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
Deserted by friends of convenience
12 Dec 2024
Iran and the Axis of Resistance have suffered yet another defeat. Yassamine Mather looks at the background and assesses the likely consequences of the fall of the House of Assad
Changing balance of forces
12 Dec 2024
The new regime in Damascus is being widely celebrated, but continued internal power struggles and regional rivalries are likely to unleash yet more conflict and suffering, says Esen Uslu
Regional causes and effects
05 Dec 2024
Civil war has erupted once again in Syria. Turkey is clearly a prime mover, but what about Israel? Then there is Russia and Iran. Yassamine Mather investigates what is a tangled web
Permanent state of terror
05 Dec 2024
Journalists and pro-Palestine activists are being arrested on terrorism charges. The mainstream media seems to have taken a vow of silence. So has the soft left, writes Carla Roberts
Hypocrisy in action
28 Nov 2024
Erdoğan speaks fire and fury. Meanwhile, despite the sanctions, it is business as usual. Esen Uslu looks at the relationship between Turkey and Israel
Grand imperial claims
28 Nov 2024
America does not consider itself bound by the ‘law governed world order’. Mike Macnair gives the background to the denunciations of the International Criminal Court’s warrants against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
Notes on the war
14 Nov 2024
Donald Trump has not been slow in coming forward with his peace plan. Not surprisingly, Volodymyr Zelensky is far from keen, nor are European liberals. However, warns Jack Conrad, there is still the distinct danger of escalation and phasing into World War III
Wars and slogans
07 Nov 2024
Accepting, or adapting to, left-syndicalist excuses not to openly engage with our ideas is not the road to principled unity, argues Mike Macnair
Threat to nuclear sites increases
07 Nov 2024
Though Trump is only president elect he is already changing the politics of the Middle East. Things have become even more dangerous, says Yassamine Mather
Restraint for the moment
31 Oct 2024
Israel’s latest attack on Iran stayed clear of nuclear and oil facilities. In turn Iran’s response has been decidedly muted. One thing is certain, though, writes Yassamine Mather, if Donald Trump is elected on November 5, everything changes
Preparations for what?
24 Oct 2024
Leaked documents give us a hint about what Israel is planning to do against Iran. Meanwhile, almost unbelievably, it is readying northern Gaza for colonisation, writes Yassamine Mather
Leave or starve
17 Oct 2024
Threats to halt the supply of some arms owe more to next month’s presidential election than any real concern for the population of north Gaza. Meanwhile, the world awaits Israel’s latest ‘retaliation’ against Iran. Yassamine Mather reports on a region spiralling into hell
What’s really behind the war?
10 Oct 2024
South Africa provides no strategic guide. The indigenous population is neither needed nor wanted. Zionism has two key strategic aims: ethnic cleansing and maintaining regional hegemony, Moshé Machover explains
Establishing a principled left
03 Oct 2024
CPGB’s Provisional Central Committee calls for others on the left, individuals and organisations, in Britain and internationally, to discuss and agree this statement with a view to cementing principled unity and furthering the struggle against war and capitalism
Political organisation is key
19 Sep 2024
Against the background of the escalation of the war in Ukraine, genocide in Gaza and a US election which may influence both, this month’s CPGB aggregate examined the drive to wider international conflict and the left’s political problems. Ian Spencer reports