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None of the above
07 Jun 2012
Calling on Egyptians to vote for the Muslim Brotherhood is insane, argues Paul Demarty
Obscene apologia
15 Jun 2006
Anybody expecting a debate at the annual conference of the Stop the War Coalition was to be disappointed, writes Anne Mc Shane. The last thing the leadership wants is a challenge to their 'Don't criticise Iran' line
Against war, for democracy
15 Jun 2006
Comrade Jamshid from the Committee to Defend the Iranian People's Rights spoke to Anne Mc Shane about his organisation and the role of the anti-war movement
Don't mention the regime
15 Jun 2006
The June 12 'open organising meeting' of Action Iran quickly focused on one question - should it take up a position on the nature of the Iranian regime or simply remain a 'single-issue campaign'? Tina Becker reports
Fight on two fronts
08 Jun 2006
On the eve of the Stop the War Coalition annual conference on June 10, Mark Fischer spoke to Mehdi Kia of Iran Bulletin/Middle East Forum about the tasks of the anti-war movement in this country. Does our opposition to imperialist threats against Iran mean we must suspend criticism of the monstrous theocratic regime that oppresses the country?
Against war, for workers' rights
04 May 2006
Yassamine Mather reports on Iranian workers taking to the streets on May Day
Consistant democracy
30 Mar 2006
Mary Godwin reports on the debate at the London Communist Forum where comrade Mehdi Kia spoke
Fighting on two fronts
30 Mar 2006
Mehdi Kia of Iran Bulletin - Middle East Forum addressed the March 26 London Communist Forum on the question, 'Will Iran be next? Should we align ourselves with the ayatollahs?' This is an edited version of his speech
My enemy's enemy
23 Mar 2006
Alan Stevens reviews George Galloway's new pamphlet 'Target Iran' - and is not impressed by its one-sidedness
Reject sanctions and the mullahs
16 Mar 2006
Open letter to the anti-war movement from Workers Left Unity Iran
Women show the way
16 Mar 2006
Yassamine Mather reports from a march of Iranian women in exile
No to US aggression, no to Iranian regime
16 Mar 2006
The tasks of the anti-war movement are twofold, argues Mehdi Kia, co-editor of Iran Bulletin - Middle East Forum
Islamophobia: no! Free speech: yes!
16 Feb 2006
Peter Manson analyses the furore over the Danish cartoon controversy
No to war, no to mullahs
09 Feb 2006
Yassamine Mather (Critique and Iran Bulletin Middle East Forum) comments on the situation in Iran
History of Hamas
02 Feb 2006
An examination of Hamas's roots, both historical and political-theological, reveals beyond doubt that its anti-Zionism and anti-imperialism is programmatically counterrevolutionary, argues Eddie Ford. Or, to put it more starkly, in Hamas we encounter a reactionary ideology of the oppressed
No champion of the oppressed
02 Feb 2006
Socialists should not celebrate Hamas's victory in the Palestinian elections. Women and secular forces will very likely be the first to suffer, says Katherine Quinn