During Berlin’s Internationalist Queer Pride on Saturday, 26 July, more than 15,000 people marched through the streets of the German capital under the slogan “None of us are free until all of us are free”. Dozens of us were beaten and arrested and the march was forcefully dispersed.
Sunday, 3 August, will go down in history as the day that the whole political and media establishment and the pro-Israel lobby, which have spent nearly two years trying to convince us that Israel’s endless slaughter is justified, definitively lost the argument.
The government's announcement that Australia will vote to “recognise” Palestinian statehood next month is a cynical response to mounting public pressure.
Close to two years of savage Israeli war on Gaza have created a humanitarian catastrophe. But while Israel and the US are responsible for the butchery, another force also shares the blame: the Arab leaders who have stood by and let Israel run amok.
History often happens without warning and, even more often, against all our wishes and best efforts. Sunday, 3 August, was different. Hundreds of thousands woke up ready and determined to make history themselves on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
More countries recognising a hypothetical entity called “State of Palestine” is positive in terms of its symbolic impact. However, the meanings and implications of this recognition greatly vary with time.
