Open letter to Papandreou: let us sail!

Open letter to Papandreou: let us sail!

DELEGATIONS ON THE DUTCH-ITALIAN BOAT TO GAZAOpen letter to: 
Georgios A. Papandreou Prime Minister of Greece Corfu, 3rd of July Dear Mr. Papandreou, We, members of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla II, are outraged by your government’s decision to close the ports of Greece to our humanitarian initiative, even by force if needed. From all parts of the world we have...

Get ‘Freedom for Palestine’ into the UK charts!

Get ‘Freedom for Palestine’ into the UK charts!

[ONEWORLD -By Frank Barat/Yasmin] 3-9 July 2011. This is it. This is the week that counts.  ‘Freedom for Palestine’ is released today! Pre-orders are in but that’s not enough. We have just one week to get as many people as possible to buy the single so we can smash it into the charts.   Get your copy now! HMV  –...

Greece proves it: no massacre needed to stop a Flotilla

Greece proves it: no massacre needed to stop a Flotilla

I wish to be clear about one thing: this is article is NOT a compliment to the Greek government. Greece has played a treacherous role in the recent Freedom Flotilla saga , and undoubtedly had long decided to stop the boats before it actually implemented its slavish role in maintaining the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Despite the long history of...

Nabil Mansour about his new song ‘Yasmin’

Nabil Mansour, the brilliant Palestinian musician from Barcelona, has released a new song – his first song in the Catalan language – called ‘Yasmin’. Doc Jazz interviewed Nabil about this new production, which was released with an animated music video made by Palestinian graphical artist Maysun Cheikh Ali. Nabil gives us the deeper backgrounds of this very special song, and...