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
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
Silence of the Beeb
22 May 2025
Israel is using food as a weapon of war. Despite recent token gestures, the Gazan population faces starvation. David Lammy huffs and puffs but allows the export of arms to continue. As for Donald Trump, says Ian Spencer, he is more interested in real-estate deals
Watershed moment
15 May 2025
Abdullah Öcalan’s huge moral authority predictably prevailed. Esen Uslu comments on the many questions that arise following the PKK’s historic decision to lay down arms and end its armed struggle
When Louis met Moloch
15 May 2025
Paul Demarty reviews Josh Baker (director), Louis Theroux (presenter and writer) Louis Theroux: the settlers BBC 2 2025
From Balfour to genocide
15 May 2025
Starvation, denial of aid, the current military escalation of Zionist violence into attempted genocide should be viewed in the context a century of colonial dispossession, writes Yassamine Mather
Netanyahu is rebuffed
24 Apr 2025
Israel wants Iran attacked, degraded and broken. But the latest US-Iran talks make it clear who is in charge, argues Yassamine Mather
Death of an absolute monarch
24 Apr 2025
Pope Francis liked to parade his simple life, his identification with the poor and downtrodden. But, shows Jack Conrad, he turned a blind eye to mass killing and presided over a fabulously wealthy and thoroughly compromised institution