In the opening session Hezbollah's deputy-secretary Sheik Naim Kassem captured the common spirit of the assembly: Today there are only two camps in the world. The one of US imperialism and its allies and the other one of the resistances; regardless of their ideological, cultural or religious affiliation. The resistances must be unified against its common enemy. This is only possible by respecting the diversity of the resistance movements.Hezbollah's deputy-secretary Sheik Naim KassemWhether from Venezuela (which had a massive presence), India, or even from the United States in person of former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark, all the speakers from the anti-war and anti-imperialist movements of Europe and the US strongly confirmed the gathering's commitment to an anti-imperialist … [read more]

A reply to Avishai Ehrlich's essay: Stop the War, January 2009 *"There are neither good nor bad colonists: there are colonists. Some of them reject their objective reality: carried along by the colonial apparatus, they do each day, in deed, what they condemn in their dreams, and each of their acts contribute to maintaining oppression." - Jean-Paul Sartre, Introduction to Albert Memmi's "The Colonizer and the Colonized" (1) In a collection of essays, Colonialism and Neocolonialism (2), published for the first time in English in 2001, Jean-Paul Sartre deals with colonialism as a system of dominance and domination. He argues that, like Marx's proletariat, colonized people too carry inside of them the secret of the destruction of the system that oppresses them.(3) He argues, "when a … [read more]

فيينا تشهد تظاهرتين أمام السفارة المصرية يوم الاحد 11.1.2009 في تظاهرتين منفصلتين، تجمع عشرات الناشطين أمام مبنى السفارة المصرية في وقفتي احتجاج على موقف الحكومة المصرية الممالئ للعدوان الصهيوني على قطاع غزة. … [read more]

Demonstrate Solidarity in Belgrade!, March 24, 2009 is the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the NATO states' illegal aggression on the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. More than 80 % of NATO's bombardments were directed at civilian targets, residential areas, work places, clinics and schools. More then 50,000 rounds with depleted uranium are creating long-term contamination of the environment, with the bombing of chemical production facilities, both the population and the environment were contaminated, cluster bombs and mines are continuing to kill even today.NATO violated its own founding charter, the Helsinki Final Act of the OSCE and the Charter of the United Nations in launching this war of aggression. The sovereignty and territorial integrity guaranteed by the UN Charter was … [read more]

by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) We write with grief and rage as we watch the horrifying Israeli air and ground attacks on Gaza. As Jews committed to ending Zionism, the founding ideology of Israel, and all forms of colonialism, we stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people, who continue to struggle in the face of these attacks, much as they have against more than 60 years of ethnic cleansing and racism. As Joseph Massad recently wrote, Gaza is in uprising against genocide, and is receiving today the same indifference from the capitals of the West that the rebels in the Warsaw Ghetto received in 1943. We stand with the hundreds of thousands who have taken the streets in solidarity with Gaza's resistance. We stand with all those who struggle against racism, … [read more]

الوضع العالمي لدى صعود باراك أوباما ورقة صادرة عن المعسكر المناهض للإمبريالية بتاريخ 4 كانون الثاني (يناير) 2009من الواضح ان الأزمة البنيوية التي تعيشها الرأسمالية الأمريكية ستكون لها تبعات طويلة الأمد على كامل … [read more]

Zionists order cessation of political opposition The political activist and member of the leading board of the anti-Zionist movement Abnaa El-Balad has been released on January 7, 2009, after one day of detention. He had been arrested following a manifestation in Haifa organised by Arab and anti-Zionist movements against the Israeli massacre and aggression in Gaza. The official justification of the arrest was "agitation", "passing agitation materials" and "participation in an illegal demonstration".After his release Bar explained: "They arrested me immediately after the manifestation, in which we posed on the road junction with anti war flyers, as we do everyday since the beginning of the aggression. They accused me of participation in an illegal manifestation and in disturbing the … [read more]

هشام البستاني* "بين العنف الواقع عليه من السلطة السياسية والاحتواء والتوظيف الواقع عليه من قوى المعارضة الرسمية، يجد المواطن نفسه مدمياً ومهاناً على قارعة الطريق" ياسر ابو هلالة صحفي شجاع، وهو بالاضافة الى ذلك … [read more]

***1. The systemic crisis, the epicentre of which is found in the United States, will not push the White House towards a policy of "non-intervention" on the global scene as some have foreseen. It will rather lead it to an internationalist imperialism of Wilsonian tradition which, pragmatist as it will be, will show a continuity with the policy of former President Bush.2. This doesn't mean that the imperial internationalism will take the same unilateralist shape which characterized it after 2001. The Neocon strategy of the Cheney-Rumsfeld-Bush triad gave small results compared to the huge effort it put into war, finance and diplomacy. Because of its high costs, the Neocon strategy (presented as a struggle to the bitter end against terrorism, but which actually aimed at strengthening … [read more]

Bericht von Aktionen in Caracas Zwei Demonstrationen gegen den Angriff der israelischen Armee auf den Gazastreifen und das Massaker gegen die palästinensischen Bevölkerung fanden heute, 8. Januar 2009, in Caracas, Venezuela statt. An der ersten Demonstration am Vormittag beteiligten sich etwas 3000 Personen unterschiedlichster sozialer Bewegungen sowie der palästinensischen und arabischen Gemeinde. Auf Transparenten und in Sprechchören wurde gefordert, dass Venezuela die Erdöllieferungen an Israel einstellen solle. Die Demonstration endete vor der israelischen Botschaft. Die Demonstranten warfen Schuhe auf das Gebäude und verbrannten Israel-Fahnen. Zur Demonstration am Nachmittag hatte die Partei PSUV (Vereinigte Sozialistische Partei Venezuelas) aufgerufen. Rund 15 000 … [read more]

Solidarity with the Anti-zionist movement inside Israel Abnaa el Balad is one of the main Anti-zionist organisations within Israel and is organising the protests of the remaining Arab population against the massacre in Gaza. Under its auspices the Haifa conference for One Democratic State in entire Palestine was organised. It has been closely co-operation with the Anti-imperialist Camp for more than one decade.Yoav Bar, member of the politic office of Abnaa el Balad, was arrested on January 6, 2009, after a rally in Gaza protesting the ongoing slaughter in Gaza. In a communiquà© Abnaa el Balad called the arrest a useless and vain attempt to intimidate people to protest their war.The movement announced further protest action: "We will not keep quiet until the war, the massacres and the … [read more]

شهدت العاصمة النمساوية فيينا مساء اليوم الإثنين ثالث تظاهرة كبرى تضامنا مع غزة وتنديدا بالعدوان، حيث تجمع في التظاهرة التي دعت إليها منظمات تجمع "غزة يجب أن تعيش" حوالي الألفين وخمسمائة شخص من مختلف الجاليات … [read more]

If you have pictures from protests against the Israeli attack on Gaza, we would be happy to publish them - Send them to us!aik@antiimperialista.orgCologneBonnAmsterdamCairoMontrealViennaVienna, 30/12/2008Vienna, 02/01/2009Vienna, … [read more]

Israeli kangaroo court in action Solidarity with Ahmed SaadatOn December 25 a Zionist military court sentenced the leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to 30 years of prisons. The verdict concludes completely ridiculous court proceedings which violated any democratic juridical norm possible."When the Israelis arrested him, they accused him of having killed Zeevi, but this accusation did not appear in the sentencing which proves that his arrest was political and was not related to security issues," PFLP member Khalida Jarar stated.Saadat pays for his steadfastness in his opposition to the Zionist occupation. While significant parts of his leftist organisation have been wavering between the collaborators of Fatah and the Palestinian Authority on one side and the … [read more]

لا صوت يعلو فوق صوت الانتفاضة نداء التصدي لحرب الإبادة الصهيونية ضد شعبنا في قطاع غزة يا جماهير شعبنا الفلسطيني البطل...يا جماهير امتنا العربية والاسلامية المجيدة ... يا كل الأحرار والشرفاء في العالم... يا فرسان الانتفاضة … [read more]

المجد للمقاومة - الخزي والعار للعملاء والمنبطحين!الزمان: الثالثة من مساء الثلاثاء 30 كانون أول (ديسمبر) 2008 المكان: ميدان شتيفانزبلاتز، وسط البلد، فييناالمجد للمقاومة - الخزي والعار للعملاء والمنبطحين! نداء للتضامن … [read more]

After the Mumbai attacks govt to curb remaining democratic rightsWe, the following organizations had gone through the full texts of the two "anti-terror bills" that have recently been passed in both houses of parliament and the stated objectives and reasons for promulgation of such acts.While expressing our deep anguish and condemnation in no uncertain terms of Mumbai incident of November,2008 and other similar acts of violence on the citizens of India , we note with concern that taking advantage of such acts, the Government of India and political society as such have been increasingly using military language to emphasize the urgency of the situation and trying to introduce a distinct repressive turn in the politics of criminal justice of our country , manifested in the security … [read more]

The system murders!by Vassilis Samaras Secretary of KKE(m-l) Communist Party of Greece (marxist-leninist) Not unlike a volcano that has awakened, the rage of the youth and the whole Greek people erupted against the cowardly murder of young Alexis Gregoropoulos. At the same time, immediately, without hesitation and doubts they raised their hand and pointed at the real culprits.It is the government, the state and the system that breeds and arms murderers in order to have them available any time against the people. This outburst that acquired features of national uprising with thousands of high school and university students and workers demonstrating their anger in villages, neighborhoods and cities across the country was not something unexpected.The murder of the young teenager became the … [read more]

Urgent call for action Free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian prisoners!The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat is urgently calling on all supporters of the Palestinian people, and all supporters of justice and freedom, to organize and act in solidarity with Ahmad Sa'adat, the imprisoned Palestinian national leader on or before December 25, 2008. Sa'adat, the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, has been imprisoned in Israeli jails alongside 11,000 of his Palestinian brothers and sisters since March 14, 2006, when he was abducted by Israeli occupation forces, following the siege on Jericho Prison on March 13, 2006, in which Sa'adat and five other Palestinian political prisoners were abducted by … [read more]

5th Statement of the Communist Organization of Greece (KOE) 11 December 2008 We shall not yield to the criminal government! The "unholy alliance" of "law and order" cannot stop the protest! 1. On Thursday 11 December 2008 dozens of thousands of youth got again out in the streets and demonstrated their rage, marching against the police stations all over Greece. In Athens only, 21 police stations have been besieged by the youth, who replied to the police attacks with stones, turned upside down many police vehicles and burned them. These are not "rioters with masks", but school students who protest the murder of Alexis and the government policies, which kill their future. Thousands of people stand by their side: their parents, their teachers, the militants of the Left. In many cases, the … [read more]