Guilty for "conspiracy" thus overruling juryAugust 16, 2007: Miami, Florida: Hispanic convert to Islam, Jose Padilla, was found guilty on charges of "conspiracy" related to terrorism. His co-defendants Hassoun and al-Jayyousi were also convicted.Jose Padilla was held in isolation for three and a half years before he got the right to a proper trial. He underwent sophisticated forms of torture devised by the Bush administration. Specialists in the field say that torture which creates disorientation, hopelessness and dependence left Padilla broken and psychologically willing to please his oppressors.No evidence or witnesses could be found against him. The government case depended on an application form which Padilla supposedly filled to be able to attend an al-Qaida camp. However there are … [read more]

by Kosta Harlan, USAIn the four years of the U.S. occupation of Iraq, public debate within the U.S. antiwar movement on whether to support the Iraqi resistance has rarely taken place. Consequently the recent polemic between Alexander Cockburn and Phyllis Bennis (a leader in the United for Peace and Justice Coalition) is an extremely positive development and should be welcomed. It is an important debate that needs to take place at all levels within the U.S. antiwar movement.Some weeks ago Alexander Cockburn wrote of the need for the U.S. antiwar movement to openly support the resistance ("Support their troops?", CounterPunch). In her reply, "Why the Anti-War Movement Doesn't Embrace the Iraqi Resistance", Bennis correctly argues that the basis of unity in the movement should not be … [read more]

Fortsett støtten til den palestinske motstanden mot okkupasjonen Med noen nevneverdige unntak ser store deler av solidaritetsbevegelsen for Palestina ikke evner ॠforholde ovenfor det som skjer pॠVestbredden og Gaza-stripen. Stillheten om den nà¥và¦rende situasjonen truer med ॠødelegge det som har blitt bygget opp av solidaritetsarbeid med den palestinske motstandskampen mot okkupasjonen. Et flertall har valgt enten helt ॠunngॠॠta et standpunkt om hvem som representerer den palestinske frigjøringskampen, eller enda verre, ॠgॠsammen med lederskapet av Fatah. Bak Abbas og Mohammed Dahlan, Abbas sin sikkerhetssjef som ble kastet ut av Gaza ligger israelske og amerikanske interesser. De ønsker ॠødelegge motstanden og skape … [read more]

Continue the solidarity with the Palestinian resistance against occupationWith notable exceptions, much of the pro-Palestinian solidarity movement seems dumb-stricken by the developments on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank. This silence on the recent situation threatens to shatter what has been built up of solidarity work with the Palestinian resistance against the occupation.A majority has chosen either to abstain completely from taking a stand on which forces represents the Palestinian liberation struggle, or, even worse, chosen to align themselves with the Fatah leadership. Behind Abbas and Mohammed Dahlan, Abbas' security chief who was routed from Gaza are Israeli and American interests who seek to destroy the resistance and create a permanent state of civil war between … [read more]

by Left Radicals of Afghanistan (LRA)US imperialism and its European allies have been justifying their criminal and plundering mission and war in Afghanistan as a "Peace mission". They expect our people to thanks for their merciful invasion and making Afghanistan as a colonial country and establishing a puppet regime here which has no determination and independence!For several times Karzai asked U.S. and NATO to coordinate their military operations with Afghan army to prevent civilians' casualties, but no one paid attention him, even while he cried and wept before his foreign masters! Killing of civilians during any military operations has changed to a hobby for blood- thirsty occupiers. They offer stupid reasons for committing such crimes within bombardments as inevitable part of … [read more]

Abduljabbar al Kubaysi, influential political leader of the Iraqi resistance and secretary-general of the Iraqi Patriotic Alliance (IPA) elaborates on the new situation evolving in IraqQ: In the last period the European media when touching Iraq have been speaking only on a sectarian civil war. What is really happening?Actually the US occupiers as well as the government imposed by them are pushing for this sectarian civil war. Also the Iranians have interest in this as they are looking for a federation in the South as well. Their attempt is to make the Sunni, the Christians, the Mandeans leave to have a purely Shiite zone. Under the conditions of war this sectarian drive has an immediate effect. The US uses this as an argument to stay in Iraq as they claim that they would be needed to … [read more]

By Robert Linderholm, USAThe CNN headlines today read "Senate Republicans scuttle Iraq pullout plan". One might be tempted to think that War Criminal Bush has once again avoided disapproval for his butchering, torturing and displacement of 10 million people. Not so fast! By refusing to accept reality, a hardcore group of US Republicans must now accept full responsibility for the war crimes committed by Bush and his cronies. US Republicans now must accept full responsibility for the wasted and crippled lives of 25,000 US mercenaries. Had the Democratic Party got their way, the inevitable would have been blamed on them. Had the Democratic Party succeeded in forcing Bush out of Iraq, there would have been no opportunity for a complete change in US foreign policy. Only by being completely and … [read more]

Interview with Arundhati RoyChhattisgarh. Jharkhand. Bihar. Andhra Pradesh. Signposts of fractures gone too far with too little remedy. Arundhati Roy in conversation with Shoma Chaudhury on the violence rending our heartland There is an atmosphere of growing violence across the country. How do you read the signs? In what context should it be read?You don't have to be a genius to read the signs. We have a growing middle class, reared on a diet of radical consumerism and aggressive greed. Unlike industrialising Western countries, which had colonies from which to plunder resources and generate slave labour to feed this process, we have to colonise ourselves, our own nether parts. We've begun to eat our own limbs. The greed that is being generated (and marketed as a value interchangeable with … [read more]

In the East support for the Kurdish Party of for a Democratic Society (DTP)We are the socialist alternative of the oppressedagainst the putschists, bosses, imperialism, fascism and chauvinism!Look at the bourgeois system parties! How they gorge each other, how they strangle each other… On one hand, the military fascist front, on the other hand the neoliberal reactionary front… They are competing with their lies against each other. One side has been waving fake flags of "secularism" and "independence" in its hand. The other side waves the flag of "democracy" with the same fakeness… But how do they all unite towards the oppressed! How they all compete in adopting the IMF's laws of exploitation and plundering! How they made the united ballot pass quickly with a "holly" alliance to … [read more]

Seizure of power by Hamas a step forward for the resistanceThe seizure of power by Hamas in the Gaza strip actually is nothing else than the late implementation of the electoral results of last year. By all means the West, Israel and Fatah have been trying to disregard the democratic vote. Internationally a starving embargo has been imposed, the elected government has not been recognised and the defeated Fatah faction with its militias, intelligence services etc. has been armed.Hamas has been trying every possible compromise including the unity government with Fatah. But both the West as well as Fatah have been continuing their obstruction. They simply did not want to cede power while the West did not want to loose a servile proxy despite their blatant record of corruption, nepotism and … [read more]

ترجمة بيان معسكر القوى المناهضة للإمبريالية حول التطورات الأخيرة في غزةاستيلاء حماس على السلطة خطوة متقدمة للمقاومة لا يعدو استيلاء حماس على السلطة في قطاع غزة في الأساس كونه تنفيذاً لنتيجة الانتخاب في العام … [read more]

حول حملة الاعتقالات المسعورة التي يشنها النظام المغربي ضد القوى الديمقراطية النهج الديمقراطي البيضاء في 9/6/2007 الكتابة الوطنية بـيـان تدارست الكتابة الوطنية للنهج الديمقراطي في اجتماعها العادي ليوم … [read more]

يسر المركز الثقافي العربي النمساوي - فيينا أن يدعوكم إلى الندوة التي يعقدها في الساعة السابعة يوم الأربعاء 4 تموز (يوليو) مع السيد وليهيلم لانغتالر لتقديم كتاب "الشرق الأوسط: حرب -احتلال-مقاومة" في قاعة المركز الكائنة في … [read more]

نيكولاوس براونز/ ديميتري تسالوس (الناشران):الشرق الأوسط: حرب - احتلال - مقاومة209 ص، 16.90 يورودار باهل- روغنشتاين للنشريصدر في 21 حزيران ‏2007 نيكولاوس براونز/ ديميتري تسالوس (الناشران):الشرق الأوسط: حرب - احتلال - مقاومة209 ص، 16.90 يورودار … [read more]

Interview with the ESP (Socialist Platform of the Oppressed) representative of Diyarbakir, in the Kurdish region of the Turkish stateESP (Socialist Platform of the Oppressed) in Diyarbakir, the capital of the Kurdish region of the Turkish state, is an anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist organization who fights on the side of the oppressed masses. For four years they've had activities in the city which is considered the center of the Kurdish national movement. This interview was done by Anti-imperialist Camp with a spokeswoman of ESP in the city.- What do you think about the Kurdish national movement?We mainly think it is a progressive national movement, seeking the national rights of the oppressed Kurdish nation. But we criticize some aspects of the movement. Mainly we criticize the … [read more]

The protests against the G8 in Rostock remained on a poor political level[Banner of the Anti-imperialist Camp in Rostock: Stop the €uro-American war$, troops out of Afghanistan]The massive mobilisation of some 80.000 on June 2 in Rostock is certainly a success. Such mass protests against the liberalist oligarchy with strong international participation is for Germany exceptional. The fact that the demonstration had to take place very far away from both the summit as well as from the popular audience is due to the massive restrictions imposed by the federal government as well as by the provincial government led by the SPD.A question regarding the political message of the demonstration must, however, be posed. That we refuse the G8 has been received, fair enough. But what else? The … [read more]

Quick impressions of Asa Henriksson, Free Iraq Committee Malmo, SwedenThe protests around Heiligendamm were positive in many ways: the infrastructure as well as most of the activities were well organised, in a non-sectarian, unifying way and also in a such a way that the different activities would gather the largest amount of people possible. What struck me though was the virtually non-existent awareness concerning anti-imperialism or even critique against American warfare. It was as though the question of occupation, warfare and resistance simply did not exist. During the largest demonstration on June 2nd, that gathered at least 80 000 people I spotted only one Iraqi flag, carried seemingly by a small group of Iraqis. There were two or three banners with slogans concerning Palestine, but … [read more]

Ramallah, May 30, 2007The Israeli occupation's military court continues its hearing in the case against the Secretary General of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Sa'adat. Usually the hearings, held in the fortified Opher military base near Ramallah, are very one-sided: Sa'adat refuses to recognize the legitimacy of the court, and forbids his lawyers from playing by the court's rules. The lawyers ask the court to be reprieved from their impossible role, and are prevented by the court from resigning, but avoid any active defense. As a result, the sole manager of the court is the military prosecutor, a young and arrogant religious Jewish soldier-lawyer, and the 3 uniformed military judges follow his script to fill the trials files with "evidence"…But this … [read more]

Intervju med Asrar A Abdullatif, talesperson för Iraks Kommunistiska Parti (Centralkommandot)Iraks kommunistiska parti splittrades 1967 i tvॠorganisationer. Moderpartiet behöll länge starka band till Sovjet, medan utbrytargruppen Centralkommandot (ICP-CC) har drivit en självständig linje sà¥väl gentemot Sovjet som USA. Efter invasionen 2003 har moderpartiets ledare kunnat ses skaka hand med USA:s guvernör Paul Bremer och partiet har pॠolika sätt gett sitt stöd till ockupationen, bland annat genom deltagandet i valet. I motstats har ICP-CC konsekvent motsatt sig ockupationen och ser självständighet som en grundförutsättning för demokrati i Irak. Asrar A Abdullatif är talesperson för ICP-CC och en välkänd figur inom den irakiska arbetarrörelsen. I … [read more]

د. إبراهيم حمّامي حول صفقة غاز غزّة ما أن بدأت الدماء الفلسطينية تسيل بأيدٍ فلسطينية الصيف الماضي، وما أن حُرفت البوصلة الوطنية عن مسارها لتتوجه بعيداً عن الاحتلال، وما أن أصبح شغل المواطن والسياسي والاعلامي متابعة … [read more]