Schlagwort: Kevin Simpson

  • Kevin Simpson: Palestine: Hebron Deal Solves Nothing

    [Socialism Today, No 15, February 1997, p. 16-18] An incipient revival of the Intifada, along with a sharp polarisation within Israeli society, have put both Netanyahu and Arafat under pressure. Kevin Simpson writes. Netanyahu’s reckless attempt to reverse the ‚peace process‘ following his victory in Israel’s May 1996 general election triggered a new explosion among…

  • Kevin Simpson: The break-up of Yugoslavia

    [Militant International Review, No. 52, July-August 1993, p. 17-20] The Destruction of Yugoslavia, by Branka Magas. Published by Verso, £12-96. Available from World Socialist Books, 3-13 Hepscott Road, London E9 5HB. “Have you ever seen a wedding without meat?” This indifferent response by an Albanian Kosovar miner was given to a journalist asking whether he…

  • Kevin Simpson: The Balkans at war

    [Militant International Review, No. 49, Autumn 1992, p. 12-19] Why has civil war exploded into life in a region where national and ethnic tensions had apparently been reduced for over forty years? Kevin Simpson examines the Balkan crisis. Dubrovnik, Split, Sarajevo … names that before 1989 were only mentioned in the media as picturesque resorts,…