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
Entire regime is the target
10 Dec 2009
Opposition in Iran is no longer directed at supporting one section of the theocracy against the other. The days of the regime are numbered, say Yassamine Mather and Chris Strafford
Solidarity with workers key priority after June election
03 Dec 2009
Chris Strafford reports on the annual general meeting of Hands Off the People of Iran
Ahmadinejad’s possible role in savage beatings
03 Dec 2009
The Mail on Sunday (November 29) published a photograph purportedly showing Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the regimes London consulate in April 1984. Comrades from the Fedayeen (Minority), who had forced their way into the building, were imprisoned and severely beaten by Iranian staff. Yassamine Mather was a member of the Fedayeen (Minority) at the time and spoke to the Weekly Worker about the incident
No way back for warmongers
03 Dec 2009
Mike Macnair addressed the Hopi AGM on the continued threat of war. US imperialism has a new face, but when it comes to foreign policy it is business as usual
Hopi: fight on two fronts
26 Nov 2009
Ben Lewis makes a call to truly champion the cause of the Iranian masses
Workers organise against regime
19 Nov 2009
More than 300 workers in the Abadan oil refinery gathered on Thursday November 12 to protest against non-payment of wages and bonuses, saying they had not been paid for more than three months. Yassamine Mather reports
Regime’s most persistent opposition
12 Nov 2009
Ali Pichgah is a veteran of the Iranian oil strikes of 1979-81, when he was a representative of the Tehran refinery workers shora (council) on the National Shora of Oil Workers. He spoke to Yassamine Mather about the current situation in Iran
Get the troops out now
12 Nov 2009
Eddie Ford examines why UK politics now questions troops being in Afghanistan
Workers gain new courage
12 Nov 2009
Iranian demonstrations have given a real boost to working class opponents of the regime, writes Yassamine Mather
Zionist collaborators with Nazism revealed
05 Nov 2009
Tony Greenstein reviews two books by Francis Nicosia: The Third Reich and the Palestine question London 1985, pp320, £25.50; and Zionism and anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany Cambridge 2008, pp344, £50
Searing indictment of capitalism spoilt by nostalgia for New Deal
08 Oct 2009
Jim Creegan reviews Michael Moores (director) Capitalism: a love story 2009 (no UK release date yet)
Mass protests in Iran: Death to the Islamic Republic! Victory to the Iranian people!
18 Jun 2009
The dramatic events in Tehran and other major cities following the June 12 presidential election in Iran are clear manifestations of the anger and frustration of the majority of Iranians with political Islam, writes Yassamine Mather
Revolutionary traditions and realities of power
22 Jan 2009
Barack Obama invokes the traditions of the first and second American revolutions and the 1960s civil rights movement. As Ted North shows, this has created huge popular expectations
No even-handedness
28 Feb 2008
Hopi political discussions focus on the role of imperialism and what position to take, reports Tina Becker
Pro-imperialists snubbed
28 Feb 2008
Hopi's steering committee unanimously rejected holding a joint meeting with the AWL's Education Not for Sale at the NUS conference on Iran and the imprisoned students, proposing instead an ENS v Hopi debate. Ben Lewis looks at the issues