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The battle continues

Battle in Seattle
Written and directed by Stuart Townsend
with Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Michelle Rodriguez and Andre Benjamin
available on DVD

Iceland: Protests bring down government

Ongoing mass demonstrations in response to a severe economic crisis has led to the collapse of the Icelandic government. Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned on January 23 along with the whole government cabinet.

Venezuela: Popular mobilisation for "yes" vote

At a rally of tens of thousands in Plaza Caracas on January 23, President Hugo Chavez called on Venezuelan workers to mobilise for the electoral battle for the 聯Yes聰 campaign for a vote in the February 15 referendum in favour of a constitutional amendment to abolish the two-term limit on elected positions in Venezuela.

Why the West backs Israel 鈥 and how to make it stop

Israel is an apartheid state. This is the explanation for the appallingly assymetrical nature of the Israel-Palestine conflict, graphically demonstrated in the latest carnage in Gaza.

Mark Steel: The real source of terror

The worrying part about whether the ceasefire in Gaza can hold together will be whether the international community can stop the flow of arms to the terrorists.

Goodbye Bush!

After eight bloodthirsty years, the tenure of former president of the United States, George Bush, finally came to an end on January 20 when Democrat Barack Obama took the presidential oath.

Israel fails to stop Palestine's struggle for freedom

鈥淲hat truce are they talking about. We work on the land just like farmers. We don鈥檛 have bombs. These people don鈥檛 want to make any truce鈥, Khalil Mohamed Breaim told Al Jazeera on January 28.

France: General strike hits

聯Huge crowds have taken to the streets in France to protest over the handling of the economic crisis, causing disruption to rail and air services聰, according to a January 29 BBC News report.

Nepalese Maoists gear-up to take to the streets

A senior leader of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-M), CP Gajurel stated that the Maoists are prepared to unleash yet another 鈥渕assive鈥 struggle to institutionalise the Nepal鈥檚 new republic, According to a January 4 NepalNews.com article.

Capitalism's burning house

John Bellamy Foster is editor of US socialist publication Monthly Review, professor of sociology at the University of Oregon and author of a number of books including Marx鈥檚 Ecology. This interview with him on the economic crisis is republished with permission from WIN magazine, the journal of the US-based War Resisters League ().

Israel: Jews and Arabs refusing to be enemies

The article below is reprinted from . For more information, contact the Communist Party of Israel, , info@maki.org.il.

Is there hope for the planet?

Hell & High Water: Climate Change, Hope & the Human Condition
By Alastair McIntosh
Birlinn, 2008
289 pages, $29.95