Thursday, Feb 9th 2012
Book Review: Europe’s Alliance with Israel - by David Cronin - PlutoPress, London and New York, 2011 ISBN: 9780745330655 - £16 in the UK
By its own account, the European Union “sees human rights as universal and indivisible. It actively promotes and defends them both within its borders and when engaging in relations with non-EU countries.” [...]
It is an uncommon pleasure to see the world’s politicians scuttling around furiously, much like woodlice uncovered by the lifting of a rock. WikiLeaks are the ones who did the lifting, and have exposed for us the working of US diplomacy; the information, intentions and concerns of the world’s dominant [...]
Dear Friends,
In addressing you today, I wish to draw your attention to the background of Monsanto, a company whose name and products are held in contempt not only within the United States, but also in every country where it has offices, its products sold and used. The reason for the contempt goes back [...]
Daniel Finn | LRB Blog | Bolivian Graffiti
Daniel Finn, who did an interview with Paul Ginsborg for ILR a while back, refers to him again in the opening of this excellent post on the London Review blog about his journey through Bolivia and the political graffiti he saw there.
In his History of Contemporary Italy 1943-80, [...]
Sometimes a line or a phrase, or maybe a description of somebody stops you in your tracks. In “An Irishman’s Diary” (Irish Times 26/10/10) John Kavanagh decribes a holiday in Colombia. The article reads like a tourist guide extolling the wonders of the country. Fair enough, from what I hear read and have seen [...]
This article by Georges Seguy, former Secretary General of the CGT (General Confederation of Labour) was published in L’Humanite on the 19th of October. This translation by David Lundy was published in the English language version of the paper on the 22nd.
“Lessons that are worth considering”
We are not in a situation that is strictly [...]
This article, by Paule Masson of L’Humanite was published in that paper on the 16th of October. The following translation by Isabelle Metral was published on the 17th in the English language edition of L’Humanite. It’s published here with the permission of the editor of humaniteinenglish.com, Hervé Fuyet.
Far from being on the ebb, social anger [...]
The results of the Venezuelan parliamentary elections have been met with almost unanimous negative responses in the Western press. Typical of the headlines was one in the Irish Times on the 28th of September: “Opposition gains loosen Chavez’s grip on power“. While this is technically correct it’s far from the full picture. As the last [...]
Book Review: Gideon Levy, The Punishment of Gaza (London: Verso, 2010)
Gideon Levy is a veteran journalist and columnist with the liberal Israeli daily, Ha’aretz. Along with Amira Hass, he is one of the few Israeli journalists - one of the few Western journalists - to take a long term interest in the Gaza Strip. His [...]
A Call for Support
The following was sent on by Hatim Kanaaneh, MD, MPH, author of ‘A Doctor in Galilee: the Life and Struggle of a Palestinian in Israel’, Pluto Press, 2008. Dr. Kanaaneh is head of the Public Committee for Defense of Ameer Makhoul, an outstanding human rights campaigner on behalf of the Palestinian citizens [...]
