This video is from the recent Hands Off the People of Iran (HOPI) weekend school which took place in London over June 14 - 15. As well as being a member of the HOPI steering committee, Moshé Machover is an Israeli socialist, a founding member (1962) of the Socialist Organization in Israel (Matzpen). In the 1970s ...
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 ...
Here we publish a letter that has been sent to Communist Student from comrade Charlie Pottins. The issue of an academic boycott is certainly one that has not been debated fully or seriously by most of the left, so we hope that this letter can stimulate some debate here on our blog... Dear Comrades, After hearing that ...
As Israel's brutal blockade of the Gaza Strip continues and Palestinian despair intensifies, what should be the response of the left? By Ken Crisp The desperate suffering of the people of Palestine was again brought to the world's attention on January 23, as thousands of Palestinians broke through the border wall at the Rafah passage and ...
First published in Communist Student no.3 Should communists support the campaign for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions? Dave Isaacson discusses the issue At the University and College Union's inaugural conference on May 30 2007, a motion was passed committing the union to debate the arguments for and against an academic boycott of Israeli universities. As the ...