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
No united front with Gaddafi
07 Apr 2011
Those who are waiting for a 'pure' opposition will wait forever, writes James Turley
Unity across the Arab world
31 Mar 2011
The Revolutionary Socialists in Egypt are a group that adheres to the same tradition as our Socialist Workers Party. Peter Manson asked Mohammad Hamama, a prominent RS member, about the prospects for the working class movement in Egypt and beyond
You are useful idiots
31 Mar 2011
The imperialist assault on Libya has rallied many on the liberal and socialist left in its defence. James Turley argues that this makes an anti-imperialist perspective even more urgently necessary
No defence of Benghazi
31 Mar 2011
Gerry Downing of 'Socialist Fight' believes the anti-Gaddafi rebellion is totally reactionary
The long road to the Arab revolution
31 Mar 2011
Moshé Machover addressed last weekend's CPGB aggregate on the defeat of the Libyan revolution, Al-Jazeera, and the goal of Arab unity
Imperialism out, down with the Gaddafi regime
24 Mar 2011
Western intervention in Libya - and the rest of the Arab world - aims to subvert popular power and the Arab revolution, argues Eddie Ford
'Anti-Zionist' holocaust denier
10 Mar 2011
Israeli jazz musician Gilad Atzmon represents a small but important current within the broader Palestine solidarity movement, writes Tony Greenstein. He sees the oppression of the Palestinians as being due to something inherent in Jewishness
'Islamic feminism' and women's emancipation
10 Mar 2011
Yassamine Mather examines the reality of the continuing struggle against the regime's oppression
The unfolding Arab revolution
10 Mar 2011
In the Middle East and north Africa we are not witnessing a series of disconnected protests, movements and uprisings, maintains Eddie Ford
No imperialist interventions
03 Mar 2011
Communists oppose western meddling in Libya, writes Eddie Ford. Rather it is the masses themselves who must overthrow the Gaddafi regime
Successful strike
24 Feb 2011
Yassamine Mather reports Kurdish towns and cities closed down
Self-determination and the fight for a socialist state
24 Feb 2011
The Communist Party of Iran is an ex-Maoist organisation, which now states it is 'closer to Trotskyism'. On his recent trip to Iraqi Kurdistan, Rozh Ahmad visited the camp run by Komalah, the CPI grouping in Kurdistan, and spoke to Hassan Rahman Panah, a member of its central committee
Release all political prisoners
24 Feb 2011
John McDonnell MP launched the new campaign, 'Free Jafar Panahi and all political prisoners in Iran', at the February 12 annual conference of Hands Off the People of Iran
Nuclear dangers and capabilities
24 Feb 2011
With the decline of US hegemony and the loss of its ally in Egypt Moshé Machover fears that Israel could react irrationally and launch a spectacular attack on Iran
Goodbye to Gaddafi
24 Feb 2011
He may still be admired by sections of the left, writes Eddie Ford. But we would wholeheartedly welcome the fall of Gaddafi in what is the first armed uprising in the Arab revolution