August 29 will once again see Hands Off the People of Iran play the Labour Representation Committee in their annual solidarity cricket match to raise £1,500 for the charity Workers Fund Iran, which raises money for Iranian workers. (workersfund.org). In the face of an enormous political and economic crisis, a new round of UN sanctions… Continue reading LRC vs HOPI: Solidarity Cricket Match – August 29
Category: Events
Screenings of ‘Offside’ in Glasgow and Manchester
Manchester Thursday May 18, 6.30pm Club Academy, University of Manchester Students’ Union Oxford Road Glasgow Friday May 21, 7pm Centre for Contemporary Arts 350 Sauchiehall Street Over two months since his arrest, Panahi, whose most famous films are the widely acclaimed The circle (winner of the Golden Lion prize at the Vienna film festival in… Continue reading Screenings of ‘Offside’ in Glasgow and Manchester
Solidarity screening of ‘Offside’
With comedy from Shappi Khorsandi and an introduction by John McDonnell MP. The event is co-sponsored by the Labour Representation Committee (click here to read their letter, urging support for the event). For details of screenings in Glasgow and Manchester, click here) Wednesday, May 12, 6pm. Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1 Jafar Panahi… Continue reading Solidarity screening of ‘Offside’
Women’s Day March, March 7 2010, in London
If you are outraged by 31 years of anti-women Islamic laws against Iranian women! If you are disgusted by 31 years religious oppression and repression! If your heart is full of pain because of fallen heroines such as Neda and Taraneh! If you hate the inequality and discrimination against women! If you oppose patriarchy in… Continue reading Women’s Day March, March 7 2010, in London
M.R. Shalgouni: The current situation in Iran and our tasks (Sweden)
Our tasks As part of Hands Off the People of Iran’s ‘Week of Action’ supporters of HOPI and Rahe Kargar in Sweden have organised these meeting on the tasks at hand for revolutionaries with regards to Iran. The meetings will be in Farsi Meetings with Mohamad Reza Shalgouni The current situation in Iran and our… Continue reading M.R. Shalgouni: The current situation in Iran and our tasks (Sweden)
Week of action, February 13-20 2010
Hands Off the People of Iran is launching a week of action in solidarity with the grassroots opposition movement in Iran, running from Saturday, February 13 to Saturday, February 20. This will see fundraising events, protest actions and meetings. Comrades around the country are coming forward with ideas for activities that range from pickets and… Continue reading Week of action, February 13-20 2010
Iran, war and oil – speaking tour with Cyrus Bina
Cyrus Bina, author of “The economics of the oil crisis”, is undertaking a speaking tour of Britain next week with meetings in Manchester, Glasgow and London. All are welcome to attend and contribute to the discussion. MANCHESTER: Tuesday November 24, 8pm: ‘Iran, oil and the working class’, meeting room 4, University of Manchester … Student… Continue reading Iran, war and oil – speaking tour with Cyrus Bina
Public meeting: Israel, Iran, the nuclear pretext and the threat of war
Israeli anti-Zionist Moshe Machover of the Hopi Steering Committee will discuss what lies behind the renewed threats of intervention and increased sanctions against Iran from the US and Israel, and the utter hypocrisy of the nuclear pretext for ‘regime change’ in their own interests. Come along to join in the discussion and meet others committed… Continue reading Public meeting: Israel, Iran, the nuclear pretext and the threat of war
Hopi Annual General Meeting
Saturday November 28 2009 Somers Town Community Centre, 150 Ossulston Street, London NW1 1EE (near Euston station). Registration from 10am. Download a leaflet here: AGM leaflet front leaflet back Since the June 2009 elections, the situation in Iran has dramatically changed. Thousands have taken to the streets in defiant protest – despite the Iranian regime’s… Continue reading Hopi Annual General Meeting
Hopi Emergency Meeting: What lies behind the crisis in Iran?
Hopi Emergency Meeting What lies behind the crisis in Iran? With Yassamine Mather and Moshe Machover. Followed by a fundraising social. 20 June 2009, 2pm Caxton House,129 St. John’s Way London, N19 3RQ Iranian society is convulsed by a political crisis on a scale not seen for 30 years. Masses of Iranian people have… Continue reading Hopi Emergency Meeting: What lies behind the crisis in Iran?