Islamist jihadism is a modern, not an ancient, phenomenon. Yassamine Mather looks at causes, social roots and terrible consequences In the aftermath of every Islamist terror attacks in America, Europe or the UK, such as the stabbing of Tory MP David Amess, we hear the ‘analysts’ and media pundits come up with the same nonsense… Continue reading Bitter fruit of imperialism
Honouring the victims
On October 9 a group of Iranian revolutionaries, now mainly based in North America and Europe, organised an online meeting to commemorate the 1988 massacre of political prisoners. Among the speakers were Yassamine Mather, Shahin Chitsaz and Mike Macnair In recent years – especially since the start of the nuclear confrontations/negotiations between Iran’s Islamic Republic… Continue reading Honouring the victims
Meeting commemorating the massacre of political prisoners in the 1980’s
Solidarity with the people’s struggles in Iran Commemoration of the massacre of Iranian political prisoners during the 1980s & in 1988 Speakers: Shahin Chitsaz: Iran’s Islamic Republic fears the power of struggle and resistance of women political prisoners Mike Macnair: Why Iran’s Islamic Republic is not anti-imperialist Moshe Machover: Iran-Israel – Hot war / cold… Continue reading Meeting commemorating the massacre of political prisoners in the 1980’s
Centrality of class independence
Khomeini and the clergy completely outmanoeuvred the left. But it need not have been that way. In his second and concluding article on the role of oil workers in the 1979 revolution, Peyman Jafari stresses the complex nature of ideology and class consciousness On January 12 1979, two weeks after the Oil Strikes Coordinating Committee… Continue reading Centrality of class independence
Surviving against all the odds
Why are the leaders of the Islamic Republic still looking so confident? The answer lies in the dismal failures of the global hegemon, argues Yassamine Mather The ceremonies marking the inauguration of the new Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, could not have come at a worse time for the country’s rulers. Despite Raisi’s repeated reassurances that… Continue reading Surviving against all the odds
Critique webinar in Persian
نشریه‌ی کریتیک Critique برگزار می‌کند:وبینار خوزستان در آینه‌ی اقتصاد سیاسی___________سخنرانان • اردشیر مهرداد (پژوهشگر و سردبیر پیشین ایران بولتن)• کاوه احسانی (پژوهشگر و استادیار دانشگاه دی‌پال)___________چهار‌شنبه 20 مردادماه، 11 اوتساعت 21 به وقت تهران، 18:30 به وقت اروپای مرکز___________برای حضور در وبینار در لینک زیر ثبت‌نام کنید: https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_c2Z2yrD-RaqRMWcGwxgGzw
The Imam, the strikers and the black, black oil
There are rich lessons for today in the experiences of the oil strikes of 1978. In the first of two articles Peyman Jafari charts the incredibly difficult struggle for organisation, hegemony and strategy “We are melting away,” lamented the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, on December 26 1978 in a phone tap of a conversation with… Continue reading The Imam, the strikers and the black, black oil
Anger finds open expression
From Isfahan to Tabriz, Karaj to Tehran, the slogans are clear: ‘Death to the dictator’, ‘Shame on Khamenei’, ‘Hands off Iran’. Yassamine Mather reports on the upsurge of protests Protests over the lack of clean water that started in the Iranian province of Khuzestan have now spread to other parts of the country. In Lorestan,… Continue reading Anger finds open expression
170 signatures in support of striking oil workers
Rahe Kargar, or ‘Left Unity’ in Farsi, have published a list of those who have added their signatures to the latest statement by striking oil workers. View the PDF below (mostly in Farsi).
Webinar on the oil workers’ strike (in Farsi)
وبینار نشریه‌ی کریتیک با محمد مالجو و پرویز صداقت با موضوع واکاوی اعتصاب کارگران نفت و گاز