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 her studies and ...
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? ...
Ben Lewis reports on Hopi’s assessments and calls for the SWP to coordinate principled solidarity Over 40 comrades attended the June 20 meeting called by Hands Off the People of Iran. Those present were mainly Hopi members, but a good number of new faces came along to hear an analysis of developments in Iran rather different ...
Defend Trade Unionists in Iran - Down with Sanctions and Imperialist threats Friday 26 June, 12.30 -1.30pm, Iranian embassy, 16 Prince’s Gate, London SW7 1PT This demonstration has been called in support of trade unionists, such Mansoor Osanloo, and social activists who are now languishing in Iran's jails. The demonstration is to show support for our comrades in ...
Emergency Meeting - Saturday June 20 With Yassamine Mather and Moshe Machover. Followed by a fundraising social. 20 June 2009, 2pm Caxton House,129 St. John's Way London, N19 3RQ Iranian society is convulsed by a political crisis on a scale not seen for over a decade. Masses of Iranian people have taken to the streets ...
Members from Manchester and Sheffield Communist Students attended the May Day march and rally in Manchester. It was a small affair attracting between 400 and 500 people. We distributed copies of Communist Student, the Weekly Worker and HOPI 'Smash the Sanctions' leaflets. Below is a report from the blog Infantile and Disorderly, which is run by ...
Struggles in Iran Bulletin - 29/4/2009 Below is a collection of some of the struggles that are going on within Iran at this time. As the situation is constantly changing we hope to keep as many people up to date with bulletins when we can get them out. There are many practical things you can do ...
Struggles in Iran Bulletin - 23/4/2009 Below is a collection of some of the struggles that are going on within Iran at this time. As the situation is constantly changing we hope to keep as many people up to date with bulletins when we can get them out. There are many practical things you can do ...
Communist Students are extremely worried about the well being of comrade Mohammad Pour Abdollah in Iran. As regular readers will be aware the he was held in solitary confinement for over a month in Evin prison. Abdollah has been severely interrogated and tortured during in his imprisonment. Abdollah has since been moved to Qezel Hesar ...
Twenty students at Noushirvan University in Babol were prevented from entering the campus, insulted, and beaten by the University Guards and plainclothes security officers who met them in front of the campus on 13 April 2009. Students at Noushirvan University started an unlimited sit in on 11 April 2009, after they were threatened by university authorities ...
Called by Manchester Hands Off the People of Iran Hands Off the Students of Iran - 25 March Day of Action Manchester 1pm University of Manchester Students' Union Manchester HOPI along with our friends in Manchester's Iranian community are calling a day of action on the 25 March at the University of Manchester Students' Union (UMSU) ...
Regular readers will be aware of the continued heroic struggle of Iranian students against the Iranian regime. Today four more student leaders and comrades were attacked at home and arrested. Their names are Amirhosein Mohammadifar, Sanaz Allahyari, Nasim Roshanai and Maryam Sheikh all in their early twenties. They all belong to the Freedom and Equality ...