The Threat to Lebanon from Isis and Imperialism

Lebanon is another country which has benefited from imperialism.  Not.  The French bequeathed to it a sectarian structure whereby the positions of office from President down are held by particular confessionalist groups.  This was the root cause of the Lebanese civil war from 1977-1990 when the left tried to get rid of this. It was…

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Open Letter from the Islamic Human Rights Commission to Palestine Solidarity Campaign

Palestinian solidarity needs to accommodate all campaigners who stand for justice –  Unity and uniformity are two separate things [see below for Open Letter] At a demonstration organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign and a number of other organisations on October 20th, outside the Israeli Embassy, two long-standing Palestine solidarity activists were arrested by the Police…

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Did the leadership of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Aid the Police in Harrasment of Palestine Activists?

Police Arrest and Impose Draconian Bail Conditions on Activists for Flying the Hezbollah Flag I was sent this letter, signed by Ilan Pappe, the Israeli historian of the Nakba and author of The Ethnic Cleansing of the Palestinians, relating to a demonstration organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign on Saturday 17 October.  Hezbollah Flag Police moving…

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Israeli Lies About Support for Al Qaeda Fighters Exposed

Syrian Killed in Attack by Golani Druze Was Islamist Fighter, Not Civilian as IDF Claimed by Richard Silverstein on June 26, 2015 in Mideast Peace Munther Khalil – Al Qaeda terrorist Israel was conveying in ambulance, who was killed This post expands on my original one reporting this incident.  Some of the material in it may look…

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Pentagon report predicted West’s support for Islamist rebels would create ISIS

Anti-ISIS coalition knowingly sponsored violent extremists to ‘isolate’ Assad, rollback ‘Shia expansion’ Intelligence document More evidence that the rise of ISIS was a direct and conscious result of the West’s desire to overthrow the Assad regime, because it was secular, and its opposition to the Iranian regime, which derives from its support for Assad and …

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Syria’s Torture and Murder of Its Palestinians

Hundreds of Palestinians Have ‘Disappeared’ at the Hands of Assad’s Secret Police Thugs Ali Al Shihabi Most supporters of the Palestinians and anti-imperialists support Syria against its Islamic opponents, Al Nusra and ISIS and oppose imperialist attempts to intervene in the civil war.  But there is a danger that in defending the Syrian regime and…

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Liberty, Equality and Fraternity

Netanyahu Seeks to Capitalise on anti-Semitism Demonstrator in Paris holds a giant pencil aloft Cartoon from Martin Rowson of the Guardian with the riot police setting the limits on free speech! It must have caused Cameron to choke.  The very idea of liberty, equality and fraternity is anathema to this political opportunist without an original…

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