Middle East
Does Palestinian Authority’s UN 'statehood' bid endanger Palestinian rights?
Palestinian Authority envoy to the United Nations Riyad Mansour.
By Ali Abunimah
August 8, 2011 -- Electronic Intifada -- The Palestinian Boycott National Committee (BNC), the steering group of the international boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign, has issued further guidance in the run up to the Palestinian Authority’s effort to gain UN membership for a “State of Palestine” in September.
The BNC statement implicitly warns that recognition of any “state” that did not include full recognition of all Palestinian rights and the right of all Palestinians everywhere to be represented, could violate or negate those rights.
The statement further warns that governments around the world cannot use symbolic recognition of a Palestinian “state” to evade their responsibilities.
The Syrian 'common': an uprising of the working society
By Yassin Al Haj Saleh
Israel: Mass protest movement offers hope
300,000 protesters in Tel Aviv, August 6, 2011.
By Guy Gillor
August 8, 2011 – Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- The 2011 global uprisings remind us how infectious the revolutionary spirit can be. In the last three weeks, a social movement within Israel has sprung to life in an almost spontaneous manner. A small housing protest that started on July 14 has swept hundreds of thousands of people into protest across the country. As in many other countries, people in Israel face rapidly increasing living costs and privatisation of public assets.
Tunisia: Communist Workers Party holds first legal congress in 25 years
By Kal
The Oslo mass murder and the mainstreaming of racism in Europe; Solidarity from Palestine
The Sun, a flagship daily of the disgraced Murdoch empire, immediately prepared a front page that described the far-right attack as an "Al Qaeda Massa
Tariq Ali: The Arab intifada and US power (video)
Tariq Ali presents a talk to the British Socialist Workers Party's Marxism 2011, held in
BDS: The global struggle for Palestinian rights (video)
July 21, 2011 – Wearemany.org – Omar Bargho
Review: 'From Fatwa to Jihad: The Rushdie Affair and its Legacy'
By Rupen Savoulian
Egypt: Left debates the Arab Spring, democracy and imperialism
"For social equality" – May Day 2011 in Cairo.
The Egyptian revolution: phase two
By Jesse McLaren
Left debates Libya: Imperialist nature of war is now clearer
Aftermath of a NATO airstrike on Tripoli.
[For more left views on Libya, click HERE for articles and associated comments.]
By Michael Karadjis
June 23, 2011 -- Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal -- Renfrey Clarke has written a very detailed and thoughtful piece of discussion, and despite my disagreement with it, I welcome the fact that people are willing to put forward unpopular positions (among the left) and have them thrashed out, especially when it is done in such a careful and thorough way.
