Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
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The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Communists in Australia, Britain and the US outlined a joint state agreement against their governments’ militarist provocations.
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
Faced with crises in every direction, Volodymr Zelensky is rewriting his country’s complex history by paying homage to the founding fathers of Ukrainian ultra-nationalism and courting their modern heirs, writes KENNY COYLE
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
The maxim “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,” often erroneously attributed as a direct quotation by Voltaire, has been much in usage in the last few days.
The atrocity that saw the murder of eight journalists and cartoonists, a visitor, a caretaker and two police officers at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo this week — and the hunt for the killers which at time of writing appeared to be approaching a bloody denouement yesterday — has rightly dominated the global news agenda.
It is shocking in this day and age that journalists and satirists should be gunned down merely for the act of poking fun at a concept, albeit one dear to many millions around the world.
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Israel and the US talk as if they’ve won a victory, but the reality is that world opinion has turned decisively against the Israeli regime, says RAMZY BAROUD