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  • Workers Party activist speaks at Dunedin Gaza protest

    John Moore from the Workers Party spoke at a Gaza protest in Dunedin last Saturday. About 100 protesters were present, with representatives from the Alliance, International Socialists, Workers Party and the local Muslim community. The following speech was given by John at the rally: This protest and many others that are being held throughout the Read more

  • 500 march in solidarity with Gaza in Christchurch

    Yesterday around 500 people marched in central Christchurch protesting the Israeli invasion of Gaza which in the past few weeks has claimed the lives of over 1 200 Palestinians (but only 13 Israelis). Chanting “Occupation is a Crime – Free Free Palestine” the protesters through the main tourist precinct Worcester Boulevard and past the yuppie Read more

  • “Close down Rakon, open up Gaza”

    Around 200 people protested outside the Rakon factory in Mt Wellington, Auckland today. Rakon produces crystal oscillators for targeted bombs used by the Israeli air force in their attacks on Gaza. The Rakon parts are supplied to the US which provides the bombs directly to the Israeli military. As police tried to push the crowd Read more

  • Nationwide actions against invasion of Gaza

    PROTEST AGAINST RAKON HELP IN ISRAELI BOMBING OF GAZA – 3PM SAT JANUARY 17 Assemble Outside Sylvia Park Carpark Entrance 1, Mt Wellington Highway Rakon Industries in Mt Wellington will be targeted in a protest this Saturday against the massacre of Palestinian civilians. Rakon provides crystal oscillators for targeted bombs used by the Israeli air Read more

  • Middle East politics

    For indepth background analysis of the conflicts in the Middle East check out back issues from our MidEast Solidarity and Liberation journals: MidEast Solidarity Spring 2001 mideast17 No to West’s war of terror The West’s mass murder in Iraq Israel’s war on the Palestinians From Zionism to socialism One year of the new intifada Fear of Read more

  • What’s behind the Israeli invasion of Gaza?

    – Tim Bowron Israel and most of the Western media would have us believe that the recent bloody assault on Gaza is a regrettable but unfortunate necessity forced upon the Israelis by the breaking of the June 2008 ceasefire by Hamas. This is a lie. Between June 16 and November 4 when the Israeli army Read more