Israel / Palestine
Israel: Israeli dockers organise wildcat strike
International appeal
Middle East
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".
Israel / Palestine
Middle East: Obituary – Yasser Arafat (1929-2004)
Palestinians mourn Arafat but struggle for liberation will continue
Israel / Palestine
Israel/Palestine: Arafat and the Palestinian struggle
When Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat fell dangerously ill, Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was worried enough about being blamed for his death to release him from the Israeli blockade in Ramallah to be flown to […]
Israel / Palestine
Israel: Peace demonstrators look for answers
The speakers at Monday’s demonstration , held in Tel Aviv, in support of withdrawal from Gaza were not radical ones – actually they gave unconditional support to Sharon’s disengagement plan.