The reports from the field can be retrieved here:First report Second report Third report The same pictures can be downloaded with higher resolution from the following links (1.5MB):http://www.sendspace.com/file/9wxadj http://www.myupload.dk/showfile/313280bc42e.rar http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?gm3jhzgogwy   Upon arrival at the Beirut airport the voluntaries were received by a member of the partner organisation Nashet in his flat.   The common lunch at the river in Saida was the upbeat of the project. It was the first encounter to get to know each other.   After having eaten the smoke of the Nargile (Shisha) should not lack…   Meeting with Osama Saad, leader of the Nasserist People’s Party and former MP   The chairman of … [read more]

Final report from Sumud, Ain el Hilweh, LebanonThis is the third report that was meant to be sent on our last evening in the refugee camp; unfortunately this was not possible due to the lack of time and the usual problems with the electricity.Thursday, September 3rd – 11.00 PM, Refugee Camp of 'Ein el-HilwehThis is our last evening here, we only have two hours left in the camp and then we will have to leave to the airport in Beirut to take the plane which will carry us to Budapest and then back to Italy, Austria, Germany and England.The opening of the building just finished, we spent the whole day organizing it and we think it went really well, we had a picture slideshow, some music, Dabka dancers and an “Italian” buffet (which was cooked by three of our volunteers). The … [read more]

The purpose of the current much-trumpeted operation by the paramilitary forces in Lalgarh region of West Midnapore (West Bengal), is to suppress the democratic upsurge of the tribals and to send out a warning to all oppressed sections against any attempt to similarly challenge the State authority and establish people’s authority. It is also part of the ruling classes’ systematic long-planned attack on the communist revolutionaries nationwide who are challenging the entire system of exploitation and oppression. For these reasons it is incumbent on all communist revolutionaries and revolutionary democrats to stand steadfast by the tribals of Lalgarh, oppose the State’s campaign of suppression, and uphold the right of the masses to rebel against the existing oppressive … [read more]

 ÙˆØµÙ„ مساء السابع عشر من آب (أغسطس) وفد منظمة "صمود" التضامنية إلى مخيم عين الحلوة قادما من العاصمة الإيطالية روما. يضم الوفد متطوّعين تضامنيين من كل من إيطاليا والنمسا وألمانيا وبريطانيا، قدموا في إطار المشروع … [read more]

This is the second report from the Camp, sent by the Sumud Brigade after 10 days from the beginning of the mission. Saturday, August 29th – 3.00 AM, Refugee Camp of 'Ein el-Hilwehreproduced from www.sumud.org We have now been 10 days in the camp.Every one is okay, but we're also really tired. Everyday we work to the renovation in the morning, then some more in the afternoon, and we often have activities in the late afternoon and the evening. But of course we also feel the need to spend time with each other and chat, and usually we're free only after dinner: therefore we tend to go to bed quite late and sleep only a few hours.We now have an internet connection inside the building (we are staying in the same building we're working on), but electricity (“karaba” in Arabic, … [read more]

Vorabdruck „Intifada Nr. 29, Herbst 2009“: Zu Obamas Außenpolitik und den Erwartungen der Welt  Vor einer inhaltlichen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Diskurs des neuen amerikanischen Präsidenten muss festgestellt werden, dass die acht langen Jahren seines Vorgängers George W. Bush dafür sorgten, dass schon der Abgang von Bush als Person an der Spitze der US-Politik von Vielen als eine historische Wende angesehen wurde. Da musste Obama nicht viel dazu tun. Er übernahm seine Funktion jedoch im Zeichen einer Weltwirtschaftskrise, mitten in zwei angefangenen und nicht beendeten Kriegen und im Schatten einer in unterschiedlichen Graden vertieften Feindschaft der USA mit dem Rest der Welt. Seine Person musste für alle die vorgefertigte Figur des Hoffnungsträgers erfüllen. … [read more]

First reportOur work brigade has now been in Lebanon for four days, and in the camp for two days.Upon our arrival, permission to enter the camp was refused by the Lebanese military even though all the bureaucratic steps had been taken: the reason given by the military was they are not used to such large groups asking permission to enter, but we suppose that political matters also played a role.While we were staying outside of the camp, with the help of our comrades in Nashet we managed to arrange two meetings with Lebanese political parties.The first one was with the Popular Democratic Party, a Marxist-Leninist party with a clear anti-imperialist outlook which supports resistances worldwide, and to whom of course the Palestinian Resistance is a crucial point; they also have been carrying … [read more]

نظم المركز الثقافي العربي النمساوي يوم الجمعة السابع من آب/ أغسطس فعالية احتجاجية مبتكرة مقابل "شاطئ تل أبيب" على قناة الدانوب في مدينة فيينا، حيث قدمت فرقة الهيب – هوب الفلسطينية „Ramallah Underground“ (رام الله تحت الأرض) … [read more]

عقدت مبادرة جدارية "معاً لإسقاط معاهدة وادي عربة" والهيئات الداعمة لها مؤتمراً صحفياً ظهر هذا اليوم في مجمع النقابات المهنية في عمان للإعلان عن اطلاق الجدارية في فعالية خاصة مساء يوم السبت القادم 8/8/2009 في المجمع … [read more]

Professor Harbhajan Singh Sohi, Central Committee member of Communist Party Reorganizing Centre of India (CPRCI)-ML is no more. He passed away on 15th June unnoticed without being getting even medical help at Bathinda. He was cremated on 16th June morning in the presence of family, friends and comrades. He had returned a day before after attending some party work outside Punjab. Sohi was born on 18th March, 1939. His ancestral village was Bhari in Sangrur district of Punjab. During his student days in Bathinda, he got involved in leftist movement. After doing his M.A. in English literature from Punjabi University Patiala, he taught for few months at Rajindra Government College Bathinda, which gave him the life long tag of ‘Professor’. He remained known as Prof. Harbhajan … [read more]

Seminar of the Austrian section of the Anti-imperialist Camp in CarinthiaUnder the title “Crisis: chance for an anti-systemic force?” the annual summer seminar of the Austrian section of the Anti-imperialist Camp took place in Carinthia from 9-12 July, 2009.The current crisis of the capitalist world economy was analysed as a very deep and structural one. As the credit bubble burst, so did the US demand which used to be the engine of growth for the rest of the world. There seems to exist no relief measure whatsoever which could at least partially substitute US consumption. So an enormous contraction of production is unavoidable.The impact first of all on European society will rock the entire political system as the capitalist promise of material prosperity for the broad middle … [read more]

The project presented hereunder is promoted jointly by two associations: ours, that is the Italian-based Sumud – Volontariato e Resistenza (Voluntary Work and Resistance), and the Lebanese-Palestinian Nashet – Activist.The name Sumud is an Arabic word for steadfastness, and recalls the meaning of resistance and attachment to one’s roots. The aim of the association is to propose an experience of voluntary work and international solidarity oriented towards a strong and consequent anti-colonialist outlook. This also means psychological liberation from Western missionarism, which, unfortunately, is often found together with even our most genuine fits of altruism. Indeed, one of our slogans is “we don’t have anything to teach them”. This means that, while … [read more]

Giovedì 25 Giugno 2009 Il seminario di Chianciano su crisi e guerra imperialistaSabato 20 e domenica 21 giugno si è svolto a Chianciano il seminario organizzato dalla sezione italiana del Campo Antimperialista su “Crisi del capitalismo, caos geopolitico, guerra imperialista”.I lavori si sono articolati in tre sessioni, con altrettante relazioni tenute da Moreno Pasquinelli, Ennio Bilancini ed Alberto Signorini, di cui pubblicheremo il testo integrale al più presto.Ci limitiamo qui a riassumere i punti principali di un’appassionata discussione che ha registrato ben 35 interventi.  Nella prima sessione, la relazione di Moreno Pasquinelli sul tema “Può la teoria marxista aiutarci a capire la crisi attuale del … [read more]

Condemn the arrest of Gour Chakravarty, West Bengal state spokesperson of CPI (Maoist)! Release him unconditionally!This is a complete volte face of the CPI (M) led government which had continuously insisted that they would deal with the Maoists politically. In fact it shows beyond doubt that the issues raised by the Maoists and the militant struggles of the Adivasis of Lalgarh have become a real problem for the CPM-led government in West Bengal. The only way that this government can deal with the issues of life and death for the toiling masses, pertaining to the four dreaded Ds—Displacement, Destruction, Destitution and Death—are through the baton and barrels of the police and paramilitary. Otherwise any people oriented government would have first listened to the just demands of the … [read more]

Debate on the foreign policy of IranI wanted to convey my deep appreciation for the Anti-imperialist Camp for taking the brave position of supporting the victory of Ahmedi Nejad in the Iranian elections.I'm aware of the crazy defamation of Ahmedi Nejad in the West, where the hypocrisy of the left is converging with the self interest of the exploiters and the oppressors to pose "democratic" racist Israel and the "moderate" Saudi royal family and the Egyptian police state as natural allies for the West democracies.Here in Palestine, where people experience Western imperialism on the receiving side of its sharp edge, Ahmedi Nejad could win any election with much bigger margins without even campaigning.I think you should carry the discussion from the defensive to the … [read more]

Criticising Lithuanian nationalism to be bannedOn May, 22nd, members of the fraction of right wing party Fatherland Union — the Lithuanian Christian democrats (FU — LCD) Paulius Saudargas and Petras Luomanas have registered with the secretary of the Seim (Parliament) a project of appendix to the Criminal Code that once again is equating communism to fascism and providing criminal liability for negation of the anti-Soviet and nationalist myths (the myth about genocide arranged by communists in Lithuania, the myth about bourgeois-nationalist armed banditism and terrorism portrayed as “struggle for national liberation”, the description of Hitlerite collaborators as national heroes). According to this project, for negation of these myths a person can receive up to … [read more]

Court grants Iraqi resistance supporter entrance into GermanyOn June 10, 2009 a Berlin administrative court allowed an appeal against a ban issued by the Berlin state police against Mr Kalemji. From now on he can once again enter Germany.The court’s decision is a defeat for the government of the Berlin province led by a coalition of Social Democracy and the Left party. The police action against a political tour of Mr Kalemji in spring 2006, which eventually led to his expulsion, was their responsibility. The judge dismissed the claim of the Berlin government according to which Mr Kalemji had been a “threat to the public order”.The real reason for so blatantly violating the democratic rights was simply reason of state. Germany does not want to endanger its relationship to … [read more]

2.    Even the Western media had to admit that it is the poor who strongly support the president. His allegations of corruption promptly gained him the epithet “populist” in the West—an indirect admission that he enjoys broad support from below.3.    The capitalist establishment around Rafsanjani (number two of the regime and chairperson of the Assembly of Experts) and a broad coalition of Islamic forces from the “left” to the “right” actually didn’t support Ahmadinejad, but his contender Mousavi. Ayatollah Khamenei (number one and successor to Khomeini), after the elections sided with the victor; however that doesn’t mean that Ahmadinejad was his favourite candidate, because Ahmadinejad’s fiery … [read more]

Solidarity needed now: Ahmad Sa'adat enters second week of hunger strike Ahmad Sa'adat, the imprisoned General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, has entered the second week of his hunger strike to protest the policy of isolation and solitary confinement practiced by the Israeli prison administration against Palestinian prisoners.This is an urgent situation and requires broad solidarity and public support for the Palestinian prisoners within the jails of the occupier and in solidarity with Ahmad Sa'adat. Palestinian prisoners are suffering, subject to isolation and constant movement from prison to prison in an attempt to undermine the prisoners' strength, solidarity and steadfastness. They are denied family visits and prisoner leaders are particularly … [read more]

نظمت حملة "دعوا غزة تعيش" يوم السادس من حزيران ثاني تظاهرة احتجاجية على شاطئ دانوب فيينا قبالة ما يسمّى بـ"شاطئ تل أبيب" الذي أنشأته بلدية فيينا وسفارة الصهاينة كفعالية ثقافية لتحسين صورة دولة إسرائيل في … [read more]