Congratulations to the Melbourne Pride March organisers for moving beyond party themes, choosing the more political “Peace through Pride.” Adopted by InterPride, the international body for Pride March organisations, this theme is a reminder that queers don’t exist in a bubble. Jerusalem’s first Pride march last year rallied for “Love without Borders.” In an inspiring… Read more »
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End the Middle East War: Mass, Democratic Anti-War Movement Needed Now!
The escalation of the military offensive in the Gulf is merely the latest phase in a dirty war. George W. Bush, who occupies the White House only because his Daddy’s buddies rigged an election, is merely continuing Daddy’s unfinished business. That business, as just about everybody realises, is oil. The vast bulk of the world’s… Read more »
Immunity from prosecution: International Criminal Court can’t touch the real war criminals
The definition of a crime against humanity is often a question of politics. It depends upon which side of the class divide one stands. Take the question of Palestine. Capitalist politicians are convinced that the killing of Israeli citizens in Tel Aviv is such an act. Yet they are silent when it comes to the… Read more »
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Workers Reject War Madness Both the Pakistani and Indian regimes have nuclear weapons and are currently whipping up nationalism and chauvinism in order to create war hysteria. Neither regime cares for the interests of the working class and peasantry of the region. Since coming to power, the Pakistani military dictatorship under Musharraf has introduced vicious… Read more »
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Appreciation from Pakistani women Warmest greetings from the Working Women’s Organisation of Pakistan. Please accept a bundle of thanks from WWO for the Radical Women Manifesto and the new issue of the Freedom Socialist Bulletin. Publications like the Freedom Socialist Bulletin are playing an important role in building international workers’ solidarity by presenting a real… Read more »
Resistance swells to stop the war at home & abroad
It didn’t take long for George W. Bush to show just who he had in mind when he declared his war on terrorism. The horrifying September 11 carnage provided U.S. authorities with an excuse not only for the murderous bombing of Afghanistan and a bully campaign against that whole region of the world, but also… Read more »
Special report from Pakistan: Working women spearhead resistance to U.S. war, religious fundamentalism and the Musharraf dictatorship
The Pentagon and its propaganda mouthpiece, CNN, would have us believe that the U.S.-led war against Afghanistan is between the “free world” and the Taliban. The U.S. government struts around as a liberator and brings out “First Lady” Laura Bush to justify the destruction of Afghanistan because of the Taliban’s horrific sexism. That the CIA… Read more »
Israeli violence provokes new Palestinian Intifada: Which way forward for lasting peace in the Middle East?
More than three million Palestinian people have been made refugees since 1948 — when their land was stolen to establish Israel — and in subsequent wars. Those living in Gaza and the West Bank have fiercely resisted the Israeli army, wanting nothing more than to return to their homeland. Any “peace agreement” that prolongs military… Read more »
Stop the War Against Iraq!
U.S. President Bill Clinton and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have again bombed Bagdad. They justified their 70 hours of terror by claiming that Iraq alone had used weapons of mass destruction and will use them in the future. What blatant lies! The U.S. dropped weapons of mass destruction on inhabited cites in 1945, when… Read more »