Tag: Gaza Freedom March

Protest of the Friends of the IDF dinner at the Waldorf, NYC

5 March 2010 For immediate release: On March 9th 2010, The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a registered 501-(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that provides support and services to members of Israel’s national army, will be holding a gala $1,000 a plate fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria. The keynote speaker will be Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi,…

March 5, 2010
Unbreakable in Cairo

Dana Elborno | The Electronic Intifada 4 January 2010 Though I have lived most of my life in and around Chicago, it has never been my complete home. My sisters and I were born as first-generation Palestinian-Americans coming from Kuwait and for this reason our lives in Chicago always felt temporary — we were only…

January 5, 2010
Fanning the Flames of Freedom from Cairo to Gaza and Beyond

Emily Ratner | Dissident Voice January 3 2010 “The cause of freedom is not the cause of a race or a sect, a party or a class–it is the cause of humankind, the very birthright of freedom.” –Anna Julia Cooper, page 27, my US passport The Gaza Freedom March announced the Cairo Declaration to End…

January 5, 2010