Stephanie | Infoshop News Oakland, California is ground zero for many members of the Slingshot collective, but on March 13, Oakland felt like a distant outpost, really far away from Ni’ilin, in the West Bank, where our friend Tristan Anderson, who also lives in Oakland, was struck in the forehead and almost killed by a … Continue reading When the pain hits home – Tristan Anderson shot at Palestine wall protest
Huwaida Arraf | The Seattle Times 24 April 2009 We Palestinians are often asked where the Palestinian Gandhi is and urged to adopt nonviolent methods in our struggle for freedom from Israeli military rule. On April 18, an Israeli soldier killed my good friend Bassem Abu Rahme at a nonviolent demonstration against Israeli confiscation of … Continue reading Heed voices calling for justice for Palestinians
Stanley Heller | New Haven Register 26 March 2009 How much violence against Americans overseas will U.S. accept? Here’s a riddle. When is an American not an American? Answer: When he or she opposes crimes committed by Israel. Tristan Anderson of Oakland, Calif., stood in a Palestinian village, Ni’lin, taking photographs on March 13. He … Continue reading Are you listening, President Barack Obama?
Starhawk | Al Arabiya 22 March 2009 As I write, my friend Tristan lies in intensive care in an Israeli hospital, shot in the head with a tear gas canister at a nonviolent demonstration in the West Bank town of Ni’lin. Tristan was working with the International Solidarity Movement, a group that brings internationals to … Continue reading Tristan Anderson: A voice for justice in Palestine
Roane Carey | The Nation On Friday I went to the anti-separation wall demo in Ni’lin in the West Bank, the same village where International Solidarity Movement activist Tristan Anderson was critically wounded last week. Several hundred villagers were accompanied by Jewish Israeli activists (most with Anarchists Against the Wall) and ISMers, plus a few … Continue reading The Nation: Palestinian Revolution?
