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Palestinian Boycott Leader Challenges SF Jewish Federation
Open Letter to Rabbi Doug Kahn by Omar Barghouti, a leader of the international movement to boycott Israel
Civilians we don’t regret killing
This weekend, American rockets killed at least 10 civilians in Afghanistan. Since then, the government through General Stanley McChrystal has been expressing its remorse, apologizing for “this tragic loss of life.”
What public discourse? On corporate political speech
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning political speech restrictions on corporations and unions, a chorus of voices from the Democratic Party has attacked the decision. Notably, President Obama claimed in his State of the Union address that the ruling “will open the floodgates for special interests… to spend without limit in our elections.”
At Tampa town hall, Obama confirms that “peace” precludes Palestinian rights
Responding to an unexpected question about US funding for Israeli human rights violations at a town hall in Tampa yesterday, President Obama made a remark reminiscent of the last eight years and its frequent Bushisms.
The NGOization of Palestine
In 2004, INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence received an e-mail from the Ford Foundation. In the e-mail, the foundation rescinded a $100,000 grant it had awarded the group, explaining “that it had reversed its decision because of [the] organization’s statement of support for the Palestinian liberation struggle.”
A Country Called Amreeka – Book Review
Alia Malek may very well be the first to narrate a comprehensive contemporary American history from the perspective of Arabs in America. If others have grown up in a situation anything like mine, then their experience reading textbooks in grade school is not unlike that of many other non-white peoples in the United States, who read what passes as American history often wondering what role people like them played.
Calling all Arab law students…
Register now to get involved in putting together a national Arab Law Student Association. Despite the need, no national organization currently exists that connects law students of Arab descent. Please get involved or tell any of your friends that may be interested! From the website, the goals include: Connecting law students of Arab descent who [...]
Sectarianism as the exercise of authority
Orthodox Christians from Arab countries celebrate Christmas on January 7th, the traditional date for celebration. This year, Egypt’s Coptic community, comprising about 10% of the total population, was greeted with an ugly attack on worshippers who were leaving a church in Nag Hamadi, a small town in southern Egypt. Seven people were killed and another [...]
Attn LA Activists: Israeli Products at Valley Produce and Farmers Ranch Market
For activists in the San Fernando Valley looking for something to do… Valley Produce on Vanowen Street and Farmers Ranch Market on Sepulveda Blvd are both small, non-chain markets with an extensive inventory of Israeli products… from pretzels to frozen food. It would be worthwhile to educate your communities to avoid this store and to [...]
The CIA shouldn’t even be in Afghanistan
There is no doubt that the families of CIA operatives killed in Afghanistan have personal tragedies to attend to. However, is it a public tragedy? For it is no less the case that those hundreds and thousands of civilians–indeed even combatants–killed by Americans in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, and now all over the world, also have [...]
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