"If you’re outraged at conditions, then you can’t possibly be free or happy until you devote all your time to changing them and do nothing but that. But you can’t change anything if you want to hold onto a good job, a good way of life and avoid sacrifice."--César Chávez
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@justimage but obama said "those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history." so he'll stand up 4 haq al awda now sa7? 2 weeks ago
The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is writing to express its grave concern about your upcoming appearance in the "Festival Argentina-Israel" in Israel on 14 July. As an artist with a great following beca […]
While Israel has been buying yet more time with Washington in bickering over a paltry settlement freeze, it has been forging ahead with the process of creating two Palestinian territories, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, that, despite supposedly emerging fr […]
Fawzieh al-Kurd, 57, clad in black, spends her days on a promontory overlooking Tomb of Simon the Righteous in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. Enduring the cold of winter and the summer's blazing sun, she relates her family's tragi […]
A study prepared by the School of Oriental and African Studies Palestine Society outlines Tel Aviv University's (TAU) intensive, purposive and open institutional contributions to the Israeli military. The briefing paper presented irrefutable evidence of […]
Recently, I spoke with some friends in Gaza and the conversations were profoundly disturbing. My friends spoke of the deeply-felt absence of any source of protection -- personal, communal or institutional. There is little in society that possesses legi […]
It’s late. I’ve set my books aside, and turned the TV on to see what is playing. Flipping through the channels, I find an informercial for a ‘body shaper’ for women, a shopping channel (again, more women) talking about make up that can substitute for cosmetic surgery, and then a channel advertising for the [...]
Honduras. Wednesday, Jeff Boyer (Appalachian State Univ Prof) and Jon Carter (Doctoral Candidate at Columbia Univ) spoke – via cell phones placed next to a microphone connected to an amplifier – at an event organized by the Balance for Accuracy in Journalism. (Jon Carter’s work “is based on questions pertaining to criminality and so […]
I have been in Raleigh for a week now. The most striking difference between Raleigh and Beirut is the noise. More specifically, the lack of noise. No car horns blaring or beeping or calling out. (Thus far, I’ve only heard one car horn – and it was from my brother.) No bullets shot into the [...]
This is a thin attempt by the World Bank to argue – once again – that water should be classified as an economic good (or a human need) and not as a human right. The difference? In the former, water would be provided to people by the market – thus pricing it according to supply [...]
Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian villagers along with their international and Israeli peace supporters during the weekly non-violent protest against the wall in Ni'lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Friday.
Two were kidnapped and dozens suffered from gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the weekly protest in Bil'in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday.
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, during the week of 02 - 08 July 2009, a Palestinian child was killed and her father and uncle were wounded by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip. Three Palestinian civilians, including two children, were injured when Israeli forces used force against peaceful protest against the Annexation Wall. Israeli for […]
A Palestinian refugee died on Thursday at the Al Waleed camp, on the Iraqi-Syrian border after a sharp decline in her health condition, while stranded along with hundreds of other refugees on the border.
Jamal El Khodary, Chairman of the Popular Committee Against the Siege (PCAS), reported Thursday that the 'Artery of Life Convoy', currently in Egypt, is preparing to head to the Gaza Strip on July 23 carrying 180 activists.
"Walk down the aisles of any Whole Foods Market (WFM) or browse the wholesale catalogue of industry giant United Natural Foods (UNFI) and look closely. What do you see? Row after row of attractively displayed, but mostly non-organic “natural” (i.e. conventional) foods and products. By marketing sleight of hand, these conventional foods, vitamins, privat […]
"After much food for thought, the documentary closes with prescriptions ranging from buying produce in season and eating organic to changing school meals and writing to political representatives. While good in intention, the list falls short of addressing the main problem of the working class: that of getting a head of broccoli on the dinner plate in an […]
"In its free trade agreement with the United States, Peru ignores the Andean Community trade bloc agreement regarding the protection of traditional knowledge, said Argumedo. This bilateral agreement opens the door to bioprospecting by U.S. companies and the growing of genetically engineered crops, which Argumedo says have the potential to "destroy […]
"The Jordanian government said Sunday that a sit-in against the import of Israeli agricultural products was forceably dispersed because had not obtained a proper protest license. "The sit-in was illegal because the participants did not obtain a prior license in compliance with the law," Minister of State for Information Affairs and Communicati […]
Tell me what has become of my rights Am I invisible because you ignore me? Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now I’m tired of bein’ the victim of shame They’re throwing me in a class with a bad name I can’t believe this is the land from which I came You know I do really hate to say it The government [...]
متل العادة, دم الشعب رخيص عند الدولة, وأراضي “البيوت المخالفة” أغلى. اشتباكات بين الشرطة والأهالي في الرحيبة بسورية قالت صحيفة الثورة السورية بأن عناصر من الشرطة تعرضت للاعتداء من قبل مجموعة من “المخالفين” الذين رفضوا الخروج من بيوتهم المخالفة. ووفقا للصحيفة فإن محافظة ريف دمشق كانت قد اعطت ايعازا للجنة الهدم المركزي بازالة المخالفات […]
زياد رحباني في الشام يا شباب .. خاص- ( كلنا شركاء ) : 30/5/2009 كما سبق ووعد عشاقه الصيف الماضي، يحيي زياد الرحباني مجموعة من الحفلات في سوريا هذا الصيف. وقد أفاد مصدر مطلع أنّ زياد سيقدم حفلات ثلاث في 16/17/18 تموز 2009 وذلك بعد الاتفاق مع الدكتورة حنان قصاب حسن أمين عام احتفالية دمشق عاصمة الثقافة العربية [...] […]
الخبر الرئيسي بتاريخ 23/05/2009 قامت مجموعة من الشبان السوريين بتنظيم حملة على الأنترنت لمقاطعة الاتصالات الخليوية ليوم واحد احتجاجاً على الأجور العالية التي تتقاضاها شركتا الخليوي في سورية (م تي إن-سيرياتل) ومعهما مؤسسة الاتصالات . حيث قام هؤلاء الشبان ببثّ مئات آلاف الإيميلات على شبكة الأنترنت التي تحض على مقاطعة الموبايل ، وتحت عنوان / قاطعوا الموبايل [.. […]
بيت اليتيم في السويداء مسرح من العقوبات والشؤون الاجتماعية جمهور يتفرج الكـاتبة: رغدة العزيزي وضعت الشريط الأسود على صورتها المعلقة وذهبت حيث تعيش في دار الأيتام. (أنا ذاهبة للموت، لكن إذا لم أمت سأقتل العالم أجمع) هذا ما قالته (ر – د) وهي في طريقها إلى الدار بعد انتهاء زيارتها الأسبوعية لأمها. فتاة أجبرها يتمها على العيش في جمعية [...] […]
"The Tanta Flax and Oil Company workers renewed their call for the nationalization of their factory, threatening to take over the factory and run it independently from the investor and the government if the latter didn't intervene on behalf of the strikers." (thanks Hossam)
"Three ultra-Orthodox Jews were wounded, two of whom suffered stab wounds to the head, after a fracas with secular bystanders erupted in Jerusalem before dawn on Saturday."
"Two militants preparing to fire mortars into Israel were detained Saturday by interior security officials of the Islamic Hamas movement, reported a group to which the militants claim membership."
"Israeli troops seeking to quell protests over Israel's West Bank wall on Friday sprayed a foul-smelling substance code-named "skunk" and sent in undercover troops posing as Palestinians." (thanks Olivia)