February 2012
4 posts
Moving beyond the keffiyeh - Palestine and the...
The other night I went to a student fundraiser for Palestine, with the usual combination of hip-hop, poetry, speeches and musical performances. Not being a student, I don’t typically go to that sort of event, but a friend - one of the organisers - asked me to help out with the music and so I went along.
Several of the speakers spoke in support of the “Arab democratic uprisings of...
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Anti-imperialist websites I check (almost) daily
Sometimes people ask me where I go for an alternative, anti-imperialist analysis of current affairs. Here are a few websites that I check very regularly.
MR Zine
Pan-African News Wire
Workers World
Liberation News
Pambazuka News
Global Research
Asia Times
Prensa Latina English
What’s Left
Press TV
Xinhua
Russia Today
Not a Dinner Party
Sons of Malcolm
Lizzie Phelan
Red Ant...
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The manufacture of Tariq Ali's consent regarding...
Tariq Ali has made a number of incorrect and unjustifiable statements in his recent interview on Russia Today regarding Syria. Ali is a much-celebrated icon of the British left; he is a talented orator and writer, and often says quite good things. Therefore his comments are particularly dangerous, as they are considered trustworthy by many progressive/radical people.
Ali claims that “the...
