Dalila Mahdawi, "Gaza campaigners detail breaking of Israeli siege," Daily Star, September 10, 2008.

"Above all, what is being tested is whether the imaginative engagement of dedicated private citizens can influence the struggle of a beleaguered people for basic human rights, and whether their courage and commitment can awaken the conscience of humanity to an unfolding tragedy."

Richard Falk

BEIRUT: Members of the Free Gaza Movement (FGM) held a press conference in Beirut on Tuesday to describe their recent breaking of the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip in Palestine.BEIRUT: Members of the Free Gaza Movement (FGM) held a press conference in Beirut on Tuesday to describe their recent breaking of the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip in Palestine.

The Israeli government tightened a blockade on Gaza in 2006 after Hamas prevailed in democratic elections, regularly preventing the coastal territory from importing fuel, humanitarian aid and medical assistance. The siege was stepped up in mid-2007 after Hamas gunmen won a power struggle with rivals from the Western-backed Fatah faction, causing what many non-governmental organizations have labeled a humanitarian catastrophe.

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UK Climate Camp Radio, day of mass action. live radio reports, stream and download.

from the A-Infos Project aka radio4all.

The UK Camp for Climate Action is taking place near the site of the proposed Kingsworth coal-fired power station in Kent.

Climate Camp radio, which has been broadcasting all week from the UK Camp for Climate Action, will broadcast a show at lunch time, 1pm and and a roundup in the evening at 7pm GMT+1. The stream can be accessed here (Flash Player) and past shows are accessible as mp3s & oggs.


Non-commercial re-broadcast is welcome (let us know if you can). Contact: radio@climatecamp.org.uk

Today, 09th August 2008 is the day of mass action and we are trying to shut the power station down, through means of peaceful civil disobedience and direct mass action by water, air, through fields and on the roads. The week saw around 1500 people coming to live, stay, do, meet learn and prepare actions at the camp under not previously seen police harassment, smear campaigns and media attention (including positive and topical reports!).

More info on climate camp and actions:
www.climatecamp.org.uk
indymedia.org.uk/en/actions/2008/climatecamp/

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"Cultures of Resistance," Conflicts Forum, July 12, 2008.

Cultures of Resistance Activism Forum is a project that aims to address the Western hostile use of language intended to restrict debate related to mainstream Islamist movements and currents. The project will explore more effective means to respond to hostile use of language - as well as explore how better to insist on extending public debate beyond its standard focus on ‘Islamist violence’ - by launching a ‘positive’ (non-defensive) discourse on Islamism. In partnership with a wide number of social activist and public campaign groups, we aim to advocate for a shift in language from the defensive to the positive; to learn how others, in different struggles, have achieved this transition; and by this means, and by gaining greater critical mass, to open space in which a discourse of rebuttal and ‘resistance’ can be developed through visual and other means to imposed narratives and stereotyping. The aim is the change the terms of debate and to move to a more directly challenging, but more widely accessible, advocacy of understanding of Islamist ideology.

Cultures of Resistance magazine will be published twice a year by Conflicts Forum.


Volume One | Issue One [PDF]
Jihad and Terrorism:
A War of Words - Moazzam Begg
Talking About The Conflict - Mark Perry
The Paradox of Islamist Dialogue - Alastair Crooke
Brixton, Berkley and Other Roads to Radicalisation - Massoud Shadjareh, Arzu Merali
A Note — April 2008 - Tom Clark
The Islamic ‘Other’ in Film - Sukant Chandan
The Language of Oppression - Dyab Abou Jahjah
All is War - Aki Nawaz
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