been fighting – and dying – for In the tents of Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, young protesters are eager to….