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George Galloway's powerful speech in the House of Commons debate on Gaza, Thu 15 Jan 2009 (5.30pm), highlighting the hypocrisy and brazen towards Israel policies, including assassinations and other war crimes. George Galloway: "I say to the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, who is not in his place, that the international community is not impotent, but merely feigns impotence as an excuse for its failure to carry out its duties. Although the Minister's words were more robust, he essentially masked the same inaction as the languid and complacent Foreign Secretary, who performed in front of us on Monday" He also wrote the following article in The Morning Star saying “the time has come to step up the struggle to achieve justice for Palestinians.” ————— Widening the struggle As I write, the death toll in Gaza is approaching 1,000, nearly 400 of them confirmed as children. I dread to think what the figure will be by the time you read this. What is happening in Pa...

A truly remarkable personality. Galloway is a Scottish politician, author and talkshow host noted for his left-wing views, confrontational style, and rhetorical skill. The video of him lambasting the US senate is the best of the lot. The US senate falsely accuses him of taking bribes from Saddam Hussain. In response, Galloway tears apart the senate single handedly by questioning their invasion of Iraq and their subsequent failure to achieve even a semblance of law and order in that country. He also questions the motive behind the invasion and accuses them of taking away the wealth of not just the Iraqi people, but also that of the American taxpayers. He asks them to account for the 8.8 billion dollars of Iraq's wealth that went missing under their watch. He says that he had warned them against invading Iraq but no one took him seriously. Unfortunately for Iraq and the international community at large, the words of anti war activists like Galloway, were never taken seriously and con...