Turkey
Turkey: Sweeping election victory for pro-Islamist AKP party
But divided elites, social tensions and Kurdish question herald new crises
Middle East
Iraq
Iraq: ‘Strategic failure’ in Iraq and Afghanistan
Withdraw the troops now
Iran
Iran: Riots over petrol rationing and price hikes
Growing opposition against Ahmadinejad’s regime
Israel / Palestine
Palestine: Infighting blows apart ‘national unity’ government
Gaza’s population faces further isolation
Lebanon
Lebanon: US military “aid” sent to Lebanon army
Conflict in refugee camp threatens to spread
Turkey
Turkey: Presidential elections provoke millions-strong protests
Military threatens pro-Islamic government
Israel / Palestine
Israel: The ‘red revolution’ for free education
Tens of thousands of student clash with police to protest at government attempts to raise tuition fees
Lebanon
Lebanon: May day 2007 – Workers’ Unity – Only Way to end War & Poverty!
The following CWI leaflet was distributed in Arabic in Beirut on Mayday
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Sharp increase in Israeli workers’ struggles
But trade union leadership collude with the bosses to stab workers in the back
Iran
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.