The Alliance of
Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
The new resistance in Iran
Ashley Smith of the International Socialist Organization interviews Frieda Afary source: https://socialistworker.org/2018/01/10/the-new-resistance-in-iran The new resistance in Iran January 10, 2018 Iranian workers and the poor, mostly teens and unemployed young...
Iranian Revolutionary Upswing: A Reader’s View
Another noticeable difference is the presence of women in the front row and fighting the police and even leading the slogans. And different from last time, the uprising has started mostly outside of the capital city of Tehran, and instead in cities which have a...
Iran Protests: A turning point?
If these protests continue and deepen, they have the potential to reverse the period of sectarianism, racism and division in which the working class presently finds itself. We need to watch this situation closely and lend support in any way we can. by John Reimann...
Reflections on the Growing Anti-Regime Protests in Iran
In comparison to the mass protests that arose in 2009 after the fraudulent presidential election, these protests are different in several important respects: 1. They directly oppose poverty and systemic corruption. 2. They include the wide participation of the...
International Campaign in Solidarity with Middle Eastern Political Prisoners
The aim of this campaign is four-fold: 1.To shine a spotlight on the political prisoners who are labor, social justice, feminist, anti-racist and human rights activists opposed to war, imperialism, occupation, authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism and extremism. ...
Demonstrations in Iran to protest against poverty and intervention in Syria
Mass demonstrations took place in the cities of Shiraz, Khorramabad and Kermanshah, a predominantly Kurdish city, to protest the high cost of living, poverty, unemployment and participation in the war in Syria, which caused damage to the Iranian economy according to...
Assad Regime Still Reliant on Fractions of the Sunni Bourgeoisie
The regime is not opposed to Sunni populations or a particular Sunni identity per se, as some has claimed, but to hostile constituencies, which have been in their far majority from Sunni popular backgrounds in impoverished rural areas and mid-towns, in addition to the...
Open letter from Tehran Bus Workers’ Syndicate to workers and labour organizations around the world
Reza Shahabi’s life endangered by his continued confinement! Tehran bus workers’ syndicate is urging all workers and labour organizations in Iran and throughout the world to utilize their maximum capacity for saving Reza Shahabi’s life! Tehran’s Bus Workers Syndicate...
Lebanon in the Crucible of Regional Conflict
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri recently threatened to resign and bring down the government, opening a new period of instability in a country that has recently had a sustained but fragile peace. In the weeks since the initial announcement, Hariri has reversed...
