By Dominique Ferré [reprinted from issue No. 246 (July 1) of Tribune des Travailleurs / Workers Tribune, the weekly newspaper of the Democratic Independent Workers Party (POID) of France] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is slated to announce soon his plan to annex part of the West Bank in the framework of Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century,” which was presented in January 2020 in Washington. The exact details have yet to be announced, but one thing is certain: The [...]

“Netanyahu Wants to Annex 30 Percent of the West Bank with Trump’s Support”: An Interview with Lana Sadeq, a Palestinian Activist [Note: The following interview was published originally in Issue no. 245 (June 24, 2020) of La Tribune des Travailleurs [Workers’ Tribune], the weekly of the French POID. The July 1 annexation plan has been postponed for now as divisions over how to proceed with its implementation have surfaced at the highest levels of government in Israel.] Question: What is [...]

(reprinted from The Organizer Weekly Newsletter No. 3) White Supremacy and Segregation Under FDR’s New Deal By SHAMUS COOKE The New Deal began in 1933, initially as a series of emergency laws to stabilize an economy shattered by the Great Depression. Capitalism had literally stopped working, and mass starvation and revolution were real possibilities. Millions of workers were unemployed or employed in awful conditions; the rural economy lay in tatters. The year after the New Deal began [...]