Frances Curran reflects on the possibilities and challenges facing the left in Scotland in the aftermath of the referendum campaign.
Peña Nieto is on the ropes - what next?
1 December 2014, byThe 20 November, anniversary of the beginning of the Mexican Revolution, saw hundreds of thousands of people demosntrating in the main squares of the country. While the return of the 43 students of Ayotzinapa alive remains at the centre of the demands, a very broad movement now demands the resignation of Peña Nieto. In Geneva, as in 60 cities throughut the world, a gathering was organized in front of Uni-mail, on the initiative of the SolidaritéS youth group.
Support grows for BDS among grassroots of US Labor movement
1 December 2014We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel.” This call for solidarity was issued in July 2005 by hundreds of Palestinian organizations, including all major trade unions. Systematic land confiscation, mass incarceration, house demolition, and routine attacks that leave hundreds of civilians dead have become part and parcel of daily life in Israel-occupied Palestine. The US-sponsored “peace talks” merely readjusted Israel’s occupation strategy: instead of deploying its army inside Palestinian cities and towns, Israel now surrounds them with checkpoints and walls; hinders Palestinians’ ability to work, study, and travel; and ensures that Palestine remains economically dependent on Israel. Recognizing that Israel has used negotiations to normalize and sustain the occupation, Palestinian civil society adopted the non-violent strategy of Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) against its oppressor.