Paul Murphy MEP

VIDEOS: Doha Deal, EU Raw Material Strategy and Homelessness

I’ll be speaking in the European Parliament again later on today, on some important issues including Palestine, so i really wanted to get all the videos from the last sitting of the parliament up online before the new ones are added.

In the last plenary session I made five speeches, two of which have already been put up here (on Palestine and Syria). Here are the videos from my other...

VIDEO: Palestinian statehood – the need for mass action to end occupation

In a recent speech in the European Parliament I discussed the issue of UN recognition of a Palestinian state. I outlined that the key way to defeat the occupation of Palestine is a mass movement of Palestinians, linking up with the mass movements of Israeli workers and youth.

In the video I also deal with a question from Labour Party MEP Proinsias de Rossa.

For more information on this important issue check out this article I wrote recently,...

VIDEO: Solidarity with the Syrian Revolution

Here I outline why I support the revolutionary movements in Syria against the brutal Assad dictatorship.

This authoritarian regime has been using the brutal force to try to keep down the mass movements of ordinary people.

I also outline why I am opposed to any imperialist intervention into Syria. Only a mass movement of the Syrian people, cutting across ethnic and sectarian lines can really bring change in the interest of ordinary people.

Such a movement could bring in a democratic government of workers and poor farmers, using the resources of the country for the millions...

UN vote on ‘statehood’ – How can the national rights of Palestinians be achieved?

With the question of Palestinian recognition coming up at the UN today, there has been much discussion in the media and in society about this issue. The hypocrisy of imperialism in criticizing the Palestinian proposal is absolutely disgusting. They have the gall to describe this appeal to a multilateral body as “unilateralism” at the same time as endorsing the Israeli occupation, the siege of Gaza and the settlements – all of which are truly unilateral acts! The Socialist Party has been to the fore in opposing the oppression of the Palestinian people – against the Israeli occupation,...

Camp Ashraf, the humanitarian tragedy continues

Below is a statement I recently released on the massacre of refugees in the Ashraf Camp in Iraq.

Following the dramatic attack by Iraqi forces on Camp Ashraf, Iraq, on 8 April, in which 34 people lost their lives and as many as 300 were wounded, the siege continues. Camp Ashraf is home to around 3,400 people, members and supporters of the Iranian opposition group the People’s Mujahideen (PMOI). After the attack a complete blockade has been enforced not only cutting off the camp from outside inspection but also strongly limiting the access to medical care for the wounded....