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SUPPLEMENT: Limits of guerrillaism
04 Feb 2021
Mohamad Reza Shalgouni was a founder-member of the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar). He spoke to Yassamine Mather about his strategic reassessment as a prisoner of the shah and experience of the revolutionary years of 1978-79
Death of a radical intellectual
20 Mar 2020
Yassamine Mather celebrates a brave and outspoken critic of the Islamic regime.
Stalin’s ‘united front’ party
13 Feb 2020
The treacherous role of the Tudeh Party after the 1979 revolution is well known. In the first of two articles, Yassamine Mather shows how the origins of its opportunism were bound up with the diplomatic interests of the Soviet Union.
The struggle continues
22 Mar 2018
After the surrender of Afrin, Esen Uslu says that the Turkish left and Kurdish movement must unite in opposition to Erdoğan
Being black is their only crime
01 Feb 2018
Thousands of Israelis are attempting to stop the deportation of African refugees, reports Tony Greenstein
A courageous revolutionary
21 Dec 2017
Yassamine Mather pays tribute to ‘comrade Azam’, daughter of the late Taher Ahmadzadeh
Centrepiece of imperial strategy
03 Nov 2017
On the centenary of the Balfour declaration, Tony Greenstein looks at the reasons underlying British support for Zionism
Heading for chaos
28 Sep 2017
Yassamine Mather looks at the reaction to the independence referendum
Don’t abandon Palestinian cause
07 Sep 2017
The National Policy Forum wants to end Labour’s opposition to the occupation, writes Tony Greenstein
Part and parcel of global capital
07 Sep 2017
Instead of creating illusions in ‘regime change from above’, writes Yassamine Mather, we must offer support and solidarity to workers like Reza Shahabi
Genuine, consistent solidarity
03 Aug 2017
The clerical regime was reactionary from the start, writes Yassamine Mather - even though there were those who claimed it was ‘moving towards the socialist camp’
Kemalists seize the moment
13 Jul 2017
‘Justice’ march wrong-footed the mainstream left, writes Esen Uslu
An unsavoury alliance
06 Jul 2017
‘Regime change from above’ cannot be ruled out, writes Yassamine Mather
Collaboration that haunts Zionism
01 Jun 2017
Tony Greenstein reviews: Paul Bogdanor, 'Kasztner’s crimes', Routledge, 2016, pp335, £61.59
Israel and the Messiah’s ass
01 Jun 2017
On the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War Moshé Machover looks at the background and consequences