A rare opportunity to hear a first-hand report from an eye-witness of life in Palestine following the events of 7th October – not of the genocidal bloodbath in Gaza, but of Israel’s brutal reign of terror in the occupied West Bank. Halima Khan has already proved her credentials as a witness of criminality: she is the whistle-blower who exposed the corruption at the heart of the Labour Party … [Read more...]
International Workers’ Solidarity with the People of Palestine, Saturday 16th March 2024
WE WON AGAINST APARTHEID, WE MUST STOP GAZA GENOCIDE!
The call for international action comes from Jabu Nala-Hartley, whose mother led the South African metal workers against apartheid in the 1970s - 80s. Jabu is an Oxford City councillor who has joined others in resigning from the Labour Party in protest against Starmer’s support for the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. Solidarity action must be strengthened; dockworkers in India, … [Read more...]
Two Model Motions
Here are 2 model motions which highlight the issues in Gaza and with the Zionist regime in Israel. Please edit as appropriate and consider circulating these to Labour Party branches and any other relevant organisation that you may feel would be prepared to get behind these. … [Read more...]
When the West nails the Israeli coffin of the Palestinian people!
by Yorgos Mitralias First the facts: UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) supports almost 4 million Palestinian refugees, running their schools and hospitals and providing them with drinking water and food. In Gaza alone, UNRWA employs 13,000 people. Israel accuses 12 of them of involvement in the Hamas attack of October 7. UNRWA … [Read more...]
Internationalist Standpoint – The Feminist Movement and the Struggle for a Free Palestine
The following article is a transcript of a speech comrade Eleni Mitsou made at a feminist solidarity public meeting for the Palestinian people. The public meeting, which took place in Athens on January 19, 2024 was organized by 4 feminist organisations under the title “There is no free country without free women“. Today’s event takes place after 105 days of war of extreme brutality. In the … [Read more...]
ZIONISM: BEHIND THE MYTHS
Members of the Jewish labor bund participate in a May Day march in Poland, 1930. (ullstein bild / Getty Images) A WIN Zoom discussion, February 2024. See it HERE. The horrors of the current genocidal war by Israel against the people of Gaza have focused renewed attention worldwide on the role of Zionism, which describes itself as “the national liberation movement of the Jewish … [Read more...]
Internationalist Standpoint Bulletin – Can the International Court of Justice stop the massacre in Gaza?
A lot of people inside the movement that broke out in solidarity with the Palestinian people have turned their hopes to end the atrocities in Gaza to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). South Africa has filed a case demanding preliminary measures to be ordered from the Court, even if a case for Genocide needs years to be concluded.The presented case’s unfolding facts, are no other than what … [Read more...]
Conflict and Division in Palestine
Conflict and Division in Palestine (youtube.com) Throughout history colonial powers have exploited divisions within society, national, tribal, ethnic,and religious, to serve their own class interests. The present crisis in Palestine, and the Middle Eastgenerally, is a consequence of efforts over many decades by Britain, France, the US, Iran, and othercountries to maintain their political and … [Read more...]
War on Gaza Update and Perspectives
War on Gaza Update and Perspectives - YouTube On October 7th 2500 Hamas fighters launched attacks on military installations, kibbutz, villages, and small towns in southern Israel. Within hours over 1400 Israelis had been killed. Since then, the people of the Gaza Strip have endured conditions of medieval siege and an air assault utilising the most sophisticated weaponry in the world. Israeli … [Read more...]