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
Iran-US: Paper tigers and false victories
28 Nov 2013
The deal with Iran represents a partial, but important success for imperialism, writes Yassamine Mather
Celebration of imperialist crimes
14 Nov 2013
Eddie Ford wants us to defy the poppy police
Iran: End sanctions now
14 Nov 2013
Whatever the final result of negotiations, writes Yassamine Mather, it is the millions of ordinary Iranians, not their rulers, who have suffered
Iran: Edging towards a settlement
26 Sep 2013
US sanctions appear to have produced results for imperialism, writes Yassamine Mather
US decline: The shock and awe that wasn’t
26 Sep 2013
Jim Creegan analyses the secular decline of the United States as the world hegemon and the failure of Barack Obamas Syria gambit
Syria: War bid hits buffers
05 Sep 2013
The UK will not be taking part in any punishment strikes on Syria for now, but the threat of imperialist intervention remains, writes Paul Demarty
Progressive sentiments amidst reactionary illusions
25 Jul 2013
Gilbert Achcar has strongly objected to being described as a social-imperialist in the Weekly Worker. So what is the truth about him? Yassamine Mather investigates
How the triumvirate marched all the way to failure
20 Jun 2013
Callum Williamson reviews: Chris Nineham, 'The people v Tony Blair: politics, the media and the anti-war movement'. Zero Books, 2012, pp87, £6.99
Syrian bombing: Netanyahu attempts to provoke new confrontation
09 May 2013
Over the weekend of May 4-5 Israel launched air raids against targets in Syria. Yassamine Mather and Moshé Machover, two members of the Hands Off the People of Iran steering committee, discuss the issues raised by this latest development
Turkey and Kurds: Imperialism welcomes deal
28 Mar 2013
Yassamine Mather looks at the new PKK ceasefire and what it means
'Anti-imperialist united front': No inherent connection with the working class
21 Mar 2013
Ten years after the height of the mobilisation against the Iraq war, Mike Macnair calls for an end to the politics of the anti-imperialist united front
STWC conference: Big claims, bankrupt politics
14 Feb 2013
How can we stop the war? Peter Manson reports on the 2003 protest nostalgia
Israel-Gaza: Why did Israel do it?
13 Dec 2012
The success or failure of the onslaught on Gaza can only be judged against the operations aims, writes Israeli socialist Moshé Machover. This is an edited version of a talk given to the December 8 CPGB aggregate
Iran tribunal: In the firing line
15 Nov 2012
When is a political tribunal non-political? Hands Off the People of Iran national secretary Mark Fischer responds to the latest salvo of pro-imperialist apologetics
Iran: Sanctions mean war on the people
18 Oct 2012
Hands Off the People of Iran remains true to its slogan, No to imperialism, no to the Islamic regime. Yassamine Mather describes the devastation and hunger inflicted on Iranians