Lawyers acting for campaigns group War on Want will today send letters to President José Manuel Barroso of the European Commission and UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw challenging them to provide evidence of any action they have taken to curtail ...
Read More »UN Conference of Civil Society calls for boycott, divestment and sanctions!
Worldwide Activism, The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign In their recent session in Paris, July 13, 2005 the UN International Conference of Civil Society for Peace in the Middle East unanimously adopted the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions. ...
Read More »These are some of the things I wish everyone knew
A speech by Kate Raphael at San Francisco Pride. These are some of the things I wish everyone knew: I wish everyone knew what an olive tree looks like when its branches are lopped off, heavy full ones they call ...
Read More »Verdict on Killing of Tom Hurndall – ISM London
Regardless of the outcome of today’s verdict on the killing of Tom Hurndall, the International Solidarity Movement, London maintains that justice cannot been served while the culture of impunity in the Israeli army remains intact. Tom was one of hundreds ...
Read More »Who Killed Tom Hurndall? ISM London action in Camden
On the day that the verdict was given in Israel on the killer of Camden resident Tom Hurndall, ISM London held a small action pointing out that systematic Israeli government/military policy is responsible for the deaths of thousands of civilians ...
Read More »NYC Activists Take Message Against Caterpillar to “Business and Sustainability” Conference at Waldorf
One Arrested Later at CAT Presentation For photos, visit http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/152583/index.php NEW YORK – NYC activists on behalf of Palestinian rights brought their message to the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel this morning, where an executive from Caterpillar was scheduled to appear on a ...
Read More »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 ...
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