The Lobby and the Bulldozer: Mearsheimer, Walt and Corrie

Published on Thursday, April 13, 2006 by CommonDreams.org by Norman Solomon Weeks after a British magazine published a long article by two American professors titled “The Israel Lobby,” the outrage continued to howl through mainstream U.S. media. A Los Angeles Times op-ed article by Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow Max Boot helped to set … Continue reading The Lobby and the Bulldozer: Mearsheimer, Walt and Corrie

Rickman & Rachel Juggle Three Wins

From What’s on Stage News My Name Is Rachel Corrie was the biggest straight play winner in this year’s Theatregoers’ Choice Awards, triumphing in three categories: Best New Play, Best Solo Performance and Best Director (See News, 31 Jan 2006). Alan Rickman, Megan Dodds and Katharine Viner – the trio behind Rachel Corrie – reunited … Continue reading Rickman & Rachel Juggle Three Wins

Rachel was bulldozed to death, but her words are a spur to action

by Cindy and Craig Corrie Originally published in The Guardian When our daughter Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza strip on March 16 2003, an immediate impulse was to get her words out to the world. She had been working in Rafah with a nonviolent resistance organisation, the International Solidarity … Continue reading Rachel was bulldozed to death, but her words are a spur to action

Rachel’s emails

Compiled by The Guardian 23-year-old American ISM activist Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent the Israeli army destroying a home owned by the Nasrallah family in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip. What follows are a series of emails to her family: February 7 2003 Hi friends and … Continue reading Rachel’s emails