Malalai: The "Big Lie" of U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Friday, 11 October 2013 00:00
Scarry Thoughts , Oct 11, 2013
Malalai Joya spoke to a group in Chicago yesterday, and I heard a clear message from her: it is not enough for the U.S. to pull out its remaining combat troops. The presence of U.S. bases assures that the violence and instability will continue. People in the U.S. who really want to help Afghanistan need to work to remove ALL vestiges of the U.S. invasion and occupation -- to DEMILITARIZE Afghanistan.
Afghanistan's Warlords Cannot Silence Malalai Joya
Tuesday, 08 October 2013 00:00
vice, Oct 8, 2013
Today marks the 12th anniversary of the US invasion of Afghanistan. The ongoing war, the longest in American history, has fallen from the forefront of the American public’s consciousness. The US has turned its focus from the initial fronts in the war on terror—Afghanistan and subsequently Iraq—to fresh battlefields in Libya, Yemen, Pakistan, and Syria. But for Afghans, whose country remains divided between Taliban commandos and a government comprised largely of former warlords supported by US and NATO, violence remains an everyday reality.
Malalai Joya speaks about women, violence in Afghanistan
Tuesday, 08 October 2013 00:00
THE TUFTS DALLY, Oct 8, 2013
Kyra Sturgill / The Tufts Daily
Malalai Joya, Afghan activist and former member of the Afghan National Assembly, gave a presentation entitled “Prospects for Afghan Women and Non-Intervention in My Country” in Barnum Hall yesterday.
The event was part of an ongoing lecture tour called “A Woman Among Warlords,” co-sponsored by the United National Antiwar Coalition and the Afghan Women’s Mission. Joya will spend the month of October delivering this presentation in ten cities nationwide in recognition of the 12th anniversary of the United States’ invasion and occupation of Afghanistan.
Report on Malalai Joya's October 4 Talk
Friday, 04 October 2013 00:00
Marilyn Vogt-Downey, Oct 4, 2013
The people of Afghanistan do not ask that the US government do anything for them except get out of their country. The twelve years of military attacks and occupation have caused Afghanistan to become a country of widows and orphans without homes, education or community services. The US occupation only strengthens the control of the war lords and the mafia government of drug lords and war criminals and the Taliban. This is the message of Malalai Joya brought to an audience at the Community Church in Manhattan on Friday evening October 4. The Taliban was a creation of the US government during the Soviet occupation whose clutches on Afghanistan society now are only strengthened by the presence of the US military forces. See here for example.
Malalai Joya Is A Very Courageous & Brave Woman
Thursday, 03 October 2013 00:00
thomhartmann.com, Oct 3, 2013
Here is a woman who showed such courage in the face of a male dominated fundamentalist society, that every American should learn from her what it means to speak truth to power. Malalai Joya, stood up to the Taliban and the warlords of Afghanistan, and spoke her mind, (it seems the American people have lost their tongue to do the same toward the government).
End the insanity in Afghanistan: troops out now
Thursday, 29 March 2012 00:00
Sydney Stop the War Coalition is proud to host Malalai Joya at a meeting organised in a question and answer format
Stop the War Coalition, March 29, 2012
The murderous rampage by a US army sergeant in Afghanistan on March 11, killing 16 civilians (mainly women and children) signifies the death throes of the US occupation.
Whether mental illness can be blamed or not, army veterans only act like this when they have lost all confidence in their command and regard the military mission as hopeless.
Anti-war and human rights advocate speaks out
Written by The Western Sun Wednesday, 13 April 2011 00:00
She advocates that justice seeking individuals should demand that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and other authorities be questioned.
By Jamie Corpuz, The Western Sun, April 13, 2011
Malalai Joya has survived four assassination attempts. (Western Sun photo by Jamie Corpuz)
In 2010 she was hailed by Time Magazine as one of the most influential people in the world. In that same year she was listed in Foreign Policy Magazine’s annual list of the “Top 100 Global Thinkers.” She has survived four assassination attempts.
Her name is not a household name in the west, but in the Middle East her name ignites passions in the hearts of rebels and resonates outrage among war profiteers. Malalai Joya, a former parliamentarian exiled from her elected position in Afghanistan, spoke at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California Friday, April 8. She is a long way from home.
ملالی جویا و نه سال حضور نظامی ناتو در افغانستان
Saturday, 09 April 2011 00:00
ملالی جویا تصویر کلیشه ایی جهانیان از زن افغانستان را پریشان کرده است.
آوای زن, ۹ اپریل ۲۰۱۱
ملالی جویا را سال ها پیش در سفرش به اروپا ملاقات کردم. دیدار کوتاه بود و فرصتی برای صحبت و تبادل نظر نبود. بعد از آن چند بار به سفارش نشریات مختلف با او تلفنی مصاحبه کردم و با پی گیری نوشته ها وفعالیت هایش بیشتر با او آشنا شدم. بالاخره چند ماه پیش در سفر مجدد جویا به استکهلم فرصت دیدار دست داد. به محل قرار که رسیدم ایستاده بود و مشغول تماشای ویترین مغازه ایی. بی خیال و آرام. به طرفم که برگشت دیدم هنوز همان ملالی است با چشمانی درخشان و هشیار که نشان از جانی شیفته دارد. حالا 32 ساله است. هنوز شعرهای شاملو را از حفظ می خواند. بی باکی و عشق پایان ناپذیرش به مردم افغانستان و آگاهی اش در مورد تاریخ، مسائل و رنج های کشورش احترام برانگیز است.
مثل همیشه دلداری ام داد که نگرانش نباشم. در معرض تهدید دائمی است و زندگی اش در جابجایی برای حفظ امنیت می گذرد. هر دو نگاهی به زنان سرخوش جوانی که در میز بقل نشسته بودند انداختیم و ناخودآگاه موضوع بحث مان به نقش سوئد، حضور نظامی در افغانستان و سکوتِ به علامت رضایِ جامعه ی سوئد کشیده شد.
حالا دیگر تنها جنگ سالارها و طالب ها دشمنت نیستند! خیلی ها می خواهند ساکت باشی! خروج نیروهای نظامی از افغانستان برای همین سوئدی های «صلح طلب» هم دیگر به صرفه نیست!
Former Afghan lawmaker criticizes war during Tacoma speech
Written by The Olympian Wednesday, 06 April 2011 00:00
U.S. TOUR: Soldiers disregard lives, says former lawmaker
Adam Ashton, The Olympian, April 6, 2011
A former Afghan lawmaker told an audience of South Sound peace activists Tuesday that photos of Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldiers grinning over the corpse of a boy they allegedly murdered revealed a disregard for civilian lives among U.S. forces fighting in her country.
“They are making fun with the dead bodies of my people,” said Malalai Joya, 32, a human rights activist who visited the University of Washington Tacoma on her U.S. speaking tour. About 80 people attended her talk, which was hosted by the group Peace Action of Washington and was her seventh in the Puget Sound area this week.
She spoke about 12 miles north of the Lewis-McChord jail, where the soldiers shown in the photographs are being held as they await courts-martial.
Read more: Former Afghan lawmaker criticizes war during Tacoma speech
In Jamaica Plain, visiting Afghan activist denounces US-led war
Written by The Boston Globe Sunday, 27 March 2011 05:41
Former lawmaker says foreign forces increase violence
By David Abel, The Boston Globe, March 27, 2011
Afghan activist Malalai Joya, after initially being denied a visa to the United States for a three-week speaking tour, appeared in Boston yesterday and denounced the US-led war in Afghanistan, contending that the Obama administration’s surge of forces has led to only “more massacres, more tragedy, more violence.’’
She said she believes US officials banned her because “I exposed what the US government was doing in my country, and how most of the money goes into the pockets of the warlords. I think this is something the people in the White House and the warlords don’t want to hear.’’
Read more: In Jamaica Plain, visiting Afghan activist denounces US-led war
Author Malalai Joya Speaks at Busboys and Poets Despite Being Denied a Visa by State Department
Written by Teaching for Change's Busboys and Poets Bookstore Friday, 25 March 2011 23:20
Malalai Joya: "...they can never block my voice from reaching the great and peace-loving people in the United States."
Don Allen, Teaching for Change's Busboys and Poets Bookstore, March 25, 2011
Malalai Joya via Skype at Busboys and Poets 3.22.11
Because the United States denied her visa to enter the U.S., Malalai Joya, an acclaimed women’s rights activist and former member of Afghanistan’s parliament, addressd an audience of over 50 for an author event at Busboys and Poets via Skype on Tuesday, March 22. The event was co-hosted by Teaching for Change and the Afghan Women's Mission. Ms. Joya, who was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2010, had been scheduled to appear at Busboys and Poets in person as part of her three-week U.S. tour to promote an updated edition of her memoir, A Woman Among Warlords.
Afghan activist denied U.S. visa
Written by UPI Thursday, 24 March 2011 01:36
"She is a truth-teller," said Ralph Lopez, 41, co-founder of the non-profit Afghanistan Peace Plan, at a rally in Harvard Square Wednesday.
UPI, March 24, 2011
BOSTON -- An Afghan activist critical of the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan has been denied a visa to visit the United States for a speaking tour, officials said.
Malalai Joya, 32, had been scheduled to speak at Harvard University and elsewhere as part of a three-week tour to promote her memoir, "A Woman Among Warlords," The Boston Globe reported Thursday.
The rejection of her visa application has sparked anger and protests in the United States.
"She is a truth-teller," said Ralph Lopez, 41, co-founder of the non-profit Afghanistan Peace Plan, at a rally in Harvard Square Wednesday. "That's why the Obama administration doesn't want her to come here."
US Government Embarrassed by Afghan Woman Again
Written by The Huffington Post Wednesday, 23 March 2011 19:20
Malalai Joya supporters think an American book tour by a widely known and highly vocal activist against not only the war, but the U.S. government's handling of the situation in Afghanistan, is the real reason her visa has been denied.
By Shirin Sadeghi, The Huffington Post, March 23, 2011
Malalai Joya was 26 when she became the youngest woman ever elected as a member of parliament in Afghanistan. Today, she is the country's most famous woman -- a political activist who was just denied a visa for a book tour to the United States because she is "unemployed" and "lives underground," according to what she was told by the U.S. embassy officer who stamped the denial.
Her supporters in the United States have announced today as a Call-In Day -- a grassroots effort to flood Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's telephone with calls demanding that Joya be given the visa for which she has applied.
Having successfully applied for a U.S. visa four times before, this time it is not about Joya, but about the war in Afghanistan.
Afghan women’s rights hero is latest victim of ideological exclusion
Written by The Boston Globe Blog Sunday, 20 March 2011 00:04
I understand why Afghan rulers – both Taliban and Karzai government leaders -- are afraid of Malalai Joya
Carol Rose, The Boston Globe Blog, March 20, 2011
Malalai Joya is a 32-year-old Afghan woman named by TIME magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Foreign Policy Magazine listed her on its annual list of Top 100 Global Thinkers, and last week The Guardian listed her among the "Top 100 women: activists and campaigners" in the world.
So why is the U.S. State Department refusing to let Ms. Joya visit our country?
Read more: Afghan women’s rights hero is latest victim of ideological exclusion
The Afghan War is Brutal, Expensive, Unpopular, and Ineffective – So Why Are We Spending Billions on It?
Written by Common Dreams Thursday, 03 March 2011 18:07
Leading Afghan Feminist Wants the U.S. and NATO to Leave Her Nation
Sonali Kolhatkar, CommonDreams.org, March 3, 2011
Afghan activist and former Member of Parliament, Malalai Joya, wants the U.S. and NATO out of her country. She will soon embark on a new US speaking tour to help reinvigorate the war debate. (details here)
"The sad truth is that Obama’s war policies have turned out to be even more of a nightmare than I expected.” – Malalai Joya, A Woman Among Warlords
While millions of Americans are experiencing unemployment, wage stagnation, rising tuition, dwindling social services, and poverty at levels not seen since the Great Depression, an unjustifiably large proportion of our taxes are being used to cause death and destruction in Afghanistan. With Afghanistan being the longest war the U.S. has ever officially waged, we should carefully examine the costs of the war - financial and otherwise - and ask ourselves, is it really worth it?
The war costs taxpayers between $500,000 to $1 million per soldier in Afghanistan every year. Since President Obama deployed thousands of more troops than Bush, the escalating war has come with a bloated price tag. So far, we have spent $336 billion on the war, and if Congress approves a request for additional funding, that number will go up to $455.4 billion – nearly half a trillion dollars.
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