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
Online Communist Forum, Sunday July 13 5pm
10 Jul 2025
War, genocide and ceasefire
26 Jun 2025
Iranian left - within the country and without - must facilitate, encourage and take full advantage of any loosening of the ayatollahs' grip, through an immediate programme designed to defend the lives and interests of the broad mass of the population. A statement of the CPGB Provisional Central Committee
Build working class resistance
19 Jun 2025
Arms shipments to and from Israel are being blocked in many countries - an example that trade unions in Britain can be won to follow. There is no time to lose, says Ian Spencer
Zionism’s dual war aims
19 Jun 2025
Netanyahu has been wanting to attack Iran for years. Now that the war with Iran has begun, he can finish the job in Gaza and the West Bank, warns Moshé Machover
Pro-Palestine symbolism
12 Jun 2025
Rival demonstrations brought large numbers on to the streets of Cork. Some want to drape themselves in the Irish tricolour, others raise the red flag of internationalism. Anne McShane reports
Food used as bait
05 Jun 2025
Israel is starving the Gazan population to ready them for mass expulsion, warns Eddie Ford. After that it will be the West Bank and then the Arab-Palestinian population in ‘Israel proper’
Kurdish entanglements
29 May 2025
Laying down arms and dissolving the PKK has been hailed by some optimists as a ‘victory’. Yassamine Mather strongly disagrees and instead sees the defeat of the Kurdish people both in Turkey and Syria
Red lines and regional gambits
22 May 2025
Trump’s visit to the Middle East garnered all manner of mega-sized business deals. However, unspoken, in the background, there were two looming issues, Gaza and the US-Iran nuclear talks. Yassamine Mather looks at the likelihood of an agreement
When Louis met Moloch
15 May 2025
Paul Demarty reviews Josh Baker (director), Louis Theroux (presenter and writer) Louis Theroux: the settlers BBC 2 2025
Saying it loud and clear
15 May 2025
Targeting Belfast rap group, Kneecap, over alleged terrorism, is part of the campaign to silence anyone who dares speak out against Israel and its Gaza genocide, writes Anne McShane
State-of-the-art genocide
01 May 2025
The revelation of Microsoft’s complicity in Israel’s Gaza massacre is merely the latest evidence that big tech is entirely dependent on the state, argues Paul Demarty
Rise of DEV-GEN Z
24 Apr 2025
University students and high school students have taken the lead. Workers too have moved into action. Esen Uslu reports
Jaw-jaw flipside of war-war
18 Apr 2025
US-Iran negotiations appear to have gone well. Leave aside Israel, there has been a positive response across the Middle East. Even the EU, China and Russia are happy. So, asks Yassamine Mather, what could possibly go wrong?
White coats, red blood
18 Apr 2025
Mass killing in Gaza is but a prelude to ethnic cleansing. And, aided and abetted by the US and UK, Israeli forces are committing war crimes against Palestinian medical personnel with complete impunity, writes Ian Spencer
A sea of red and white
03 Apr 2025
It was to be a test of strength. As it was, some 2.2 million turned out in Istanbul’s Maltepe Park. Esen Uslu reports on the latest and biggest anti-regime protest yet