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Remembering Vik

Jeff Halper | Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions Less than two weeks after losing another friend and comrade, Juliano Mer-Khamis, I now have to mourn and remember my fellow Free Gaza shipmate Vittorio (Vik) Arrigoni, who was brutally murdered last night by religious extremists in Gaza (and who actually resembled Juliano, physically, in his buoyant … Continue reading Remembering Vik

Activists disrupt Caterpillar shareholder meeting

Kristin Szremski | The Electronic Intifada 11 June 2010 While pro-Palestinian activists and supporters of Israel lined opposite sides of South LaSalle Street outside the Northern Trust Building in Chicago on 9 June, James Owens, the outgoing CEO and Chairman of Caterpillar Inc., told a room full of shareholders the company was not responsible for … Continue reading Activists disrupt Caterpillar shareholder meeting

Parents speaking out to keep alive memory of child killed in Gaza

Photo by Darrell Sapp, Post-Gazette By Gabrielle Banks Originally published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Cindy and Craig Corrie have been doing speaking engagements a few times per month since their daughter Rachel died kneeling in front of an Israeli Defense Forces bulldozer in Gaza nearly three years ago. The 23-year-old peace activist’s death became such … Continue reading Parents speaking out to keep alive memory of child killed in Gaza