Those who have had such high hopes in Podemos will surely see them dashed, says Daniel Harvey It is difficult to overstate the artificiality of Podemos as a populist project. That applies to its deliberately vague name (meaning literally ‘We can’, which is reminiscent of Barack Obama’s original election campaign). Leaks also reveal the shallow process ...
Die Linke is plumbing ever greater opportunist depths, writes Ben Lewis The twists and turns, the international alliances and intrigues in the unfolding human tragedy that is the Islamic State’s barbaric siege of Kobanê pose many challenges to both bourgeois and working class political ideas. Hence we have the spectacle of US bombing in support of ...
The latest developments in German politics should serve as a reality check for the ‘broad party’ advocates in this country, argues Ben Lewis For all the talk of the recent German elections being the most boring in memory, having been met with huge levels of apathy and indifference on the part of the population, the results ...
Yesterday, Friday 15th of June at 12 noon 60 members of the Coordinating Committee to Help Form Workers' organizations and a number of labor activists were arrested in the city of Karaj. According to the latest news, Mitra Homayooni, Vafa Ghaderi, Reyhaneh Ansari, Khaled Hosseini, Mahmoud Salehi, Saeed Moghaddam, Cyrus Fathi, Ghaleb Hoss are amongst those ...
Below is an article which appeared on the Iranian website Eshterak reporting on the barbaric treatment of two political prisoners. Communist Students has always been steadfast in defending those fighting the regime in Iran and as the drive towards war increases we all need to remember that opposing imperialist sanctions and war threats go hand ...
Besieged workers in Iran urgently needs our solidarity, reports Chris Strafford Repression, economic crisis, mass unemployment, withdrawal of subsidies and the imminent threat of US led bombings have led to a great immiseration for the working class within Iran. The growth of poverty within Iran is stark, last month the cost of vegetables rose 92%, rice ...
Below is a statement organised by Iranian left activists. The Farsi version is linked at the bottom of this piece Following the recent rumours of a military attack on Iran, several Israeli citizens have initiated a campaign, opposing the probable war of the American and Israeli states against Iran. In doing so, they are sending messages ...
From our own correspondent. While travelling around Germany, CS member Alfred Stevens chanced upon a student demonstration with remarkably similar demands to those of the protests in Britain last year On Wednesday 25 May around 1,500 mainly student protesters gathered outside Hamburg town hall, many clad in T-Shirts bearing the slogan ‘Studiengebühren wegtanzen’ or ‘Dancing Tuition ...
Report posted by the leftwing Bazr student group The Arab spring has reached Tehran. It is the morning of February 14 and crowds are already gathering. People are exchanging smiles even if they don’t know each other. Security forces are trying to stop shopkeepers shutting their businesses, but most don’t pay any attention. Vassl Square: I am ...
The people have succeeded in sending one dictatorial president packing. But the old regime remains intact. James Turley argues for a pan-Arab revolution led by the working class Kept quietly out of the western media for decades, Tunisia has now hit the news with a bang. After weeks of protests, the Tunisian president finally gave ...
Sign the petition here We demand the immediate release of Dr. Fariborz Raisdana We have learned the astonishing news of “Dr. Raisdana’s arrest” by the security agents of the Islamic republic on the early morning of December 19th, 2010 at his home in Tehran. Dr. Fariborz Raisdana is a well known intellectual, economist, social activist, and active ...
From Libcom.org - In early December 2010, in the context of struggle against cuts and privatisation, students in university occupations at UCL, Manchester, Sheffield, SOAS, Brighton, Goldsmiths and Bath write a solidarity massage to Iranian students. A few days later, Iranian students inside the country as well as studying abroad respond. To our fellow students in Iran: We ...
In Iran, December 7th is the anniversary of the murder of three students of the University of Tehran in 1953, by Iranian police under the Shah. Every year there are national and local demonstrations at many universities organised by students. Over recent years the demonstrations have taken a more critical line against the current regime, ...