Posted on February 25th 2010 |
Reports from England, Wales, and Ireland by Ben Lewis, Dani Thomas, and Anne Mc Shane
London
Friday February 22 saw a successful gig in Stoke Newington, north London, organised by Hands Off the People of Iran. Boredom Riots, Egg Timer and Technosapien entertained a merry crowd and helped us raise over £110 for Workers Fund Iran.
The next [...]
Posted on February 18th 2010 |
Chris Strafford reports Manchester Hopi action
On Saturday February 13 Hands Off the People of Iran’s week of action was kicked off at Manchester University with a day school, followed by a fundraising event. Around 35 people attended for some or all of the day.
The first session was opened by Steven Monaghan from the Anarchist Federation [...]
Posted on February 15th 2010 |
Moussavi: no friend of socialists
The Reesites no longer peddle the line that Iran is a democratic country. But despite Lindsey German’s resignation from the SWP, their support for the ‘green movement’, including the butcher Moussavi, shows that the comrades still have not learned what principled international solidarity is, says Tina Becker
On February 3 Campaign Iran [...]
Posted on February 1st 2010 |
Chris Strafford calls for mobilisation, and reports Campaign Iran’s rebranding
On February 3 the Socialist Workers Party-backed Campaign Iran is hosting a meeting in London to discuss the recent mass upsurge in Iran and how sanctions and military threats undermine the movement for positive social change. The speakers include Ali Fathollah-Nejad, billed as a “political scientist [...]
Posted on January 11th 2010 |
Iranian workers are on the offensive, reports Chris Strafford
2010 has begun the way 2009 ended in the Islamic Republic of Iran, with millions protesting in cities and towns across the country. But the dangers facing the Iranian people have undoubtedly increased over the last few weeks.
Further sanctions are being put in place, and Obama is [...]
Posted on December 17th 2009 |
Chris Strafford reports on the annual general meeting of Hands Off the People of Iran, where several members of CS were in attendance
On Saturday November 28 around 60 people gathered for Hands Off the People of Iran’s third conference. Motions condemning sanctions and threats of war against Iran and calling for a nuclear-free Middle East [...]
Posted on December 10th 2009 |
Ben Lewis reports on the green movement protest outside the Iranian embassy in London and the positive reception Hopi received
On Monday December 7, Hands Off the People of Iran activists attended a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy to mark Students Day. It was particularly important for those outside Iran to express our solidarity because this [...]
Posted on December 9th 2009 |
Callum Williamson looks at the re-emergence of the struggle in Greece
On Saturday 6th of December 2008 15 year old anarchist, Alexander Grigoropoulos, was shot dead by police in the Exarhia district of Athens. This was to spark weeks of rioting and the ascendance of a new movement in Greece. With this new movement came a [...]
Posted on October 30th 2009 |
Caitriona Rylance attended the latest Stop the War demo
Grand old Duke of York; no strategy
On Saturday October 24 around 5,000 protestors marched through central London on the Stop the War Coalition-organised demonstration against the war in Afghanistan.
Attendance was rather disappointing, especially in view of the fact it seemed virtually to have [...]
Posted on October 19th 2009 |
No Deportations to Iran!
Sheida Jahanbin, a former member of the Freedom and Equality Seeking Students in Iran, is facing deportation from the Netherlands where she resides in exile. Sheida is twenty seven years old. She was a student of Architecture and Graphic Design at the Azad University of Tehran before she was forced to abandon [...]
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