Imperialism & War > War and peace
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
Fragmenting Syria
24 Jul 2025
Israel’s intervention in Syria to protect the Druze minority is part of an ambitious geostrategic plan to redraw borders and extend its influence to the Euphrates and into Iraq, says Yassamine Mather
Regime change don’t come easy
17 Jul 2025
Iran’s Islamic Republic survived the 12-day war. Those, including some on the left, who thought it would collapse were wrong. But those on the left who simply tailed the regime were wrong too, argues Yassamine Mather
Speech controls in Knesset
17 Jul 2025
Israel boasts of being the ‘only democracy in the Middle East’, but even members of its own parliament are subject to intolerable harassment and attempts to silence them. Ken Syme urges solidarity with Ofer Cassif
A Kafkaesque situation
17 Jul 2025
Adding to a malicious prosecution for ‘terrorism’, the banks have joined in by closing accounts. Tony Greenstein describes the treatment meted out to those who dare defy the official narrative when it comes to Israel, anti-Semitism and genocide in Gaza
Beyond the stench of hypocrisy
17 Jul 2025
Yvette Cooper presides over a Palestine Action ban, yet celebrates WSPU suffragettes. Meanwhile, the Labour government facilitates Israeli genocide in Gaza. Anne McShane points the finger at the real criminals
Defend right to protest
10 Jul 2025
Proscribing Palestine Action marks yet another attempt to silence those raising the alarm over the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Those MPs voting against an increasingly authoritarian government are to be congratulated, argues Ian Spencer
Looking back at the 12-day war
03 Jul 2025
People rallied in defence of the country, not the regime. They complain about the lack of preparation, the incompetence and the shortages. Meanwhile, says Yassamine Mather, the foreign media remains clueless
Nowhere else to go
26 Jun 2025
Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran was a predictable betrayal of his pitch to voters. But, asks Paul Demarty, who else are they to vote for? Especially when it comes to elections, memories are short
Besieged, battered and badly led
26 Jun 2025
Even before the bombing, Iran was an economic wreck. Years of sanctions and endemic corruption have produced poverty for millions. Michael Roberts describes a failed state
Order of the day
26 Jun 2025
There is much common ground on the revolutionary left in Turkey when it comes to Israel’s attack on Iran. However, Esen Uslu shows that there are distinguishing fault lines too
Build working class resistance
19 Jun 2025
Arms shipments to and from Israel are being blocked in many countries - an example that trade unions in Britain can be won to follow. There is no time to lose, says Ian Spencer
Peering into the darkness
19 Jun 2025
Yassamine Mather questions the western nuclear bomb narrative, discounts the chances of managed regime change and insists that Israel’s war is not only against the regime. Millions of ordinary Iranians are in danger and must be defended
Devouring the prey and drinking the blood of the slain
19 Jun 2025
Netanyahu is bent on death, destruction and gore. Donald Trump gave the green light - that much is obvious. Now he has approved attack plans and is demanding ‘unconditional surrender’. Jack Conrad presents the communist alternative to capitalist barbarism and war
Red lines and regional gambits
22 May 2025
Trump’s visit to the Middle East garnered all manner of mega-sized business deals. However, unspoken, in the background, there were two looming issues, Gaza and the US-Iran nuclear talks. Yassamine Mather looks at the likelihood of an agreement
Death by degrees
22 May 2025
It is not just Netanyahu and his far right coalition government. Ethnic cleansing and genocide are built into the DNA of the Zionist project. And, of course, the British state is fully complicit, explains Eddie Ford