Posts Tagged ‘ Iraq ’

Behind the Stars and Stripes

Jan 22nd, 2009 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, Democratic Socialist

America is still gripped by patriotism in the wake of the attacks last September on New York and Washington. But behind the bunting, there are fiery arguments on the US left and right about the uses and abuses of American power. GARY KENT reports.
Debate on the US left is bitter after 9/11. On the one [...]



The battle for democracy in Iraq

Jan 20th, 2009 | By Matthew Brown | Category: Articles, Democratic Socialist

GARY KENT urges the British Labour movement to support Iraq’s emerging trade unions and grassroots democrats.
All the Iraqis I know were exiled by Saddam Hussein, as were four million other people. They detested Saddam’s murderous regime, which was modelled explicitly on those of Stalin and Hitler. The victims ran into the millions.
My Iraqi friends also [...]



Heed their voices

Sep 4th, 2006 | By admin | Category: Democratic Socialist

Labour MP Harry Barnes the left needs a new approach to Iraq following the elections
Given that the Iraqi turnout was the same or even larger than at the last UK election, the left must do some urgent rethinking on Iraq or be morally sidelined while our natural comrades there fight for non-sectarian democracy without [...]