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
Through the looking glass
22 Feb 2024
Scott Evans spotlights Sir Keir’s desperate balancing act between a pro-Palestine electorate, wobbly MPs and the shifting messages coming from the White House … and the surreal goings on in the Commons
Thou shalt not criticise Israel
15 Feb 2024
Socialists in Rochdale should vote for George Galloway on February 29. Not that we should suspend our criticisms, argues Carla Roberts
Unqualified free speech
15 Feb 2024
David Miller’s tribunal case is a personal victory that ought to be celebrated. But, argues Mike Macnair, what is needed is a political victory to advance our rights
Rivals or allies?
25 Jan 2024
It was not in revenge for Kerman. Yassamine Mather explains what really lay behind the recent missile attack on Pakistan
Israel-Gaza war and communist strategy
25 Jan 2024
Theses agreed by January 21 aggregate of CPGB members, including the two agreed amendments
A stale left in a tumultuous world
25 Jan 2024
There were two topics on the agenda: the Israel-Gaza war and the coming general election. Scott Evans reports on the January 21 aggregate for CPGB members and supporters
First, they came for …
25 Jan 2024
The ban on Hizb ut-Tahrir demonstrates that our rulers have no effective way to control the Gaza narrative other than by legally silencing critics, argues Paul Demarty
A drop in the ocean
18 Jan 2024
Houthis are no mere proxies of Iran, argues Yassamine Mather. They have their own political goals and agenda
Is Hamas anti-Semitic?
18 Jan 2024
October 7 was an attack directed against Israelis - not because they were Jews, but because they were occupiers. Tony Greenstein accuses Dan Lazare of being an apologist for Zionism
Orders for a killing
11 Jan 2024
Assassinating political opponents frequently has a paradoxical effect: instead of weakening and defeating, it strengthens, argues Yassamine Mather
How Britain helped create Israel
11 Jan 2024
Tony Greenstein and Thomas Suarez discussed ‘The Ottoman Empire, the 1917 Balfour Declaration and Zionism before 1948’. Kenneth Syme reports on the December 21 Why Marx? webinar
Showing exceptional weakness
11 Jan 2024
Claudine Gay wants to defend the status quo against the radical right. But since the status quo is indefensible, it’s a lost cause, says Daniel Lazare
Joining the living dead
04 Jan 2024
Carla Roberts wishes she was surprised that Jon Lansman has joined the Jewish Labour Movement
CPGB Provisional Central Committee: Statement on Israel-Gaza war
04 Jan 2024
ABCs of Muslim Brothers
07 Dec 2023
Jack Conrad looks at MAB, its internal power struggles, its relationship to the British state and its encounters with the popular-frontist left. Last of three articles