The next Afghan war As up to 5,000 more British troops are sent to fight in Afghanistan, Paul Rogers from Open Democracy examines the changing situation in the volatile country and looks at what will face the soldiers on their arrival.
Tehran bus workers under attack - update Hundreds of striking bus workers of the state-owned Vahed bus company are still in detention in Tehran today following the vicious attack by thousands of members of the security forces on their strike on Saturday 28th January.
Tehran - mass arrests of striking bus drivers Iranian bus drivers in Tehran are on strike again, in the face of mass arrests and repression, including the families of the four main union leaders.
'Leaded/Unleaded'- the story of the 2004 Beirut general strike now online In 2004 a general strike was called in the Lebanon against rocketing prices and poor social provision. During demonstrations the army opened fire killing five.
Iranian bus drivers arrested after no fares action Fourteen leaders of Tehran’s transport workers’ union were arrested last month after staging a no-ticket action (when bus drivers refused to collect fares) against Sherkate Vahed, a state owned bus company, to demand higher wages.
About class struggle in Iraq - ICG The Internationalist Communist Group and class struggle in Iraq around 1991. We do not agree with the ICG on many issues but reproduce this article for reference.
1990-1991: A Comrade's Testimony: A Journey to Iraq (includes leaflets from Kurdish areas) From Communism #7.
The Kurdistan shoras resistance - Anarchist Federation Short article with patchy information about the movements of Shoras - workers' councils - in Kurdistan, 1990-91, after the first Gulf War.
Appeal from sacked Tehran transport workers Organising efforts by the Syndicate of Workers Of Tehran and Suburbs Bus Company in the Vahed Bus Company have resulted in the dismissal of 17 union activists.
Ten days that shook Iraq - inside information from an uprising, by Wildcat (UK) An account of the uprisings in Southern Iraq and Kurdistan in 1990-91 which involved large numbers…