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Working class unity is the solution for Israel and Palestine. No to sectarian divisions that only protect the super rich elite.

The sister section of my party (The Socialist Party) in Israel/Palestine at a protest as part of the Tent movement.

"Why then, to the backdrop of a threat of violence from the Israeli military and condemnation or criticism from many western powers, are we persisting with our trip to Gaza? Fundamentally, in my opinion, it’s because it’s the right thing to do. The conditions that people live in in Gaza are horrific as a result of Israel’s illegal blockade. It has not allowed goods or people in or out for four years now and living standards have plummeted. Eighty per cent of the population is dependent on international aid to survive. The number of people who survive on less than $1 a day tripled since the start of the blockade to some 300,000 people out of a total population of 1.6 million. Unemployment stands at over 40%. UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that wages have dropped by one third during the blockade. Many basic medicines and equipment for hospitals like dialysis machines are unavailable or in extremely short supply with the result that the Palestinian Ministry for Health calculated that 265 people died between June 2007 and December 2008 as a result of the blockade. People have been unable to rebuild many buildings destroyed in “Operation Cast Lead” when the IDF mercilessly bombed and then invaded this densely populated small strip of land in late 2008 and early 2009."

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http://www.politico.ie/world-politics/7622-on-the-freedom-flotilla-ii-to-gaza.html

An article by my friend and comrade MEP Paul Murphy on why he’s on the freedon flotilla to break the Gaza blockade.

There’s an article from our Israeli/Palestinian section here. http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/5155

And regular updates can be gotten from here;

http://www.paulmurphymep.eu/gaza/

Neta from CWI in Israel and Palestine talking about LGBT issues in Israel.

Sorry about the noise in the background, this was filmed during our evening social so a few hundred socialists are chatting and singing just outside.

Source: maavak.org.il

"The Feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a Socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy Capitalism, and become lesbians."

- Pat Robertson 

How capitalism works Written by Antony Alder, Socialist Party Australia

Socialist Party National Conference

I just got back from this conference last night. I’m exhausted but it was very good. We’re entering a new stage in Irish politics. The capitalist system and neo-liberal politics are being exposed. There is a new opportunity for the ideas of Socialism to gain mass support.

No to Garda brutality, No to fees - Build an anti fees campaign

"Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time."

- Karl Marx
Source: brainyquote.com

Fine Gael’s new Health Policy a Charter for Privatisation

Source: joehiggins.eu