Trump “told us the Kurds must choose a side in this battle — either with America and Israel or with Iran”, according to the Washington Post on 5 March. Almost a week into the war on Iran, the US president is increasing pressure on the Kurds to offer him ground troops, since he is very […]
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The working class must enter the stage, against the war on Iran and for revolutionary change Within hours of Trump and Netanyahu beginning their new war of imperialist aggression against Iran, the conflict had spread throughout the region. As of 3 March, death and destruction have already been visited on a dozen countries. The situation […]
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Build and escalate working-class antiwar resistance! The Middle East is in flames once more, and again it is Trump who has lit the fire. The world’s warmonger-in-chief has unleashed a new dangerous situation. After building up the biggest armada in the region since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the US and Israeli militaries began “Operation […]
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Zuhair Al-Anhar Months after a “ceasefire” between the Israeli Defense Forces and Hamas initiated by Donald Trump was announced last October, the conditions in Gaza today are as dire as at any time since this horrific genocide began. The daily Israeli bombardment of the besieged strip has continued essentially unabated. During these five months, over […]
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The following statement was produced based on discussions on world perspectives at a meeting of ISA’s International Committee on 28 January. In this epoch, the astonishing pace of world events has been commented upon so much that any reference to it appears clichéd. Nonetheless, it must be said that so far, 2026 has taken this […]
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On Thursday, January 22nd, tens of thousands of Palestinians within Israel went on a general strike to protest surging violence and police discrimination and neglect. State of Crisis in the Arab-Palestinian Community The crisis of organized crime and gang violence has existed for a long time, with appeals to the authorities being ignored for years. […]
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Trump sides with the Syrian regime With a military offensive that began on 5 January, the Syrian army has taken control of large parts of the long-autonomous region of Rojava, which has a largely Kurdish population. As in 2015, the city of Kobane is now threatened with invasion, and as then, a strong international solidarity […]
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Crisis sharpened by new threats of war from Trump and Netanyahu The latest protest movement in Iran, which began on 28 December, has spread to all 31 provinces of the country. Triggered by food inflation of 70%, demands are now being made that are directed squarely at the Islamist capitalist dictatorship. On Thursday 8 January, […]
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Zuhair Al-Anhar In December 1987, after 20 years of horrific occupation, the movement for Palestinian liberation was set ablaze. An escalating protest movement erupted into a national uprising when four Palestinian laborers were killed by a truck driver at an IDF checkpoint. What followed was a six-year rebellion that would live forever in the imagination […]
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The example of struggle in one country stimulates and influences movements in others In “a world with two predatory super powers” (Martin Wolf, FT 1 October), the key trends of this year have continued since our last World Perspectives update in May. There has been a certain consolidation of Trump’s regime, the genocide in Gaza […]
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