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
Gift for militarist faction
29 Mar 2007
Last week, when the militarist faction in the Iranian regime realised they had captured 15 British marines and sailors, it must have seemed like a gift from heaven. Yassamine Mather reports
Solidarity with Iran needs a fight on two fronts
22 Mar 2007
Last week, tens of thousands of Iranian teachers went on strike, demanding an increase in their miserable wages and the resignation of the education minister. In Tehran over a thousand were arrested. Tina Becker also reports on the efforts of the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign to get more organisations involved
Braving death threats
15 Mar 2007
On February 26, the notorious Jihadist Ansar al-Islam group, based in Kurdistan/Iraq, sent a death threat to Iraqi socialist and women's rights activist Houzan Mahmoud, representative abroad of the Organisation of Women's Freedom in Iraq. The email - imaginatively titled 'Kill' - reads: "With the permission of great god, we will kill you either in Iraq or in London by the middle of March, because you are campaigning against islam. You should be sent to god for punishment." Houzan spoke to the Weekly Worker about the threat and her campaigning work that has provoked it.
Confident beginning
01 Mar 2007
Hands Off the People of Iran had its official launch in Covent Garden following the February 24 anti-war demonstration. Anne Mc Shane reports
Not a mistake but a state crime
22 Feb 2007
Four years after the invasion, Iraq continues to sink deeper into the morass. Mike Macnair analyses the current situation
Will Tehran be next?
22 Feb 2007
Every day the media publish new information about plans for a military attack on Iran and, although many of these stories are simply recounting previous revelations, there is no doubt that the danger of (limited or extensive) military action by the US is now very real. Yassamine Mather reports
Mobilise the dispossessed
22 Feb 2007
Shanty town dwellers make up an ever increasing proportion of the population in the cities of the so-called third world. They have been used as the battering ram of counterrevolution, but this is not inevitable. They can be won by the left. This is an edited version of a speech delivered to Communist University 2006 by comrade Mehdi Kia and is entirely based on research done by Ardeshir Mehrdad - co-editor of Iran Bulletin - Middle East Forum. Comrade Mehrdad had previously presented the core of this research in two four-hour talks to the 2006 Socialist Forum. This article must not be reproduced in whole or in part
Heads in the sand
15 Feb 2007
Yassamine Mather reports on the Stop the War Coalition's Scottish conference - which missed the opportunity to seriously discuss the question of Iran
Defend Iran's workers, not its rotten regime
08 Feb 2007
Over the last two weeks, although Iran is facing a major military attack, protests and demonstrations against harsh economic conditions have escalated within the country. Yassamine Mather reports
Against imperialist war, for Iran workers
18 Jan 2007
Yassamine Mather analyses the latest developments in Iran and takes a closer look at 'Campaign Iran'
AWL 'realists' raise their heads above the parapet
11 Jan 2007
Divisions emerge within the AWL over troop withdrawal
Bush ups the ante
11 Jan 2007
Differences over Iraq have been sharply debated in Washington between 'neocons' and 'realists', writes Mike Macnair. On a micro-scale this is paralleled in Britain by a debate within the Alliance for Workers' Liberty
Iran solidarity
04 Jan 2007
Yassamine Mather (Critique editorial group) explains why the campaign 'Hands off the People of Iran' has been set up. To get in touch with the campaign, email nowaroniran@yahoo.co.uk
Death of a nationalist
04 Jan 2007
Mike Macnair looks at the death of Saddam Hussein
Founding Statement
04 Jan 2007
Hands Off the People of Iran campaign