Below is an article which appeared on the Iranian website Eshterak reporting on the barbaric treatment of two political prisoners. Communist Students has always been steadfast in defending those fighting the regime in Iran and as the drive towards war increases we all need to remember that opposing imperialist sanctions and war threats go hand ...
Vahed bus drivers' union executive member Reza Shahabi has been sentenced to 6 years in prison and a further five year ban from trade union activism. He has also been ordered to return around secen million Toman's which had been raised in solidarity to help imprisoned trade union activists. This is after two and a ...
Sign the petition here We demand the immediate release of Dr. Fariborz Raisdana We have learned the astonishing news of “Dr. Raisdana’s arrest” by the security agents of the Islamic republic on the early morning of December 19th, 2010 at his home in Tehran. Dr. Fariborz Raisdana is a well known intellectual, economist, social activist, and active ...
From Libcom.org - In early December 2010, in the context of struggle against cuts and privatisation, students in university occupations at UCL, Manchester, Sheffield, SOAS, Brighton, Goldsmiths and Bath write a solidarity massage to Iranian students. A few days later, Iranian students inside the country as well as studying abroad respond. To our fellow students in Iran: We ...
The public sector strike victory has been won despite, not because of, the SACP, writes Peter Manson As I write, the two-week South African public sector strike that has particularly hit schools and hospitals is on the verge of being settled. Over a million workers belonging to unions affiliated to the Congress ...
Students across the country have been fighting back against job cuts in Higher Education as the government is attempting to offload some of the crisis onto students and education workers. As part of the 'National Wave' organised by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts students at the University of Westminster went into occupation for ...
RALLY OUTIDE THE ISRAELI EMBASSY - No to oppressive arrests! - No to prisoners of conscience! - No to occupation! Israeli occupation forces detained Mohammad Othman on the 22nd of September, 2009. Mohammad was detained while trying to return to the West Bank over the border from Jordan. Mohammad has spent the summer touring Europe, and was returning ...