Iran

Statement by the Anarchist Union of Afghanistan and Iran

This is a statement by the Anarchist Union of Afghanistan and Iran. It is reposted from their Twitter/X, and automatically translated from Persian. There may be errors in the translation. Workers' Liberty does not share or endorse all the views expressed in statements we repost. For our own statement on the war, click here . In recent days, we have witnessed a renewed conflict in the Palestinian region and the attack of the Islamist group Hamas on the lands under the control of the Israeli government, which was unprecedented in the past years or even decades. The incident that shows more than...

Statement by Têkoşîna Anarşist

This is a statement from Têkoşîna Anarşist, a "revolutionary anarchist collective working in NE Syria (Rojava) with a focus on people's self-defense." It is reposted from its Twitter/X page, here. Workers' Liberty does not share or endorse all the views expressed in statements we repost. For our own statement on the war, click here . After an unprecedented attack organized by armed groups of Hamas in Israeli territory, Netanyahu declared war against Gaza and its population. Since then, IDF started a massive military operation, once again bombing and massacring Palestinian people. Palestinians...

"The barbarity of Hamas and the Israeli government will make the future bleak": article by Aso Kamal

The below is an article by Aso Kamal, a Kurdish socialist and human rights activist. A version of this text was originally posted on Aso's website . The barbarity of Hamas and the Israeli government will make the future of humanity bleak! If we look at this war from a human perspective, we see its victims as humans only, and that is the basis of our stance on this massacre, which is nothing but barbaric. The justification for these killing operations is the victory of one party, one ideology, and the solution to the problem. This is the goal of this war—killing, terror, and terrorism! For a...

Statement by the Association for Iranian Studies on the war in Israel/Palestine

A statement from the Association for Iranian Studies, reposted from X/Twitter. Dear colleagues, As we watch the devastating war and massacre in southern Israel, and the indiscriminate bombardment of, and carnage in, Gaza, it is impossible not to be affected by these grim events and the enormous human suffering this intractable conflict has inflicted. We are a community that cares deeply about the seven decades of dispossession that the Palestinians have endured. We feel profound sympathy for Palestinians in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, and elsewhere in the world, many of whom have faced...

Worker-communist Party of Iran (Hekmatist) statement on the war in Israel/Palestine

A statement from the Worker-communist Party of Iran (Hekmatist) . More statements on the war in Israel-Palestine here. On Saturday 7 October 2023, hundreds from the military arm of Hamas attacked cities in south of Israel. The first attacks were carried out in an area near Gaza where a music festival was being held. Many young women and men were murdered, military installations were hit and tens of thousands both military and civilian were captured and taken to Gaza. Simultaneously, Hamas fired more than 25000 rockets into 20 cities in central and southern Israel. According to the Israeli...

All the Rage 2023: A socialist feminist dayschool

Internationally the right's culture war is gaining ground, attacking LGBTQ people, in particular the trans community, rallying against immigration, and restricting reproductive freedoms. Working class women are at the sharp end of this assault and at the forefront of fighting back. Join us at for a day of workshops and talks to discuss where we stand and build a movement that can turn the tide. 10am-6pm + after-party until late. Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road London E1 5QJ Free childcare & London crash space on request SESSIONS (click on links for session details): • Opening Plenary...

Iranian workers protests spread

On 27 September 17 workers employed by the Iranian company, the National Steel Group, were sentenced to prison and flogging. The trial took place in the southern city of Ahvaz. The workers were charged with, “disrupting public order by inciting disturbance and controversy” and their “crime” was to demand wage increases, and that the company implements the very basic protections provided by Iran’s employment law. The workers can avoid three-month prison terms if they pay fines of 2.5 million tomans (about £40). The fine will be difficult to pay as the working-class has been the main victim of...

“Shout her name: Jina Amini”

Protests were held across the world to mark the first anniversary of the murder in custody of Mahsa Jina Amini, killed on 16 September 2022. Jina was beaten by Iran’s so-called morality police, the Guidance Patrol, after being detained for allegedly “improperly” wearing her hijab. Jina was a 22 year-old Iranian Kurd born in Saqqez, north-west Iran. She was killed in Tehran, Iran’s capital after travelling with her family to visit her brother. The Iranian Islamic regime that killed Jina lied to cover up the crime, claiming she had died of an underlying health condition. Her parents insist that...

Jina Mahsa Amini, one year on

September marks one year since the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian-Kurdish woman who was killed in detention following her arrest for allegedly violating Iran ’s compulsory hijab law. Her murder sparked the most significant protests against the Iranian regime since the 1980s and the strength of the uprising prompted the Iranian regime to take the notorious morality police off the streets. CRACKDOWN It has been confirmed that more than twenty thousand people have been arrested and hundreds killed in the subsequent crackdown, with the real number expected to be much higher. Sentences...

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