Tag: Rachel Corrie

  • Seattle Post Intelligencer: Corrie personified Northwest idealism

    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…

  • My Name is Rachel on Al Jazeera

    My name is Rachel on Al Jazeera by Martinez, 20 April 2007

  • ZNet: Rachel’s Words Silenced Again

    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…

  • Seattle Post: Israel’s apologists distort the truth

    by Steve Niva The fairy-tale view of Israel as eternally besieged and completely faultless in its conflict with the Palestinians, as presented by David Brumer in the March 18 Focus (“Play shines light on conflict”), has certainly taken a hit this past year. A growing number of Americans who deeply sympathize with Israel, including former…

  • Starhawk: Four Years Ago Today

    Starhawk March 16, 2007 Four years ago today, I was in Nablus in the Occupied Territories of Palestine, volunteering with the International Solidarity Movement that supports the nonviolent movement among the Palestinians. I was also supporting my friend Neta Golan, an Israeli woman and one of the founders of ISM, now married to a Palestinian,…