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15 January 2020
London: Protesters return to oppose Middle East war
On 11 January, Stop the War called a second demonstration in central London after the recent attacks in Iraq and Iran.
15 January 2020
Renewed protests shake Iranian leaders
A wave of anger over what is seen as the regime's lying and incompetence - after the tragic downing of a Ukrainian passenger jet - has sparked off a third round of mass protests in Iran in just over three years.
8 January 2020
Suleimani's assassination - Middle East thrown into turmoil
Shockwaves went around the world at the news of Trump's decision to assassinate Suleimani
8 January 2020
Trump attacks Iran - London protest: We need workers' action against war and austerity
Socialist Party members responded to the call to oppose Trump's drone strike on Iranian general Qasem Soleimani and the ratcheting up to war on Saturday 4 January.
27 November 2019
Regime's fuel price rise sparks massive protests across Iran
Iran has been shaken by a new nationwide wave of anger and protests after a sudden overnight government announcement that imposed a 50% fuel price rise on the cost of fuel.
25 September 2019
Drone attacks on Saudi Arabia: Tensions ratcheted up
The drone missile attacks on two oil installations in Saudi Arabia on 14 September threw more incendiary material into the volatility and instability of the Middle East.
26 June 2019
Ratcheting up of Iran-US tensions
Neither imperialism nor regional powers offer a way forward for Middle East workers and poor
6 February 2019
40 years since the Iranian revolution: Learning the lessons for today's new working-class struggles
Forty years ago a great revolution against a dictatorial monarchy was in progress in Iran. Recalling those days still inspires us: scenes of comradeship despite the shortages due to long days of nationwide strikes, initiatives by ordinary people to run their communities and workplaces
27 December 2018
Preparing the struggle for socialism in 2019
Tories torn apart, French workers and youth in revolt, 'populism' on the rise... revolution in the air? Capitalist parties across the world are split in the teeth of mounting mass opposition.
5 December 2018
Workers defy brutal Iran regime
Thousands of sugar cane workers at Haft Tapeh in Khuzestan province, south Iran, have been on strike since 5 November
28 November 2018
Workers at the forefront of the new wave of protests in Iran
The Iranian economy is in freefall, and the Iranian working class is the main target of this slump. Prices of staples are increasing day by day.
29 August 2018
The ongoing capitalist crisis and the struggle for a socialist world
Each year, the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) - the international organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated - hosts a summer school bringing together its members based throughout Europe and the world. Here, we carry a report written by Kevin Parslow, outlining the opening discussion on the worldwide crisis of capitalism and the development of the workers' and socialist movement internationally
15 May 2018
Around the world people have watched in horror at Trump's rejection of the deal with Iran and the unfolding violence perpetrated by the Israeli state forces against Palestinian protesters in Gaza - 60 were killed there on Monday 14th May alone, during protests against the moving of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
7 March 2018
Syria: No ceasefire for 'hell on earth' eastern Goutha
Eastern Goutha, outside Damascus, is "hell on earth", according to United Nations (UN) chief Antonio Guterres.
25 January 2018
Southampton Socialist Party: Solidarity with the revolt of workers and youth in Iran
Mass revolts across Iran in protest at price increases and government corruption raised demands for the end of the regime, writes Room 1101 at the Avenue Campus, Highfield Road, Southampton SO17 1BF.
10 January 2018
Movement challenges Iranian regime
Sudden large scale nationwide protests have shaken Iran. Sections of the population have shown utter defiance of the regime. Young people in particular, facing unemployment estimated at between 25% and 40%, have been to the fore.
13 December 2017
A world in crisis, ripe for revolution
Committee for a Workers' International document: The world crisis of capitalism - despite the surface impression of 'recovery' - has only got worse since the meeting of last year's IEC.
12 April 2017
Attacks ratchet-up Syrian conflict and fuel tensions between powers
Trump orders missile strikes against Shayrat air base: US president Donald Trump's decision to launch missile attacks against the Shayrat air base in Syria ratcheted up the long running conflict there and dangerously fuelled tensions between the US and Russia and Iran.
8 February 2017
Syria: Is an end to the war in sight?
The military victory in Aleppo by Assad's regime and its foreign backers was a turning point in the war in Syria. It has put the Syrian government once more in formal control of the country's main urban centres. Serge Jordan of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI) examines if this is the prelude to a broader peace settlement that could end the horrors inflicted on the Syrian people.
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