Imperialism & War > Middle East
None of the above
07 Jun 2012
Calling on Egyptians to vote for the Muslim Brotherhood is insane, argues Paul Demarty
Thin end of the wedge
02 Dec 2021
We should oppose both the banning of Hamas and its leftwing apologists, writes Eddie Ford
Storm clouds gather
02 Dec 2021
Foreign policy has already been affected by the nosediving lira, but, argues, Esen Uslu, there is also the distinct possibility of mass protests over prices and wages
Dismal political failings
18 Nov 2021
There can be no excuse for taking money and doing the bidding of neocons and reactionaries. Yassamine Mather savages the so-called ‘people’s tribunal’ which took place in London last week
Bitter fruit of imperialism
04 Nov 2021
Islamist jihadism is a modern, not an ancient, phenomenon. Yassamine Mather looks at causes, social roots and terrible consequences
Persona non grata
28 Oct 2021
There are mounting tensions with the west and a rocky economy. Turkey’s president is facing challenging times, writes Esen Uslu
Prince over the water
14 Oct 2021
The takeover of Newcastle United by Saudi Arabia’s MBS highlights the contradictory position of fans in modern football, says Paul Demarty
Honouring the victims
14 Oct 2021
On October 9 a group of Iranian revolutionaries, now mainly based in North America and Europe, organised an online meeting to commemorate the 1988 massacre of political prisoners. Among the speakers were Yassamine Mather, Shahin Chitsaz and Mike Macnair
Media muddle
23 Sep 2021
Yes, they are deeply reactionary, writes Yassamine Mather. But they have learnt to survive, adapt and win
Rightwing hopes dashed
16 Sep 2021
After the scuttle from Afghanistan, reality is finally sinking in for the royalist, cultist and paid-for ‘regime change’ advocates, writes Yassamine Mather
Another ‘flight forward’?
16 Sep 2021
Daniel Lazare asks whether or not any lessons have been learnt from forty years of war and disaster
Mirror images of terror
16 Sep 2021
Al Qa’eda wanted to provoke, the US neocons wanted to be provoked. The result has been a whole series of failed states, writes Eddie Ford
Reruns and failures
09 Sep 2021
Eddie Ford is unsurprised by America’s failure to get a smooth, South Africa-type transition of power
9/11 twenty years on
09 Sep 2021
The full facts about Saudi complicity are still unknown. But we do know that the ‘war on terrorism’ had nothing to do with fighting terrorism, only spreading US terrorism. Yassamine Mather looks at the aftermath of September 11 2001
A wounded giant retreats
09 Sep 2021
America spent, bribed, killed and bungled on a massive scale. Daniel Lazare assesses the consequences
Arms and the duopoly
02 Sep 2021
Afghanistan was a disastrous bipartisan war supported by Democrats and Republicans alike. Daniel Lazare lambasts the idea that the solution lies in a third bourgeois party untainted by the arms industry