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
Hitching ‘Holy wisdom’ to his war chariot
30 Jul 2020
Esen Uslu highlights the strategic considerations that lie behind Erdoğan’s reconversion of Hagia Sophia
Israel’s nuclear war
16 Jul 2020
As Binyamin Netanyahu’s government tacitly admits its role, Yassamine Mather asks why the Iranian regime is in denial
Next supreme leader
02 Jul 2020
Yassamine Mather explains why attempts to ‘root out corruption’ are not taken seriously
New bloodbath looms
02 Jul 2020
We still do not know if or when it will happen, but the annexation of parts of the West Bank is not a contingent outcome, but the logical conclusion of Zionist colonialism, argues Paul Demarty
Weapon of first resort
25 Jun 2020
The appointment of an overt anti-Arab racist as Israeli ambassador to the UK has created big problems for Zionists in Britain. Moshé Machover gives his take
Victim of Zionist colonisation
11 Jun 2020
Rashid Khalidi 'The hundred-years war on Palestine: a history of settler-colonial conquest and resistance' Profile Books, 2020, pp336, £17.99
No war, no sanctions
04 Jun 2020
Hands Off the People of Iran held a successful online meeting on May 31. There is a growing danger of a new round of conflict in the Middle East driven by US imperialism, Zionist expansionism and the general turn to rightwing nationalism. There were three opening speakers
Corona days and clipped wings
21 May 2020
Esen Uslu looks at the regime’s failures at home and adventures abroad
Upping the ante
30 Apr 2020
Yassamine Mather reports on the double standards, misinformation and stupidity of the ‘regime change from above’ advocates
Lies, poverty and repression
17 Apr 2020
Yassamine Mather looks at the blame-gaming and likely consequences of Covid-19
Two-way mirror of shame
12 Mar 2020
Erdoğan’s regime is playing with the lives of innocent victims to both its east and west. Esen Uslu describes the shambles.
Decline of secular Zionism
06 Mar 2020
Despite indictments for corruption, Netanyahu has come out on top, writes Tony Greenstein.
Concealing the truth
29 Feb 2020
The clerical regime cannot be relied on to provide accurate information, writes Yassamine Mather - either about Iran’s elections or the coronavirus.
Legacy of failure
23 Feb 2020
Yassamine Mather shows that the passivity of Tudeh in the 1960s and 70s led to the rise of guerrillarist adventurism. Paradoxically, under the pressure of the Iran-Iraq war there was a convergence between the two currents. The Islamic Republic was supposed to be moving towards the ‘socialist’ camp.
181 pages oozing hate
23 Feb 2020
Moshé Machover spoke to the London Communist Forum about Donald Trump’s ‘deal of the century’.