Middle East
Egypt hit by wave of social and industrial unrest
By Jean Shaoul, July 29, 2009
On July 16 thousands of quarry workers in Egypt went on strike in opposition to a decision by the authorities to impose a tax of E£40 on each ton of quarried rock.
Tensions mount within Iran’s ruling establishment
By Bill Van Auken, July 21, 2009
The speech given last Friday by the billionaire former president Rafsanjani, a backer of the defeated opposition candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi, signals an escalation of the struggle within Iran’s r...
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
July 17, 2009
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Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
July 10, 2009
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Turkish economy in freefall
By Sinan Ikinci, July 7, 2009
The latest statistics reveal the devastating impact of the economic crisis on Turkey.
Iran, imperialism, and the “left”
By Alex Lantier, July 7, 2009
Recent developments have further confirmed the bourgeois and politically-reactionary character of the Iranian protest movement organized by supporters of defeated reformist presidential candidate Mirh...
Red Cross issues harrowing report on situation in Gaza
By Jean Shaoul, July 6, 2009
A report from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), “Gaza: 1.5 million people trapped in despair,” paints a harrowing picture of a humanitarian catastrophe.
The Mousavi campaign in Iran and the lessons of past “color revolutions”
By Niall Green, July 4, 2009
The political movement of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, named the “Green Wave” due to its campaign color, has striking parallels with the US-backed “color revoluti...
Dramatic decline in Turkish wages
By Sinan Ikinci, June 30, 2009
Figures recently released by the Turkish Statistical Institute reveal that in the first quarter of 2009, as Turkey was being hit hard by the global financial crisis, not only real wages but also nomin...
Oil and the Iraq “withdrawal”
By James Cogan, June 30, 2009
It is fitting that today’s deadline for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq’s cities coincides with a meeting in Baghdad to auction off some of the country’s largest oil fields to companies su...
Denials of US interference in Iran not credible
By Peter Symonds, June 29, 2009
The Obama administration has responded to Iranian allegations of manipulating opposition protests inside the country with flat denials. However, there is considerable evidence of extensive US operatio...
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June 26, 2009
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