This letter was first broadcast on WBAIX on July 3rd. Letter from an Israeli JailBy Cynthia McKinney. This is Cynthia McKinney and I’m speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle. [I am one of] the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical supplies to Gaza, building supplies - and even crayons for children, I had a suitcase full of crayons for children. While we were on our way to Gaza the Israelis threatened to fire on our boat, but we did no... Read Full Story
Below is an interview, first published in Der Spiegel with Ahmet Davutoglu, Turkeys new Foreign Minister, Before he was appointed he served as the Turkish prime minister’s foreign affairs advisor, with a special responsibility for Iran and the middle east. He played an important role in late December 2008, when he attempted to get the Israeli government to call off Operation Cast Lead and withdraw from Gaza.I posted the interview as it gives a hint as to how Iran's close neighbor Turkey views... Read Full Story
I had intended to write a long piece about Gordon’s Brown’s recent statement to build ‘a stronger, fairer and more prosperous Britain,’ but instead I thought I would post a summary, and the cartoon above, which for me sums up perfectly the pointlessness of the UK's Prime Ministers latest inadequate and deceitful wheeze to stay afloat. As with almost every thing that Gordon Brown does, the latest announcement is little more than smoke and mirrors, it is on a par with Michael Jackson's 'moonw... Read Full Story
Israeli Navy have kidnapped 21 Human Rights workers aboard the Free Gaza boat, Spirit of Humanity, including Nobel laureate Mairead Maguire & former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinneyPress release from Free Gaza campaign.(please pass on)30 June 2009For more information contact:Greta Berlin (English)tel: +357 99 081 767 / friends@freegaza.orgCaoimhe Butterly (Arabic/English/Spanish):tel: +357 99 077 820 / sahara78@hotmail.co.ukwww.FreeGaza.org[23 miles off the coast of Gaza, 15:30pm] - To... Read Full Story
The article below, which was first published in the pro Ataturk Turkish Daily newspaper Hurriyet, is sadly [yet another] indictment of why sections of the European political left have failed to move into the mainstream political arena, instead preferring to remain on the margins, safe in a small leftist political ghetto, where no one questions the political certainties the leaderships of these groups profess. It also raises questions about whether the Turkish military and Security Services ... Read Full Story
That the construction workers, who are currently engaged in an industrial dispute at the Lindsey Oil refinery have quickly gained the support of engineering construction workers who are employed on similar sites throughout the UK, is indicative of the discontent that is prevalent throughout the industry. The blame for this dispute can be firmly laid at the door of the employers and commissioning Multinationals, that it has spilled out across the Engineering section of the construction indust... Read Full Story
Hortensia Bussi de Allende: Widow of Salvador Allende who helped lead opposition to Chile's military dictatorshipBy Phil DavisonHortensia Bussi de Allende will inevitably, and she always said "proudly," be remembered as the widow of Salvador Allende, the democratically elected Marxist president of Chile who died in a coup d'état launched by General Augusto Pinochet in 1973.But to those Chileans who fought for democracy during the dark years of dictatorship, she was respected, even revered in ... Read Full Story
In a show of unity, Germany's Left Party gears up for national elections. Germany's Left party has endorsed its manifesto for September's general elections. Despite disappointing European polls, the Left hopes the economic recession will discredit mainstream politics. "If the Left is weakened in the election, there will be no stopping the neo-liberal bloc," party chief Oskar Lafontaine told some 500 delegates at his party's congress in Berlin on Sunday. September's Bundestag parliamentary... Read Full Story
