Below is a statement organised by Iranian left activists. The Farsi version is linked at the bottom of this piece Following the recent rumours of a military attack on Iran, several Israeli citizens have initiated a campaign, opposing the probable war of the American and Israeli states against Iran. In doing so, they are sending messages ...
After the brutal massacre carried out by Israeli special forces killing over 10 aid workers there has been a demonstration called by Manchester Stop the War and the Manchester Palestine Solidarity Campaign: Sunday 13th June Assemble: 2.00pm All Saints Park, Oxford Road, Manchester March and rally with speakers including: *Babu Adam Zanghar (Freedom Flotilla, Bolton) *Paveen Yaqub (Freedom Flotilla, Huddersfield) *Rae Street ...
Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign held a demonstration on June 2 in the city centre, in response to the recent Israeli attack on the flotilla of ships trying to break the siege of Gaza and deliver aid. It was well attended with about 200 people turning out to hear a selection of speakers from Sheffield PSC, ...
Over 800 people gathered outside the BBC in Manchester in what was an angry and determined protest. Everyone gathered was outraged by the massacre committed by the Israeli military against aid workers bound for Gaza aboard a humanitarian flotilla organised by activists, MEP's, trade unionists and journalists from across the world. Protesters marched through the city ...
On December 1st Manchester Communist Students hosted Israeli socialist and anti-Zionist Moshé Machover at the University of Manchester Students’ Union. This talk focuses on comrade Machover’s understanding that the oppression faced by Palestinians cannot be overcome without a change in the balance of forces on a regional scale. He also discusses his understanding of colonialism, either ...
“What do I want from this life? What makes you happy is not enough. All the things that satisfy our instincts only satisfy the animal in us. I want to be proud of myself. I want more. I want to look up to myself and when I die, I want to smile ...
RALLY OUTIDE THE ISRAELI EMBASSY - No to oppressive arrests! - No to prisoners of conscience! - No to occupation! Israeli occupation forces detained Mohammad Othman on the 22nd of September, 2009. Mohammad was detained while trying to return to the West Bank over the border from Jordan. Mohammad has spent the summer touring Europe, and was returning ...
- We at the Student Co-ordination Meeting of April 18: -Welcome the brave action and militancy of nearly 40 campuses across the country - debunking the myth that students are passive, cynical and apolitical. -Recognise that it is incumbent upon revolutionaries to deepen and politicise the outrage against this onslaught - crucially by struggling for a new ...
By Laurie Smith, CS Sheffield Sheffield University became the 34th university to be occupied on Monday March 16 when students took control of two lecture theatres in the Hicks building right outside the Student's Union. The willingness of students to act in a radical fashion has been thoroughly inspiring, and this has been no different in ...
Defending democracy and the principle of self-determination, Stan Keable (CPGB) replies to James Turley (CS and CPGB) James Turley, in his contribution to the CPGB’s current debate on Israel-Palestine, quite rightly locates democracy and political freedom as being at the core of the CPGB’s conception of working class advance, and at the core of classical Marxism ...
James Turley, member of CS and the CPGB, takes issue with other Weekly Worker writers on the question of self-determination and the prospects for Arab unity It became an obvious necessity for the CPGB to tidy up its line on Israel/Palestine as the question of Zionism flowered into a full-scale war between our organisation and the ...
After 31 days occupation at Manchester University the Vice-Chancellor Alan Gilbert has now agreed to enter negotiations with students concerning their demands. Below is a report from the occupation blog on this development, and an excellent video report of some recent events connected to the occupation movement in Manchester. Check it out. Report from: http://manunioccupation.wordpress.com/2009/03/06/onward-toward-victory-for-the-manchester-intifada/ ! ONWARD ...
Here is a report and photos from Simon, a member of Communist Students at UEL. The rolling wave of student occupations at universities across the country continued to spread last week, to the University of East London. Lindsey German had been invited by the student Stop the War Society to talk about Gaza. After the meeting ...