In 2003, Baha Mousa was arrested with nine other Iraqis by British troops in Basra. Two days later, he was dead; in the intervening time, according to the coroner, he had suffered 93 distinct physical injuries. Nine years later, an inquiry into his death - and the treatment he and the others suffered at the hands ...
Has the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty lost its marbles? Ben Lewis (CS) and Mark Fischer (CPGB) ponder the evidence You may wonder what sort of day people in the Alliance for Workers’ Liberty had on February 27. Was it perhaps a frenetic whirl of buzzing activity, as comrades prepared for a huge new campaigning effort? Did ...
Dave Isaacson experiences lies and deception at StW rally On Saturday September 6 the Stop the War Coalition held a pre-term national student meeting at Birkbeck College in London to try to rally the troops ahead of the upcoming freshers’ fairs, which will soon take place at universities across the UK. Though I forgot to do a ...
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 ...
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, ...
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Delegates at the National Union of Teachers' conference voted yesterday to "support teachers and schools in opposing Ministry of Defence recruitment activities that are based upon misleading propaganda". The motion also called for the immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, and for protests if there is any attack on Iran. Check out these ...
This just in from the ISC: the Iraqi puppet government is going to end the rationing system, which will leave millions in absolute poverty. Their letter is posted below. Dear Comrades, please find below a link to the online petition against the planned elimination of the ration system in Iraq, which the US/UK protected Iraqi government want ...