Nine years after IS slaughter, Yazidis fight for rights in Iraq

Vol. 87/No. 16 - April 24, 2023
Yazidi women preparing for celebration at Lalish Temple in northern Iraq, at the end of March.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — At the end of March, Yazidis gathered on the grounds of Lalish Temple in northern Iraq for a religious ceremony, the extraction of olive oil for illuminating the temple. It was a reminder that almost…


Socialist Workers Party author speaks on new title at book fair forum

Vol. 87/No. 14 - April 10, 2023
SWP leader Steve Clark signs copies of The Low Point of Labor Resistance is Behind Us, following March 11 presentation at Erbil International Book Fair in Kurdistan Region of Iraq.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region, Iraq — Over 50 people attended a March 11 presentation by Steve Clark on The Low Point of Labor Resistance Is Behind Us: The Socialist Workers Party Looks Forward. Clark is editorial director of Pathfinder Press and…


Iraqi Communist Party message of solidarity with Cuba

Vol. 87/No. 14 - April 10, 2023

Below is the solidarity message sent by Raid Fahmi on behalf of the Central Committee of the Iraqi Communist Party to the two-day International US-Cuba Normalization Conference held in New York City March 11-12. Fahmi is secretary of the party’s…


Yazidis fight to return home seven years after defeat of Islamic State

Vol. 86/No. 35 - September 26, 2022
Rudaw/Bilind T. Abdullah Yazidi refugee camp in Iraq’s Kurdistan region. Hundreds of thousands of Yazidis are blocked from returning to their homeland, which they fled after Islamic State genocide in 2014.

LONDON — Eight years after the reactionary Islamic State’s genocidal attack on the Yazidi people in the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Yazidis remain determined to return to their towns and villages and rebuild their lives,…


1991 Iraq war sounded opening guns of World War III

Vol. 86/No. 13 - April 4, 2022

Below is a selection from New International no. 7, which features the article “Washington’s Assault on Iraq: The Opening Guns of World War III,” published just after the first Gulf War. Copyright © 1991 by New International. Reprinted by permission.  …


Iraq protest hits price jump of cooking oil, essentials

Vol. 86/No. 12 - March 28, 2022

Hundreds protested in Babil, Baghdad, and Nasiriyah (above) in southern Iraq March 9 in the face of sharp price hikes in cooking oil and other basic necessities, dealing blows to working people’s lives. “The price of some goods has doubled…


Iraqi election boycott shows anger with gov’t, Tehran

Vol. 85/No. 40 - November 1, 2021

The outcome of parliamentary elections in Iraq on Oct. 10 and the exceptionally low turnout reflect the mounting hatred toward the Iraqi rulers and toward Tehran, which has consolidated its military, economic and political intervention in the country. Working people…


Conference in Iraq calls for recognition of the state of Israel

Vol. 85/No. 38 - October 18, 2021

Over 300 participants attended a Sept. 24 meeting in Iraq that called on Baghdad to establish full diplomatic relations with the state of Israel. Because Iraqi law bans calling for normalization with Israel, the meeting took place in Erbil, the…


Workers protest all across Iraq, demand back pay, jobs

Vol. 85/No. 1 - January 4, 2021
Workers block road leading to oil complex in Basra Dec. 23. Fight against unpaid wages, for jobs, services, cuts across divisions among toilers in Iraq and Kurdistan, and Sunni and Shiite.

Following days of protests across Iraqi Kurdistan by public sector workers demanding back pay, jobs, public services and an end to corruption, thousands more working people took to the streets of Basra and Baghdad to demand a halt to Iraqi…


Workers, vendors in Kurdish Iraq fight for right to work

Vol. 84/No. 17 - May 4, 2020

Mechanics and vendors held protests in Erbil, above, and Duhok April 18 against a government lockdown across the Kurdistan region of Iraq. They called on the government to allow them to reopen their garages and shops after a month of…