Tag: Rachel Corrie
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Rachel Corrie is the new Anne Frank
1) Katharine Viner, co-editor of the play, “My Name is Rachel Corrie”, on the controversy over the postponement of her play. Link 2) Debate Between NY Theater Workshop and Katharine Viner. Transcript MP3 Download 3) Democracy Now, Rachel Corrie’s Parents Reaction to postponement. Transcript Mp3 download _____________ 1) Katharine Viner, co-editor of the play, My…
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The pen may prove mightier than the word
Friday, March 24, 2006 By MAKEBA SCOTT HUNTER HERALD NEWS Despite the cancellation of a theater production based on the writings of the late human-rights activist, some 1,200 people packed into Harlem’s Riverside Church Wednesday night for an alternate production – pulled together in two weeks by friends and supporters — that celebrated Corrie’s life…
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A Sad Day: for Rachel Corrie
By Starhawk March 17, 2006 Yesterday was a sad day. The third anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie, crushed by a bulldozer in Rafah, in the Gaza strip. All day the sky glowered, dark and oppressive, while from time to time drenching showers rained down, as if nature herself were weeping. Three years since…
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Too Hot for New York
Originally printed in The Nation by Philip Weiss The slim book that was suddenly the most controversial work in the West in early March was not easy to find in the United States. Amazon said it wasn’t available till April. The Strand bookstore didn’t have it either. You could order it on Amazon-UK, but it…
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Symbolic Protest at Qalandia on the Anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s Murder
As part of a day of actions to on the anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s murder, ISM activists laid down in front of a D9 Caterpillar bulldozer at Qalandia checkpoint, spattering themselves with red paint. Soldiers looked on as contractors kicked and beat activists.