Unremarkable volte-face The SWP has raised more than a few eyebrows on the left with its coverage of the recent protests in Iran, writes Jim Grant Allies, opponents and even some members (the editors of the infamous Lenin’s Tomb blog, for example) expected either grim silence or tacit backing for the supposed victor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Yet it ...
James Turley welcomes the declarations supporting the masses in Iran but warns against fake anti-imperialism Hal Draper’s excellent pamphlet, The two souls of socialism, ends with a challenge: “When the demonstrations and boycotts of the southern negroes threatened to embarrass president [Lyndon] Johnson as he faced an election, the question was: which side are you on? ...
To carry on our attempt to help aid our comrades and friends in Iran we are posting up the details of the next major rallies. Saturday 4.00pm Revolution Square Rahpeymaiye baadi Shanbe 4:00 pm Meidan Enghelab Next rally Sat 4:00 pm Enghelab square
Comrades the below picture shows the front cover of the newspaper Keyhan, where it shows that the Ahmadinejad demonstration on Sunday was put through photoshop to replicate parts of the crowd. The same method was used to produce photos of a rocket launch where one of the rockets failed to get off the ground. This furthers ...
This video from the BBC website shows a secret rally demanding that Ahmadinejad resign. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/8100739.stm
Yassamine Mather, chair of Hands Off the People of Iran, assesses the highly fluid situation in Iran: It is no surprise that the highly contested results of the presidential elections in Iran have sparked unrest in Tehran and other cities across Iran. The level of cheating on display seems crazy even by the standards of ...
Internationalism must be a principle which we make concrete, writes Dave Isaacson The level of repression against radical activists and voices of opposition to the Islamic Republic in Iran has increased in the recent weeks. Activists from the students’, women’s and workers’ movements, as well as those from national and religious minorities, have all suffered violent ...
Imperialist threats against Iran have been stepped up once again, writes Communist Students member James Turley: Last July, during a Youtube debate, Barack Obama (now de facto official Democrat presidential candidate) promised he would talk to the leaders of what are perceived as anti-American states - Venezuela, Cuba and Iran among them. This rather mild pledge, in ...