On the occasion of the June 2009 European elections, we are launching an urgent appeal to all candidates for the 736 seats in the European parliament.We ask that they actively pursue the immediate and unconditional removal of Hamas and all other Palestinian liberation organizations from the European list of proscribed terrorist organizations.We further ask that they acknowledge the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and, by so doing, recognise, Hamas as a legitimate voice for the Palestinian people's aspirations for national liberation.***The initiative was launched by Nadine Rosa-Rosso, a teacher and independent communist militant living in Bruxelles. It is a result of the Beirut Resistance Forum from 16-18 January 2009. The call can be signed by sending a message to … [read more]

A call for international solidarityOn the 10th of February, the day of the elections for the Israeli Knesset, a new stage was reached in the blatant racist approach of the Israeli state toward the Arab Palestinian masses. One of the most violent and outspokenly racist mob leader of the Israeli lunatic right, Baruch Marzel, was nominated by the national election committee to be head of one of the election centers in Um elFahm, the second biggest Arab city in the 1948 occupied territories, which Israel claim to be "democratically" managed, in contrast to the 1967 militarily managed occupation.Marzel and his gang openly advocate the expulsion of the Arab population and are known for organizing (admitably usually small) mob shouting "death to the Arabs". On Election Day, their mob was mostly … [read more]

Samih Jabbarin is a member of the Palestinian movement Abnaa-El-Balad. He was arrested on February 10th on the backgrounds of the protests against the nomination of the known racist Baruch Marzel,by the national election committee to be head of one of the election centers in he Arab city of Um elFahm. Comrades,We, in Abnaa elBalad, always denied the democratic pretensions of this occupation entity. For long decades we put a lot of effort to expose this fake mask before our Arab Palestinian masses. But the majority of our masses became victim to political positions that try to convince them that this democracy is possible and hence we should participate in this "democratic" game in order to "serve" our steadfasting Arab Palestinian masses.The bearers of those positions never stop trying to … [read more]

عودة الوفد التضامني الى الاردن السبت ومؤتمر صحفي له الاحدلليوم الثالث على التوالي، حاول وفد مبادرة "مثقفون اردنيون من اجل غزة" أمس الخميس الدخول الى غزة من خلال معبر رفح، وللمرة الثالثة على التوالي وقوبلت … [read more]

العريش - مساء الاربعاء 18/2/2009 على مقربة من سحب الدخان السوداء التي ارتفعت في السماء نتيجة للقصف الاسرائيلي للمنطقة الحدودية لغزة صباح اليوم، اعتصم وفد مبادرة "مثقفون اردنيون من اجل غزة" امام البوابة الخارجية لمعبر رفح … [read more]

"We have acted against the university because of its financial and commercial links to the apartheid state of Israel, in addition to its unacceptable silence in response to the Gaza conflict"Edinburgh University students ocupy the George Square Lecture Theatre From: Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign secretary@scottishpsc.org.uk>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:33:56 -000 Statement from the occupying studentsOn the morning of Wednesday 11thFebruary Edinburgh University students ocupied the George Square Lecture Theatre. We have acted against the university because of its financial and commercial links to the apartheid state of Israel, in addition to its unacceptable silence in response to the Gaza conflict, described by the UN President of the General Assembly, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, as … [read more]

The defeat of the LTTE and the shift in the political life of Sri Lanka The center-left government led by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse, perked up by the recent military victories against the Tamil guerrilla, is flooding the country with an unprecedented offensive of propaganda and nationalism. The media unanimously rejoice over the conquest of strategic positions and hail the upcoming final victory against the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) "terrorists". The Sinhala right-wing party UNP (United National Party) joins the chorus, while the country's third party, JVP (People's Liberation Front), has fallen victim to an unprecedented crisis.But let us go on in an orderly way.After almost thirty years of civil war, it seems that the conflict opposing the Tigers to the Sri Lankan … [read more]

Speech delivered by Nadine Rosa-Rosso* at the The Beirut International Forum for Resistance, Anti-Imperialism, Solidarity between Peoples and Alternatives, held from January 16 to 18, 2009. The key question in this forum is how to support resistance against imperialism across the world. As an independent Belgian communist activist I would like to focus on the position of the European Left vis-à -vis this issue. The massive demonstrations in European capitals and major cities in support of the people of Gaza highlighted once again the core problem: the vast majority of the Left, including communists, agrees in supporting the people of Gaza against Israeli aggression, but refuses to support its political expressions such as Hamas in Palestine and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The Left not only … [read more]

نص البيان الختامي لمنتدى بيروت العالمي للمقاومة ومناهضة الامبريالية والتضامن بين الشعوب قصرالاونيسكو - بيروت 16-17- 18 كانون الثاني(يناير) -2009 بمبادرة من المركز الاستشاري للدراسات والتوثيق وبدعم من مراكز بحوث وجمعيات … [read more]

إننا ندعو لأن تكون تظاهرات الاحتجاج التي ستنطلق في نيسان (أبريل) 2009 في كل من مدينتي ستراسبورغ Ùˆ بادن-بادن ضد قمة منظمة حلف شمال الأطلسي (الـ ناتو) المنعقدة في الذكرى الستين لتأسيس الحلف، ندعو لأن تكون هذه الاحتجاجات … [read more]

For three long weeks Israel bombarded the Gaza strip leaving behind blood, destruction and misery. The imbalance could not have been greater: On one side the most powerful army of the region backed by the military supremacy of the US. On the other side a starving and impoverished people closed up behind ghetto walls and forced to defend itself by completely inadequate means.Under these extraordinary conditions the fragile ceasefire translates into a clear political victory for the Palestinian resistance led by Hamas. Israel sought the annihilation, or at least substantial defeat of Hamas, but the Tzahal were met with such fierce resistance they were forced to abandon the decisive battlefield of the densely populated urban areas. Israel resigned itself to the school of recent US methods of … [read more]

• Withdrawal of all foreign troops from Afghanistan• Withdrawal of all foreign troops from Iraq - an end to the German support for the occupation• Solidarity with the legitimate resistance of the peoples of the Near East and Middle East against war and occupation• An end to the blockade against the Gaza Strip, demolition of the apartheid wall and the illegally bult Israeli settlements• An end to the threats of war against Iran• NO to NATO and EU interference in the Balkans; withdrawal of their troops; the recognition of "Kosovo" has been null and void from the beginning.• Dissolution of the ad hoc tribunals against Yugoslavia and Rwanda, which violate international law and serve … [read more]

By Nadine Rosa Rosso, International Union of Parliamentarians for Palestine (IUPFP) Conference, Brussels May 15th 2008 The question of international alliances is a very important one in today's confused world. In order to build these alliances one has to identify: who is the enemy?The answer to this question depends on where in the world one lives. Political struggle in a country like Belgium where I reside, one of the richest countries of the world, and political struggle in one of the poorest like in Palestine is very different.The answer for oppressed people in the Third World is a simple one; the common enemy is the US Imperialism, followed by the governments of the European Union and often with the complicity of many Third World governments.One has to accept that to get to point A … [read more]

On the initiative* and the support of several research centers, associations, syndicates and political, cultural and social movements, The Beirut International Forum was held on 16, 17 and 18 January 2009, attended by Arab and international delegations and eminent authorities from five continents (66 countries).This Forum, in which South America, Asia and Near East were massively represented, embodied the spirit of the Tricontinental centre. Two major topics characterized the Forum. On one hand, the heroic resistance by the Palestinian people of Gaza and their ability to confront an intense violence and unprecedented barbarity. On the other, capitalism's global crisis, which is not only financial but also on economic, social, cultural and moral fronts, thus posing a threat to the … [read more]

In the opening session Hezbollah's deputy-secretary Sheik Naim Kassem captured the common spirit of the assembly: Today there are only two camps in the world. The one of US imperialism and its allies and the other one of the resistances; regardless of their ideological, cultural or religious affiliation. The resistances must be unified against its common enemy. This is only possible by respecting the diversity of the resistance movements.Hezbollah's deputy-secretary Sheik Naim KassemWhether from Venezuela (which had a massive presence), India, or even from the United States in person of former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, all the speakers from the anti-war and anti-imperialist movements of Europe and the US strongly confirmed the gathering's commitment to an anti-imperialist … [read more]

A reply to Avishai Ehrlich's essay: Stop the War, January 2009 *"There are neither good nor bad colonists: there are colonists. Some of them reject their objective reality: carried along by the colonial apparatus, they do each day, in deed, what they condemn in their dreams, and each of their acts contribute to maintaining oppression." - Jean-Paul Sartre, Introduction to Albert Memmi's "The Colonizer and the Colonized" (1) In a collection of essays, Colonialism and Neocolonialism (2), published for the first time in English in 2001, Jean-Paul Sartre deals with colonialism as a system of dominance and domination. He argues that, like Marx's proletariat, colonized people too carry inside of them the secret of the destruction of the system that oppresses them.(3) He argues, "when a … [read more]

فيينا تشهد تظاهرتين أمام السفارة المصرية يوم الاحد 11.1.2009 في تظاهرتين منفصلتين، تجمع عشرات الناشطين أمام مبنى السفارة المصرية في وقفتي احتجاج على موقف الحكومة المصرية الممالئ للعدوان الصهيوني على قطاع غزة. … [read more]

Demonstrate Solidarity in Belgrade!, March 24, 2009 is the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the NATO states' illegal aggression on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. More than 80 % of NATO's bombardments were directed at civilian targets, residential areas, work places, clinics and schools. More then 50,000 rounds with depleted uranium are creating long-term contamination of the environment, with the bombing of chemical production facilities, both the population and the environment were contaminated, cluster bombs and mines are continuing to kill even today.NATO violated its own founding charter, the Helsinki Final Act of the OSCE and the Charter of the United Nations in launching this war of aggression. The sovereignty and territorial integrity guaranteed by the UN Charter was … [read more]

by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) We write with grief and rage as we watch the horrifying Israeli air and ground attacks on Gaza. As Jews committed to ending Zionism, the founding ideology of Israel, and all forms of colonialism, we stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, who continue to struggle in the face of these attacks, much as they have against more than 60 years of ethnic cleansing and racism. As Joseph Massad recently wrote, Gaza is in uprising against genocide, and is receiving today the same indifference from the capitals of the West that the rebels in the Warsaw Ghetto received in 1943. We stand with the hundreds of thousands who have taken the streets in solidarity with Gaza's resistance. We stand with all those who struggle against racism, … [read more]

الوضع العالمي لدى صعود باراك أوباما ورقة صادرة عن المعسكر المناهض للإمبريالية بتاريخ 4 كانون الثاني (يناير) 2009من الواضح ان الأزمة البنيوية التي تعيشها الرأسمالية الأمريكية ستكون لها تبعات طويلة الأمد على كامل … [read more]