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Now why did I wonder what my old friend Mel P (that was her name in the days of punk!) was writing? Maybe it’s because I could almost have written the article myself, complete with Spitting Image cartoon, because Mad Mel is nothing if not a predictable caricature of herself. Many people, including myself, wonder…

Five of the Seven are Acquitted – 2 Verdicts to Come Five of the seven accused in the EDO-MBM trial in Brighton, who were accused of criminal damage for having laid waste to EDO’s factory, have been acquitted at Hove Crown Court today. Verdicts will be announced on Friday in the case of the remaining…

29 June 2010 19:04:55A wonderful example of international solidarity. Activists have drawn exactly the correct lessons from the resistance of the Jewish resistance fighters [ZOB] in the Warsaw ghetto 67 years ago. Of course this was a lesson that Marek Edelman, last Commander of ZOB had learnt some time ago, much to the annoyance of…

UNISON’s national delegate conference, which met in the week of June 15th, passed a very strong emergency motion in the wake of Israel’s murderous attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. Conference wasn’t having any of Israel’s justifications, the pretence that its navy commandos were the subject of ‘an attempted lynching’ by the human rights and…

It is not often that one comes across an interview which merits the adjective ‘brilliant’. However Kenneth O’Keefe’s interview with the BBC, in 3 parts lives up to the billing as he lays into Israel’s bare-faced lies to justify its attack on the Mavi Marmara and the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. He points out that yes…

It is unbelievable, but unfortunately true. Electronic Intifada, the most reliable and prestigious Palestinian site, has been leaked documents that conclusively prove that Mahmoud Abbas’s quisling PA actually sought to undermine a resolution from Turkey condemning Israel’s attack on the flotilla and even left it to the US’s catspaw Ban ki-Moon , the Secretary General,…

Although I haven’t covered the case recently, because of the attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, the arrest and torture of Ameer Makhoul is extremely important. I covered this previously prior to the murder of the activists on the Mavi Marmara. This is an article about the appearance of Makhoul at a closed hearing of…

This one video explains all the lies and obfuscations of Israel. It should be required viewing for BBC Reporters. Tony Greenstein After seeing passengers shot at close range they tried to grab the weapons to stop the killing. Kenneth Nichols O’Keefe was later beaten by the Israelis. A US war veteran said yesterday he confronted…

Although this blog mainly carries articles on the oppression of the Palestinians and opposition to Zionism it is, as it states, a Socialist blog, i.e. anti-capitalist. The story of the blowout of BP’s oil well is an important one, because it is a symptom of the destructive capacity of capitalism, which rapaciously eats its way…

Gaza convoy activists claim Israeli soldiers using debit cards stolen in raid An interesting story about the most moral army in the world. We know, of course, that Israel confiscated cameras, mobiles and film to prevent the truth of what happened on the Mava Marmara getting out. But now it seems that the pirates who…