Boycott Israel Now!

Twice in recent days the system whereby a Communist University blog post generates a burst of e-mails via a Communist University Google Group has indicated that it has failed, twice in a row. On the third attempt, all three succeed at once. Sorry about that. The reliability over 250 postings is good, as a percentage, but it is annoying if it happens twice in a short period of time. If it happens again there may have to be a slight change of system. Meanwhile, sorry for the inconvenience. Can you believe that the mighty Marxists Internet Archive is being X-rated by the McAffee “Site Advisor” web site. Click here to see for yourself. It says “We recommend that you not use this site.” MIA has been a source of many of the texts used by the Johannesburg Communist University. Perhaps we have not said so often enough. If you can think of ways of protecting that huge and wonderful resource from electronic terrorism, please put it into practice right away. The London Independent newspaper is hardly Marxist but it does carry some choice truth-telling on occasions. See the first two linked articles below, pointing out the limitations of the bogus “Israeli ceasfire”. Israeli ceasefires have always meant: “You cease fire, I increase fire”. This one is no different, except that this time the Israelis are being hammered on the ground. This is their “-grad”, the equivalent of Stalingrad. People are calling it Nasrallahgrad. Viva, Hezbollah, Viva! Xymphora bangs the boycott drum in a short piece linked below. Boycott will save lives. Do it. Also linked is the Palestinian Omar Barghouti’s more detailed argument for the boycott, made just over a year and a half ago, in the USA. And lastly, the statement of the Lebanese Communist Party of August 12th is linked below. There will be a second posting today, containing South African working-class news. Click on these links: Lebanon ceasefire, the real war begins, Robert Fisk, The Independent (1019 words) Huge Israeli offensive launched despite ceasefire, The Independent (1104 words) Anti-Zionist boycott follow-up, Xymphora (541 words) The Case for Boycotting Israel, Omar Barghouti, Counterpunch (4316 words) Lebanese Communists on the UN resolution (1174 words)