From a Marxist point of view, the Bolshevik Revolution was the greatest single event in world history. Why? Because here, for the first time, if we exclude the heroic but tragic episode of the Paris […]
The speed with which large swathes of Iraqi territory have fallen to a relatively small force of armed militias begs the question as to how this was possible. The Iraqi armed forces were numerically much […]
ISIS captured Mosul and then proceeded South towards Baghdad. Hundreds of thousands have already fled fearing their lives under the rule of this reactionary group. This specter of barbarism rising on the horizon is the […]
274 miners have been declared dead and up to a hundred are still trapped underground after an explosion in a Turkish coal mine in the western town of Soma. The accident reveals the ruthless exploitation […]
The Saur Revolution—distorted and obliterated by the intelligentsia and official historians—dared to free the oppressed masses in Afghanistan from centuries of brutal despotism and ferocious devastation by imperialists of all shapes.
The die is cast. Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, the commander-in-chief of the army and Egypt’s Minister of Defence, has resigned from his ministerial post and announced yesterday that he will be standing as a candidate in […]
The spontaneous uprising of the Syrian masses, inspired by events in Tunisia and Egypt, has degenerated into a sectarian bloodbath. Deprived of a revolutionary leadership, the hopeful beginnings have been transformed into a tragedy. On […]
The war drums in Washington are beating their macabre tune out loud, announcing an imminent US attack on Syria. In the UK, the faithful squire, Cameron, is willingly echoing the call. Parliament is expected to […]
The declaration of Obama that the USA will step up its support for the rebels in Syria represents a change in the situation. The White House announcement means that the U.S. is to supply direct […]
The latest murders in Kandahar province, where 16 innocent Afghanis, including nine children, were shot dead by a rampaging US staff sergeant, have further added to the turmoil and agony in Afghanistan.
Incredible scenes in Tel Aviv. On Saturday, August 7, over 300,000 took to the streets of a city with a population of less than half a million. Other demonstrations also took place on Saturday, with […]
On May 26th, Fred Weston and Arash Azizi presented on the Arab Revolution and Iran at May Day Books in Minneapolis, MN.
