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
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
Cowards, careerists and Corbyn diehards
23 Nov 2023
Momentum MP Navendu Mishra claims to be in favour of a Gaza ceasefire. Despite that he followed Starmer’s orders to abstain, reports Carla Roberts
ABCs of Muslim Brothers
23 Nov 2023
In the first of three articles, Jack Conrad looks at the origins, evolution and current reality of the Muslim Brotherhood in Britain, Egypt and internationally
March of time
16 Nov 2023
There were peaceful multitudes from front to end. Ian Spencer reports on London’s giant demonstration
Anti-Semitism and other lies
16 Nov 2023
Accusations against the Palestinian solidarity movement of hating Jews qua Jews are obvious nonsense, says Paul Demarty. Many Jews support the Palestinian cause and are welcomed and cheered
Doubling down on genocide
02 Nov 2023
Sir Keir’s Chatham House speech shows exactly where he stands. But, asks Kevin Bean, where will the official Labour left go, given the massive popular movement against Israel’s war on Gaza? An uncertain tincture of courage combines with continued fear for careers and expense accounts
Declaring moral bankruptcy
02 Nov 2023
Our leaders cannot justify Israel’s war on the Palestinians, writes Paul Demarty, so they slander protestors and try to suppress dissent in their own ranks