Official reaction to the atrocities in France demonstrates once again that imperialism has no answers, writes Yassamine Mather in the 19th November issue of the Weekly Worker: http://weeklyworker.co.uk/worker/1083/making-matters-worse/
BBC Persian TV debate on Russian involvement in Syria
Featuring HOPI’s Yassamine Mather (in Farsi).
Useful articles on the Kurdish question
Two articles from the 15th October issue of the Weekly Worker: Fruits of intervention Yassamine Mather surveys the mess that imperialism has created Their Kurdistan and ours Dariush Zand, communist medic
BBC Interview on election of Jeremy Corbyn
With Yassamine Mather on BBC Persian (in Farsi)
BBC TV interview Yassamine Mather on Islamic State and Paris Attacks
Two culpable rivals
What lies behind the Mecca tragedy? On September 24, the Saudi authorities told the world that 769 pilgrims had been killed and 863 injured during what was described as a “stampede” in Mecca, as Muslim pilgrims were beginning the Hajj ritual. A few days later, however, it was claimed that Saudi officials had given Indian… Continue reading Two culpable rivals
John McDonnell: honorary president of HOPI now shadow chancellor
Hands Off the People of Iran congratulates Labour’s John McDonnell on his appointment as shadow chancellor. The MP for Hayes and Harlington was a founding member of HOPI and is honorary president of the organisation. He has consistently opposed imperialist intervention in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East, as well as supporting movements for democracy from below. We… Continue reading John McDonnell: honorary president of HOPI now shadow chancellor
Jeremy Corbyn’s Contradictory Foreign Policy
Long before Tony Blair took the country into a disastrous war with Iraq, the foreign policy implemented by the Labour Party, in government and in opposition, had been virtually indistinguishable from that pursued by the Conservative Party, especially in relation to former colonies and the Middle East. There were Labour members of the war cabinet… Continue reading Jeremy Corbyn’s Contradictory Foreign Policy
The Iran Deal Would Mean an End to “Regime Change From Above”
Stanley Heller interviews Yassamine Mather, Iranian exile, about the Iranian-US nuclear deal. 8/9/2015 : what the U.S. government was trying to do, the false hope that Iran after an “Islamic Revolution” would be free from imperial pressure, the frequent use of the death penalty in Iran and what the Iranian regime is doing in Syria. … Continue reading The Iran Deal Would Mean an End to “Regime Change From Above”
Yassamine Mather in BBC debate on US air raids against Islamic State and the attitude of the international left
A debate shown Monday 3rd August on US air raids against Islamic State and the attitude of the international left regarding foreign military intervention.