WeeklyWorker

Imperialism & War

Grounds for optimism

03 Feb 2011

Israeli socialist Moshé Machover talks to Mark Fischer about the implications of the uprising in Egypt for the whole region

Global hard truths

04 Sep 2025

Where does the Islamic Republic sit in the international pecking order? Will the alliance with China and Russia save the regime? Yassamine Mather investigates. Meanwhile, there are moves on the left

Declaration of the obvious

28 Aug 2025

After nearly two years of inflicting industrial-scale violence, the Zionist state now stands officially accused of presiding over a genocidal famine, writes Ian Spencer

An opposition that serves

21 Aug 2025

Iran’s Reform Front ignores the ongoing war and genocide in Gaza, the threats posed by the US and Israel and effectively buys into western propaganda over the nuclear question, argues Yassamine Mather

Fragmenting Syria

24 Jul 2025

Israel’s intervention in Syria to protect the Druze minority is part of an ambitious geostrategic plan to redraw borders and extend its influence to the Euphrates and into Iraq, says Yassamine Mather

Regime change don’t come easy

17 Jul 2025

Iran’s Islamic Republic survived the 12-day war. Those, including some on the left, who thought it would collapse were wrong. But those on the left who simply tailed the regime were wrong too, argues Yassamine Mather

Speech controls in Knesset

17 Jul 2025

Israel boasts of being the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’, but even members of its own parliament are subject to intolerable harassment and attempts to silence them. Ken Syme urges solidarity with Ofer Cassif

Cauldron of conflict

17 Jul 2025

Abdullah Öcalan’s call for the PKK to disband and disarm has seen well-publicised ceremonies. Meanwhile, regional developments point to war, rather than peace, writes Esen Uslu

Rise of the barbarians

17 Jul 2025

Israel’s apologists insist it defends ‘western civilisation’. But, argues Paul Demarty, the truth is rather more complex. After all, ‘civilisational’ thinking so often plays out as barbarism, Israel today being the prime example

A Kafkaesque situation

17 Jul 2025

Adding to a malicious prosecution for ‘terrorism’, the banks have joined in by closing accounts. Tony Greenstein describes the treatment meted out to those who dare defy the official narrative when it comes to Israel, anti-Semitism and genocide in Gaza

Beyond the stench of hypocrisy

17 Jul 2025

Yvette Cooper presides over a Palestine Action ban, yet celebrates WSPU suffragettes. Meanwhile, the Labour government facilitates Israeli genocide in Gaza. Anne McShane points the finger at the real criminals

Online Communist Forum, Sunday July 13 5pm

10 Jul 2025

Defend right to protest

10 Jul 2025

Proscribing Palestine Action marks yet another attempt to silence those raising the alarm over the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Those MPs voting against an increasingly authoritarian government are to be congratulated, argues Ian Spencer

Looking back at the 12-day war

03 Jul 2025

People rallied in defence of the country, not the regime. They complain about the lack of preparation, the incompetence and the shortages. Meanwhile, says Yassamine Mather, the foreign media remains clueless

Nowhere else to go

26 Jun 2025

Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran was a predictable betrayal of his pitch to voters. But, asks Paul Demarty, who else are they to vote for? Especially when it comes to elections, memories are short

Besieged, battered and badly led

26 Jun 2025

Even before the bombing, Iran was an economic wreck. Years of sanctions and endemic corruption have produced poverty for millions. Michael Roberts describes a failed state

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