The Flame, January 2009 -- Green Left Weekly's Arabic-language supplement

January 8, 2009 -- With the help of Socialist Alliance members in the growing Sudanese community in Australia, Green Left Weekly -- Australia's leading socialist newspaper -- is publishing a regular Arabic language supplement. The Flame covers news from the Arabic-speaking world as well as news and issues from within Australia. The editor-in-chief is Soubhi Iskander, a comrade who has endured years of imprisonment and torture at the hands of the repressive government in Sudan.

Iskander and his team are working to involve progressive activists from other Arabic-speaking communities in the Flame project. Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal is also proud to bring the Flame to readers outside Australia. Below is the edition of the Flame published on January 8, 2009.

Its contents include:

Page 1: Iraqi Communist Party statement on Gaza
            Syria CP statement on Gaza
            `To kill a nation' - Egypt CP
             SAHRA statement on Gaza
Page 2: Stand up for people of Gaza (new translation)
            Lebanese CP statement on Gaza
            Jewish filmmaker condemns Gaza attack
            New year message from National conveners
Page 3: The timing of Israeli invasion
            Street fights in Gaza
            The Socialist Alliance position on Palestine
Page 4: Trade Union petition
             Israel between Lebanon and Gaza
             Arab rulers want Hamas leaders killed
             How to join Socialist Alliance

The Flame, January 2009 -- Green Left Weekly's Arabic-language supplement