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Left platform lines up with Moussavi

Posted on February 15th 2010 | No comments

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 [...]

Support the Hopi week of action!

Posted on February 1st 2010 | No comments

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 [...]

Some thoughts on the proposed charter of the Communist Workers of Iran

Posted on January 28th 2010 | 1 comment
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Ben Lewis welcomes the initiative of Communist Workers of Iran and offers some fraternal criticisms

We welcome the political platform of the Communist Workers of Iran (CWI). We have proofed and edited the English text and are publishing it in the hope that, at a time when the Iranian masses are on the move once more, [...]

Iran: fighting over the corpse

Posted on December 17th 2009 | 1 comment
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As the two wings of the regime continue to squabble, the opposition movement grows in radicalism and confidence, write Chris Strafford of CS and Iranian socialist Yassamine Mather
There seems to be no end to the crisis which has erupted after Iranian state television showed protesters tearing down or burning images of ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini following [...]

HOPI AGM report

Posted on December 17th 2009 | No comments
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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 [...]

Green and red solidarity

Posted on December 10th 2009 | No comments
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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 [...]

Public meeting: Israel, Iran, the nuclear pretext and the threat of war

Posted on November 2nd 2009 | No comments

[ November 10, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Moshe Machover, Emeritus Professor at King’s College, Israeli socialist and anti-Zionist, will be speaking. Plenty of time for questions and debate- all welcome.
Public meeting hosted by Hands Off the People of Iran
7:30pm, Tuesday November 10th
Meeting room K.018, King’s College Strand Campus,
The Strand, London (tube: [...]

Do not deport Sheida Jahanbin!

Posted on October 19th 2009 | No comments
No Deportations to Iran!

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 [...]

Hands Off the People of Iran AGM

Posted on September 27th 2009 | No comments
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[ November 28, 2009; ]
Hopi Annual General Meeting

Come along to the HOPI AGM on November 28 to discuss the current situation in Iran and our plans for the future.

Venue: Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street, London NW1 1EE. More details will be posted soon, so watch this [...]

Glasgow HOPI meeting

Posted on September 22nd 2009 | No comments

[ September 23, 2009; 5:15 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Glasgow Caledonian University – Iran: reform or revolution?
Wednesday September 23, 17.15
Location: Room M142 , George Moore Building
Glasgow Caledonian University
email: office@hopoi.info

Hands Off the People of Iran’s campaign demands are:
** No to any imperialist intervention. The immediate and unconditional
end to sanctions on Iran.
** No to the theocratic regime!
** Opposition to Israeli expansionism and aggression
** Support to all [...]

 
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