Poetry Corner: Midnight by Mourid Barghouti

Yesterday it was announced that the Palestinian poet Mourid Barghouti had passed away. Today we feature an extract from his poem ‘Midnight’ about the Israeli occupation of Palestine.

Applications to join the YCL surge following Corbyn’s suspension from Labour

Today, Labour announced that former leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has been suspended from the party. Despite resigning as leader nearly a year ago, Corbyn was finally hounded out of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) today following the release of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report into Antisemitism within the Labour Party.

Demonstrations in Morocco against Arab nations normalising ties with Israel

On Tuesday (15 September 2020), Israel signed a US-backed diplomatic agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, purportedly to improve the relations in the Middle East. However this supposedly historic move from all angles comes at a cost for the Palestinian people, breaking longstanding Arab unity in opposition to Israel’s military occupation.

‘A nation that occupies other nations cannot be free’: Young Communist League of Israel

The Communist Youth of Turkey interviewed with the Young Communist League of Israel via SoLInternational on the anniversary of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories in 1967.

The Communist Youth League of Israel say, ‘We – Jews and Arabs will continue on our path of struggle for socialism and just peace. No government and no state can prevent an entire people and nation from existing.’