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Arson attack leaves lesbians in Kenyan refugee camp with nothing
SALLY JACKSON, of the women’s liberation group FiLiA, highlights how women fleeing homophobia in their home countries are placed by UNHCR in the Kakuma refugee camp – where their persecution continues
The blaze at the camp on August 16
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
“WE have been tortured and at the same time they are arresting us, but why? Spreading petrol at our shelters, the bottles of petrol surrounded the place where we stay, as a mother it’s terrible our kids as we shouted they started crying, we don’t deserve this life. Why is all this happening to us don’t we have blood like others? Please, UNHCR rescue us from this hell.”
Kyazike Reginah – resident of Kakuma refugee camp
Once again, lesbians at Kakuma camp in Kenya at Block 13, along with the other refugees, are in danger, as they have suffered a fourth arson attack this year.
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