Israel / Palestine
Israel: Be’er Sheva Bus drivers striking for nearly three months
A struggle for basic union rights
Middle East
Iraq
Iraq: Nothing resolved by Iraqi elections
Bush and Blair have been quick to hail the elections in Iraq as a "victory for democracy" and a vindication of their brutal occupation of Iraq, but this was largely for public consumption.
Israel / Palestine
Israel/Palestine: After the PA elections
What lies behind attempts to reach a ceasefire?
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Israeli dockers organise wildcat strike
International appeal
Iraq
Iraqi elections: Debacle facing US and British imperialism
The bloody war in Iraq led by US imperialism worsens every day as the death toll mounts and the country plunges deeper into civil war and ethnic and religious clashes.
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Racist police thugs beat up Israeli Palestinian student
Muhamad Mansur is a first year Israeli Palestinian medical student at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Iraq
Iraq: Elections – but no peace or democracy
Just before Christmas, 100 people were killed and injured in an attack on a US Army base dining hall in Mosul, northern Iraq. Nineteen US soldiers were amongst those killed – the most deadly attack […]
Israel / Palestine
Israel/Palestine: Fatah leaders ‘unite’ behind Abbas
Following Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat’s death, a new Palestinian Authority (PA) president is to be elected on 9 January.
Turkey
Turkey: Why the EU is negotiating with Turkey
Imperialism and illusions related to European Union membership
Iraq
Iraq: US plans crumble in Iraq
"IT IS a mess in Iraq". The UN special envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, was certainly to the point. Elections, he said, would not be possible on the 30 January "if the circumstances stay as they are".