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Lessons are still to be learned from Nato's war on Yugoslavia
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of Nato’s treacherous attack on Serbia, LIZ PAYNE outlines the hidden facts behind this, the first instance of new imperialist tactics that were to be replicated throughout the Middle East as she addresses the World Peace Council
VIVID MEMORY: (Above) The Tasmajdan Park memorial to the children killed by the Nato raids and (right) the Eternal Flame in Belgrade commemorating the victims of the Nato bombings
[Tasmajdan Park: Mister No/Creative Commons / Eternal Flame: Pinki/Creative Commons]
NICK WRIGHT considers how the isolation of Israel and a new film on the controversial Italian communist leader are creating new reference points for Italy’s left
CARLOS MARTINEZ says Cuba’s achievements in the face of a criminal blockade are startling, but the island’s future if the United States succeeds in crushing it looks bleak
AMNON BROWNFIELD STEIN reports that far-right MPs who mobbed the event organised by Hadash may have helped raise awareness of the brutality of the Israeli right
Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
The British Peace Assembly brings everyone gathered here greetings of solidarity and peace.
We thank the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals and the World Peace Council for organising this most significant and timely conference commemorating the 20th anniversary (on March 24) of the start of the catastrophic Nato aggression, under the title “Lest we forget!”
We pay our respects to the many hundreds killed during the 78-day bombing campaign and to their families.
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