The Manchester branch of Hands Off the People of Iran has organised the following meeting: Can Imperialism Liberate Women? Hands Off The People Of Iran Public Meeting. Discussion on Imperialism, the threat of war and the women's movement in Iran. During the meeting we are asking for organisations and trade union branches to read out messages of solidarity which ...
By Freedom and Equality Seeking Students Active member of the Freedom and Equality Seeking Students Movement, Davood Bagheri was forced to flee Iran in the winter, after the recent wave of crackdowns on the group by the Islamic government's Intelligence Service agents. Mr. Bagheri arrived in Turkey with the intention to seek asylum where he was ...
Here we republish two letters concerning Communist Students attitude towards the 'Reclaim the Campus' conference which re-launched the Education Not for Sale front of the Alliance for Workers Liberty. These letters appeared first in the Weekly Worker. Absurd I write in astonishment at the absurdity of Ben Klein’s article, ‘Rebranding exercise flops’ (May 22). As part of ...
Here is the timetable for the Hands Off the People of Iran weekend school, which take place on Saturday-Sunday, June 14-15, 11am, University of London Union, Malet Street. Saturday 14th June 2008 11.00-11.10 Introduction: The Threat of War Mark Fisher 11.10-12.20 The 1979 revolution and its aftermath Torab Saleth 12:20-12:35 Message from Iranian students in Tehran 12.35-13.30 Lunch Break 13:30 - 15:30 The working class movements and their ...
A press release from Keele UCU: The lecturers’ union UCU is calling for a boycott of Keele University as part of the campaign against management’s attacks on staff. Greylisting of Keele University to begin Friday 13 June. Greylisting is the ultimate sanction available to UCU members and is only ever used where a university or college refuses to ...
These four sections of video were recorded at Communist University North which took part at Sheffield University in May 2008. The event was jointly organised by Communist Students and the CPGB. The session was entitled 'What is the Marxist programme?' and was a debate between Mike Macnair of the Communist Party of Great Britain and ...
A statement from the Communist Student Exec: Communist Students would like to extend our solidarity to the Education Not For Sale (ENS) supporter who was attacked by far right thugs on Friday 30th May in Huddersfield. She was attacked because of her prominent role at the students union and her vocal support of No Platform for ...
South Yorkshire Migrant and Asylum Actions Group have organised this public meeting for Tuesday June 3rd, 7.30pm at SADACCA, The Wicker, Sheffield. A variety of speakers from war torn parts of the globe will be speaking to highlight their plight and to help organise a defence of all those facing deportation. Speakers include: Aman Ali (Afghanistan), Bereket ...
Delegates at the recent PCS union's annual conference voted overwhelmingly to affiliate to the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign. This is fantastic news for the campaign and will hopefully open up opportunities for the campaign to win further serious support from the working class movement. There is a similar motion supporting HOPI which ...
Here is an article by Jason Travis of Bolton NUT Jason is a supporter of Permanent Revolution Nearly sixty people came to the rally, outside a governors' meeting, against the Academy at Withins School, Bolton with strikers, parents, students and delegations from other schools and workplaces. The mood was defiant and loud, leaving governors in no doubt about ...
Following on from the recent successful launch meeting of the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign in Leeds, Andy Yorke (who was there) and Luke Cooper, both of Workers Power, wrote the article 'Hands off the people of Iran: campaign for action or propaganda bloc?' Here we publish a response written by James Turley, ...
by Dave Isaacson, Communist Students It pleases us to announce that Mehdi Kazemi, a gay Iranian asylum seeker who faced the threat of deportation and almost certain death on his return to Iran, has now been granted 'leave' to stay in the UK after his appeal. It must be noted that this victory was only won ...
Haft-Tapeh sugar cane workers in Iran have been on strike for over two weeks now, in their third strike of the past year. Here is some video footage of a recent demonstration of the workers and their families. And here is a report on the strike from Kargaran: Over 6,000 workers march again on 15th day of ...