November 4 2008 Barack Obama’s victory has enthused millions of people across the globe. But anti-war activists should be careful not to cheer him too loudly. Much was made of his claim to want to meet Iran’s president Ahmadinejad “without preconditions” to sort out the ‘disagreements’. And, after all, both have quite a lot in …
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October 16 2008 Does the current economic crisis and the collapse of banks and financial institutions mean the threat of war against Iran has subsided? We believe that the opposite is true. In the past, capitalism in decline has often turned to external war to solve its problems at home. There are reports that influential …
John McDonnell- the anti-war movement and challenges faced by HOPI Bill Bowring and Mike Macnair- War, human rights, and humanitarian interventions David Mather and Amir Javaheri Langaroudi – The working class Torab Saleth – The 1979 Revolution and its aftermath Moshe Machover – Iran, Israel, and nuclear weapons Christine Cooper – The effects of sanctions …
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Hopi’s two day school reflects its resonance in the working class. Chris Strafford reports Over the weekend of June 14-15 Hands Off the People of Iran held a successful school, with around 70 people attending some or all of the sessions. All the openings were recorded and will soon be available on the Hopi website. …
June 6, for immediate release AS IMPERIALIST THREATS AGAINST IRAN GROW, SECOND UK UNION AFFILIATES TO HOPI Delegates to the June 2-6 Nottingham conference of the train drivers’ union, Aslef, voted unaminously to make their union the second to affiliate to Hands Off the People of Iran in just 2 weeks. They joined the PCS, …
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Delegates to the May 21-23 conference of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) voted overwhelmingly to affiliate to Hands Off the People of Iran. The PCS is the first national union to support Hopi, which fights: Against imperialist war on Iran For the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of US/UK troops from Iraq and all …
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Yassamine Mather from HOPI speaks on Iran and Imperialism at Communist University North on May 3 2008.
Part one Torab Saleth looks at the nature of the Iranian regime and its relationship with the United States. He describes the history of the conflict and goes behind the current media speculation to explain what is really going on in the Middle East.
What sort of solidarity do workers in Iran need? Click here to download the leaflet that we will be distributing on March 6 Supporters of Hands Off the People of Iran will be taking part in the day of action on March 6 to highlight the plight of Iranian trade unionists currently languishing in the …
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This debate took place at the Soho Theatre, London, on January 29th 2008. There are four videos, or an MP3 of the meeting can be downloaded. 1. Yassamine Mather opens the debate 2. Yassamine Mather continued 3. Nick Cohen responds 4. Nick Cohen continued
