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Gaza Flotilla attack: end impunity for Israel’s crimes!

The far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Lieberman has demonstrated once more its ability to go even further than earlier Israeli governments in trampling international law and basic human decency under foot. Their murderous attack in international waters on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla is a new escalation of the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian […]

7Jun2010 | Admin. | 3 comments | Continued
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The Jewish boat to Gaza is sailing soon

In a harbour in the Mediterranean (we’re not yet disclosing which one) a small vessel is waiting for a special mission. She will be sailing to Gaza. In order to avoid sabotage, the exact date and name of the port of departure will be announced only shortly before her launch.
“Our purpose is to call an […]

6Jun2010 | Admin. | 15 comments | Continued
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The Flying Carpet Institute interviews Israeli socialist Tikva Honig-Parnass

Israeli socialist activist Tikva Honig-Parnass fought in 1948 War as a Zionist. Years later she would break with Zionism and join the ranks of the Socialist Organization in Israel, also known by the name of its publication, Matzpen (“Compass”).
Matzpen distinguished itself as a Marxist anti-Zionist group that was active in Israel during the 1960s and […]

5May2010 | Admin. | 0 comments | Continued
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Help defend one of Israel’s greatest filmmakers

Many prominent film-makers and others are supporting Mohammad Bakri, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and one of the country’s most well known documentary filmmakers and actors. He is being harassed by the Israeli government for making the film Jenin Jenin. His right to free speech must be supported and the Israeli government must be made […]

20Feb2010 | Admin. | 0 comments | Continued
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The One Democratic State Group launches in Gaza

“The One Democratic State Group is committed to the struggle for Palestinian rights. These rights will never be realized outside the framework of a unitary state with equality for all its citizens. For too long this aim has been a vision. It is time to make it happen, and the ODSG is at the forefront […]

5Dec2009 | News | 2 comments | Continued
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Palestinian Trade Union Movement Unanimously Confirms Support for BDS

In reaction to reports alleging that a Palestinian trade union official has stated his reservations about the Palestinian civil society campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), the full spectrum of the Palestinian trade union movement has expressed solid support for the BDS National Committee (BNC)* and for the global […]

26Nov2009 | News | 0 comments | Continued
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Britain’s unions commit to a mass boycott movement of Israeli goods

In a landmark decision, Britain ’s trade unions have voted overwhelmingly to commit to build a mass boycott movement, disinvestment and sanctions on Israel for a negotiated settlement based on justice for Palestinians. The motion was passed at the 2009 TUC Annual Congress in Liverpool today (17 September), by unions representing 6.5 million workers across […]

21Sep2009 | Admin. | 0 comments | Continued
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Jewish activist on trial over “bloody hands” protest for Palestine

Pro-Palestinian campaigners with hands dyed blood red will gather at the City of London Magistrates Court on March 12th in support of a Jewish activist arrested for protesting at a celebration of Israel’s 60th anniversary last June. For almost 10 million Palestinians around the world, 70 percent of whom are refugees, the foundation of the […]

10Mar2009 | Roland | 1 comment | Continued
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COSATU dockworkers refuse to unload Israeli ship

Setting a historic precedent for the growing BDS movement against Israel, the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), a member of COSATU, has decided NOT to offload an Israeli ship due to arrive in Durban in a few days!

5Feb2009 | Admin. | 1 comment | Continued
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Resistance says “Break Links With Apartheid Israel!”

Zionist Israel Slaughters Over 760 Palestinians: Unions must build direct solidarity. A statement by Socialist Resistance’s steering committee.
Since Israel withdrew its troops and settlers from Gaza, the Zionist rulers have maintained it as an open air prison and most of the time as a shooting gallery. Now they have made it an extermination camp.

8Jan2009 | Roland | 1 comment | Continued
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The Nakhba sixty years on – no cause for celebration

 Piers Mostyn looks at the bloody truth behind the creation of the Israeli State and its legacy of war, racism, ecological devestation, national oppression and poverty. This article will be in the next issue of Socialist Resistance.
On the 14th of May 1948, the state of Israel was proclaimed. Its foundational myths are that the Zionist […]

24May2008 | Piers Mostyn | 0 comments | Continued