Class struggle and this thing called the Middle East - Melancholic Trogladytes A collection of articles on varied aspects of class struggle, history and culture in the region.
Understanding the period: class analysis and events in the Arab world Article by the Turkish section of the ICC outlining the nature of the recent events in Tunisia,…
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.
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 Haft-Tapeh workers went on a shift strike following another arrest of a workers’ representative
Iran: The struggle of the Haft-Tapeh workers 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…
Iran sentences labour leader to five years imprisonment Mansoor Osanloo, leader of the Tehran bus drivers union, who has been imprisoned for months after…
Egypt labour unrest: late October updates A short update on labour struggles in Egypt in late October.
Repression continues in Iran Iranian labour activists have come under fierce attack recently with bus workers' union organiser, Mansour Osanloo imprisoned and at risk of…
Prison sentence for Egyptian workers' rights activist Kamal Abbas, General Coordinator of the Center for Trade Unions and Workers Services (CTUWS) and his…