Egyptian complicity in Israel’s Gaza bloodbath is giving fresh impetus to struggles against the Mubarak regime, writes the Guardian’s Jack Shenker…

Damn! I never knew Egypt’s colonial history involved campaigns in Mexico!!! I’m very glad however to know that the Latinos kicked our imperialist asses…

Human Rights Watch activists held a press conference today at the Journalists’ Syndicate, to launch their report: “Sinai Perils: Risks to Migrants, Refugees, and Asylum Seekers in Egypt and Israel”…

A must read article by Jonathan Neale on the war in Afghanistan…

I’m in Britain, where I’ll be taking part in some public events, organized by Stop the War Coalition, in London, Cambridge, Liverpool, Leeds, Manchester, New Castle, Edinburgh and Glasgow… The full schedule of events is here… Come along if you are around…

The Battle of Algiers…

From Haaretz…
…the Israeli public was exposed to an additional rare public confession from another criminal conspirator. This self-exposure occurred closer to home, in an interview in which the one confessing was none other than GOC Northern Command Gadi Eisenkot.
“What happened in the Beirut suburb of Dahiya in 2006 will happen in every village from which [...]

Slide show from the BBC… For a brief background on the 1968 events, check out this article…

Lindsey German speaking at Manchester’s Stop the Spread of War rally…

In Britain…
More than 5,000 people marched through central Manchester today against the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and the spread of war to other countries.
The demonstration was timed to coincide with the start of the Labour Party conference. As marchers passed the conference venue many held their palms up towards it, shouting “blood on your [...]