Ali Abunimah, co-founder of Electronic Intifada and author of One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse delivers the keynote address at the 2009 Campus BDS Conference at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA.
Samah Sabawi [Palestine Chronicle] 10 March 2010 - In 2008 Netanyahu announced during his election campaign that he plans to 'weave an economic peace alongside the political process which will give a stake in peace for the moderate elements in the Palestinian society'. (1) read more
Phon van den Biesen and Adri Nieuwhof, [Electronic Intifada], 10 March 2010 - On 25 February, the European Court of Justice ruled that imports manufactured in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank shouldn't benefit from a trade agreement between Israel and the European Union. read more
(Spanish and French in PDF) The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on you to unite in your different capacities and struggles for a Global BDS Day of Action on 30 March 2010 in solidarity with the Palestinian people and for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. read more
In Palestine there lives a peace-loving people like all of us, who look forward to enjoying a life of decency and dignity. These people once had a place they called their own; the land, the peace, the environment, the natural resources and all that they possessed then. read more
8 March 2010 [Real News Network] This week the Russell Tribunal on Palestine ruled in Barcelona, Spain on six questions concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. read more
Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding terror suspects | BBC A senior adviser to former US President George W Bush has defended tough interrogation techniques, saying their use helped prevent terrorist attacks.... He said waterboarding, which simulates drowning, should not be considered torture.... "Yes, I'm proud that we kept the world safer t […]
Senator Sanders' Office Published Links to Various Articles About Health Care Reform Health Care President Obama is pushing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to strip the final health care reform bill of narrow deals aimed at appeasing specific senators. "We have defended it, and we will defend it," said Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose state picke […]
U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy has a withering assessment of news media coverage: ‘despicable.’ The Democrat says reporters are focusing ‘24/7′ on sexual harassment allegations against a New York lawmaker while ignoring the war in Afghanistan. Mainstream Press Ignores Monumental House Debate on Afghan War By Norman Solomon | Media Chan […]
The Hurt Locker, the Academy Awards and the rehabilitation of the Iraq war By David Walsh | WSWS Massachusetts reported an amazing 8 out of 10 in it's delegation getting the anti-war religion, after a wake-up call by disgusted Democrats who stayed home in a recent election, giving the nation Scott Brown. Most notable was that a key member of Congress, H […]
Kucinich Accomplishes Goal, Key Rep. Obey Votes Against War By Ralph Lopez | My DD The fear was that Kucinich's test of anti-war sentiment in the House would not go beyond the original 16 or so co-sponsors, and get blown out of the water. The goal of the resolution, to pull out of Afghanistan by the end of this year, was to expose any fissures which mi […]
By Dave Lindorff President Barack Obama is out and abroad stumping like mad for his embattled health insurance “reform” plan, claiming now that his administration will “crack down” on $100 billion in annual “waste and fraud” in the Medicare and Medicaid systems. This new tough rhetoric is meant to win over some of the conservative opposition th […]
Don't know who wrote this, as I got it through a forwarded Email: Remember the guy who got on a plane with a bomb built into his shoe and tried to light it? Did you know his trial is over? Did you know he was sentenced? Did you see/hear any of the judge's comments on TV or Radio? Didn't think so.!!! Everyone should hear what the judge […]
By Katie Robbins, Healthcare Now On Tuesday, the Health Care for America Now (HCAN) coalition performed a “citizen’s arrest” of the insurance industry at a meeting of Americas Health Insurance Plans, the private health insurance industry’s leading lobbying group, in Washington, DC. Thousands came out to support this action, and rightf […]