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DON’T LET OMAR DEGHAYES DIE IN GUANTANAMO
Family of hunger striker appeal to anti-war protesters » more


Why Basra is in revolt against occupation
An Iraqi resistance leader speaks out » more


Three amazing days of freedom in Gaza
Israeli troops left the Gaza Strip last week, sparking amazing scenes among Palestinians who had lived under occupation for 37 years » more


Who Shot the Sheriff? — rocking against racism
Richard Archer of Hard-Fi, Neville Staples of The Specials, Rankin’ Roger of The Beat, filmmaker Alan Miles and promoter Geoff Martin from the Left Field cooperative on the fight in the seventies and today » more


German result is a blow to neo-liberals
Alex Callincos examines the significance of the hung parliament in the German federal elections » more


Venezuela: a society undergoing a radical transformation
Orlando Chirino, a member of the UNT, spoke at a meeting at the NUJ headquarters in London about Venezuela’s “Bolivarian Revolution” » more



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News
» Don’t let Omar Deghayes die in Guantanamo

Family of hunger striker appeal to anti-war protesters

» Why Basra is in revolt against occupation

An Iraqi resistance leader speaks out

» Pensions: build up the pressure

The chasm between the hopes of millions of workers for a decent retirement and New Labour’s plans to make us all work longer was laid bare at the TUC conference last week

» Gate Gourmet: ‘If the laws are wrong, why should we obey them?'

The Gate Gourmet dispute rightly dominated the TUC conference and led to a unanimous call to end the legal ban on solidarity action

» George Galloway: the mood is changing in the heart of the beast

As he tours round the US the Respect MP has noticed a seminal shift in the country's mood

» Police attack Cindy Sheehan meeting

New York police attacked a 150-strong rally addressed by Cindy Sheehan on Monday

» Tom Hayden to speak at London rally

Tom Hayden, one of the US’s leading anti-war and civil rights activists since the 1960s, is set to speak at the London Stop the War demonstration on Saturday

» Hurricane Katrina has added to anti-war anger

US activist Judy Linehan from Military Families Speak Out writes on the growing movement against Bush

» Ken Loach: who will new terrorism law hit?

The home secretary Charles Clarke wants to bring in new laws that would make it illegal to justify or glorify terrorism

» Babar Ahmad decision is postponed

The family of Babar Ahmad, the south London IT worker who faces extradition to the US on trumped up terrorism charges, learned recently that home secretary Charles Clarke has applied for another two month extension to make his decision

» Angolan man hangs himself so his son can stay here

New Labour’s draconian policies towards asylum seekers claimed another victim last week

» TUC votes for solidarity with Bolivarian Revolution

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) meeting last week passed a motion to oppose the attempts of the US administration and Venezuelan bosses to overthrow Hugo Chavez

» Who says?

Snippets from the week's news

International
» Three amazing days of freedom in Gaza

Israeli troops left the Gaza Strip last week, sparking amazing scenes among Palestinians who had lived under occupation for 37 years

» Venezuela: a society undergoing a radical transformation

Orlando Chirino, a member of the UNT, spoke at a meeting at the NUJ headquarters in London about Venezuela’s “Bolivarian Revolution”

» Italian MEP reveals deportation horror

Vittorio Agneletto, a left wing MEP, visited a detention centre recently and reports on the shocking treatment of asylum-seekers in Italy

» Maldives: facing a nightmare in an island paradise

Pressure is growing on Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, president of the Maldives, following attacks on pro-democracy campaigners, writes Abdurahman Jafar

» The Zapatistas launch their ‘Other Campaign’

The Zapatistas have invited political organisations of the left to join their “Other Campaign”, proposing the building of a broad front, throughout Mexico, writes Leonard Mattioli

» UN summit has failed the world’s poorest people

Even if the UN summit had approved the G8 debt deal it would have meant “only” 27,000 children dying a day from the effects of debt and poverty rather than 30,000 writes Mzimasi Makiniki, an activist in Malawi

» Reject the poisoned crumbs thrown by the rich

Never was there such a chance to improve the lives of millions - never was there such a mean spirited and self interested response from the rich and powerful writes Charles Abugre of Christian Aid

» Funding gap will have devastating effects

It would have been far more powerful if there had been curbs on the arms trade to brutal regimes, but that would have got in the way of profits writes Mary Oredi from Kenya

Alex Callinicos
» German result is a blow to neo-liberals

Alex Callincos examines the significance of the hung parliament in the German federal elections

Features
» Guantanamo Bay: behind the wire

British inmates in US military custody have joined a desperate hunger strike for justice, writes Victoria Brittain, and our government is doing nothing to ease their plight

» Omar Deghayes’ Guantanamo hunger strike diary

We print extracts from Guantanamo hunger striker Omar Deghayes’ diary of the first hunger strike in July

» A three year battle for freedom

Clive Stafford Smith represents residents of Guantanamo Bay in their fight for justice

» Lenin for the 21st century

The struggle against war is linked to the struggle against the system that produces war, writes Ian Birchall, author of a new pamphlet on Lenin

» Why the US is still racist

Brian Kelly explains why racism survives 140 years ago slavery was abolished in the United States

» Who Shot the Sheriff? — rocking against racism

Richard Archer of Hard-Fi, Neville Staples of The Specials, Rankin’ Roger of The Beat, filmmaker Alan Miles and promoter Geoff Martin from the Left Field cooperative on the fight in the seventies and today