Turkish state lash out against Marxist leninist Communist Party (MLKP)On 8-9 September, 23 people known by their revolutionary and socialist identities, including Ibrahim Cicek, the Chief Editor of weekly revolutionary socialist newspaper, Sedat Senoglu, the Vice Chief Editor, Bayram Namaz, one of the writers of newspaper, Ziya Ulusoy, the former Chief Editor, and Fusun Erdogan, the Chief Coordinator of Ozgur Radio, have been taken into police custody in various cities.While detainees are being kept in the Vatan Anti-Terror Branch in Istanbul, the workers of the Atilim Newspaper have organized a press meeting in Istanbul-Galatasaray Square on 10 September. The meeting was also supported by different revolutionary and democratic organizations and individuals such as Human Rights … [read more]

It seems to be a step back into the colonial past. The map of the Middle East is increasingly marked in the colours of occupation troops. Troops of different countries, with or without a mandate of the United Nations, but always corresponding to one single design—the design of the so-called New Middle East envisaged by Washington in close alliance with Israel.Different pretexts have been put forward in order to justify the invasion of Iraq, to continue the massacre against the Palestinian people, to attack Lebanon. But behind all this is the will to control the entire region, to loot its resources, to impede any autonomous development, to subjugate the people denying them their rights, to impose Western civilisation as the only one worth to exist which one has to accept willingly … [read more]

Europeerna försöker bara genomföra sionisternas mà¥l med andra medelDet libanesiska folkets motstà¥ndsrörelse, och i synnerhet dess spjutspets Hezballah, är den klara segraren i den senaste ronden i konflikten i Mellanöstern. Israel kunde inte uppnॠsitt uttalade mà¥l att besegra Hezballah pॠslagfältet och tvingades till ett förnedrande tillbakadragande. Ingen kan pॠallvar förneka just detta faktum som ocksॠtydligt erkänns av opinionen i Israel.Israel var inte bara oförmöget att à¥samka Hezballah ett nederlag men visade sig ocksà¥, som en konsekvens av detta, inte kunna provocera fram ett nytt inbördeskrig. Tvärtom stärktes enheten i landet av Hezballahs förmà¥ga att försvara det mot sionismen. Om Hezballah till och med kunde besegra Israel, vem … [read more]

The Europeans just try to implement Zionist aims by other meansThe recent round of the Middle East conflict clearly goes to the Lebanese popular resistance and especially its spearhead Hizbollah. Israel could not reach its proclaimed aim to defeat Hizbollah on the battlefield and had to withdraw disgracefully. Nobody can seriously deny this very fact which is strongly confirmed by the public opinion in Israel herself.Israel was not only not able to inflict a defeat on Hizbollah but as a consequence proved unable to incite a new civil war. On the contrary the ability of Hizbollah to defend the country against Zionism strengthened the national unity. If even Israel lost the war against Hisbollah who should internally dare to attack them by military force?This is an extraordinary success to … [read more]

Call by Salah Al MukhtarCertain elements affiliated with the Ministry of the Interior in the government formed by the American occupation in Iraq have arrested the well-known Iraqi journalist Kalshan Bayati and have taken her to an unknown destination.We hereby plead to all free men and women in this world, especially journalists, writers, supporters of free speech, human rights organizations, and others to rush quickly to demand the immediate release of journalist Kalshan Bayati, and to exert pressure to guarantee her safety, since elements of the Ministry of the Interior have previously liquidated Atwar Bahjat, another female Iraqi journalist who was assassinated, and who went down as a martyr of the homeland and of journalism. Your pens are now being called upon to act immediately and … [read more]

by Abnaa el BaladUnder the flag of the "International War against terrorism" Israeli authorities outlawed a Prisoners' support association that is active for more than 25 years In a pre-dawn raid on Friday, 8 September, a big force of Israel's police, border guards and security services invaded the offices of a Palestinian prisoner's support association called "Prisoners' Friends Association" (PFA) in the town of Majd elKroom in the Galilee, inside the 1948 occupied Palestine (the state of Israel). They confiscated computers, hundreds of documents, tens of artwork and handcrafts pieces that were given as presents to the association by different prisoners over the years, and even the trash bin… Another group of policeman invaded, at the same time, the house of the chairman of the … [read more]

Ett brev inifrà¥n Israel av en aktivist i Abnaa el Balad[1]I och med vapenvilan tog den fas som vi gà¥tt igenom under den senaste mà¥naden - det "öppna kriget" - slut. Alla medger att Muqawamah - motstà¥ndsrörelsen [2] - har vunnit den här delen av kriget. Det är underbart, och dessutom är det första gà¥ngen arabiska styrkor har besegrat Israel i krig, och det är verkligen skönt att vara pॠden vinnande sidan. Man kan se att alla sionister är pॠverkligt dà¥ligt humör.För oss har den senaste mà¥naden varit mycket underlig. Trots att vi var aktiva sॠgott som varje dag (vi organiserade och deltog i demonstrationer 3 till 4 gà¥nger i veckan och gjorde andra aktioner därutöver) upplevde jag mer än nà¥gonsin att den verkliga politiken, den verkliga … [read more]

Help save Iñaki's life! On August 7, Basque political prisoner Iñaki de Juana Chaos began a hunger strike to demand his right to be released. Iñaki de Juana should have been released on October 25, 2004, after serving his sentence in full and having spent 18 years in jail. However, the Magistrate at the First Penal Court of the Spanish Audiencia Nacional, Gà³mez Bermúdez, issued a decision dated October 22, attempting to contest the remission Iñaki was entitled to and to prevent his release.In view of the impossibility to maintain this line of argument, the judge decreed his remand in custody for an alleged crime of membership of an armed group and terrorist threats.The basis for the accusations were two opinion articles the prisoners sent to the daily Gara . It is impossible to … [read more]

by Harsh Thakor, Mumbai, IndiaA Tribute to Tarimala Nagi Reddy's 30th death anniversary and the 60 th anniversary of the launching of the Telengana Armed Struggle.Download the text (900 … [read more]

Letter from withinWith the beginning of the ceasefire, the phase we lived for the last month - "the open war" - was finished.Everybody admits that the Moqawamah - resistance - has won this part of the war. It's a great thing, and more than that, it's the first time Arab forces win over Israel at war and it is really nice to be on the winner's side. You can see all the Zionists in a very bad mood. For us the last month was very strange. In spite of the fact that we were active almost every day (we organized & participated in demos 3 - 4 times a week, and did more social activity) I felt, more than ever, that the real politics, the real change of the world is done by other people that use other means. During this month the Israeli police & people were much more racist than they are … [read more]

Islamic Union remains firm, supported by Anti-imperialist CampDuring the Lebanon war, the Union of Italian Islamic Communities and Organizations (UCOII) wrote an advertisement for a chain of newspapers, which - due to reasons of space - only came out a few days after the truce. The UCOII is the only Islamic association in Italy which really represents a large number of people, and federates 124 mosques.This advertisement (full text in Italian here: www.islam-ucoii.it) described what was happening in Lebanon, and followed with a list of 70 massacres committed in Palestine and Lebanon by Israel. There was no mention whatsoever of "Jews" or "Holocaust", but the title at the top of the ad was "YESTERDAY NAZI MASSACRES, TODAY ISRAELI MASSACRES", while the last lines of the ad said … [read more]

Af Carsten Kofoed, Frit Irak BlogHundredvis af shiamuslimer demonstrerede i Basra den 23. august i utilfredshed med Iraks korrupte marionetstyre og den konstant faldende levestandard med stigende priser, ingen el og intet rindende vand. Ogsॠden offentlige korruption var i skudlinjen for demonstranternes vrede. Det fortà¦ller nyhedsbureauet Mafkarat Al-Islam.Oberst Nuri Jafar fra marionetpolitiet i Basra truede de demonstrerende med fà¦ngsel for deres demonstration imod Al-Malikis marionetstyre, som de kaldte "en regering af amerikanske sko". Hen imod slutningen af demonstrationen i Basra, som regnes for en by, hvor støtten til prà¦sident Saddam Hussein og Baath-partiet historisk har và¦ret mindre end for eksempel i det centrale Irak, brød demonstranterne ud i … [read more]

Intervju med Musa Abu Marzook, ställföreträdande ordförande för Hamas politiska kontorFrà¥ga: För närvarande pà¥gà¥r samtal mellan Hamas och Fatah om att bilda en nationell samlingsregering. Vilka är syftena med en sà¥dan regering och anser ni att det är sannolikt att den gà¥r att bilda?Abu Marzook: Redan före valet drev vi linjen att vi ska ansvara för de palestinska statsangelägenheterna gemensamt med Fatah. Förslaget om ennationell samlingsregering ingick i và¥rt valprogram. Vi palestinier mà¥ste komma till rätta med en svà¥r situation och därför är det bäst om alla politiska organisationer kan ta ansvaret för regeringen. Efter att Hamas tillträdde som regering inledde vi diskussioner med alla organisationer för att bilda en gemensam palestinsk … [read more]

Interview with Dr. Musa Abu Marzook, Deputy Chairman of Hamas Political OfficeQuestion: Currently, there are talks between Hamas and Fatah in order to build a common government. Do you believe that it will be possible to build this government and what is its aim?Dr. Marzook: Yes, we believe in the common government and this was our policy right from the beginning. One of our aims before the last elections was to share responsbilities with Fatah, and in general to have a shared government between all Palestinian groups. We have a lot of problems and we have to carry responsibility for them together with the others. After Abu Mazen assigned Mr. Haniyeh to be Prime Minister and to establish a new government, we opened discussions with all of the groups to form the Palestinian government. … [read more]

We call upon all democratic, progressive, left forces in Europe to observe the trial of appeal against left activists from Turkey in BelgiumTrial date: September 11, 2006 Appeal court, Ghent, BelgiumSeptember 11th not only stands for the 'World Trade Center attack' in New York in 2001; in 2006 it stands for the day the appeal takes place in the most spectacular anti-terror trial against the DHKP-C (Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front), concerning the events in Knokke, Belgium.This trial is about the confiscation of firearms, falsified documentsand membership to a so-called "terrorist organization", on September 26, 1999.Exactly seven years later, legal action against 11 people from Turkey was initiated. Among the 11 there are well known left-wing militants. They are accused of … [read more]

President Chavez' antiimperialist strive, that has brought about outstanding social and democratic progress above all for the poor, can count on broad support within the country. Hence, the slogan of the Bolivarian popular movement on the forthcoming elections is: 10 million votes for a new revolutionary mandate.We intend to join this slogan with our voice of international solidarity. In fact, one strong aspect of Hugo Chavez' presidency is his country's solidarity with the peoples of the world. President Chavez continuously pointed out the crimes of the Guantánamo camp of torture, the occupation terror in Iraq, the threathening of war against Iran and last but not least the Israeli state terrorism against the Palestinian and the Lebanese people.As a sign of supporting the … [read more]

av Ingrid Baltzersen og Lars Akerhaug De siste mà¥nedene har politiske aktivister og demokratiforkjempere i Egypt và¦rt vitne til en stat som med brutale virkemidler har slà¥tt ned pॠpolitisk opposisjon. Ikke bare politiske aktivister blir rammet, men ogsॠhøyesterettsdommere som kjemper for et uavhengig rettsapparat. Mange egyptiske intellektuelle mener angrepene forteller om et regime med problemer, som mॠbruke ekstreme virkemidler for ॠopprettholde det politiske status quo. Samtidig lar protestene fra vestlige land vente pॠseg, mot at regimet bruker vold for ॠslॠned pॠpolitiske motstandere. Etter valget til lovgivende nasjonalforsamling i november og desember i fjor ble mye av lufta blà¥st ut av demokratibevegelsen. Den egyptiske … [read more]

By: Gregory WilpertSource: Venezuelanalysis.com According to Chavez, this socialism would be different from the socialism of the 20th century. While Chavez was vague about exactly how this new socialism would be different, he implied it would not be a state socialism as was practiced in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe or as is practiced in Cuba today. Rather, it would be a socialism that would be more pluralistic and less state-centered. "We have assumed the commitment to direct the Bolivarian Revolution towards socialism and to contribute to the socialist path, with a new socialism, a socialism of the 21st century, which is based in solidarity, in fraternity, in love, in justice, in liberty, and in equality," said Chavez in another speech in mid 2006.[1] Also, this … [read more]

Demonstration mot Israels medverkan i EMUppemot tvà¥tusen personer demonstrerade i Göteborg pॠmà¥ndagskvällen mot Israels och USA:s krigspolitik. Protesten startade vid Gustaf Adolfs torg och avslutades strax intill Nya Ullevi, där Friidrotts EM pà¥gà¥r. Parollen Bojkotta Israel var vägledande för mötesdeltagarna och talarna. Proletären FF: s ordförande Bengt Frejd höll tal, liksom representanter frà¥n andra deltagande organisationer. Inte minst den starka högtalaranläggningen gjorde att budskapet nà¥dde även mà¥nga friidrottsvänner pॠväg mot arenan.Ett mycket kraftfull protest som inte pॠnà¥got sätt uppmärksammades i sena SVT Aktuellt, trots att kamerateam fanns pॠplats. Uppemot tio polisbussar fanns parkerade runt Nya Ullevi. Efter mötet … [read more]

Redogörelse frà¥n Abna el-Balad (Landets söner)*Sedan invasionen av Libanon inleddes demonstrerar antikrigsrörelsen minst tre gà¥nger i veckan. I Haifa hà¥ller vi demonstrationer med tvॠtill tre hundra deltagare. Efter massakern i Qana var vi fem hundra. Till demonstrationerna varje vecka i Tel Aviv kommer nà¥gra tusen människor, och i mà¥nga arabiska städer som Sakhneen och Shefa'amr är det ocksॠtusentals. à…ttio till nittio procent av den judiska befolkningen stödjer kriget, och vid và¥ra demonstrationer angrips vi av en blandning av studenter, rasande ligister och poliser. En arabisk kvinna attackerades av tvॠmaskerade män. Efter demonstrationen trängde de in i hennes hem och slog henne inför ögonen pॠhennes barn. Hon blev tvungen att uppsöka … [read more]