no, i don’t support “academic freedom” for colonists in the zionist entity

the whole point of the academic boycott of “israel” is that palestinians have no rights to education (not to mention the right of palestinian refugees to return to their land among a whole host of other daily violations they endure every day). but critics of the academic boycott always love to shout how much more [...]

on meddling and hypocrisy in iran

i’ve been reading the selected writings of eqbal ahmad this week. there are some excellent, insightful essays about palestinian politics and resistance strategies in this volume, which are especially interesting given ahmad’s history–as someone who lived in algeria and tunisia during the algerian revolution that kicked out the french colonists and although he was born [...]

on refugees & idps

today is world refugee day. there are 42 million refugees world-wide. there are also 7.6 million palestinian refugees, who are not included in the numbers that the united nations high commission for refugees (unhcr) uses because palestinian refugees fall under the united nations relief and works agency (unrwa) which means something different in terms of [...]

what it (the colonization of palestine) is all about

another great video from the beirut-based never before campaign:

obama’s mercenaries

yesterday there was some good news coming out of iraq:
Five US contractors have been arrested by Iraqi police in connection with the murder of a colleague, officials have said.
If the men appear in court, it would be the first time American citizens face Iraqi justice since a bilateral security pact came into force in January.
A [...]

the hypocrisy of a “benevolent” empire (on bushama’s cairo speech)

i do not have a satellite dish in my new apartment and my internet connection is a bit slow here so i watched barack obama’s speech to the so-called muslim world on al jazeera’s website. as he began his speech today the zionist entity was busy flying american-made f-16s in the sky above palestine in [...]

it’s not just rhetoric

there was an interesting discussion on al jazeera’s “riz khan” show with anand naidoo this week on the genocide against the tamils in sri lanka. it featured devinda subasinghe, sri lanka’s former ambassador to the u.s. and mexico; anna neistat from human rights watch; and jan jananyagam from tamils against genocide. i’ve seen jananyagam quite [...]

boycott sri lanka

just as the boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign against the zionist entity picked up steam after the recent israeli terrorist savagery of gaza, so to have tamils pulled together an economic boycott campaign against sri lanka. you can click on the previous link to find out more about their campaign. their website has [...]

day of global action for troy davis (meanwhile the real criminals get away with mass murder)

below is an email i received from my friend jen marlowe on the international day of global action for troy davis:
Dear friends,
Troy Davis is a death row prisoner in Georgia, facing execution for a crime he very possibly didn’t commit. Two weeks ago, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected his appeal for a new [...]

wwjd?

so palestine is buzzing about pope benedict xvi’s visit. all i can say is that i’m staying as far away from al quds and beit lahem as i can until he leaves. my friend from beit lahem came to spend the weekend with me and on her way out of town thursday night she told [...]