It didn’t take long for the web of lies to unravel. Just weeks after White House resident George W. Bush declared that the conflict was over, two U.S. or British troops die each day and Saddam Hussein is alive and apparently able to direct an organised guerrilla force in Baghdad. And, of course, the so-called… Read more »
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Peace is possible! A dialogue between radical Arabs and Jews
Watch the nightly news, and the prospects for peace in the Middle East seem hopeless. The Israeli State is blatantly assassinating Palestinian leaders and the right of return for Palestinians who lived decades in refugee camps is off the agenda. Meanwhile, the Iraqi people are living under U.S. occupation. But the good news is that… Read more »
Poetry: “Growing Up Jewish”
For my Bar Mitzvah I received, along with some fountain pens and Israeli Savings Bonds, a few certificates informing me that, in Israel, trees had been planted in my honor. We were taught that Israel was an empty, unpopulated desert. As a young teen, I was repeatedly shown films about the horrors of Auschwitz, Dachau,… Read more »
Standing in solidarity with Muslim women
Bush’s “War on Terrorism” has the sickening stench of racism — as wars for profit always do. In the previous world war, Uncle Sam saved “Western Civilisation” from “Asian hordes.” Today, he’s going after “Islamic terrorists” from the Middle East and Asia. According to Fred Nile, Christian fundamentalist Member of Parliament in New South Wales,… Read more »
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 »
Palestinian and Israeli feminists spearhead new leadership in the Middle East
The violence and destruction perpetrated by the Israeli military in April against the residents of the Jenin refugee camp is one more in a very long line of atrocities committed against the Palestinian people. A crowded refugee camp was left in ruins. The death toll could be as high as 500 — many crushed under… Read more »
Movie Review: The Circle (Dayereh)
Picture the white wall of a hospital corridor. Screams come from within. A small aperture opens, and — as though looking through a chador — we can see the eyes of a nurse. She announces the birth of a beautiful girl to an awaiting female relative. But the woman is devastated, and she runs out… Read more »
New Palestinian leadership needed to counter Israeli State Terrorism!
During the first year of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, sparked on 29 September 2000, 560 Palestinians — 472 of them civilians, including 140 children — were killed by the Israeli army and settlers. According to the Red Crescent Society, more than 15,000 Palestinians were also wounded, and 25 people died at border check points while being… 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 »
