The Middle East
Iran: Military threat to Iran stepped up
Potentially catastrophic consequences of bombing attack
Judy Beishon, from The Socialist (weekly paper of the Socialist Party – CWI England and Wales), Wednesday 16 July 2008
Israel: Tel-Aviv rail redundancies protest
A countrywide surge in class struggle
Maavak Sotzyalisti (CWI Israel) reporters, Tuesday 24 June 2008
Israel: Olmert will go, but the political crisis will stick
Militant social and workers’ struggles
Shahar Ben-Khorin, (CWI, Israel), Wednesday 4 June 2008
Lebanon: Civil war or rule by sectarian warlords
Politicians Qatar power-sharing deal no solution
Tamir Mahdi, Beirut, Wednesday 28 May 2008
Egypt: Protests mark President Mubarak’s birthday
Mass working class action shows way to end authoritarian rule and poverty
Jon Dale, Socialist Party (England and Wales), Wednesday 14 May 2008
Lebanon: Pro-Western government militias routed by Hezbollah-led opposition
New balance of forces in Lebanon – US imperialism threatens intervention
By a CWI reporter, Beirut, Wednesday 14 May 2008
Israel: 60 year anniversary of Israel
What prospects for the national conflict?
Judy Beishon, Socialist Party, CWI England and Wales., Monday 12 May 2008
Lebanon: Workers of World Unite
For the Building of a United Workers’ Movement
CWI May Day Leaflet text, Tuesday 6 May 2008
Lebanon : General strike call for 7 May
Beginning of a United Workers’ Movement
Tamer Mehdi, Tuesday 6 May 2008
Lebanon : General strike call for 7 May
Beginning of a United Workers’ Movement
Tamer Mehdi, Tuesday 6 May 2008
Egypt: Textile strike shows the way forward for Middle East workers
Lebanon activists to stage 4 May solidarity action
By CWI supporters, Beirut, Saturday 3 May 2008
Egypt: Increasing tension in Egypt – the April 6th strike
Striking workers and youth fought with police. At least two were shot dead.
John Dale, Socialist Party England and Wales, Wednesday 16 April 2008
Israel: Land Day Demonstration Report
On 30 May Palestianians commemorate Land Day by holding protest rallies and demonstrations all over the world.
Maavak Sozialisti reporters, CWI Israel, Wednesday 2 April 2008
Lebanon: Presidential elections postponed again…government in continuing crisis
Socialist alternative needed to growing confessional tensions
By CWI supporters in Lebanon, Tuesday 18 March 2008
Israel/Palestine: Gaza - end the bloodshed!
120 Palestinians in Gaza killed in the space of a week
Editorial from The Socialist, weekly paper of the Socialist Party (England and Wales CWI), Thursday 13 March 2008
Iraq/Afghanistan: The bitter fruits of war and occupation
Mass protests to mark 5th anniversary of Iraq invasion
Niall Mulholland, CWI, Thursday 13 March 2008
Middle East: Jail break from Gaza
Masses revolt against starvation conditions
Judy Beishon, Socialist Party (England and Wales CWI), Monday 4 February 2008
Iran: Riots over petrol rationing and price hikes
Growing opposition against Ahmadinejad’s regime
Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI Sweden) leaflet text, Sunday 1 July 2007
Palestine: Infighting blows apart 'national unity' government
Gaza's population faces further isolation
Kevin Simpson, cwi, London, Wednesday 20 June 2007
Lebanon: US military "aid" sent to Lebanon army
Conflict in refugee camp threatens to spread
Aysha Zaki, CWI, Beirut, Saturday 26 May 2007
Israel: The ‘red revolution’ for free education
Tens of thousands of student clash with police to protest at government attempts to raise tuition fees
Eyal Atzei-Pri, Maavak Sotzialisti & member of Seminar Ha’Kibbutzim College’s strike committee, Tuesday 8 May 2007
Israel: Sharp increase in Israeli workers’ struggles
But trade union leadership collude with the bosses to stab workers in the back
Yaniv Schalka, Maavak Sotzialisti, Israel, Friday 13 April 2007
Iran: Will Bush bomb Iran?
Alarm bells have been ringing, left and right. John Pilger, the radical journalist, wrote an article, Iran: The War Begins (New Statesman, 3 February), warning that a US air attack on Iran was imminent.
Lynn Walsh, Socialist Party, England and Wales, London, Monday 26 March 2007
Egypt: Strike wave shakes regime
Ruling elite fear social explosions
John Dale, Socialist Party, England and Wales, Tuesday 6 March 2007
Israel: Contract postal workers storm Histadruth union HQ
Protest carried on national TV.
Shahar Ben-Khorin, Maavak Sotzialisti (CWI), Tel Aviv, Tuesday 20 February 2007
Israel: Contract postal workers demand permanent job status
Histadrut union federation takes membership dues but ignore struggle
Shahar Ben-Korin, Maavak Sozialisti (CWI), Tel-Aviv, Israel, Saturday 17 February 2007
Lebanon: Bus bombings heighten tensions before pro-government rally
Working people demand: “Let us live!”
Interview with a Beirut socialist, Friday 16 February 2007
Lebanon: Sectarian clashes arise from political divisions
Union leaders hand over initiative to opposition parties
Interview with Aysha Zaki, CWI member in Beirut, Wednesday 31 January 2007
Lebanon: Unions call for mass action against government cuts
Only a united working class can stop cuts and defeat imperialism
Aysha Zaki, CWI, Beirut, Wednesday 10 January 2007
Iraq: Saddam’s execution
Frankenstein kills out of control monster
Robert Bechert, cwi, Sunday 31 December 2006
Lebanon: Masses take to the streets in opposition to crisis ridden government
Hizbollah and the Free Patriotic Movement plan mass street demonstrations
Aysha Zaki, Beirut, Lebanon, Friday 1 December 2006
Iraq: No easy exit from quagmire
The war in Iraq was the single biggest factor in the defeat of Bush and the Republican Party in November’s mid-term US elections. 4,400 words.
Peter Taaffe, General Secretary Socialist Party (England and Wales), Wednesday 15 November 2006
Israel: New budget declares war against Israeli workers
New workers’ party necessary to fight back
Yasha Marmerstien, Maavak Sozialisti (CWI Israel/Palestine), Tel Aviv, Monday 6 November 2006
Israel: Gay Pride demo under serious threat
Reactionary Jewish and Arab groups unite in homophobic campaign
Shahar Benhar, Maavak Sotzialisti, CWI Israel, Friday 3 November 2006
Palestine: Public sector general strike shakes Hamas government
"From this day on, there is no government anymore!"
Shahar Ben-Korin, Maavak Sotzialisti, Tel Aviv, Tuesday 3 October 2006
Middle East: Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Palestine...
A socialist analysis and a socialist alternative
From 'The Socialist', paper of the Socialist Party (England and Wales), Thursday 21 September 2006
Lebanon: Can the UN bring peace?
Only international working class can end conflicts
Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party (CWI), General Secretary, Wednesday 6 September 2006
Middle East: The character of Hezbollah
Only workers’ unity can show a way out of war and poverty. Part Two
Kevin Simpson, CWI, Wednesday 30 August 2006
Middle East: Israeli capitalism suffers defeat in Lebanese war
Limits of Israeli military power exposed. Part One
Kevin Simpson, CWI, Tuesday 29 August 2006
Iraqi Kurdistan: Police attack protests
4,000 take to the streets of Chamchamal, a Kurdish city in northern Iraq, in protest against the huge increase in fuel prices and the lack of water and electric
Rozh Pavilov, cwi, Monday 21 August 2006
Lebanon: Israel out of Lebanon now!
As Israeli missiles continued to bombard Lebanon, an immediate ceasefire was demanded by an emergency demonstration of 100,000 people in London on 5 August.
Jenny Brooks, Wednesday 9 August 2006
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