Day: October 25, 2023

‘Religious Reckoning’ in the Time of Genocide: Who Invented Zionism? – ILAN PAPPE

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By Ilan Pappe As soon as Israel declared war on besieged Gaza on October 7, Western leaders solidified behind their favorite Middle Eastern state. Most enthusiastic support came from Britain.  Though other Western countries showed immediate sympathy and support for Israel, Britain’s support in particular, is worth a pause.  Israel is not simply a British ally. It is also a British creation. In the article below, written only a few days before the start of the war between Israel and Palestinian resistance, historian Ilan Pappe argues that Zionism was actually…

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Online Safety Bill and Anti-Terror Bill – Law making to End Democracy and Fundamental Rights of Sri Lankan Citizens!

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Online Safety Bill and Anti-Terror Bill –  Law making to End Democracy and Fundamental Rights of Sri Lankan Citizens The Government has included two Bills titled ‘The Online Safety Act’ (OSA) and the ‘Anti-Terror Act’ (ATA) in the Parliamentary Order Paper dated 3rd October 2023. Both Bills have sweeping provisions. curtail and even violate the freedoms of expression, free speech, right to information, assembly and association. Both present fatal threats to democracy and fundamental rights in this country. The OSA proposes to create an ‘Online Safety Commission’ appointed by the…

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South African BDS Coalition Press Alert

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*South African BDS Coalition Press Alert 20 October 2023 The SA BDS Coalition is outraged and disgusted at the continuation of Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s attacks on the West Bank. The SA BDS Coalition is also concerned that these war crimes are being detracted from in the media by talk of “moving” Gazan Palestinians into Egypt. Forcing an entire people to move to another country at gunpoint where they will live in tents in a desert amounts to ethnic cleansing under international law and…

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দুহাত তুলে তোমরা বলোসবাই ভালো আছো

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টাক্ ডুমা ডুম্ বাজনা বাজাও মাতাল হয়ে নাচো দুহাত তুলে তোমরা বলো সবাই ভালো আছো পাড়ায় পাড়ায় দূর্গা পূজো খুশির সীমা নাই আমরা রাজ্যটাকে ইচ্ছে মতো লুটেপুটে খাই। টাক্ ডুমা ডুম্ – – টাক্ ডুমা ডুম্ ঢাকের আওয়াজ তোল লক্ষী ছেলের মতো সবাই ক্ষুধার জ্বালা ভোল। চপ বিক্রি করলে সবার হবে বাড়ি গাড়ি চা ঘুগনি খাবে মানুষ দাঁড়িয়ে সারি সারি অল্প দিনেই কোটিপতি হতেই হবে ভাই আমরা রাজ্যটাকে ইচ্ছে মতো লুটেপুটে খাই । টাক্ ডুমা ডুম্ বাদ্যি বাজা সবাই মিলে নাচ লাগলে টাকা আমি দেবো আছে টাকার গাছ কাশ ফুলের…

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France: Against the Repression of the Palestine Solidarity Movement!

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Revolution—IMT in France October 20, 2023 In France, as elsewhere, the extremely brutal response of the Israeli government to the Hamas attack on October 7 has aroused the indignation of millions of young people and workers. But in the name of “Israel’s right to defend itself” and “the fight against terrorism and antisemitism,” the Macron government decreed that this indignation was unacceptable and must be silenced, at all costs. Originally published in French at marxiste.org Demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza—and the Palestinian people in general—were banned by…

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Tens of Thousands of Pakistanis Hold Solidarity Protests for Palestine

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By Global News ServiceCredit Line: from the Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service Tens of thousands mobilized in the southern port city of Karachi, Pakistan, on October 15 in solidarity with Palestine. While denouncing the Israeli bombardment on Gaza that has killed close to 3,000 people including 1,030 children, the protesters carried the banners of “Free Palestine” and expressed their unwavering solidarity. Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamist political party, organized the march but the solidarity march subsequently gained widespread support across civil society and from trade unions. The demonstration was supported by…

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The British Roots of the Conflict in Palestine

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By Saurav Sarkar Israeli flags are flying over all government buildings in the United Kingdom currently, but this isn’t the first time the former imperial hegemon has put its weight behind Zionism. In 1917, the British government issued the infamous Balfour Declaration. This brief document—67 words—was a turning point in modern Palestinian history. It committed Great Britain to establishing a “national home” for Jewish people in Palestine. (The initial language promised a “Jewish state,” but was changed later.) The Balfour Declaration contained language that was meant to safeguard Palestinians, but…

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