https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Dropping-the-last-mask-of-democracy https://internationalviewpoint.org/Dropping-the-last-mask-of-democracy 2011-08-22T15:59:37Z text/html en Omar Barghouti Palestine MENA (Middle East/North Africa) Israel <p>"You should definitely postpone your book launch in Jerusalem," warned a close friend who felt that the planned event for launching my recently published book on the Palestinian-led movement for boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel might be too risky in light of the recently passed Israeli law that effectively bans support for the thriving boycott movement. At the packed bookshop-cafe in occupied East Jerusalem last Thursday, however, the engaged and Italian-coffee scented atmosphere was almost jubilant, as if declaring a collective defiance of Israel's latest draconian measure.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV439-August-2011-" rel="directory">IV439 - August 2011</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Palestine-+" rel="tag">Palestine</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-MENA-Middle-East-North-Africa-+" rel="tag">MENA (Middle East/North Africa)</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Israel-+" rel="tag">Israel</a>