Imperialism & War > War and peace
Our duty to Iran's working class
15 Mar 2012
Speaking at a CPGB meeting in Manchester in support of Hands Off the People of Iran, Yassamine Mather makes the call for urgent and principled solidarity
Dreadful notes of preparation
08 Jun 2023
Yassamine Mather looks at the high-stakes diplomatic game being played out and the danger of cold war turning into a hot war
Ex-shah’s nonentity son
20 Apr 2023
Twenty years after the Bush-Blair invasion of Iraq, this catastrophe is still a potent factor in the politics of Iran. And yet, as Yassamine Mather reports, there are still those exiles who hanker after a repeat
Erdoğan’s power play
06 Apr 2023
Esen Uslu investigates the vote for Finland’s membership and then stonewalling over Sweden’s
From order to chaos
23 Mar 2023
Why has so much of the left collapsed into social-imperialism? Why the continued illusions in US intervention? Mike Macnair talked to Hands off the People of Iran in a meeting hosted by Yassamine Mather
Counting stolen elections
23 Mar 2023
At last we have definitive confirmation that the Republicans were urging Iran not to release US hostages until Ronald Reagan was elected. Daniel Lazare comments
Justice of the victors
23 Mar 2023
Talk of putting Vladimir Putin on trial in The Hague shows how the west is seeking the total defeat of Russia, writes Eddie Ford. But will president Xi come to the aid of his ‘dear friend’?
Now it’s Ukrainians
09 Mar 2023
The Nord Stream story continues to grow ever more complex and strange. Daniel Lazare attempts to cut through the confusion
Bakhmut is hell on earth
09 Mar 2023
Both sides seem determined to send ever greater numbers into the human meat-grinder. The battle owes more to symbolism than strategic calculation, writes Eddie Ford
Xi and John and Yoko
02 Mar 2023
China’s 12-point plan has not been welcomed in Washington, Brussels or Moscow. But, asks Paul Demarty, should communists join the pacifist camp?
A study in betrayal
23 Feb 2023
The parliamentary ‘left’ is not only cowardly. Now, applauded by journalists like Owen Jones, a section of it is urging further military escalation. Talal Hangari looks at the sorry picture
Notes on the war
23 Feb 2023
One year on, the talk is of a wider conflict, even a World War III. Jack Conrad looks at the geo-politics, the military situation and the inadequacies of the existing left
Lawless mafia capo
16 Feb 2023
It was always obvious who was responsible for the Nord Stream 1 and 2 explosions. But why did the US do it? Daniel Lazare says it is about asserting control over energy
Hanging on the old barbed wire
09 Feb 2023
Jim Moody reviews All quiet on the western front, directed by Edward Berger (general release, 2022)
Class, nation and religion
02 Feb 2023
These forty-one theses on the Arab awakening and Israel-Palestine were agreed by the CPGB membership aggregate in June 2011. Though obviously dated in this or that respect, the broad strategic outline remains all too relevant
Barking at the moon
02 Feb 2023
Ignoring the huge catalogue of articles, speeches and resolutions, Daniel Lazare accuses Moshé Machover and the CPGB of silence when it comes to class politics in the context of Israel-Palestine