Activist Corrie personified Northwest idealism by Joe Copeland, 28 April 2007 Rachel Corrie’s beautiful life and sad story echo with the Northwest: idealism, independence and adventure. It’s fitting the inspiring play, “My Name is Rachel Corrie,” will be back in Seattle after a weekend trip to her hometown, Olympia. As to how much of America … Continue reading Seattle Post Intelligencer: Corrie personified Northwest idealism
My name is Rachel on Al Jazeera by Martinez, 20 April 2007
Rachel’s Words Silenced Again by Tom Wallace 12 April 2007 Once again the play “My Name is Rachel Corrie” has been cancelled, this time in South Florida. In New York and Toronto the play was cancelled due to pressure from the Jewish community or those that claim to speak for the Jewish Community. The play … Continue reading ZNet: Rachel’s Words Silenced Again
by Martinez, March 17 It’s been a week since I returned home here to Palestine. And it has been four years since a twenty-three year old American peace activist, named Rachel Corrie, was killed by an Israeli Occupation Forces bulldozer in the Gaza Strip. I never met Rachel. But I can feel what drove her … Continue reading Remembering Rachel, 4 Years and Still No Justice. Dispatch #2
by Sonja Karkar, March 15th A slip of a girl faced one of Israel’s most feared war machines in the Occupied Palestinian Territories–the armed bulldozer–and died. This deliberate killing was no accident. Maybe the Israeli authorities would have preferred it not to happen because of the public relations backlash, but the driver of the bulldozer … Continue reading Counterpunch: “What Rachel Saw”
