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
Caught in the crossfire
30 Apr 2026
So far the Kurds have refused to be used against Iran. Syria remains divided and highly unstable. Meanwhile, tensions between Turkey and Israel mount. Esen Uslu explores the web of contradictions
Second round in Islamabad
30 Apr 2026
On-off negotiations are happening under the shadow of a prolonged blockade and the threat of the fragile ceasefire suddenly giving way to another round of shock and awe. Yassamine Mather looks beyond the talks about talks
Politics of civilisational threat
09 Apr 2026
The most revealing feature of the fragile US-Israeli two-week ceasefire with Iran is its vagueness. Yassamine Mather assesses the internal and regional effects of the war
Madmen versus Marx
19 Mar 2026
Private property and war go hand-in-hand. Capitalism in turn has made wars ever bigger and ever more dangerous. How do we rescue human civilisation? Ted Reese outlines some of his answers
Don’t give in to the big lie
19 Mar 2026
Jeremy Corbyn got it wrong. So has Zohran Mamdani. We must oppose, not appease, media claims that opposition to Zionism is equivalent to anti-Semitism, writes Eddie Ford
Peering through the fog of war
19 Mar 2026
One leader after another is being assassinated. Apart from that, Trump’s war aims remain contradictory and unclear. The regime is certainly not going to spontaneously collapse, argues Yassamine Mather
Within the circle of fire
12 Mar 2026
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan faces acute problems on every front. Now there is the US-Israel assault on Iran. How will Turkey respond? Esen Uslu gives his take on regional rivalries and the challenges faced by the left
Satellite-guided war of terror
12 Mar 2026
Not so long ago Trump was saying that there would be a popular welcome for US intervention. A big lie: the working class has always opposed regime change from above. Yassamine Mather assesses the battle for hearts and minds
Nur - a regional collective
05 Mar 2026
Statement issued by Moshé Machover and Yassamine Mather
Defeat US-Israeli aggression, defend the peoples of Iran
05 Mar 2026
Numerous bogus excuses have been concocted for an extraordinarily dangerous war. We reject them all. This is a nakedly imperialist war by America designed to weaken China and ensure the regional hegemony of Zionist Israel. Yassamine Mather calls for revolutionary defencism
Talks, threats and bots
05 Feb 2026
War is not inevitable. But it is now a credible option. The US has its tariffs, missiles and armada in place. That is why there are negotiations, argues Yassamine Mather
High hopes turn to ashes
29 Jan 2026
Hailed by some on the left as a unique experiment in egalitarian, decentralised, ecologically sustainable self‑administration, Rojava has ended in bitter disappointment. Yassamine Mather investigates
Notes on America
30 Oct 2025
Second-term Trump has been radically different from first-term Trump. And now there are the on-again, off-again musings about a third term. Either way, argues Jack Conrad, the mould of American politics has been broken
Survival is a kind of victory
23 Oct 2025
As Hamas moves to reassert control in Gaza, where does the Trump ‘peace deal’ leave it? There can be no question that it has been severely weakened militarily, but now it has gained a reprieve, argues Yassamine Mather
Principle, splits and unity
16 Oct 2025
Alex Green agrees that Nato’s proxy war in Ukraine is a split issue. However, it is not only about opposing our own imperialism. The comrade believes that Russia is an imperialist power and he believes that the CPGB believes it too. He also raises the question of China and calls for serious study and debate. A good idea