Six Eight: memories of a year in revolution (1)
21 October-20 December 1967: Long live the victorious people's war!
- Fausto Giudice Фаусто Джудиче فاوستو جيوديشي
No, 50 years later, I do not regret anything. I did not steal, kill, rape or lie. And I don't believe I ever betrayed, neither our ideas and dreams, nor my comrades. Not everyone my age can say the same. But before we get started, let's put some dots ...
Foreign policy for sale: Greece’s dangerous alliance with Israel
- Ramzy Baroud رمزي بارود
For a brief historical moment, Alexis Tsipras and his political party, Syriza, ignited hope that Greece could resurrect a long-dormant Leftist tide in Europe.
A new Greece was being born out of the pangs of pain of economic austerity, imposed by the ...
Tunisia: January, the month of logical revolts
- Fausto Giudice Фаусто Джудиче فاوستو جيوديشي
It was predictable, it was foreseen and it happened: Tunisia exploded from below on Monday, the 8th of January.
In all parts of the country, marginalised youths attacked police stations, supermarkets, authorities – tax centres, municipalities, ...
Jerusalem – and not Abu Dis – will remain the capital of Palestine, the whole of Palestine
- Abdelbari Atwan عبد الباري عطوان
From the heart of besieged and liberated Gaza, Hamas’ Politburo’s head Ismail Haniyeh has sounded the call to launch an intifada in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to Judaize Jerusalem, thereby endorsing ...
War is Peace
- Gilad Atzmon جيلاد أتزمون گيلاد آتزمون
No one has utilised the Orwellian dictate that ‘War is Peace’ better than Donald Trump. In Orwell’s1984, the Party maintains stability at home by waging constant war elsewhere.
Some contend that the American president is ...
Yemen: Today’s Guernica
- César Chelala
On the market day of April 26, 1937, at the bequest of General Francisco Franco, a bombing of the Basque town of Guernica took place. It was carried out by Spain’s nationalistic government allies, the Nazi German Luftwaffe’s Condor Legion ...
29 November: 70 years of Philistine solitude
- TLAXCALA ΤΛΑΞΚΑΛΑ ТЛАКСКАЛА تلاكسكالا 特拉科斯卡拉
Or a small country steeped in history. Let us call it “X”. Over three millennia this country has seen all kinds of invaders, all kinds of occupants, all possible liberators. Almost all invoked an imaginary entity with various names, what ...
This is not just about Catalonia. This is about democracy itself
- Carles Puigdemont
Spain has imposed a political agenda that goes against the will of the majority of Catalans. We will defend our rights to the end
Catalonia is right now the only territory in the European Union that has been denied the supreme law its ...
The crusade of Ninoska, the Simply Delicious earthworm of Miami
- Fausto Giudice Фаусто Джудиче فاوستو جيوديشي
Her name is Ninoska Pérez-Castellón, and this is the first time you've heard of her. I myself did not know anything about her until the 9th of October, 2017 at midday. I discovered her while surfing the web to see what the media were reporting ...
Indictment: we must continue Daphne Caruana Galizia’s work
- Manuel Delia
Since I first heard of Daphne Caruana Galizia’s death, I’ve thought of little else. And that’s not likely to stop now.
The funeral of Daphne Caruana Galizia this Friday in Mosta
It started with shock at the audacity and the terminal ...
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