On 14 July 2015, Iran signed a nuclear agreement with the US and five other states (China, France, Germany, Russia and the UK). The agreement, known as the JCPoA (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), was endorsed unanimously by the UN Security Council in resolution 2231 on 20 July 2015 and thereby became an international agreement to which all … Continue reading Trump and the JCPoA
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PALESTINE LINKS
Israeli officials discuss renewed push to expel Palestinians from Gaza (Nadav Rapaport, Middle East Eye, 24 June 2026) Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett says he smuggled Starlink receptors into Iran (Middle East Eye, 24 June 2026) The Haredi draft revolt threatening to bring Israel to a standstill (Eli Bitan, +972, 23 June 2026) I am … Continue reading PALESTINE LINKS
Russia and Iran under attack
Can we compare the stance of Russia and Iran faced with attack from the US? Some suggest that Iran is acting with more firmness and earning more respect as a result. Members of the Labour Affairs group discuss the issue: Eamon I don’t think you can make this comparison between the Iranian and Russian situations for the following … Continue reading Russia and Iran under attack
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams Iran – Regime Still Standing False Belief as a Root of Evil Iran: Not My Sort of Regime China and Compromise Snippets Taxing the Rich Ukraine – Predictable Disaster Intelligence Is Many Different Things Iran – Regime Still Standing British pop singer Elton John can’t have many followers in Iran. But his … Continue reading Notes on the News
Sahra Wagenknecht Newsletters
Sahra Wagenknecht Newsletter 26 February 26 Four years of war: Why doesn't Merz call Putin? This week marks the fourth anniversary of Russia's attack on Ukraine, which violated international law. Every day that this war continues is a bad day. It is a tragedy that the opportunity to end the war just a few weeks … Continue reading Sahra Wagenknecht Newsletters
The Americanisation of Football
Alexandros Schulman The Americanisation of the 2026 World Cup and the Control over Global Sports — How the United States has turned football’s greatest party into an over-politicised, over-priced spectacle that tells Iranians, Egyptians and ordinary football fans that they are not welcome. When FIFA awarded the 2026 men’s World Cup to a joint North American bid, FIFA … Continue reading The Americanisation of Football
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams Twilight of the Baby Boomers Trump – Not For All Mankind Iran – Another Failed Colour Revolution Global Warming as Regional Freezing Kiev’s Greed Causes Its Suffering ‘White Traitors’ in the USA? Cosmopolitan Canada China Keeps Cleaning Up Twilight of the Baby Boomers ‘Reform’ is less of a threat than most … Continue reading Notes on the News
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams The Western Betrayal of Real Equality Anarchism: a Guarantor of Failure Iran: a Martyr-Nation for Islam? Reagan’s Encouragement of Market Parasites The Western Betrayal of Real Equality From 1945, with the common people who’d been victors of World War Two insisting on more equality, the leaders of the West appeared to … Continue reading Notes on the News
The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
The War in Iran Sahra's official information channel, [22/06/2025] The biggest of all rogue states has done it again: the USA has invaded a sovereign state with its war of aggression against Iran, in violation of international law. Allegedly to prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb, which, however, even according to US intelligence services, is not … Continue reading The Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance
Israel’s Iranian Dilemma—Editorial
On 1st April Israel attacked an Iranian consulate in Damascus. 16 people were killed including two senior Iranian generals. This attack was against international law and gave Iran the right to make a retaliatory strike against Israel. But Israel has always made it clear that any attack on Israel would be responded to with even greater force by … Continue reading Israel’s Iranian Dilemma—Editorial
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams The Strange Death of Free-Market Globalisation Sponge-Up: the Reagan / Thatcher legacy 1688: Parliament Without Democracy Snippets Israel and Iran – Glad to Hate Each Other Come Fly With Me, With Fly-Blown Quality Snow In Belgium, Caused By Global Warming Modi’s India Starmer and the Errors of Ramsay MacDonald Housing Impossible … Continue reading Notes on the News
George Galloway
Speeches and contributions to debates in the House of Commons by George Galloway All accessible by reading George Galloway’s entry: https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/10218/george_galloway/rochdale Football Governance Bill 23 April A Bill to establish the Independent Football Regulator; to make provision for the licensing of football clubs; to make provision about the distribution of revenue received by organisers of football competitions; … Continue reading George Galloway
BRICS 15th Summit Conference 22-24 August 2023
Michael Murray Contents: (1) Not just another BRIC in the Wall (2) Why the interest in BRICS by developing countries? (3) The founding document of BRICS: 2009 (4) The New Development Bank of BRICS - High S&P Ratings (5) The Chinks in the BRICS Not just another BRIC in the Wall This week, at its … Continue reading BRICS 15th Summit Conference 22-24 August 2023
Notes on the News
By Gwydion M. Williams A Terrible Year for Weather 2023 a Wonderful Year for China? Shame in the USA Oscar Wilde and the Dalai Lama Snippets A Rocket That Went Nowhere? Was Your Empire Really Necessary? Artificial Intelligence – Pathological Liars Healthy Drinking? A Terrible Year for Weather We’re not heading for Human Extinction. We … Continue reading Notes on the News
Newsnotes
Notes on the News By Gwydion M. Williams NATO as ‘They Who Must Be Obeyed’?MICE – a Team of RivalsDown and Out in the G7P&O: Britania Losing the WavesSlavery: a World HeritageIran and SubversionSnippetsHollywood as Foe?Alternative East AsiaThe World Burns? NATO as ‘They Who Must Be Obeyed’? We have just seen a naked display of … Continue reading Newsnotes
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