image from http://electronicintifada.net IDF is yet again on the defensive over its troops’ use of social media, after an elite regiment soldier posted pictures of himself half-naked, and smoking drugs on his Instagram, and boasted about killing an Arab on Twitter. The pro-Palestinian news resource Electronic Intifada mined publicly available images and comments of OsherContinue reading “Going commando: IDF ‘hitman/assassin’ posts disturbing pictures on FB, Instagram”
Category Archives: Apartheid
PFLP condemns Zionist attack on Syria
Statement by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Commenting on the Zionist aggression on Syria, the official spokesperson of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Comrade Abu Ahmad Fouad of the Political Bureau of the PFLP, made a statement denouncing the brutal aggression on Syria as a heinous crime and aContinue reading “PFLP condemns Zionist attack on Syria”
Forever in Chains: The Tragic History of Congo
FRIDAY 28 JULY 2006 The most blighted nation on earth goes to the polls this weekend – more in hope than expectation that stability and peace might result. In Congo, mass suffering has been a way of life ever since the Belgian King Leopold enslaved millions in the 19th century. Paul Vallely traces the storyContinue reading “Forever in Chains: The Tragic History of Congo”
We Remember Wounded Knee
In February of 1973 the American Indian Movement and the Lakota Nation made a final stand for Native rights with siege at wounded knee. In the summer of 1968, two hundred members of the Native American community came together for a meeting to discuss various issues that Indian people of the time were dealing withContinue reading “We Remember Wounded Knee”
When Gaza Burns
When Gaza Burns by Charlie Mann Gaza burns tonight. It burns alone by the sea, And it burns in the minds of the masses, Tears in their eyes with news of dead children, Explosions that reverberate In the ears of those Across the globe. Mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, Brothers and sisters and uncles and aunts Feel theContinue reading “When Gaza Burns”
International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations: Resolution on the Situation in Syria
The plenary of the ICMLPO, held for the first time in Africa, reaffirms its support for the right of the Syrian people to live under a democratic regime: a regime that guarantees freedom, equality, social justice and dignity, as well as assures the unity and total independence of the country, including the recovery of theContinue reading “International Conference of Marxist-Leninist Parties and Organizations: Resolution on the Situation in Syria”
Video: CIA & Angolan Revolution
The Costs of Counterrevolution: Must We Ignore Imperialism?
excerpted from the book The Sword and the Dollar Imperialism, Revolution, and the Arms Race by Michael Parenti St. Martin’s Press, 1989 The Costs of Counterrevolution p 117 Throughout the 1980s, the counterrevolutionary mercenaries who have waged war against such countries as Nicaragua, Angola, and Mozambique, were described as “guerrillas.” In fact, they won littleContinue reading “The Costs of Counterrevolution: Must We Ignore Imperialism?”
30 Years since Sabra and Shatila
The Sabra and Shatila massacre was carried out on September 16, 1982, in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila and lasted for three days at the hands of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the Lebanese Phalange Party and the South Lebanon Army (SLA). The death toll in the massacres is not clearly defined.Continue reading “30 Years since Sabra and Shatila”
The Massacre at Sabra and Shatila, Thirty Years Later
A Never-Ending Horror Story by SONJA KARKAR It happened thirty years ago – 16 September 1982. A massacre so awful that people who know about it cannot forget it. The photos are gruesome reminders – charred, decapitated, indecently violated corpses, the smell of rotting flesh, still as foul to those who remember it as whenContinue reading “The Massacre at Sabra and Shatila, Thirty Years Later”
UNITA Leader Jonas Savimbi to appear in reactionary game “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2”
This just goes to show how American media and culture under the bourgeoisie whitewashes reactionaries. The degeneration of the “Call of Duty” series is a testament to this. — E.S. Jonas Malheiro Savimbi was an Angolan anti-communist guerrilla leader who was backed by the CIA and apartheid South Africa. According to the Wiki linked below,Continue reading “UNITA Leader Jonas Savimbi to appear in reactionary game “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2””
Jonas Savimbi
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, a despoiler of Angola, died on February 22nd, aged 67 HIS death had been reported at least 15 times before. So when the news broke that Jonas Savimbi had been shot dead by government troops, Angolans bottled up their glee until they could be sure. Then they saw television pictures of hisContinue reading “Jonas Savimbi”
Who Killed Yasser Arafat?
Now we know he was poisoned – but by whom? by Justin Raimondo Yasser Arafat died on November 11, 2004, of a mysterious ailment. His enemies spread the rumor he had AIDS: David Frum, with typical classiness, claimed he had contracted AIDS as a consequence of having sex with his bodyguards. Now, however, it hasContinue reading “Who Killed Yasser Arafat?”
On the Day of American Independence
Today is the 4th of July, a holiday celebrated all over the nation as the date of American Independence from the British crown. I was considering burning an American flag to protest US foreign policy, imperial aggression, indigenous holocaust, sponsorship of terrorism, slavery and discrimination of minorities, etc., and promptly began wondering if flag-burning onContinue reading “On the Day of American Independence”
Video: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death
White King, Red Rubber, Black Death 1:49:34 The story of King Leopold II of Belgium’s brutal colonisation of central Africa, turning it into a vast rubber-harvesting labour camp in which millions died.
The Espresso Stalinist 