The Separation Wall

The following article, written by George Gunn was first posted by bella caledonia. It looks at the horrors of what is happening in Gaza through particular Scottish eyes and the language of poetry. THE SEPARATION WALL The 1st of November is Samhain, the end of the harvest season and the first day of Winter in…

EL&SD Coverage – Looking at the world through non-campist lenses

Many on the Left still view the world through lenses dating from when the US was the all-dominant global power. Countering this was the USSR, which assisted many national liberation struggles (although some could abandoned if it better fitted USSR state needs).  The USSR  was viewed to be superior to the USA because of its…

Why Ukrainians should support Palestinians

The following article by Dara Saburova was first posted by openDemocracy. It argues against those Campists  who try to align movements for self-determination with one imperialist power or another. What is required is an internationalism from below approach which supports the peoples of Palestine and Ukraine, willing both to challenge imperialist attempts to subordinate these…

The UK establishment is using war to attack protest at home

The following article written by Benny Hunter was first posted by openDemocracy. It argues that the war in the Middle East has led British political actors to try and redefine what is ‘acceptable speech’ THE UK ESTABLISHMENT IS USING THE WAR TO ATTACK PROTEST AT HOME As a humanitarian crisis unfolds in the Middle East,…

The Middle East and the World after October 7th and Israel’s war on Palestine

The following article from the Steering Committee of the  International Marxist Humanist Organisation looks at the global impact of Hamas’ response to the continued occupation, particularly of Gaza, but also on the West Bank. THE MIDDLE WAR AFTER OCTOBER 7th, AND ISRAEL’S WAR ON PALESTINE The October 7th  attack by Hamas militants from Gaza into…

Turkey is trying to bomb Rojava out of existence

This article by Sarah Glynn was first posted by bella caledonia. It shows how Erdogan’s Turkish supremacist state  is attacking liberated Rojava in Syrian Kurdistan. Meanwhile  Israel, like many other repressive states, has its planned its own brutal clampdown in the West Bank, contributing to Hamas escalated response  in Gaza and. Israel has also  provided…

Critical viewpoints to the media onslaught over the West Bank and Gaza

The following four  statements and an additional link examine the escalating war in the West Bank and Gaza from the viewpoint of a) Republican Socialist Platform b) Asad Rehman on behalf of War on Want; c) from Gilbert Achcar, a Lebanese socialist in an article posted by anti*capitalist resistance; d) from Daniel Finkelstein a Jewish…

EL&SD coverage of Palestine, Zionism and Israel since 2002

EL&SD COVERAGE OF PALESTINE, ZIONISM AND ISRAEL SINCE 2002 2024 How Keir Starmer placed his political image over the lives of those in Gaza Ed Balls accidentally admits to Labour’s weaponisation of anti-Semitism I mean, we already knew, but still… The counter-narrative to Zionist and US/British imperialist backed genocide The killing of Gaza’s environment –…

‘A cemetery for children and their future’: number of refugees thought dead in Mediterranean triples

The following article by Glen Black was first posted by The Canary. Refugees and asylum seekers are the most vulnerable of those facing the current socio-economic crisis, and hence are provided very little individual state or EU protection. But this attitude is extended to other precariously paced groups, as the billionaire elite seek only to…

Omnicide

This article by Mike Small was first posted by bella caledonia. It outlines the attempt by Tory Right populists backed by Rishi Sunak backed by Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party to bow before the fossil fuel companies and their attempt to prioritise profits at public expense and  ignore the growing climate crisis.  OMNICIDE The approval…