War and conflict
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Hizbullah: Home-grown in Lebanon
Responding to the discussion on political Islam begun in the previous issue of Red Pepper, Bilal El-Amine considers the experience of Hizbullah in Lebanon
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Afghanistan: a brief history
Understanding Afghanistan today is only possible by looking at it in the context of the part played by the competing imperial powers in its past. Jane Shallice offers a guide
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Enduring exile of the world’s refugees
Some six million people are trapped in mainly poor countries as long-term refugees, writes the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres
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Attack Iran? Yes, they can
US threats, Israeli military exercises and Iranian missile tests seem like a carefully choreographed build up to the next war in the Middle East. But can the US really risk a strike on Iran? Phyllis Bennis weighs up the evidence
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Western warmongering serves repression in Iran
Iranian President Ahmadinejad has failed to deliver on his 2005 election promise to ‘put the oil money on the people’s tables’. In this context, western aggression is a godsend for his regime, write Andreas Malm and Shora Esmailian
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Let justice not misguided morality prevail
Paul Nicholas Anderson assesses the morality of the war in Iraq
