Iran
Iran: Independent workers’ organizations statement about minimum wage
Increasing demands for a living wage
Middle East
Egypt
Egypt: Regime brutality on fourth anniversary of revolution
Masses will regain confidence and willingness to fight
Turkey
Turkey: Government bans metal-workers’ strike
Defend the right to strike!
Kurdistan
Kurdistan: ‘Islamic State’ driven out of Kobanê
Will the end of Kobanê’s siege turn the tide against IS?
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: ‘Defenders of democracy’ mourn despot’s death
Atrocious human rights records no concern for Western powers
Iran
Iran: Labour and children’s rights activist, Behnam Ebrahimzadeh, sentenced to another nine years
International action needed to overturn latest conviction and to immediately release Behnam
Israel / Palestine
Israel-Palestine: A successful Socialism conference in the shadow of national divide
Over 150 people participated in the ‘Socialism Conference 2014’ in Tel Aviv, organised by the Socialist Struggle Movement (SSM – CWI in Israel-Palestine)
Israel / Palestine
Israel-Palestine: Netanyahu threatens “heavy hand” response to synagogue attacks
New rounds of repression answered by new wave of rage and protest
Middle East
Book review: The Jihadis Return
Isis and the new Sunni uprising, by Patrick Cockburn. The imperialist powers are squirming. Things are not going their way in the Middle East. A year ago, the US, UK, France, etc, were contemplating air strikes […]
Kurdistan
Kurdistan: Battle for Kobanê at a crossroads
What does US military ‘assistance’ mean for the Kurdish struggle?