Democracy & State > Political Islam
None of the above
07 Jun 2012
Calling on Egyptians to vote for the Muslim Brotherhood is insane, argues Paul Demarty
Seven are the doors to hell
10 Jun 2021
Yassamine Mather reports on the new restrictions, the disqualifications and what passes for debate in the presidential election campaign
Open and honest debate
14 Jan 2021
The CPGB’s first online winter school proved to be a real success. James Harvey reports
From Bethnal Green to Baghuz
21 Feb 2019
Sajid Javid has stripped Shamima Begum of her British citizenship - but there is a steadfast refusal to understand why she left in the first place, writes Paul Demarty
Forty years of inequality
14 Feb 2019
The US administration preferred Islamists to leftists, says Yassamine Mather
An elected sultan
28 Jun 2018
Erdoğan’s ‘fair and square’ election victory will not result in stability, writes Esen Uslu
Result may hinge on Kurds
21 Jun 2018
How will Erdoğan respond, asks Esen Uslu, if he cannot get a majority?
Erdoğan’s election gamble
31 May 2018
If, as seems possible, the AKP is defeated, writes Esen Uslu, will the president go quietly?
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
‘Wrong sort’ of privatisation
01 Mar 2018
In the first of two articles, Yassamine Mather examines the development of Iran’s economy since the Islamic revolution
Counting the costs
01 Feb 2018
For all their anti-western slogans, there is nothing ‘radical’ in any of the Tehran regime factions, writes Yassamine Mather
Drum beat of war
16 Nov 2017
Beirut is now the focus of the burgeoning Saudi-Iranian rivalry, writes Yassamine Mather
Iran, Kurdistan and the left
03 Nov 2017
How can we achieve principled communist unity in the Middle East? We spoke to Mohammad Reza Shalgouni, a member of the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar)
Don’t abandon Palestinian cause
07 Sep 2017
The National Policy Forum wants to end Labour’s opposition to the occupation, writes Tony Greenstein
Oppression from all sides
10 Aug 2017
Iraqi communist Haifa Zangana addressed the London Communist Forum on August 6
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’