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
Yet another failure
07 Jul 2022
Ibrahim Raisi’s government faces major challenges - not least the Doha talks over a possible nuclear deal. Yassamine Mather reports on the latest negotiations and the growing swell of internal economic protests
Game of fortunes
07 Jul 2022
Erdoğan is trying to divert attention from his shambolic handling of the economy by picking all manner of foreign fights. Esen Uslu reports
A no deal or a deal
23 Jun 2022
Yassamine Mather looks at the cyber attacks, assassinations and airstrikes and the danger of an all-out war if the nuclear negotiations finally fail
Enlightenment and pure joy
09 Jun 2022
Judy Carousian reviews 'Compass and Moshé Machover' by Helena Aksentijevic (YouTube, 2022)
Inflation and pauperisation
09 Jun 2022
Inflation is soaring, along with chauvinist rhetoric. Things are not looking good for Erdoğan and Erdoğanomics, reports Esen Uslu
Deaths, deals and demonstrations
09 Jun 2022
There are growing mass protests, but very little, if anything, in the way of conscious organisation. Under these contradictory circumstances the left must avoid the temptation of giving up on basic anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist principles, insists Yassamine Mather
Messianic colonialism
09 Jun 2022
Religious ideology and nationalist ideology have a unique interrelationship; after all, even secular Zionists have to justify their ongoing colonial project with reference to a god they do not believe in. However, as Moshé Machover shows, it is the religious Zionists of the far right who are increasingly setting the agenda, not least by staging all manner of highly dangerous provocations
Designed to shorten lives
26 May 2022
Cars, drugs and now the Uvalde school massacre, Daniel Lazare looks at the American way of death
Luxury amidst poverty
19 May 2022
Soaring prices and shortages of basic foodstuffs have triggered anti-government protests and riots, reports Yassamine Mather
A bazaar mentality
19 May 2022
Why is Erdoğan blocking Finland and Sweden from Nato membership? It is all about carpets and donkey dung, writes Esen Uslu
Two impossibilities
12 May 2022
Neither a one-state nor a two-state solution is feasible, argues Moshé Machover. Instead we ought to think outside the Israel-Palestine box and argue for a working class solution
Craving expansion and annexation
05 May 2022
While the western media has been dominated by the Ukraine war, it is virtually silent about Erdoğan’s ongoing military operations in Iraq and Syria, writes Esen Uslu
MBS goes ballistic
05 May 2022
Disillusioned with the US, Riyadh refuses to condemn Russia, threatens to become a nuclear power and pivots towards China. Yassamine Mather investigates the shifting politics of the Middle East
Continuing escalation
31 Mar 2022
Despite the Ukraine war and a pending nuclear deal, Iran is still firmly in Israel’s sights, reports Yassamine Mather
Taking a principled position
24 Mar 2022
Yassamine Mather takes to task the left in the Middle East and north Africa over Nato and Russia’s invasion