WPI Briefing 208 February 28, 2009 Monthly of the Worker-communist Party of Iran Editors: Maryam Namazie and Fariborz Pooya Layout: Babak Kasrayi In this Issue: * The History of the Undefeated, A few words in commemoration of the 1979 Revolution, Mansoor Hekmat * On the Fight against Religion, Radio International interview with Mansoor Hekmat * …

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Fariborz Pooya interviews Maryam Namazie and Bahram Soroush on Secular TV on Sharia law in Britain and the One Law for All Campaign against Sharia Law in Britain. To watch part 1, click here. To watch part 2, click here. To watch part 3, click here.

To hear Maryam discuss whether Islam is an intolerant religion on BBC One’s Big Questions on 22 February, 2009 , click here. It seems people who live outside of the UK can’t see the BBC link; the programme is also available on youtube.

On Sunday, 22 February, there is going to be a court hearing in Iran at which the fate of five jailed labour leaders may be decided.Those men have been charged with “acting against national security” and face potentially long prison sentences. Their only crime was to do their job as labour activists. We have only …

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Two Iranian women labour activists, convicted of participating in May Day celebrations, have been punished by flogging in Iran. According to local sources, on 18 February, Sussan Razani and Shiva Kheirabadi were flogged inside the central prison in Sanandaj, capital of the Iranian Kurdistan province. Razani was flogged 70 lashes and Kheirabadi received 15 lashes. …

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To listen to Maryam Namazie’s Another Thought for the Day for February 18, 2009 on Sharia on The Guardian’s Comment is Free site, click here. This is a series of podcasts offering a secular alternative to the BBC Today programme’s Thought for the Day, in association with the Humanist Society of Scotland. You can see …

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To view Equal Rights Now’s third publication, click here.

We have just informed that Pegah Emambakhsh, an Iranian lesbian, has finally been granted refugee status in the UK after almost four years. This is fantastic news and a great reward for all the hard work you all Iranian queer supporters put in to ensure she was not sent back to Iran. IRanian Queer Railroad …

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The History of the Undefeated Mansoor Hekmat This article is being reprinted to mark the 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolution. It is said that in recent years, a process of ‘review’ has been taking place among revolutionaries and the leftist opposition of Iran. A glance at the numerous publications, which this grouping publishes particularly …

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Called “Another Thought for the Day”, the Thoughts will be available as podcasts on the newspaper’s website. To read more about it, click here.

Mohammad Mostafaei, a prominent lawyer working on child execution cases reported that Bahman Salimian, a minor on death row, is in imminent danger of execution. He is scheduled to be executed on February 5th in Iran. 150 lawyers have written an open letter to Iran’s head of Judicary Ayatollah Shahroudi demanding a stay of execution …

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Listen to Fariborz Pooya speaking about Iranian art and film on Nightwave BBC Radio 3 from 26 minutes onwards by clicking here.

Unveiled No. 2, January 31, 2009 Publication of Equal Rights Now – Organisation against Women’s Discrimination in Iran Editor: Maryam Namazie Thirty years of struggle for freedom and equality Sohaila Sharifi There is a short video clip on some websites showing Iranian women’s 1979 historic march on International Women’s Day. Each time I watch this …

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Palestinian people: victims of two terrorist camps New Channel TV’s interview with Hamid Taqvaee on the massacre of innocent civilians in Gaza Nasser Asqary: Israel continues its mass killings in Gaza. Political Islamic forces, including the regime in Iran, have seized on the opportunity to promote their propaganda and shed crocodile tears for the Palestinian …

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