Collective Statement of Independent Iranian Organizations Opposing War and Warmongering PoliciesOriginal published here Given the current unstable and dangerous situation in Iran and the wider region, the undersigned organizations consider it their duty to adopt a collective stance. The working people of Iran—workers, teachers, nurses, retirees, and other wage earners—have not benefited and will not…
As UK-based Iranians who support the Palestinian struggle for freedom, we condemn in the strongest terms the illegal Israeli attacks on Iran. While we, together with the greatest majority of our compatriots living in Iran, have opposed the Islamic Republic of Iran, we condemn military intervention and attempts at regime change by foreign powers and…
By Miriam Scharf (Newham NEU) At our annual NEU conference 2000 delegates representing 500,000 education workers in England and Wales make conference policy and discuss many international issues. This year MENA Solidarity held a fringe meeting, ‘Women at the Frontline of the Struggle’ with speakers from Iran, Syria and Sudan. We heard on zoom from…
Azadeh Neman is a teacher, NEU member and Iranian activist. She spoke to Middle East Solidarity on the second anniversary of the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini by the Iranian state and the eruption of mass protests under the slogan ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’. MES: Two years after the murder of Mahsa Jina Amini can we…
On September 16 2022, news emerged of the murder of a young woman in Iranian police custody. Jina Amini, who was also known as Mahsa, reflecting state discrimination against her Kurdish mother tongue, became a symbol for a mass popular movement. Four Iranian activists reflect on the state of the uprising, one year on. This…
Iranian activists will be marching in London to show their solidarity with the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising. Meet at the Iranian embassy at 1pm to march to Trafalgar Square, Saturday 16 September Another protest has also been called 11am at the London Eye, marching to Downing Street – see details here.
NEU activists have launched an appeal for solidarity with teachers inside Iran who are facing repression from the regime for taking part in peaceful protests and joining the independent teachers’ union the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association. The appeal below has been circulated to NEU district secretaries. Azadeh Neman, NEU International Solidarity Officer in North Kent…
في 7 ديسمبر الجاري، تحدث مؤرخ الحركة العمالية الإيرانية بيمان جعفري في جلسة عُقِدَت عبر الإنترنت تضامنًا مع انتفاضة “النساء والحياة والحرية” في إيران. نظمت الجلسة شبكة التضامن مع الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا، بالتعاون مع اتحاد جامعة كامبريدج، وأطراف أخرى. نشكر موقع الاشتراكي لهذه الترجمة On 7 December 2022, Peyman Jafari, a historian of Iran’s…
آنچه میخوانید سخنانی است که پیمان جعفری، مورخ جنبش کارگری ایران، در جلسهی آنلاینی که در 16 آذر 1401 توسط Cambridge UCU، Cambridgeshire NEU، اتحادیهی دانشجویی دانشگاه کمبریج، Cambridge and District TUC، و MENA Solidarity برگزار شد، در همبستگی با خیزش «زن، زندگی، آزادی» ایران ایراد کرد On 7 December 2022, Peyman Jafari, a historian…
This article is based on a contribution to the online teach-out “Solidarity with the Women, Life, Freedom uprising in Iran” organised by Cambridge UCU, Cambridge University Students Union, Cambridgeshire NEU, Cambridge and District TUC and MENA Solidarity Network on 7 December. Watch a video and read another article from the teach-out here By Hamidreza Vasheghanifarahani,…
MENA Solidarity Network 