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RALLY FOR GAZA, BRISBANE, MELBOURNE, AND SYDNEY, 29-30.12.08

ISRAELI ELECTIONEERING WITH BOMBS: Livni and Barak Pin Their Hopes on Gaza Rampage
Jonathan Cook

A POEM FOR GAZA
Remi Kanazi

HAROLD PINTER -- FRIEND OF THE KURDS, CITIZEN OF THE WORLD
Amir Hassanpour

SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS, MONTREAL AND TORONTO, 28.12.08

EMERGENCY PROTEST TO STOP THE MASSACRES IN GAZA, NEW YORK, 28.12.08

STOP ISRAEL'S MASSACRE, LONDON, 28.12.08
Adrian Cousins

ARAB PEOPLE, NOT REGIMES, EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH GAZA
Hussein Assi

PROTEST AT THE ISRAELI EMBASSY, MADRID, 27.12.08

SOLIDARITY ACTION WITH GAZA, AMSTERDAM, 27.12.08
Suzanne Hogendoorn

IN FACE OF THE ISRAELI ATTACKS ON GAZA
John Berger

INTERNATIONAL WITNESSES SPEAK OUT FROM GAZA
Eva Bartlett, Ewa Jasiewicz, Haidar Eid, Sharon Lock, Eyad Sarraj, Jenny Linnel, Natalie Abou Shakra, et al.

PROMINENT SOUTH AFRICANS CONDEMN THE GAZA MASSACRE
Palestine Solidarity Committee

IT IS THE HOUR OF CHANGE
João Pedro Stedile, José Antônio Moroni, and Nalu Faría

EARTHA KITT, 17.01.1927 - 25.12.2008

SOCIALISM IS PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY
Bertell Ollman

AHMADINEJAD, STAND UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS!
CodePink

IMAGINED YOUTHS
Ted Swedenburg

AUTO WORKERS TOLD TO TAKE CONCESSIONS, ABANDON RETIREES
Tiffany Ten Eyck

ANTIWAR ORGANIZING IN THE OBAMA ERA
Ashley Smith and Eric Ruder

STATEMENT BY IRANIAN BLOGGERS ON HOSSEIN DERAKHSHAN

FINDING COMMON GROUND IN CRISIS: Social Movements in South America and the US
Benjamin Dangl

GREECE: Protesters Call for Demonstrations across Europe

CALL FOR ENTRIES -- SOCIAL JUSTICE FILM FESTIVAL
24-30 April 2009
Grand Illusion Cinema, Seattle, WA


MADRASA REFORMS AND INTERFAITH DIALOGUE:
Interview with Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rehmani
Yoginder Sikand

LALGARH, AN ICON OF ADIVASI DEFIANCE
Koustav De

STOLEN KISSES:
Iran's Sexual Revolutions
Laura Secor

SIX PROMINENT AMERICAN FREETHINKERS
James Farmelant and Mark Lindley

REDISCOVERING HUBERT HARRISON
Scott McLemee

WHERE IS MUNTADAR AL-ZEIDI, THE IRAQI REPORTER WHO THREW HIS SHOES AT BUSH?

CAPITALISM'S CRISIS THROUGH A MARXIAN LENS
Rick Wolff

MISS USA
Crazy Girl aka Tiff McGinnis

"MOTHER GOOSE MARX" AND OTHER KIDS' STUFF
Paul Buhle

AN ISRAELI IN GAZA:
An Interview with Jeff Halper
Frank Barat

POLITICAL CRISIS EXPOSES CANADA'S NATIONAL, CLASS DIVISIONS
Richard Fidler

JUSTICE, FREEDOM, AND THE BROTHERHOOD
Naguib Mahfouz

UE: "We Did It!" -- Workers Get Pay, Plant Occupation Ends

SOFA: From Japan to Iraq

INTERVIEW WITH DONGPING HAN, Author of The Unknown Cultural Revolution: Life and Change in a Chinese Village
Set the Record Straight

POLITICS OF SECULARISM AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

UE: Demonstrations Wednesday, Friday: Solidarity & "Bail Out the Rest of Us!"

UE: Major Demonstration Set for Wednesday

PROPOSITION 1984
Susie Day

IS OBAMA BACKING OFF A CRUCIAL PLEDGE TO LABOR? Bait and Switch on the Employee Free Choice Act
Steve Early

UPDATE: North Carolina UE Members to Picket Bank of America's Charlotte Headquarters, in Solidarity with Chicago Sit-In


HEBRON SETTLERS TAKE THEIR FIGHT INTO ISRAEL: Far-right Plans March into Arab Town
Jonathan Cook

OBAMA: Ratify the Women's Convention Soon
Marjorie Cohn

NO TAX-COLLECTION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION! The Fight for Trade Union Independence in Egypt
Ahmad Shokr

TERRORISM, MASS HYSTERIA, AND HEGEMONY IN INDIA
Pratyush Chandra

LIES OF THE LASHKAR
Yoginder Sikand

TRANSFORMING "THE NURSERY OF REBELLION"
Joanna Cruickshank


CAMP HOPE HOLDS OBAMA TO "CHANGE" PLEDGE
Mike Ferner

HOW SHOULD THE LEFT CRITICIZE OBAMA?
Gregory W. Esteven

URGE TURKEY TO VOID DEALS WITH ISRAELI MILITARY COMPANIES IN WAKE OF ISRAELI CRIMES IN GAZA STRIP
Connie Hackbarth

PALESTINE DOESN'T GET TO HAVE A 9/11
Justin Podur

AGAINST THE SLAUGHTER IN GAZA, BELFAST, 29.12.08

CANDLELIGHT VIGIL FOR GAZA, COPENHAGEN, 27.12.08

MANIFS FOR GAZA, PARIS AND LILLE, 27.12.08

DEMONSTRATION FOR GAZA, MANCHESTER, 28.12.08

TENS OF THOUSANDS PROTEST ISRAEL, ISTANBUL, 27.12.08

ISRAEL: End the Attacks on Gaza Immediately!
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions

THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF ISRAEL CONDEMNS DEADLY ATTACKS ON GAZA AND CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL MOBILIZATION

MASSACRES IN GAZA, DEMONSTRATIONS IN THE WEST BANK
Mazin Qumsiyeh

END OF NEOLIBERALISM? SORRY, NOT YET.
Patrick Bond

"THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO SOCIALISM": Interview with Egyptian Economist Samir Amin
Smitu Kothari and Benny Kuruvilla

AHMADINEJAD'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE ON CHANNEL 4
Press TV

PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE:
Interview with Eduardo Galeano
Jorge Majfud

CHÁVEZ: Capitalists Have Manipulated the Message of Christ to Exploit the Poor
Venezolana de Television

AGAINST STATE VIOLENCE
Aprosarmostoi

THEIR PEACE AND OURS
Jay Rothermel

MICKEY Z:
My Personal Trainer and Yours
Susie Day

TOMBSTONE
Michael D. Yates

THE GLOBAL CAPITALIST CRISIS AND INDIA
Analytical Monthly Review

WHAT WE SEE, WHAT WE HOPE: Declaration of Solidarity with the Uprising in Greece

GREEK DEMO GRAPHICS
Collected by Nassos Kappa aka Crazymonkey

SATURDAY 20/12 GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION AGAINST STATE TERRORISM

PROTEST IN ATHENS, 18.12.2008
Endiaferon

THE POLITICS OF PERSECUTION
Melani McAlister

CHRISTMAS UNDER OCCUPATION
Mazin Qumsiyeh

AN OPEN LETTER: Come Occupy a Building with Us . . . Now
The New School in Exile

THIS ALIEN LEGACY:
The Origins of "Sodomy" Laws in British Colonialism
Alok Gupta

WHY PAY-TO-PLAY IS BAD FOR LABOR
Steve Early

"I THINK WE AGREE, THE PAST IS OVER"
Mike Covell

RON CAREY: Working Class Hero
Deepa Kumar

DIARY
Tariq Ali

BRAZIL: The First Big Challenge of the Petroleum Campaign Will Be Stopping a New Auction
Luís Brasilino

GENERAL STRIKE IN GREECE: "Next Thursday Would Be a Good Day for Solidarity Action All around the World" -- Nikos Lountos

RESTORE US TO FIRE
Vijay Prashad

THAILAND: A Second "Coup for the Rich"
Giles Ji Ungpakorn

REPRESENTING THE NATION
Sabry Hafez

SAN FRANCISCO PROTEST AGAINST THE BANKS AND IN SUPPORT OF THE CHICAGO WORKERS
Bill Hackwell

TUCSON: The Desert "Civilized"
Michael D. Yates


WORKERS OCCUPY CHICAGO FACTORY: Echoes of Argentina's 2001 Worker Uprising
Benjamin Dangl

RETHINKING RELIGION AND THE MODERN
Robert W. Hefner

AFRICOM: From Bush to Obama
Daniel Volman

UPDATE: UE Members Occupy Chicago Plant in Struggle for Justice

THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF CAPITALISM
Fred Magdoff and William K. Tabb

AFTER THE ATTACK ON MUMBAI
Bernard D'Mello

CHICAGO FACTORY OCCUPIED:
UE Members in Chicago Need Our Help!

POWER IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC, INC.
Tamara Thornton

EMPLOYMENT IN FREE FALL, ECONOMY LOSES 533,000 JOBS
Dean Baker

JOIN THE AUTO WORKER CARAVAN TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
Monday, December 8

OUT, PROUD, AND FIGHTING
Sherry Wolf

REFLECTIONS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS AND ITS LIKELY IMPACT ON SOUTH AFRICA
Blade Nzimande and Jeremy Cronin

EVERYDAY LIFE IN CENTRAL ASIA
Irene Hilgers
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