Islamic State

Reactionary Islamism - Mathias Wåg

The Arab Spring's wave of protests were followed by counterrevolution. The old regimes returned and directed their repression both towards the left and moderate political islamism. Other regimes were turned to rubble and left weakened. In that void jihadism has found room to grow and become a political power once again. Can an anti-fascist analysis help us understand what has happened?

Paris, Aleppo, Baghdad: their wars, our dead!

Submitted by AngryWorkersWorld on Jan 6 2016 16:20

Editorial of WorkersWildWest no.3 - A workers/ paper from West-London: Basic position on the Paris attacks, the war in Syria and the state of emergency

Collateral damage in Syria and Iraq

Submitted by Guerre de Classe on Dec 18 2015 18:11

Reported civilian and ‘friendly fire’ deaths from Coalition airstrikes 2015

Some cursory thoughts on the imminent bombing of Syria / ISIS

Submitted by working class s... on Nov 17 2015 14:08

An immediate and unthinking call to bomb a country following a terrorist outrage committed by individuals is the gruesome manifestation of the worst aspects of nationalism, patriotism, and revenge, from faux-strongmen who dress up their dick-swinging and reactionary positions to give the impression that they are the only people prepared to defend national security….

Our sadness will be our anger, Kobanê will be rebuilt - Devrimci Anarsist Faaliyet

Submitted by Flint on Jul 21 2015 05:27

Devrimci Anarşist Faaliyet (DAF) statement on the bombing of the Amara Cultural Center in Suruç (Pîrsus) by Islamic State.

Black Rose on the massacre in Suruç

Submitted by Flint on Jul 20 2015 23:46

Black Rose Anarchist Federation Statement on the Massacre in Suruç.

Islamic State cannot destroy the real idols of our time

This is an article which will be appearing in the ICC paper this month under their new section of 'readers contributions'. In it I deal with the question of the historical roots of Islam and compare the original movement of Mohammad with the present day movement of 'Jihadists' such as ISIS. It also deals in general with the problem of reification and its connection to the older concept of idolatry and its role in these social phenomena.

The proletariat has to take up the struggle against religious fanaticism which reinforces the state and increases divisions within the exploited - Mouvement Communiste and Kolektivně proti kapitálu

The text against religious "fideism" which forms the body of this leaflet was mostly written before the Charlie Hebdo/Kosher Supermarket attacks and was not intended as a response to these events. But then events forced our hand! Some of the text proved very prescient, particularly the comments about anti-Semitism. Some comrades distibuted this leaflet at the massive "Je suis Charlie" demo. It was possibly the only "political" tract handed out there.