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1. Bloody Sunday 50 years on — a symbol of ongoing injustice

   Europe History Imperialism & war National liberation Stuart Munckton Bloody Sunday Brexit ... Grimaldi on the streets of Derry in British-occupied Northern Ireland on January 30, 1972. That day, ... British soldiers opened fire on an unarmed civil rights protest of at least 15,000 people, leaving 13 ...

2. Afghanistan The 'good war' continues death and repression

   war" counterposed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq — seen as a distraction from the "war on ... According to Canadian CTV News on July 28, Canadian troops opened fire on an approaching car the previous ... itself." Other incidences involving Canadian troops included the killing of a 90-year-old man on ...

3. UN to probe Israeli war crimes as global outrage grows

   Imperialism & war Anti-racism International solidarity Democracy Middle East National ... liberation Stuart Munckton The United Nations Human Rights Council voted on July 23 to launch an ... international inquiry into allegations of human rights violations and war crimes committed by Israel during its ...

4. The Afghan war — unjust and unwinnable

   future." It is unsurprising that increasing mainstream commentary on the Afghan war has centred on ... very presence provokes violence. On July 18, this unwinnable and unjust war claimed the life of Private ... deadliest month for occupying troops since the war began, ABC radio's AM said on July 21. A July 23 ...

5. Gazan activist: Despite Israel's crimes, we are not defeated

   and development. This war is not only a war on Hamas, this war is an attack on the entire Palestinian ... people. Unfortunately, the international media describe the aggression on Gaza as an equal war and present ... Gaza in groups to act as human rights defenders, and to document and report on the war crimes committed ...

6. Willie McBride vs the fortunate sons — anti-war song controversies prove popular culture matters

   a self-deprecating reference to the anti-war songs on his 2004 album Real Gone ― inspired by the Bush ... adminstration's wars on Iraq and Afghanistan. Waits noted: “But then I think, look how important soul music was ... spear. But folks in the arts ― it's their job to put a human face on the war.” Clearly no song, no ...

7. Rojava's democratic, feminist revolution provides hope among Syria's horror

   women's councils don't decide on general issues — that's what the people's councils are ... for. They discuss issues that are specifically about women … They have veto power on issues concerning ... women.” The emphasis on women's liberation is reflected in the high visibility of female fighters in ...

8. Ireland: Sinn Fein calls for new elections, alleges British and unionist sabotage

   Economy Anti-racism Imperialism & war Democracy Elections History National liberation Stuart ... Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness resigned on January 9 and called for new elections. Explaining ... for women, our LGBT community, ethnic minorities or the Irish-language community and identity.” The ...

9. Rise of Jeremy Corbyn spreads hope, but the left's fight just begun

   criminal war on Iraq over the opposition of millions with policies that served the big banks at the expense ... Anti-racism Democracy Economy Elections Housing Imperialism & war Refugees & migrants ... May, he did so reluctantly on grounds it was “his turn” to be the “token socialist”. But in a stark ...

10. Israeli calls for genocide rooted in its history

    Imperialism & war Anti-racism Middle East Housing Democracy National liberation Duncan Roden ... Stuart Munckton With Israel’s assault on Gaza claiming more than 1400 lives as of August 1, mostly ... far-right Jewish Home party, Ayelet Shaked, posted comments on Facebook stating: “Behind every terrorist ...

11. Britain: Thousands of protesters, unions defend Corbyn as right-wing MPs attack

    Anti-racism Democracy Economy Elections Imperialism & war Socialism Workers & unions ... of Westminster on June 27, as right-wing Labour Party MPs took advantage of the fallout from the ... Corbyn's Cabinet-- being replaced with a more left-wing Cabinet with more women and people of colour. The ...

12. M.I.A.'s radical clip banned by YouTube in the US

    Refugees & migrants Imperialism & war Anti-racism Economy Stuart Munckton M.I.A. In the ... directed by Romain Gavras, begins with heavily armed soldiers with US flags on their uniforms raiding ... white, male with red hair. The young man is shoved onto a bus full on despondent young men and a couple ...

13. Footballers battle for better pay, collective agreement

    Australian wrote on August 24: “The warring parties, who have been at loggerheads for almost 12 months, will ... Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) With industrial disputes breaking out on wharves and warehouses around ... the country, conflict is also brewing between those who kick the roundball on the nation's ...

14. Che's revolutionary example

    Cuban revolutionary war and his failed Bolivia campaign that ended in his execution on October 9, 1967. ... Revolutionary War and Part II on The Bolivian Diaries. Sodebergh uses the naturalistic techniques of cinema ... The films are based directly on Che's own writings, Part I on Reminiscences of the Cuban ...

15. Philippines: Regional conference discusses socialist solutions

    Manila over November 27 and 28. The conference, organised on the theme of “Capitalist Crisis, Socialist ... president Leody de Guzman spoke on a panel on the role of the working class in the struggle for socialism. ... A former UP student president addressed the conference on the struggle of university students against the ...

16. Bobby Sands MP: ‘They can’t break our spirit’

    in Europe since World War II. Catholic and nationalist youth fought back on the streets. In Derry, ... Democracy National liberation Stuart Munckton On May 5, 1981, Bobby Sands, Honourable Member of ... prisoner died after 66 days on hunger strike in the H-blocks of the British-run concentration camp called ...

17. 'When the President talks to God'

    on The Late Show with Jay Leno in May 2005. The song, available as a free download from iTunes, is an ... justify his crimes. You simply don't expect to see something so genuinely heartfelt and angry on ... rape our women's rights/And send poor farm kids off to die?/Does God suggest an oil hike/When the ...

18. Bernie Sanders: 'The political revolution must continue'

    the rights of working people, for protecting women and LGBTI rights, for serious action on climate ... unions Stuart Munckton Bernie Sanders Speaking to his supporters in a live web video address on June 17, ... socialist senator has refused to drop out of the race, but acknowledged on June 22 that it did not appear ...

19. Brand was right, we need a revolution

    Mouth Russell Brand took on veteran BBC broadcaster Jeremy Paxman in a Newsnight interview subsequently ... viewed millions of times on YouTube. The journalist, veteran of many bruising encounters with politicians ... edition of left-leaning magazine The New Statesman on the theme of revolution. As well as a 4500-word ...

20. Iran: Protests shake regime

    protesters, attacks on universities and at least 22 deaths, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the ... streets daily. The protests started in Tehran on June 13, but have spread throughout the country. The ... Ahmedinejad and Mousavi emerging from within the same undemocratic regime and holding similar positions on ...

21. Nepal: The people resist elite coup

    correspondent in Kathmandu, Ben Peterson, said on the struggle that has erupted in Nepal. "This is ... was commenting on the large number of daily demonstrations across the country to demand respect for ... coalition government. The UCPN-M, which had led the coalition government until its members walked out on May ...

22. Hugo Chavez: social democrat or revolutionary?

    has captured the imagination of people around the world and sparked widespread commentary on the ... 1998, the country had been devastated by neoliberal policies that bled the country dry largely on behalf ... of US corporations, with the complicity of a corrupt Venezuelan elite. Any discussion on this process ...