Politics

NOVANEWS We greet all those marching against austerity in London, Belfast and Glasgow this weekend. We are quite right to say that the crisis is not of our making; that we can't and won't pay for it; and that we will oppose all cuts, whether implemented by the ConDem government or by Labour, Tory or LibDem councils. We need to understand, though, that the capitalists' austerity programme is merely the reflection of the deepest ever crisis of this outmoded system. No reform is capable of breaking the downward spiral of crisis and war into which capitalism is dragging us. The only solution is to organise a movement capable of destroying the old and building the new! - Time to face it: capitalism must go! - Leaflet issued by CPGB-ML, 20 October 2012  http://www.cpgb-ml.org/index.php? se...

NOVANEWS By Tariq Shadid What better way to defeat an enemy than to cause a situation which has its ranks divided, and seeing its energy unleashed by one faction upon another, followed by tit-for-tat retributions, in an unending cycle of mutual destruction? Watch those who support one common cause going at each other’s throats, and you will find yourself faced with a very difficult dilemma. What if you feel that both sides should settle their differences and return to mutual cooperation and respect? Whatever you say, will always be perceived as wrong and insufficient by either side. Neither side will settle for anything but a complete denunciation of the other, and both will only be satisfied if you express unambiguous support for their camp. Welcome to the dynamics of ‘internal strife’, ...

NOVANEWS By Gilad Atzmon   First the Zionists came for the Palestinians, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Palestinian. Then the Neocons came for the Muslims,and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Muslim. Then Electronic Abunimah,  ADL, Mondoweiss, Israeli Hasbara and J Street  came for the activists and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t an activist. Then they came for me, but they were too late, because by that time everyone had read The Wandering Who, grasped what was going on and stood up for me.   The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics, Jewish political interest and Jewish hegemony within the Palestinian Solidarity Movement… The book can be  ordered  on Amazon.com  or Amazon.co.uk

 NOVANEWS Sabir Karbalai Palestine Foundation of Pakistan’s office bearers have said that incessant Israeli attacks on Gaza pose question mark on the United Nations. In a joint statement, the PLF officials namely Muzaffar Hashmi, Allama Qazi Ahmed Noorani Siddiqui, Maulana Sadiq Raza Taqvi, Mehfooz Yar Khan and Sabir Karbalai have said that the United Nations is a burden on the world. They said that the UN is a puppet of the United States and she don’t play active and effective role to help Palestinians get rid of Israeli atrocities. They condemned the continuous bombardment of Israeli forces on Palestinians that claim several Palestinian lives so far. They said the UN has failed to stop war crimes of Zionist regime and its forces. They said that United Nations was established to es...

NOVANEWS Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem What kind of state will the workers need after the socialist revolution? The question of the state is almost certainly the most widely misunderstood and misrepresented aspect of Marxism. Marx’s critique of capitalist economics is more or less acceptable to social democrats, anarchists, Trotskyites and various strands of the petty-bourgeois intelligentsia; however, his critique of the capitalist state and his understanding of what must replace it have been rejected or – more commonly – swept under the carpet.In this article, we shall attempt to shed some light on Marx’s teaching on the state, in particular the theory of the ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’, which is the cornerstone of that teaching. We will also attempt to show how the questi...

NOVANEWS by Ariadna Theokopoulos A lucky few had front row seats at Great Berlin’s Oyer and Terminer cybertrial. The hall was packed and it was standing room only for most attendees. Hushed whispers, excited twitters, and face-to-face exchanges in the back seats created an ominous droning sound. “What did she do exactly?” “You don’t know?! She posted a video.” “So?” “No, I mean one of those.” “No friggingfreespeech way! She didn’t clear it with anyone?” “No, she claimed it was not supposed to be widely disseminated; she probably knew it might create a furore, but it somehow got sent out of the Freegaza account.” “But someone said it was just one of those stupid videos that bark up the wrong tree, chewing the old cud about the Zionist Jews’ role in the holocaust.” “No, it is a lot worse. I...

NOVANEWS By Ellen Brown Global Research QE3, the Federal Reserve’s third round of quantitative easing, is so open-ended that it is being called QE Infinity. Doubts about its effectiveness are surfacing even on Wall Street. The Financial Times reports: Among the trading rooms and floors of Connecticut and Mayfair [in London], supposedly sophisticated money managers are raising big questions about QE3 — and whether, this time around, the Fed is not risking more than it can deliver. Which raises the question, what is it intended to deliver? As suggested in an earlier article here, QE3 is not likely to reduce unemployment, put money in the pockets of consumers, reflate the money supply, or significantly lower interest rates for homeowners, as alleged. It will not achieve those things because...

NOVANEWS By Colin Todhunter Global Research Knowledge in modern societies has expanded to the point whereby specialisms and sub-specialisms are the norm. It is just not possible for one person to have in-depth knowledge of every discipline. We must rely on others to convey such knowledge, usually in relatively simplistic terms. Most of us have to take at face value many of the ideas and concepts that we are bombarded with in this age of instant, mass communications and information overload. People tend to like simplicity. In many instances, not possessing sufficient expertise on matters, they require it. They require easily manageable packages of knowledge, and these packages become taken for granted stocks of ‘common sense’ knowledge that enable them to cope, however faulty or misrepres...