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Campaign: Hands off the People of Iran
 No to imperialist war! No to the theocratic regime

 

In memoriam Mansur Khaksar
 

Editors

Mehdi Kia

Yassamine Mather

Ardeshir Mehrdad

Editorial Board

Aziz Al Azmeh

Hamid Dabashi

Bridget Fowler

Khalil Hindi

Mansour Khaksar

Moshe Machover

István Mészáros

Nasser Mohajer

Younes Parsa Benab

Simon Pirani

Haifa Zangana

 

 

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Egypt: Islamists courted by imperialists Yassamine Mather   Jan 23  
Paralysis of 'either-or' strategy in Palestine Salim Tamari            Jan 22  
Road to Tantua Film by Hala Gabriel Jan 20  
Will new sanctions on Iran cost Obama his presidency? Juan Cole             Jan 5  
Class and capitalism in the Gulf - the political economy of the GCC Adam Hanieh,
Ed Lewis                     Jan 4		  
Iraq after withdrawal II: the spectre of sects Alaa al-Lami              Jan 3  
Iran: narrowing the options on the table Farideh Farhi        Dec 16  
Explaining the longevity of the Iranian regime Yassamine Mather Dec 15  
The stochastic approach to political economy: A radical alternative Moshe Machover Dec 7  
In Egypt street protests set the agenda Mona El-Ghobashi Nov 28  
Who said Gaddafi had to go? Hugh Roberts       Nov 15  
Egypt's bloody Sunday Mariz Tardoz          Oct 19  
Explaining the longevity of the Iranian regime Yassamine Mather Oct 10  
'Zionist' negotiating strategy' sham Moshe Machover  Oct 1  
Instant obsolescencClass e of the Turkish model Spengler         Aug 10  
Iran: Reformists crave reconciliation Yassamine Mather
                                   Aug 6		  
Egypt: The Islamists are coming Amani Maged   Aug 3  
Arab spring and the role of unity Moshé Machover Jul 30  
Unfolding the Syrian paradox Alastair Crooke July 21  
Nato's civilian victims in Libya Franklin Lamb   July 15  
Pakistan, the army and the conflict within P Hoodbhoy  July 14  
Egypt: striking back at Egyptian workers Hesham Sallam  July 13  
Libya: an uncertain future - a report Paris May 2011  
Syria: interview with Wajdy Mustafa                              June 20   
What next in Iran? Josh Eideleson   June 19  
Did Egypt really open Rifah crossing? Ramzy Barud     June 19  
Al-Qaeda leader targets near enemy M B al-Shishani June 18  
Syria: Allies not leaders Bassel Oudat     June 18  
Iran: It won't be easy Hamid Dabashi  May 21  
Iran: Khamenei chastises Ahmadinejad Yassamine Mather
                                   May 20
No exit: Yemen's existential crisis Sheila Carapico  May 18  
Bahrain unrest: Medical neutrality violated BMJ editorial   May 15  
The reawakening of Nahda in Tunesia Graham Usher    May 12  
Asad's lost chances Carsten Wieland 
                                    May 11		  
The praxis of the Egyptian revolution Mona el-Ghobashi
                                   May 10		  
Egypt's revolution 100 days on Scott Burchill     May 9  
Egypt's workers: between party politics and unionisation Noha El-Hennawy
                                    May 1		  
Bahrain: wounded arrested in hospitals MSF                    Apr 15  
Palestine: Permanent temporariness Alastair Crook    Apr 11  
Long Road to Arab Revolution Moshe Machover Apr 10  
Libya: Obama's Franco moment James Petras       Apr 10  
Egypt without Mubarak Joshua Stacher    Apr 7
Who are the Libyan freedom fighters and their patrons? Peter Dale Scott  Mar 30  
Libya intervention threatens Arab spring Phillys Bennis    Mar 28  
Neo-liberal restructuring of Turkeys social security system S Cosar & M Yegenoglu
                                        Mar 27		  
Intervening in Libya Vijay Prashad       Mar 26  
Ahmadinejad slapped Yassamine Mather Mar 23  
Libyan developments Gilbert Achcar    Mar 21  
Arab revolutions: end to post 1967 problematic Samer Frangie   Mar 17  
Israel's historic loss Saleh Al-Naami   Mar 3  
Egypt in movement Semir Amin           Mar 03  
Reinventing the Muslim Brotherhood Ashraf El-Sherif  Feb 21  
Revolution post-islamiste Olivier Roy        Feb 11  
Islamists and the Egyptian revolution Hosam Tammam   Feb 13  
Egypt and the post-Islamist middle east Asef Bayat           Feb 8       
Middle east: grounds for optimism Moshe Machover Feb 3  
Tehran: A paradox city Asef Bayat            Jan 6     
Lions, foxes and asses - Iran and Wikileaks Yassamine Mather Dec 29  
The imagery of Edward Said Marina Warner    Dec 19  
Wikileaks: US and IAEA chief
Iran: sanctions take their toll Yassamine Mather Nov 18  
Theses on the present crisis Hillel Ticktin       Nov 17  
The enigma of capital and the crisis this time David Harvey       Nov 17  
Republican victory and US Afghan and Iran policy Robert Naiman     Nov 15
Corruption perception index -Iran ranks 146                                  Nov 5   
Tough questions for Hamas Heidar Eid             Nov 4  
Occupation and political corruption in Israel Uri Avneri              Nov 5  
Behind Egypt's deep red lines Mariz Tadros           Nov 4  
No chance for a two state Haneen Zoabi          Nov 2  
Iran: Sanctions turn to Cyberwar Yassamine Mather  Oct 12  
Palestine and Obama Taiq Ali                    Oct 8  
The Iran threat Noam Chomsky       Oct 1  
Obama attack on Iran: The point of no return Jeffrey Goldberg      Sep 28  
Spin and Lies in the US Yassamine Mather Sep 26  
Iran: regime divided and paralysed by sanctions Yassamine Mather  July 23  
Origin of violence in Kyrgyzstan Madeleine Reeves   July 9  
Mubarak's last breath Adam Shatz               June 6  
Opposition to imperialism does not mean support for Ahmadinejad Mohammad Reza Shalguni                           Apr 8
Iran: A new warm-up?   Wildcat                   Dec 18  
Iran: The entire regime is target Yassamine Mather  Dec15  
Fatwa shopping Jeremy Harding     Dec 12  
Obama and Iran: no way back from policy of escalation Mike Macnair        Dec 5  
Is it the oil, stupid? Cyrus Bina              Nov 24  
The migrant condition Walter Bello         Nov 22  
For debate: theories of class consciousness and organisation P Topliss                Nov 21  
Iran: Workers gain new courage Yassamine Mather Nov 20  
Green road to nowhere Yassamine Mather Nov 4  
The CIA's Afghan payroll Gareth Porter        Nov 3  
The tragedy of the Left's discourse on Iran Saeed Rahnema    Nov 1  
Islamism and Westernism Hamid Dabashi    Oct 28
The Iranian coup three months on Mehdi Kia             Oct 11  
Eight years of big lies on Afghanistan James Bovard       Oct 11  
Israel's fear of Jewish girls dating Arabs Jonathan Cook      Sep 30  
Why Afghan intellectuals are in despair Eshan Azari              Sep 27  
Iran: the tragedy and the future Roger Cohen        Aug 25  
Iran: names of 78 persons killed in Farsi                   July 28
Venezuela: socialism for the 21st century Peter Bohmer          Aug 4  
Out of step with the masses Yassamine Mather  July 31  
Iran's tide of history: Counter-revolution and after Fred Halliday      July 30  
Iran: People power Hamid Dabashi   July 30  
Tariq Ali on the North West frontier Tariq Ali               July 17  
Berlusconi in Tehran Slavoj Zizek        July 16  
Marxists must stand firm against Ahmadinejad Maziar Razi         July 14  
Looking in the wrong place Hamid Dabashi   July 10
Interview with Ervand Abrahamian on Iran election Amira Haas         July 9  
Iran: Fight on two fronts Mike Mcnair          July 4  
Iran and leftist confusion Reese Erlich           June 30
Worker protest in the age of Ahmadinejad Mohammad Maljoo
                              June 28		  
Beginning of the end Yassamine Mather
                                June 26		  
Iran election: A downward spiral and a new beginning Mehdi Kia                                       June 24  
Analysis of news from Iran - 2 Yasssamine Mather
                            June 23		  
Analysis of news from Iran Yassamine Mather
                             June 22		  
Report from a Tehran hospital HOPI
Videos from the Hopi Emergency Solidarity Meeting HOPI
More images of Iran  
Death to the Islamic republic Yassamine Mather
                               June 19		  
Iran: pictures of protest  
Lebanon: real winners are elsewhere Assaf Kfouri          June 19  
Israel-Palestine - Strategic lines and tactical slogans Mike Macnair          June 4  
Israeli aggression and 3D politics Ehud Ein-Gil & Moshe Machover                 Jun 4  
Book Review:  Mishal Khalid Adam Shatz  
Way forward for the anti-war movement Yassamine Mather
                                  May 7		  

Israel-Palestine: Breaking the chain of Zionist oppression

Moshe Machover  Apr 2

  

Palestine: strategic lines and tactical slogans

Mike Macnair         Apr 16

  
Iran: Attempt to damn Marxism backfires Yassamine Mather
                                 Apr 16		  
Palestine: Dead and buried Yassamine Mather  
                                 Mar 19		  
Turkey at the crossroads Esen Uslu                Apr 1  
Iran: Austerity and corruption Yassamine Mather  
                                  Apr 10		  
Israeli Lobby: The lobby falters J Mearsheimer        Mar 29  
Return to Gaza Amira Hass            Mar 24  
Palestine: Two state solution dead and buried Yassamine Mather
                                 Mar 19		  
Gaza's future Henry Siegman      Mar10  
Israel's lies Henry Siegman     Mar 10  
Alain Badiou in Glasgow                                   Mar 8
Rewriting history Homayoun Azad  Mar 8  
Gaza pictures                                      Mar 3
Hell for Palestinians Moshe Machover Mar 3  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
   
     
     
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 
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