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Speculative Journalism: The making of “The Death of Rachel Corrie”

By Phan Nguyen Mother Jones demonstrated how low it could set its standards for investigative journalism when it hired Newsweek reporter Joshua Hammer to surf the web and write a 7000-word feature story on Rachel Corrie and the International Solidarity Movement (“The Death of Rachel Corrie”, Sept/Oct 2003). Indeed fact-checking and verification was not a … Continue reading Speculative Journalism: The making of “The Death of Rachel Corrie”

Hundreds Salute International Solidarity Movement, Rachel Corrie’s Parents

Pat and Samir Twair | Washington Report on Middle East Affairs The world was shocked March 16 by photos of International Solidarity Movement volunteer Rachel Corrie standing before an Israeli bulldozer that, seconds later, crushed her to death. The international outcry didn’t faze the Israeli government, however, which on April 5 shot ISM member Brian … Continue reading Hundreds Salute International Solidarity Movement, Rachel Corrie’s Parents

ISM recipient of Rachel Corrie Award

The Palestine Right to Return Coalition/ Al Awda International Solidarity Movement is first recipient of PRRC/Al-Awda Rachel Corrie Award (given at the annual meeting in Toronto, June 20-22, 2003) The first Rachel Corrie Award given to the International Solidarity Movement About Rachel Corrie and the award in her honor Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American college … Continue reading ISM recipient of Rachel Corrie Award

ISM statement on the killing of Rachel Corrie

OVERVIEW AND BACKGROUND Our friend and fellow activist for peace, Rachel Corrie, was murdered on Sunday March 16, when she was purposely run over by an Israeli-driven, US-made (Caterpillar D9) bulldozer, while trying to prevent a Palestinian civilian home from being demolished by the Israeli military in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip. Rachel … Continue reading ISM statement on the killing of Rachel Corrie

The closest eye witness account on the murder of Rachel Corrie

by Tom Dale March 17, 2003 Many of you will of heard varying accounts of the death of Rachel Corrie, maybe others will have heard nothing of it. Regardless, I was 10 metres away when it happened 2 days ago, and this is the way it went. We’d been monitoring and occasionally obstructing the 2 … Continue reading The closest eye witness account on the murder of Rachel Corrie