April 12, 2010
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The Battle for Net Neutrality: Corporate Takeover or Opportunity? By Megan Tady
On Tuesday, April 6th a federal court decision put the Internet, and your ability to use it, in jeopardy. It’s a major setback for free speech online and for the prospects of connecting the entire country to broadband. Continue reading
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On the border By Michel Warschawski
Settlements around Jerusalem intended to make it a Jewish city Continue reading
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The Story of Stuff by Annie Leonard
From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. Continue reading
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Israeli soldiers Fire “the skunk” into Houses in Nabi Salih By Joseph Dana
The weekly protest against the stealing of farm land took place once again yesterday in Nabi Salih. The IDF escalated its repression of the protest by firing a highly toxic chemical called the “skunk” into several houses in the village of Nabi Salih in an effort to break the resistance that is forming. The skunk… Continue reading
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Medical Aid for Palestinians Newsletter No.18
12 April 2010 — MAP NEWS MAP at the Palestinian film festival Medical Aid for Palestinians is pleased to announce the UK premiere of Fatenah, at the London Palestine Film Festival on 2 May. Fatenah will be shown alongside two short films, highlighting the impact of closures on the West Bank, and the blockade of Gaza. Continue reading
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'Solar Radiation Management' or Manhattan Project 2.0? By Jutta Schmitt
Solar Radiation Management by ‘injection of sulfate or other materials into the stratosphere’ as proposed by the working agenda of the past Asilomar Conference on Climate Intervention Technologies and as seen, photographed, filmed, documented, studied and analyzed during years by ordinary citizens, environmental activists, air traffic controllers, radar technicians, alternative journalists, meteorologists, chemists and physicians,… Continue reading
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Expanded Military Powers of Deportation in West Bank; Palestinian Leaders Charge “Ethnic Cleansing”
A military order to take effect April 13th so drastically expands the IDF’s power to deport people from the West Bank that it threatens mass arrests and exile, according to Hamoked Center for the Defense of the Individual in Israel. Continue reading
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Breaking in with intent to terrorise, by Haggai Matar
It was about 8 years ago. I was active for the Shimnistim Letter (a statement of refusal by conscientious draft objectors), and I was one of those tasked with coordinating the signatories’ name lists. One day, my parents’ home was broken into, and my computer was taken. Nothing else. Computers belonging to other family members,… Continue reading
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IDF order will enable mass deportation from West Bank By Amira Hass
A new military order aimed at preventing infiltration will come into force this week, enabling the deportation of tens of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank, or their indictment on charges carrying prison terms of up to seven years. When the order comes into effect, tens of thousands of Palestinians will automatically become criminal… Continue reading
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Israel’s shock doctrine
This week, the OECD will decide whether to include Israel as its 31st member state. The OECD is an organization of the developed nations of the world and in January it conducted its first economic review of Israel. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 