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Iran Elections: Khamenei Blocks Mashaei and Rafsanjani - The Crisis of the Regime Continues

Written by Hamid Alizadeh Wednesday, 22 May 2013
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khamenei-thYesterday the Guardian Council in Iran announced the names of the eight candidates for the upcoming Presidential elections. The Council is a 12-member body of theologians and jurists, appointed by the Supreme Leader and the head of Judiciary, with responsibility for vetting presidential candidates ahead of the elections, scheduled for 14th June.

 

Iran Presidenatial Elections: Who is Rafsajani

Written by Reza Mohammadi Friday, 17 May 2013
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akbar rafsanjani-thThis year’s presidential race in Iran was dramatically shaken this week by the news that Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani had announced his candidacy. Although Rafsanjani has fallen out of favour with the regime in recent years, it is quite possible that his bid could be successful.

 

Syrian masses pay the price for imperialist meddling and sectarian deadlock

Written by Reza Mohammadi Thursday, 16 May 2013
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syria-civil-war-thAs the Syrian revolution remains locked in civil war for a third year, regional powers have begun to use the conflict as an opportunity to advance their own imperialist agendas. Syria has become a battleground for a proxy war between Iran, Israel, and the Arab states of the Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

   

Saudi Arabia: A concentration camp for immigrant workers

Written by Yasir Irshad Friday, 26 April 2013
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Saudi Arabia: A concentration camp for immigrant workers. Photo: Mohammed AdowThe kingdom of Saudi Arabia, one of the foremost allies of the USA in the Middle East, brutally exploits its migrant workers. The visa regime keeps the workers in a state of permanent dependency on their employers and abuses are common. At the other end of the spectrum members of the royal family, including the king himself, are among the richest people in the world with billions of dollars in wealth. This contradiction has revolutionary implications.

 

Palestinian Emancipation: Negotiation or Revolution?

Written by Lal Khan Friday, 05 April 2013
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Barack Obama-Netanyahu and Obama-thPresident Obama’s recent visit to Israel and the ‘Palestinian Territories’ has proved to be another abject failure in an obscene diplomacy being flaunted by US imperialism to end the conflict in the region. The only thing this visit brought to the fore is the sheer weakness of Obama and his policy of appeasing Zionist hawks as well as the US right. During the visit he reiterated over and over again that the USA was the best ally Israel could have and Washington would continue to support Israel come what may. In short, it was a high-profile visit by yet another US president with the same old failed message. In many ways, this visit was an endorsement for the Zionist state to continue its belligerent policies of occupation and repression of the Palestinian masses.

   

Third issue of our Arabic magazine "Freedom and Communism" is out now!

Written by In Defence of Marxism Wednesday, 03 April 2013
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arabic-comm-free-3-thWe are delighted to announce the publication of the third issue of our Arabic language magazine "Freedom and Communism" under the heading "Tunisia: Towards a Second Revolution". The present issue includes our analysis of a variety of topics related to the revolution in the middle east, north Africa as well as current events in the world

 

Egypt: Which way forward for revolutionary socialists? - Part two

Written by Hamid Alizadeh Wednesday, 03 April 2013
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31 January-darkroom productions-thIn the second part of this article we take a look at the contradictions of Egyptian capitalism, which are hindering it from solving the most basic tasks that it is posed with. Only a socialist revolution can solve the tasks of the revolution. But how do we connect the struggle for socialism with the day to day struggles of the masses?

   

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