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- Solidarity
with Iran needs a fight on two fronts March 22 2007
Last week, tens of thousands of Iranian teachers went
on strike, demanding an increase in their miserable
wages and the resignation of the education minister.
In Tehran over a thousand were arrested. Tina Becker
also reports on the efforts of the Hands Off the People
of Iran campaign to get more organisations involved
- Confident
beginning March 1 2007
Hands Off the People of Iran had its official launch
in Covent Garden following the February 24 anti-war
demonstration. Anne Mc Shane reports
- Mobilise
the dispossessed February 22 2007
Shanty town dwellers make up an ever increasing proportion
of the population in the cities of the so-called third
world. They have been used as the battering ram of counterrevolution,
but this is not inevitable. They can be won by the left.
Mehdi Kia looks at the situation in Iran
- Defend
Iran’s workers, not its rotten regime February
8 2007
Over the last two weeks, although Iran is facing a major
military attack, protests and demonstrations against
harsh economic conditions have escalated within the
country. Yassamine Mather reports
- Against
imperialist war, for Iran workers January 18 2007
Yassamine Mather analyses the latest developments in
Iran and takes a closer look at 'Campaign Iran'
- Death
of a nationalist January 4 2007
Mike Macnair looks at the death of Saddam Hussein
-
Iran solidarity January 4 2007
Yassamine Mather (Critique editorial group) explains
why the campaign 'Hands off the People of Iran' has
been set up
- Holy
diplomacy amid coup rumours December 7 2006
The pope’s visit has laid bare the deep divisions
in Turkish society. Esen Uslu of the Communist Party
of Turkey reports
- Fight
on two fronts September 21 2006
Much of the left is taking a simplistic and unprincipled
approach to Iran, writes Mehdi Kia, co-editor of Iran
Bulletin - Middle East Forum. It is essential to oppose
not only imperialist threats, but also the islamic regime,
which continues to suppress a whole range of democratic
and working class movements from below
- Iran’s
workers need support September 7 2006
Iran's president Ahmadinejad is a defender of neoliberalism,
says Yassamine Mather
- Fight
for two states, fight for Arab unity August 3 2006
A ‘secular, democratic Palestine’ has suddenly
made a reappearance in Socialist Worker, writes Peter
Manson. But it turns out that what is envisaged will
be neither democratic nor secular
- Hands
off Lebanon, no war on Iran August 3 2006
Israel's assault is part of broader US war aims, says
Eddie Ford
- Don’t
desert them July 27 2006
‘No to war, no to repression’ is an open letter
by Iranian student leaders in opposition to both imperialist
aggression and the oppression of the islamic regime.
Two were recently arrested. Mehdi Kia of Iran Bulletin/Middle
East Forum introduces it with a discussion of its background
and the solidarity tasks of the left
- Two
nations, Two secular states July 20 2006
It is not enough to demand an end to the Israeli assault
on Lebanon and a vague ‘justice for the Palestinians’,
says Peter Manson. The left and anti-war movement as
a whole must be won to a fully democratic solution
- Iranian
left protests against apologetics July 13 2006
Like the Socialist Workers Party, Monthly Review in
the United States has toned down its opposition to the
Iranian regime. Iranian socialists have issued this
open letter in protest at its coverage of the June 12
women’s demonstration in Tehran
- Military
calls the tune June 15 2006
Turkey is fast approaching yet another crisis, as the
AKP (Justice and Development Party) government tries
to balance the interests of finance capital and the
nationalistic state bureaucracy with its own mass support.
Esen Uslu analyses the current situation
- Fight
on two fronts June 8 2006
On the eve of the Stop the War Coalition annual conference
on June 10, Mark Fischer spoke to Mehdi Kia of Iran
Bulletin/Middle East Forum about the tasks of the anti-war
movement in this country. Does our opposition to imperialist
threats against Iran mean we must suspend criticism
of the monstrous theocratic regime that oppresses the
country?
- Fighting
on two fronts March 30 2006
Mehdi Kia of Iran Bulletin - Middle East Forum addressed
the March 26 London Communist Forum on the question,
‘Will Iran be next? Should we align ourselves with
the ayatollahs?’ This is an edited version of his
speech
- Consistant
democracy
Mary Godwin reports on the debate at the London
Communist Forum where comrade Mehdi Kia spoke
- No
to US aggression, no to Iranian regime March 16
2006
The tasks of the anti-war movement are twofold, argues
Mehdi Kia, co-editor of Iran Bulletin - Middle East
Forum
- No
to war, no to mullahs February 9 2006
Yassamine Mather (Critique and Iran Bulletin Middle
East Forum) comments on the situation in Iran
- No
champion of the oppressed February 2 2006
Socialists should not celebrate Hamas’s victory
in the Palestinian elections. Women and secular forces
will very likely be the first to suffer, says Katherine
Quinn
- History
of Hamas
An examination of Hamas’s roots, both historical
and political-theological, reveals beyond doubt
that its anti-Zionism and anti-imperialism is programmatically
counterrevolutionary, argues Eddie Ford. Or, to
put it more starkly, in Hamas we encounter a reactionary
ideology of the oppressed
- Deliberate
mistake? November 3 2005
Why did Iran's newly elected president demand that "Israel
should be wiped off the map"? Yassamine Mather
(Critique editorial board) analyses the situation
- Turkey
gets there! Well, nearly … October 13 2005
Esen Uslu of the Communist Party of Turkey (TKP) reports
on the reaction of Turkish workers and capitalists to
negotiations on European Union membership
- US-UK
troops out now! Hands off Iran! September 22 2005
Mike Macnair disccuses the likelihood of the US using
nuclear weapons against Iran and the tasks for the anti-war
movement in Britain and the US
- Sabre-rattling
threats September 22 2005
The victims of the conflict between US-UK imperialism
and Iran’s reactionary clerical regime are ordinary
Iranians, says Yassamine Mather, a member of the editorial
team of Critique
- Regime crisis and
the new conservatives September 8 2005
Ardeshir Mehrdad and Mehdi Kia, co-editors of Iran Bulletin-Middle
East Forum, look at the Islamic Republic’s prospects
for survival following the victory of an ultra-conservative
in June’s presidential election
- Fearing
for the worst June 30 2005
Yassemine Mather takes a look at Iran after the elections
- Thousand
candidates barred by theocrats June 23 2005
The fake left looks to change from above, writes Iranian
socialist Yassamine Mather
- House
of corruption June 2 2005
Eddie Ford takes a critical look at the 'reform attempts'
of the Saudi ruling elite and its strategic importance
to the US
- Will
Iran be next? February 10 2005
Does Bush intend to attack Tehran? Mehdi Kia, co-editor
of Iran Bulletin - Middle East Forum, looks at the Iran-Iraq-US
triangle
- Limits
of national liberation November 18 2004
Eddie Ford reflects on the life of Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat
- Women’s
‘active role’ and the veil November 11
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Yassmine Mather of the Iran Bulletin and Middle East
Forum takes exception to the SWP's Elaine Heffernan's
article in the latest Socialist Worker
- Iraq
and Palestine: linked struggles for liberation April
22 2004
Ian Donovan analyses the fight for liberation in the
Middle East
- No
to reactionary anti-Zionism April 1 2004
Eddie Ford examines the origins and worldview of Hamas
- Iran:
mullahs in crisis March 4 2004
Victory for the ultra-right in the Iranian elections,
far from strengthening the theocracy, has only served
to expose its fragility. Addressing the CPGB’s
London Communist Forum on February 29, Mehdi Kia of
the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran looked
at the elections and the forces for change
- Iran
next in line? October 30 2003
Mehdi Kia and Ardeshir Mehrdad of Iran Bulletin-Middle
East Forum look at the pressures on the islamic republic
and call for a democratic solution from below
- Two
nations - two states September 18 2003
The threat to murder Arafat exposes the fraud nature
of the socalled 'road map', argues Ian Donovan
- Mullahs
rejected June 26 2003
Mehdi Kia assesses June’s rising and the state
of the opposition
- US
neo-colonialism and democracy April 17 2003
Ian Donovan raises the demand of Kurdish self-determination
- Strategies
for Palestinian liberation September 26 2002
There are huge differences on the left on Israel and
the struggle for Palestinian self-determination. We
organised a three-cornered debate at Communist University
2002 between Cathy Nugent of the Alliance for Workers’
Liberty, Afif Safieh, the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s
UK representative, and John Bridge of the CPGB. All
speakers are committed to a two-state solution for the
two peoples and yet, especially when it came to assessing
Zionism as a political phenomenon, there exist profound
disagreements
- Oil,
democracy and war September 19 2002
Mehdi Kia of the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers
of Iran discusses the sordid relationship between oil
and the US war drive in the Middle East
- Strategies
for Palestinian liberation September 26 2002
There are huge differences on the left on Israel and
the struggle for Palestinian self-determination. We
organised a three-cornered debate at Communist University
2002 between Cathy Nugent of the Alliance for Workers’
Liberty, Afif Safieh, the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s
UK representative, and John Bridge of the CPGB. All
speakers are committed to a two-state solution for the
two peoples and yet, especially when it came to assessing
Zionism as a political phenomenon, there exist profound
disagreements
- Unity
for two states September 26 2002
Peter Manson calls for unity based on mutual recognition
of national rights to defeat the twin terrors of Hamas
and Sharon
- Oil,
democracy and war September 19 2002
Mehdi Kia of the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers
of Iran discusses the sordid relationship between oil
and the US war drive in the Middle East
- Solution
from below
Theses on Israel-Palestine passed at the CPGB aggregate
of May 11 2002
- Pakistan
socialist jailed for protest March 28 2002
Farooq Tariq, general secretary of the Labour Party
Pakistan, describes his experience under lock and key
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