Rohan Pearce It's all about "Letting Israel Be Israel", according to the headline of an article in the July 31 neo-conservative Weekly Standard. The article by Fred Barnes, the executive editor of the Rupert Murdoch-owned magazine, endorsed "Bush's
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Pip Hinman A holocaust is engulfing Lebanon. Hundreds of civilians are dead, thousands injured. Entire villages and suburbs have been destroyed. The United Nations says that a third of the casualties in Lebanon are children, and that a million
ISTANBUL — More than 5000 people assembled for a rally and march in Taksim Square on July 29 to demand that Israel halt its military offensive against Lebanon and the Palestinians in the Gaza strip. The demonstration was called by the Confederation
Max Lane, Jakarta On July 23, 1500 people attended a rally at the National Library of Indonesia to publicly launch a new political party — the Preparatory Committee of the National Liberation Party of Unity (KP-Papernas) — for the 2009
Izzat Abdul Hadi, a researcher and writer, is the new head of the Palestinian delegation to Australia. Previously the head of a Palestinian community development organisation and a founder of the Palestinian non-government organisation Network, this
Stuart Munckton According to a July 23 VHeadline.com report, campesino [peasant] leader Braulio Alvarez escaped with minor injuries after the car he was driving "came under a hail of bullets". Alvarez is a deputy in the National Assembly (AN) for
Liam Mitchell, Sydney On July 24, a lunchtime solidarity meeting with a member of the Western Australian branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) who is facing a heavy fine for taking strike action was held on the
Roberto Jorquera Mexicans went to the polls on July 2 to elect a new president. Officially, Felipe Calderon from the pro-business National Action Party won by 0.58%. However, it has become increasingly clear that the elections were stolen by
On July 25, an Irish court acquitted five protesters, including Ciaran O'Reilly from Brisbane, of damaging a US war plane at Shannon airport to protest against the Iraq war. All are pacifists from the Catholic Worker Movement, and used hammers and an
Dale T. McKinley, Johannesburg The alliance is dead! Long live the alliance! That about sums up the politics of the organisational marriage between the African National Congress (ANC), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Congress of
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