Oder: Danke Irland! Man konnte die Uhr danach stellen, und pünktlich brach es aus: Das Klagen und Wehgeschrei über die Iren, dank deren Votum der ominöse "Vertrag von Lissabon" Makulatur wurde. "Europa ist in der Krise", barmt "Der Spiegel", und will glauben machen, dass die EU Europa sei. Dabei geht es Europa nach dem irischen Votum wieder entschieden besser, nur das Bündnis der EU-Imperialisten hat Grund, Trauer zu tragen.Alle Drohungen haben nichts genutzt. Selbst der Kosovo-Kolonialgouverneur und jetzige französischen Außenminister Bernard Kouchner (in Fachkreisen "Vater aller Menschenrechtskriege" genannt) konnte mit seiner unverschämten Einschüchterung nichts ausrichten: "Sie haben mehr profitiert als andere. Es wäre sehr störend, wenn wir uns nicht auf die Iren … [read more]

On the anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, Mai 17th, 2008, the solidarity conference "Gaza Must Live" took place in the hall of Regina Hotel in Vienna, attended by the Palestinian MP Gamal Elkouday (independent, Gaza Strip), the European MP Karin Resetarits, the president of the Islamic Community of Vienna, Dr. Anas El-Shakfeh, and other representatives of the Austrian civil society and the Arab community of Vienna.The conference is a part of a campaign having the same name, which was launched by a committee of persons, among them independents and members of Austrian and Arab organisations, such as Leo Gabriel, Wilhelm Langthaler, Paula Abrahms-Hourani, Peter Melvin and Fritz Edlinger. In the frame of the European network of the campaign already two delegations were dispatched to … [read more]

Preliminary Programme, June 20-21 This conference is a special convergence of academic discussion, open assessment of political strategies between political leaders and coming together of grass root activists from different political movements and civil society.In order to enhance the role of the youth in the conference, we now added a special youth plenum, before the general opening ceremony. So the program will start on Friday afternoon, June 20, 2008, 17:00, at el-Midan theatre in Haifa, with a gathering of Palestinian youth, from different political and local movements, to discuss the role of the youth in regards to the right of return and the building of a democratic and multi-cultural society.The opening ceremony will start at 19:00, and we invited key political speakers from … [read more]

أمسية فيلم ونقاش (باللغى العربية فقط) بحضور المخرجة اللبنانية عرب لطفي يقدم المركز الثقافي العربي النمساوي عملها الوثائقي الجديد حول المجزرة التي ارتكبها الصهاينة في قرية الـ"طنطورة" الفلسطينية عام 1948ØŒ تلك المجزرة … [read more]

Another Jewish voice for one single democratic and secular state in Palestine A change needs to comeby Avigail AbarbanelEarlier this month I had the privilege of hearing Ali Abunimah speak at a dinner organized by an Australian pro-Palestinian activist group. Abunimah, an author and a co-founder of The Electronic Intifada, is a supporter of the one-state solution in Palestine/Israel, and so am I. One democratic and secular state for both peoples with a right of return for the Palestinian refugees is the only just solution to the long conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Abunimah is optimistic about what is possible. I would like to be as optimistic but am not so sure I can.Growing up as an Israeli provided me with an intimate understanding of Israeli-Jewish psychology. Ever … [read more]

We fought apartheid; we see no reason to celebrate it in Israel now! 17 May 2008We, South Africans who faced the might of unjust and brutal apartheid machinery in South Africa and fought against it with all our strength, with the objective to live in a just, democratic society, refuse today to celebrate the existence of an Apartheid state in the Middle East. While Israel and its apologists around the world will, with pomp and ceremony, loudly proclaim the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the state of Israel this month, we who have lived with and struggled against oppression and colonialism will, instead, remember 6 decades of catastrophe for the Palestinian people. 60 years ago, 750,000 Palestinians were brutally expelled from their homeland, suffering persecution, massacres, … [read more]

احتفاءً بإطلاق سراح المناضل الرفيق محمد كناعنة (أبو أسعد)ØŒ الأمين العام لحركة أبناء البلد بعد اعتقال دام أربع سنوات ونصفمهرجان الحرية لأسرى الحرية الكوادر واللجنة المركزية والمكتب السياسي لحركة أبناء البلد، … [read more]

العرض الأول في النمساإحكي يا عصفورة: فيلم قصصي عن المناضلات الفلسطينيات بطلات العمليات الأولى أمسية فيلم ونقاش مع المخرجة اللبنانية عرب لطفيالسابعة من مساء الأحد 1 حزيران (يونيو) 2008،المركز الثقافي العربي النمساوي … [read more]

Today the independent member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Gamal el Khoudary, is scheduled to address a conference in Vienna organised by the Austrian Committee "Gaza shall live". Among the panellists are Karin Resetarits, independent European MP, Fritz Edlinger, General Secretary of the Society for Austrian-Arab Relations, Peter Melvyn, European Jews for a Just Peace, Paula Abrams-Hourani, Women in Black, Anas Schakfeh, President of the Islamic Community (which in Austria is a governmental charge), Franz Sieder, Catholic priest, Zuheir Elwazer, Palestinian ambassador.The campaign "Gaza shall live" collected up to now about 750 signatures for a petition to the Austrian government to desist from further supporting the Israeli, American and European stranglehold against the … [read more]

May 17th, 2008, 19.00Schwarzspanierstr.15, 1090 Vienna60 years after the massive expulsion of the Palestinians from their home country a murderous embargo makes 1.5 million people in Gaza struggle for survival.The campaign "Gaza shall live" calls on the Austrian government and the European Union to lift the embargo on the Gaza Strip in order to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. Panellists:Gamal ElkoudaryIndependent Representative of the Palestinian Legislative Council, GazaKarin ResetaritsMember of the European ParliamentFritz EdlingerGeneral Secretary of the Society for Austrian-Arab RelationsFranz Sieder Catholic priest / AmstettenViola RahebConsultant, Vienna - PalestinePeter MelvynEuropean Jews for a Just Peace - AustriaPaula Abrams-HouraniWomen in Black - ViennaAnas … [read more]

Interview with Magdi Hussein, chairman of the Islamic Labour Party, Egypt Magdi Hussein has been imprisoned several times for political reason. His last arrest occurred in the aftermath of the April strike movement.Magdi HusseinQ: How can socialism and Islam be combined?We think that Islam is nearer to socialism than to capitalism. I do not mean Soviet-type Marxism but would refer rather to Social Democracy at least regarding the political implication but not the doctrine. Both free market liberalism as well as complete nationalisation by the state does not work. Here we believe that Marxism made a mistake - again not referring to the doctrine but to the actual political deeds. We believe in Islam as the third way, as an alternative to both. We look to the Scandinavian model where … [read more]

Turin, Saturday May 10th, 10am to 2pm Dar al-Hikma Italian-Arab Center Via Fiocchetto 15 (Porta Palazzo zone)With the intervention of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, in live broadcast from Gaza- To listen to the voices of those who suffer everyday under the oppression- To learn about the situation in Gaza, a true lager of the 21th century- To understand the reasons of the Palestinian resistance- To denounce the takeover against the legitimate winners of the January 2006 elections- To carry on the struggle against the genocidal embargoFor all of these reasons, to remember the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, to protest against the International Book Fair dedicated to Israel we will meet in Turin on Saturday May 10th.We adhere to every initiative of protest against the Book … [read more]

wenn die pazifistische Verkleidung abfällt... "Sollte sich eine iranische Atombombe ohne Krieg verhindern lassen, so wären wir die ersten, die sich darüber freuen würden" - mit diesen Worten relativieren die Veranstalter eines zweitägigen Symposiums über die iranische Atombombescheinbar Forderungen nach einem atomaren Erstschlag gegen den Iran, die auf ihrer Konferenz aufgestellt worden sind. (Die Tageszeitung der standard berichtete, http://derstandard.at/?url=/?id=3325059) Klingt ein bisschen weniger wild als Benny Morris, in dessen Statement der "unkonventionelle Schlag" gegen den Iran gefordert wurde. Ist aber im wesentlichen das gleiche: Nachdem die "Stop the Bomb" Veranstalter auch dem CIA nicht glauben, wenn dieser 2007 berichtet, dass es kein iranisches militärisches … [read more]

organisiert von der Kampagne "Gaza muss leben" Palästinensisches Flüchtlingszelt am StephansplatzSamstag, 10. Mai 2008, ab 14.00Stephansplatz, 1010 WienDieser Tage wird allerorts das 60-jährige Bestehen Israels gefeiert. Kaum je vernimmt man, dass Israel auf der Grundlage der Vertreibung von hunderttausenden Palästinenser/innen errichtet wurde, die bis heute Flüchtlinge bleiben. Schritt für Schritt eignete sich Israel palästinensisches Land an und setzte die ethnischen Säuberungen systematisch fort.Extremster Ausdruck dessen ist die gegenwärtige Blockade Gazas, die 1,5Millionen auf engstem Raum zusammengedrängte Menschen in ihrer Existenz bedroht. Der eigentliche Skandal dabei ist, dass alle von dieser Kollektivstrafe des schleichenden Völkermords wissen, doch niemand … [read more]

Haifa, 20-21/6/2008In recent years, there have been annual conferences on the Right of Return that have played an essential role in consolidating and demonstrating the growing political and public consensus in support of the return of all Palestinian refugees to all the places from which they were expelled. The new Haifa conference is not an alternative to the "Right of Return conferences". It rather takes the discussion one step further by proposing a specific political framework for the implementation of the right of return and for all the countries' residents and refugees to live together.One year ago, the Abnaa elBalad movement, a Palestinian movement active within the 1948 Palestinian territories, proposed the convening of a conference that will discuss the right of return of the … [read more]

اللجنة العالمية للتضامن مع الأسرى والمعتقلين في سجون القوات الأمريكية في العراق(نداء) كان هدير الملايين من شعوب الأرض في شهر شباط من عام 2003 يزمجر في شوراء المدن الكبرى رافضا لخيار الحرب على Ø§Ù„عراق لانّ تلك … [read more]

ادلى سماحة الاخ المرجع القائد احمد الحسني البغدادي حول موقف الكتلة الصدرية تجاه تهديدات نوري المالكي واصراره على حرمانها من الاشتراك بالانتخابات المقبلة Ùˆ فيما يلي نص التصريح :انا مصاب بالصدمة من بعض الاخوة من … [read more]

John Wight, Scotland, on Carter's attempt for a dialogue with Hamas The attempt by former US president, Jimmy Carter, to facilitate dialogue between the Israelis and Palestinians over the past week has ended in inevitable failure and condemnation. Indeed, the former president’s assertion that in any peace negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians Hamas must be included earned him the kind of opprobrium associated with paedophilia from within both Israel and the US. The fact he deigned to meet Khaled Meshaal of Hamas in Damascus merely compounded the issue, guaranteeing Carter, a man who in the past few years has revealed increasing sympathy for the plight of the Palestinians, the eternal calumny of Israel and her supporters around the world.Yet again, throughout the week … [read more]

The influx of social protest is rising, but the question remains if the oppositional movement is able to gather their forces The recent events in Mahalla al-Kubra, an industrial center in northern Egypt, where thousands of workers went to the streets in protests against rising prices, show the deep level of unrest and dissatisfaction existing in the country. Several factors have led to the explosion of social protest as is witnessed today, most prominently the price inflation on basic commodities, the recently felt effects of the privatization policies of the Egyptian state companies and the widely felt marginalizing among large sectors of the Egyptian society.The Egyptian toiler has often been accused of being accustomed to bow his neck and obey orders. This is maybe an orientalist … [read more]

الحملة الدولية ضد الاحتلال الأمريكى والصهيونىمؤتمر ومنتدى القاهرة للتحرر 2008البيان الختامي الحملة الدولية ضد الاحتلال الأمريكى والصهيونىمؤتمر ومنتدى القاهرة للتحرر 2008البيان الختاميإن نجاح مؤتمر القاهرة … [read more]