Devouring the prey and drinking the blood of the slain

Netanyahu is bent on death, destruction and gore. Donald Trump gave the green light – that much is obvious. Now he has approved attack plans and is demanding ‘unconditional surrender’. Jack Conrad presents the communist alternative to capitalist barbarism and warWe long expected it. Now it has happened. Beginning in the early hours of Friday …

Zionism’s dual war aims

Netanyahu has been wanting to attack Iran for years. Now that the war with Iran has begun, he can finish the job in Gaza and the West Bank, warns Moshé MachoverIsrael’s war of aggression against Iran is anything but surprising. In fact, I predicted all this back in 2012, when I explained why Israel, specifically …

US – Israel war on Iran

Peering into the darkness Yassamine Mather questions the western nuclear bomb narrative, discounts the chances of managed regime change and insists that Israel’s war is not only against the regime. Millions of ordinary Iranians are in danger and must be defendedIn its compliance with the US agenda, the media keep telling us that Israel’s current …

“Oh West”: Delinking from the Coloniality of Iranian Imagination

Payam Hassanzadeh Ghalebsaz Almost six months after the start of what then came to be rightly known as “Women, Life, Freedom” revolution (I prefer revolution because although it has not yet toppled down the state, reducing it to the act of overthrowing the government is itself a reduction within the logic of coloniality, besides revolutions …

Unternehmen, Verbände und Institutionen – ihr Einfluss auf die Verbesserung des Landes

In der heutigen Welt spielen Unternehmen, Konzerne und Institutionen eine wichtige Rolle in der Wirtschaft eines jeden Landes. Ihr Einfluss zeigt sich auf allen Ebenen, von der Bereitstellung offener Stellen über die Umsetzung von Innovationen bis hin zur Entwicklung öffentlicher Kommunikation. Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit der Untersuchung verschiedener Elemente des Einflusses der Wirtschaft auf …

Shoras, party and programme

Illusions in so-called bourgeois democracy persist – as do illusions in workers’ councils. Mike Macnair stresses the necessity of a mass party As Yassamine Mather has pointed out in her contribution, the Iranian left is affected by illusions in the possible role of shoras (councils) as an alternative to the regime. However, there were widespread …

Protests and the bigger picture

This is Yassamine Mather’s introduction to a recent meeting on the protests in Iran- watch the video here. A google-translated Farsi version is here: We are here to discuss recent events in Iran and their national and regional repercussions. The demonstrations have been going on for four months now. The regime has reacted by executing …

Rebuild on solid foundations

Yassamine Mather celebrates the continuing mass protests, recognises their limitations, laments the parlous state of the left and urges unity around the basic principles upheld by Hopi (This article is based on Yassamine’s talk in this video) You would not know from the media that the protests are continuing – they are now entering a …

Iran protests continue

Yassamine Mather celebrates the current wave of mass protests, the youth, the bravery. However, lack of serious organisation, coordination and a strategic plan is a real problem that must be addressed The current wave of protests, which started almost two months ago, seem to be getting stronger with every day that passes. They are by …