On Palestine and the Jews
Gandhiji’s views on the Arab-Jew question in Palestine and the persecution of the Jews in Germany, published in Harijan in 1938.
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The Dauntless Girl with the Constitution: Nothing You Do Will Surprise Me
19-year-old Russian activist Olga Misik – who two years ago was arrested for reading aloud her country’s constitution to the police at a pro-democracy rally – was arrested once again for ‘vandalism’. She gave a blistering statement to the court. “With such children, Russia does have a future!”
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Zambia Is the Tip of the Tail of the Global Dog
On 12 August 2021, the people of Zambia will vote to elect a new president. The incumbent, President Edgar Lungu, is facing a strong challenge from Fred M’membe, the presidential candidate of the Socialist Party Zambia.
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Blasphemy Wars
The recent protests in Pakistan, led by groups with reactionary Islamist ideologies, supported by the US and its client states, have become Frankenstein’s monsters. Yet, alongside them, a progressive coalition is beginning to re-emerge.
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Stand Up for Palestine – Two Articles
All You Nations Sleeping; A New Hope Emerges in Palestinian Resistance to Sheikh Jarrah Evictions: In spite of violent repression, popular support continues to grow for Palestinians facing eviction from the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and has sparked a new wave of resistance in Palestine.
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Chomsky: Without US Aid, Israel Wouldn’t Be Killing Palestinians En Masse
To understand the roots of the current escalation, one must examine the U.S.-backed, foundational Israeli government policy of using strategies of “terror and expulsion” in an effort to expand its territory by killing and displacing Palestinians, says Noam Chomsky.
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Chile’s Neoliberal Nightmare, New Constitution, and Daniel Jadue
Working and marginalized people in Chile can now see possibilities of relief from the political grief of decades. A new constitution is in the works. And Daniel Jadue, author of an astonishingly progressive program as mayor of Rocoleta municipality, is a presidential candidate.
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Mass Mobilizations in Chad against the Military Junta and French Imperialism
A week after the death of the dictator Idriss Déby, Chad’s military junta and France are confronted with massive mobilizations of the toiling masses.
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The IMF Is Using the Debt Crisis to Hollow Out Pakistan’s Sovereignty
Imran Khan’s government came to power in 2018 promising to reorient Pakistan’s economy toward the needs of the population. But faced with a debt crisis it soon dropped its reformist agenda — and now, the IMF is pressuring it to place its State Bank permanently beyond democratic control.
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Castigating Its Competitors: Western Hypocrisy and China
What is ultimately missing in the Western media’s critiques of China and elsewhere is objectivity. The raping of the planet, the massive inequality and so on, is being carried out by all sides – China, Russia, the EU, and the US.
