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 ...
Below is a statement organised by Iranian left activists. The Farsi version is linked at the bottom of this piece Following the recent rumours of a military attack on Iran, several Israeli citizens have initiated a campaign, opposing the probable war of the American and Israeli states against Iran. In doing so, they are sending messages ...
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 ...
Liverpool postie Dave Carr explains why students should back the Postal Strike and build solidarity on campus. 1. Why are postal workers striking? The reason the CWU are giving is because Royal Mail are failing to honour the agreement struck to end the 2007 strikes. Many changes have been made, but Royal Mail now wishes ...
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 ...
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 space!
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 ...
Saturday October 17 2009 Manchester University Student Union, Oxford Road Meeting Room 1, 10am - 6pm Capitalism is in its deepest crisis since the 1930s. The world is at an historic turning point. The crisis comes at an enormous human cost – soaring unemployment, house repossessions, wage cuts and attacks on basic services and social security provision. The ...
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? ...
Bailiffs are arriving at 10.30 on Wednesday morning. Hands Off Lewisham Bridge are asking for your support in resisting the eviction. We need as many people as possible to stay overnight on Tuesday. If you can't stay overnight then please come down as early as possible on Wednesday morning to support the occupation. We want to let ...
Protests have been called following a raid on the cleaning staff at the School of Oriental and African Studies by 40-50 armored police from the Immigration and Border Agency. Nick Jones reports. At 6.30am on Friday the 12th the company that sub-contracts SOAS' cleaning staff called a meeting of the employees, having assembled in the main ...
The most recent advancements made by the Sri Lankan government, in that country’s 30 year civil war, have evidenced sheer brutality. Whilst the official target of the government’s campaign is the notorious rebel group the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), this has frequently operated as a smokescreen for institutional persecution of the islands Tamil ...