at least some people can exercise their right of return…

although i’m sure the undeclared american war on pakistan is far from over, imran khan reported on al jazeera today that many pakistani refugees are returning home:

refugees, whether they are able to remain within the borders of their country or are forced to flee to neighboring countries, deserve the right to [...]

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 [...]

destroying the indigenous at home and abroad

there is a new petition to sign for leonard peltier one of the oldest american indian political prisoners in the united states. here is the text of the petition as well as the link to sign it:
Convicted in connection with the deaths on June 26, 1975, of Ronald Williams and Jack Coler, agents of the [...]

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 [...]

the strange bedfellows of south africa and the zionist entity

the global boycott, divestment, and sanctions (bds) movement released a damning report this week detailing how the south african government is complicit in the zionist entity’s apartheid regime. a mere 15 years after south africa ended its apartheid regime through armed resistance coupled with their own bds movement we see how state power replicates [...]

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 [...]

sub-contracting occupations

i find it disturbing that there are people who seem to think that there was something new or who were impressed by obama’s speech because he used the word “occupation.” here is the paragraph in which obama used that word:
On the other hand, it is also undeniable that the Palestinian people – Muslims and Christians [...]

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 [...]

the “war on terror”: creating refugees one village at a time

tam tam and i have been planning a trip we want to take next summer. we’ve been thinking about where we want to go and who might want to join us. one of the criteria we have agreed on is that the place we go cannot be involved in or complicit with any colonial or [...]

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 [...]