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Robbie Rix reports on the Weekly Worker fighting fund

Daniel Lazare reviews: Rodric Braithwaite ‘Afgantsy: the Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89’ Oxford University Press, 2011, pp448, £10.28; Artemy M Kalinovsky ‘A long goodbye: the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan’ Harvard University Press, 2011, pp290, £22.95; Bruce Riedel ‘What we won: America’s secret war in Afghanistan, 1979-89’ Brookings, 2014, pp189, £17

Khomeini and the clergy completely outmanoeuvred the left. But it need not have been that way. In his second and concluding article on the role of oil workers in the 1979 revolution, Peyman Jafari stresses the complex nature of ideology and class consciousness

Why are the leaders of the Islamic Republic still looking so confident? The answer lies in the dismal failures of the global hegemon, argues Yassamine Mather

Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer seem to have reconnected and the timing for a relationship looks good this time!

Some big shows are now requiring vaccinations or negative COVID tests

By Travis Jun 24, 2021 Today the MLB unveiled the new All-Star uniforms and they are.......something. Heres the Pirates version for your reference Photo: Fanatics.com Photo: Fanatics.com The reaction online was mostly negative. Here are some additional details and the reaction I saw today: