Coverage of the Non-Aligned Movement conference in Durban, including meetings with international leaders such as Fidel Castro, Laurent-Desire Kabila, and Kim Yong Nam. Reports on regional conflicts and political situations in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Basque region in Spain, and ongoing Middle East peace negotiations involving Dennis Ross and Yasser Arafat. Details on solidarity activities and political interactions among various countries and organizations.
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Newsletter covering topics including the Independent Commission of Inquiry hearing on NATO war crimes against Yugoslavia, peace movement activities including the Independent Network Action meeting in Birmingham, the indictment submitted by Ramsey Clark charging US/NATO leaders with war crimes, and a statement against Unionist racism and fascism in Northern Ireland by the Institute for Independence Studies.
Issue No.10 of Ireland's War newspaper, produced by the Glasgow Irish Freedom Action Committee (GIFAC), features editorials supporting the IRA's Brighton bombing, adopting Marxism-Leninism by IRSP, commemoration of Manchester Martyrs, prisoner support activities, reports on republican bands facing police repression, critiques of the British Labour Party's stance on Ireland, and letters discussing republican solidarity and fundraising efforts.
A letter by Keith Bennett published in New Worker on November 23, 1996, discussing Steve Lawton's review of Jennifer S Palmer's book on Cedric Belfrage, addressing issues in US communist and progressive movements, critiques of New Left revisionism versus CPUSA revisionism, and the history and political stance of The Guardian newspaper in the US left-wing milieu.
Keith BennettReport and supporting documents covering the British Commission of Inquiry's participation in the Second International Athens Conference Against the Embargo on Iraq held 18-19 February 1995 at Panteion University, Athens. Includes conference overview, speeches, statements, call to action, and aims of the International Commission of Inquiry on Economic Sanctions detailing the humanitarian impact of economic sanctions against Iraq and calling for lifting of embargoes.