Imperialism & War > Middle East
None of the above
07 Jun 2012
Calling on Egyptians to vote for the Muslim Brotherhood is insane, argues Paul Demarty
Time is running out
11 Mar 2021
Yassamine Mather weighs up the state of play regarding attempts to revive the nuclear deal
A century of dependency
25 Feb 2021
Foreign intervention did not come to an end with the 1979 revolution. No, as shown by Yassamine Mather, Iran’s Islamic rulers are more than willing to do the bidding of US-controlled international institutions
Trying to reverse the irreversible
25 Feb 2021
‘We’re back!’ cries Biden. But, asks Daniel Lazare, will its allies welcome the US as the undisputed global hegemon once again?
From symbol to failure
11 Feb 2021
On February 8 1971, 50 years ago, the geurrillaist left began its armed struggle by attacking a gendamerie post at Siahkal. Three police were killed and two comrades rescued. Yassamine Mather spoke to Ardeshir Mehrdad. He was a member of the Organisation of Iranian People’s Fadai until 1980 and later became editor of Iran Bulletin
Principle, confusion and hope
11 Feb 2021
Having looked at the birth and early years of the guerrillaist left in her first article Yassamine Mather turns to the internal struggles within the Fedai
Handcuffed gates
11 Feb 2021
Students are resisting the academic cronies imposed on them by the Erdoğan regime. Esen Uslu reports
SUPPLEMENT: Three waves of protest
04 Feb 2021
Feelings of injustice, a lack of rights and a sense of betrayal have become universal and act as psychological and subjective drivers of protest, writes Ardeshir Mehrdad. But how can protest be forged into a movement than can topple the regime?
SUPPLEMENT: Limits of guerrillaism
04 Feb 2021
Mohamad Reza Shalgouni was a founder-member of the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar). He spoke to Yassamine Mather about his strategic reassessment as a prisoner of the shah and experience of the revolutionary years of 1978-79
SUPPLEMENT: Preparing for revolution
04 Feb 2021
Yassamine Mather says that the Siahkal incident 50 years ago marked a break with the passivity of ‘official communism’, but the guerrillaist left was hopelessly outmanoeuvred when it came to the reality of revolution in Iran
Open and honest debate
14 Jan 2021
The CPGB’s first online winter school proved to be a real success. James Harvey reports
Assassinations should be condemned
03 Dec 2020
Statement from Hands Off the People of Iran
Trump’s big win
03 Dec 2020
Joe Biden himself was a target when it came to the decision to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist, writes Daniel Lazare
Invest one, harvest three
26 Nov 2020
Neo-Ottoman dreams cannot overcome imperialist realities, writes Esen Uslu
Back to the deal?
26 Nov 2020
Yassamine Mather looks at the likely developments with Biden in the White House
New returns to a failed old
12 Nov 2020
Yassamine Mather assesses the likely effects of a Biden presidency on a region that has suffered from repeated US acts of subversion and aggression