Statement on impending US, UK and French military intervention in Syria We, members of the Global Network for Syria, are deeply alarmed by recent statements by Western governments and officials threatening the government of Syria with military intervention, and by media reports of actions taken by parties in Syria and by Western agencies in advance…
22nd April 2016 By Gearoid O Colmain In his novel ‘Journey to the end of the night’ Louis-Ferdinand Céline provocatively described the soldiers who had died in the First World War as ‘idiots’. The French writer was referring to the fact the soldiers had given their lives for a cause that was not their own – a…
29th December 2015 Gearoid O Colmain talks with Dr Zeinab Assaffar of Al-Mayadeen [Lebanon] TV.
“Drawing Mohammed? “It’s real simple… “While the US & the rest of NATO arms & funds Al Qaeda all over the planet, while also propping up regional state sponsors of terrorism like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey (who is also a NATO member btw), they are also stirring up racism & bigotry back at home…
Jacob Cohen is a Moroccan French writer who has been a staunch anti zionist activist and pro Palestine advocate for decades. On the 12 March 2012 in a cafe at 109 Boulevard Saint Germain in Paris, Jacob Cohen was attacked as he was launching his latest book on the Palestinian cause, by members of the Jewish…
Dieudonne responds to Manuel Valls calls for his detention and suppression as “an apologist for terrorism and anti semitism” In fact Valls even went so far as to use the word Blasphemy to describe Dieudonne’s shows. “Hey Gringo! You will never win against freedom of speech, because there is a huge difference between Truth and…
Prince Charles-Philippe d’Orléans, the Duke of Anjou “I will go against the emotional tide and break with the ‘I Am Charlie’ movement. No, I am not Charlie, because I never liked that Manichean newspaper. Charlie Hebdo is a vulgar rag that treats all opinions except its own with contempt, and which, under the guise of…
Years of taunting, insulting and humiliating caricatures of the revered prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and immigrants, Blacks and Muslims by the satirical Charlie Hebdo magazine has resulted in what the French authorities have long warned against, an explosion of violence leading to the tragic deaths and injuries of over 20 persons. President Hollande described this attack…
I am well aware that I’m stepping into a hornet’s nest by posting this video, which is going viral. Those who wish to silence all debate have an easy card to play here, accusing me of buying into a conspiracy theory. There’s only one problem: unlike the video-maker, I have few conclusions to draw about…
Workers.org Jan 12, 2015 How do we put in perspective the international media focus on the massacre of 12 journalists in Paris on Jan. 7 at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, notorious for its racist anti-Muslim caricatures and lack of response to the routine, daily, racist police murders of Black youth in the U.S.? Why…
The Wall Will Fall 