Understanding the period - Class analysis and events in the Arab world
Submitted by Devrim on Apr 5 2011 20:09
Article by the Turkish section of the ICC outlining the nature of the recent events in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya and across the Middle East and trying to draw an understanding of the current situation internationally.
Do Kurdish people lack a state?
This was originally written for a festival on 1st September 1996, which was called "Peace in Kurdistan Festival". It is our task to highlight briefly the situation in Kurdistan and refute the crocodile tears by capitalists and their media over Kurdistan. From Subversion #20 (1996)
The Misery of Islam - Al-Djouhall
A critique of Islam as a tool of the powerful, with reference to workers' struggles in Muslim countries, written in 1989.
The Trouble with Irshad Manji
An article about the poverty of Irshad Manji's anti-Islam stances.
Paradise Now, dir. Hany Abu-Assad, 2006. Film review
Reviews of controversial Oscar nominee for best foreign film
Iran: Lightning strike at Haft-Tapeh Sugar Factory
Submitted by mobarez on Nov 18 2007 18:41
Haft-Tapeh workers went on a shift strike following another arrest of a workers’ representative
Iran: The struggle of the Haft-Tapeh workers
Submitted by mobarez on Nov 18 2007 18:37
Workers at Iran's Haft Tapeh sugar factory have been engaged in a struggle since they first went on strike in October. The state responded with repression, arresting organizers, and the workers have been engaged in action in response.
Iran sentences labour leader to five years imprisonment
Submitted by mobarez on Nov 1 2007 01:12
Mansoor Osanloo, leader of the Tehran bus drivers union, who has been imprisoned for months after being kidnapped on the street by police has just been sentenced by Iran's judiciary.
Egypt labour unrest: late October updates
Submitted by Khawaga on Oct 25 2007 14:02
A short update on labour struggles in Egypt in late October.
Repression continues in Iran
Submitted by Ed on Oct 20 2007 13:05
Iranian labour activists have come under fierce attack recently with bus workers' union organiser, Mansour Osanloo imprisoned and at risk of losing his sight.
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