The Alliance of
Middle Eastern and North African Socialists
Crisis Between the Reactionary Monarchies of the Gulf
In this political crisis between reactionary states, we must of course denounce the political opportunism and the lies of Saudi Arabia and its allies in their campaigns of isolation and pressure against Qatar. These states are dictatorships which repress any form of...
The Particular Features of the Islamic Republic’s Capitalism and the Need for a Humanist Alternative to Capitalism/Militarism
There is no doubt that there are divisions within the Iranian ruling class concerning economic and political approaches. There is no doubt that Iran’s capitalism is inefficient. There is no doubt that the IRGC acts like a Mafia band. However, currently, it seems...
Creating a Public Library in Daraa Despite Assad Regime Bombs
“The main goals of the library are to fight the regime with education … and serve college students in opposition-controlled areas,” Loai Abu Abdou, a 34-year-old math teacher and one of the founders of Ajyal (Generations), told Syria Deeply. The article below is being...
Syria’s Prisoners: Absent but Never Forgotten
A recent report by the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) estimates that the number of detainees is likely to exceed 215,000. 99 per cent of these have been detained by Syrian regime forces. by Leila Al-Shami June 14, 2017 This article was originally...
The Threat of Wider Wars in the Middle East and the Responsibilities of Socialists
The coming together of Qatar, Iran and Turkey against Saudi Arabia and its allies, showed that coalitions now forming to compete with each other are not strictly based on the Shi’a-Sunni divide. The alliances currently confronting each other are fighting over the...
The Other Iran’s Views on the May 2017 Presidential Election
At a time when the Trump administration’s bellicose language about Iran is raising serious concerns, it is important not to equate opposition to U.S. imperialism with support for Iran’s repressive regime and its own regional imperialist wars. There is an Other Iran...
New Peace Coalition in Los Angeles
In contrast to the authoritarian left, we oppose and organize against the machinations not only of U.S. imperialism and its subimperialist allies like Israel and Saudi Arabia, but also those of Russian imperialism and of subimperialist powers like Iran. Thus, we...
Blogger Provides Proof that Assad Regime Carried Out the Chemical Bombing in Khan Sheikhoun
Socialist blogger, Clay Claiborne, carefully examines what happened on the morning of 4 April 2017 in Khan Sheikhoun that left more than eighty people dead from sarin poisoning. He will start with the people in Khan Sheikhoun, those that both witnessed and suffered...
Iranian Student Challenges Iran’s Syria Intervention
Iranian student challenges Hassan Abbasi, "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" officer and supporter of Iran's intervention in Syria: "Your theory is supporting the dictator and murderous Bashar Al-Assad". This was during an election debate in Tabriz University....