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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

Turkey: Battle for secularism

13 Jun 2013

Opposition to creeping Islamisation is not confined to the protestors in Taksim Square and elsewhere, argues Eddie Ford. The army is also deeply disgruntled with the AKP

Turkey: In revolt against AKP dictat

13 Jun 2013

Esen Uslu reports from Istanbul

Woolwich: A pretext for state repression

30 May 2013

The murder of a soldier highlights the irrationality of bourgeois politics - but also the failure of the left, argues Paul Demarty

Iran: Boycott the vetted election, not the mass protests

16 May 2013

The Islamic republic is bitterly divided at the top and subject to crippling international sanctions. Yassamine Mather analyses the political situation in the run-up to the June 14 presidential poll

One step from a shooting war

28 Jun 2012

The downing of a Turkish plane by Syria has brought the contradictions of Istanbul's soft-Islamist government to the fore. Esen Uslu explains

None of the above

07 Jun 2012

Calling on Egyptians to vote for the Muslim Brotherhood is insane, argues Paul Demarty

Our duty to Iran's working class

15 Mar 2012

Speaking at a CPGB meeting in Manchester in support of Hands Off the People of Iran, Yassamine Mather makes the call for urgent and principled solidarity

The last president?

08 Mar 2012

The latest rigged elections have produced a predictable result as Supreme Leader Khamenei consolidates his power, says Yassamine Mather.

Free Abu-Qatada

16 Feb 2012

The rights and freedoms of Abu Qatada must be protected, no matter how politcally odious he personally may be, says James Turley.

Islamist election successes have lessons for left

08 Dec 2011

Socialists need to play the long game, argues James Turley

Out to roll back the revolution

01 Dec 2011

The military and the Muslim Brotherhood are only temporary allies, argues Eddie Ford

Stirrings of an Arab revolution

27 Jan 2011

Mass revolts and protests from Tunisia to Egypt once again raise the question of pan-Arab unity, writes Eddie Ford

Fighting over the corpse

17 Dec 2009

As the two wings of the regime continue to squabble, write Chris Strafford and Yassamine Mather, the opposition movement grows in radicalism and confidence

Common struggle required

17 Dec 2009

The year is coming to an end amid great uncertainty, reports Esen Uslu

Islam and Rushdie

30 Jul 2009

James Turley reviews Kenan Malik’s From fatwa to jihad: the Rushdie affair and its legacy Atlantic, 2009, pp266, £16.99

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