19 November 2009

In an escalation of the recent arrest campaign conducted by the Israeli military in attempt to crush the popular struggle against the Wall in the village, an undercover army unit invaded Bil'in this morning and arrested a local youth, 19 year old Mohammad Yassin.

In the morning hours of Thursday, 19 November 2009, a civilian Isuzu pickup with undercover soldiers dressed as Palestinians, drove into the village of Bil'in, searching for residents suspected of organizing and participating in the village's weekly demonstrations. At around 9am, the soldiers arrived at the garage where Yassin works and arrested him. The arrest involved the beating of Yassin himself, as well as of his brother and his mother, who assumed that the disguised soldiers were just random by-passers attacking their kin.

Like many others, Mohamed Anas Bennis was a victim of the SPVM. On December 1st 2009, let us honour his memory and renew our call for justice in his death. Please join us on December 1st at the corner of Côte-Des-Neiges and Kent to denounce the impunity of the montreal police and to remember Anas, and all the victims of police murders. Read the rest here »»

This booklet tells the story of an activist over a period of about 35 years. For him, it is an easy enough transition from nationalist to Maoist groups, for almost all of them are fundamentally nationalist, with the Stalinist justification of the concept of "socialism in one country" for the latter.

We have just published a booklet, "From Nationalism to Internationalism."

* The latest demonstration of political criminalization of autonomous social movements by the Venezuelan government is exposed by Rafael Uzcategui, a member of the anarchist collective El Libertario.

As this text is written, Lusbi Portillo, professor at Zulia University (in Maracaibo) and environmental activist in solidarity with the indigenous movement is in hiding to protect his life and physical integrity. During the events of October 13 in the Sierra de Perijá two yukpas were killed and five more wounded in a conflict arising from the demarcation of indigenous land. The regional police announced that an arrest warrant against the professor for “drug possession” was imminent. This is not the first time the professor is criminalized for his active solidarity with the demands of the original peoples, but because the way the events are evolving – an investigation of the events has been decreed “national security” by the authorities – he decided to take preventive measures by going into hiding.

Looking at health inequalities in Canada, and how class and nation have affected the course of the H1N1 pandemic here, and what is likely in the months to come.

The purpose of this virtual exchange forum would be to encourage discussion between groups of the communist Left.

Brian Currin, a South African attorney working as a mediator, said the left-wing nationalist movement should not stop putting forward new initiatives despite the arrest of its top members.

Video : http://basquecountry.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/brian-currin-detention-of-...

Greeks , Jews,immigrants and roma people are trying to beat the occupation of their country from Hrisa Afga! We are calling every internationalist comrade to help us!

http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=1095275

READ THIs article, very carefully,and translate it... You will find a very important information about the situation in Greece... Wherever you search, even in Athens Indymedia, you will face the tolerance of Greeks, even anarchists to the palikaria (karagiozides) of Hrisa Afga....

* The editorial collective of El Libertario denounces the criminal attack that took place on October 13, 2009 against the Yukpa people in the Sierra of Perija in Western Venezuela, resulting in two indigenous persons dead and several wounded. The following article –about the tactic and strategy of “Revolutionary Venezuelan” Ethnocide- describes the events.

For those not attending the conferences in the Marie Gérin-Lajoie auditorium of the l'Université du Québec à Montréal, you may view them live...

En français : http://webtv.coop/live/webdiffusion.php

In English : http://webtv.coop/live2/webdiffusion.php

En espagnol : http://webtv.coop/live3/webdiffusion.php

Descriptions of the conferences this Sunday :

Ce dimanche 11 octobre, 9 h 30 : Le développement du militarisme et l’agenda sécuritaire

Ce dimanche 11 octobre, 14 h 30: La survie de l'humanité

Not only the Western walkout at the UN 2009 Ahmadinejad speech is a part of a repeating show, consciously the Western countries make no distinction between Ahmadinejad's just criticism on Israel and his alleged ''anti-semitic rhetoric''

Since the Western countries are directly and indirectly supporting the Israeli occupation, it is a shame and disgrace, that they walkout at this very speech, which brings into light the Israeli war-crimes and the Western implicite consent.

Palestinian village's Court Case is dismissed by Quebec Judge

Montreal, September 28th, 2009 (Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East) - In his decision of September 18th, Judge Louis-Paul Cullen of the Superior Court of Quebec dismissed the case of the Palestinian village of Bil'in which had filed a lawsuit against Green Mount International Inc. and Green Park International Inc., two companies registered in Quebec and involved in the construction of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. The judge based his argument on the legal exception of forum non conveniens, arguing that Quebec courts lacked jurisdiction to adjudicate, arguing that the case must be decided in Israeli courts.

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