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
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
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
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
Workers gain new courage
12 Nov 2009
Iranian demonstrations have given a real boost to working class opponents of the regime, writes Yassamine Mather
Get the troops out now
12 Nov 2009
Eddie Ford examines why UK politics now questions troops being in Afghanistan
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
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
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
Turkey's action endangers region
28 Feb 2008
Kurdistan was, till now, the only stable part of Iraq. Turkey's military campaign has put an end to that and will trigger all manner of dangerous consequences, writes Esen Uslu
Hopi: support grows in Ireland
14 Feb 2008
Anne McShane was encouraged by a number of recent meetings on Iran
Apologetics and violence
07 Feb 2008
Chris Strafford reports on how the Iranian regime's supporters treat debate
Riddle of the headscarf
07 Feb 2008
Esen Uslu calls for a democratic working class programme to defeat both wings of the bourgeoisie