Monthly Archives: December 2009

Labor for Palestine: ‘The BDS campaign is particularly relevant to US workers’

Posted on 16 December, 2009 by

US Labor for Palestine have a terrific Open Letter from U.S. Trade Unionists to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: Boycott Apartheid Israel, with thanks to Charlotte Kates of L4P. Sanctions alone cannot eradicate apartheid; that task is ultimately left to the … Continue reading →

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Mark Braverman: ‘I think we Jews need to look in the mirror … and stop looking backwards’

Posted on 14 December, 2009 by

Mark Braverman draws upon his own journey as a US-raised Jew with a Jewish Palestinian family background and frankly — refreshingly! — talks about the connection between Jewish identity and Israeli occupation in this clip.  It was on a return … Continue reading →

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Outdoing the Kafkaesque: Egypt’s new US-designed underground Gaza wall (updated)

Posted on 11 December, 2009 by

UPDATE 1:  Paul Woodward applies a healthy dose of skepticism to these early reports. I’ve added his observations with his kind permission (see below). UPDATE 2: Sherine Tadros reports from Rafah for Al Jazeera on the barrier — video clip … Continue reading →

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John Pilger – Sydney Peace Prize lecture

Posted on 10 December, 2009 by

Last month Australian journalist John Pilger, recipient of the 2009 City of Sydney Peace Prize, delivered his prize address, The Great Australian Silence (transcript). Pilger focuses here on issues of both Australian and international import, from Iraq to Palestine and … Continue reading →

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