May 2010
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Four Beaten and Arrested at Al-Walaje Sit-In by Mazin Qumsiyeh
Our ten hour ordeal with the occupation forces started at 8:30 AM as we gathered in the small village of Al-Walaje. A tiny store with an elderly women who insisted on making me coffee and not charging me. Idyllic setting except for the heavy bulldozers now carving the hills to separate the remaining people from… Continue reading
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And the winner is? The Media By William Bowles
The idea of televised debates between the candidates was first proposed forty-six years ago in 1964, and of course it was rejected.[2] My, how times have changed reflecting as it does the desperate nature of the political class who fear not a ‘hung Parliament’ but ruling an electorate that doesn’t want any of them to… Continue reading
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PAMBAZUKA AFRICA NEWS 480 7 May, 2010: SONANGOL AND THE LOOTING OF ANGOLA’S OIL
The authoritative electronic weekly newsletter and platform for social justice in Africa Pambazuka News (English edition): ISSN 1753-6839 CONTENTS: 1. Features, 2. Announcements, 3. Comment & analysis, 4. Pan-African Postcard, 5. Advocacy & campaigns, 6. Letters & Opinions, 7. African Writers’ Corner, 8. Emerging powers in Africa Watch, 9. Highlights French edition Help Pambazuka News… Continue reading
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New Colonialism: Pentagon carves Africa into Military Zones By Rick Rozoff
As the first overseas regional military command set up by Washington in this century, the first since the end of the Cold War, and the first in 25 years, the activation of AFRICOM, initially under the wing of U.S. European Command on October 1, 2007, then as an independent entity a year later, emphasizes the… Continue reading
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Between the Fleeting Words A Palestinian dance production inspired by the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish
Al Zaytouna is proud to present a new full-length production entitled Between the Fleeting Words, directed by Ahmed Masoud. The production fuses traditional dabke, contemporary dance, poetry, music and digital media. The show is a unique tribute to the work of the late great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, celebrating his poetry and the musical interpretations… Continue reading
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Ittijah General Director Ameer Makhoul Arrested by Israeli Authorities
This morning at 3:10 a.m., Israeli Security Agency (GSS) agents accompanied by Israeli police raided Ameer Makhoul’s family home in Haifa and arrested him. Mr. Makhoul is a human rights defender and serves as the general director of Ittijah – The Union of Arab Community-Based Associations and as the Chairman of the Public Committee for… Continue reading
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New on NACLA Report on the Americas 6 May, 2010
Hollman Morris to Be Awarded Chavkin Journalism Prize by NACLA Investigative journalist Hollman Morris will receive the 2010 Samuel Chavkin Prize for Integrity in Latin American Journalism in honor of his brave work exposing human rights abuses committed by paramilitaries and the Colombian state. https://nacla.org/node/6544 Oaxaca Caravan Attack: The Paramilitarization of Mexico by Kristin Bricker… Continue reading
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Free Gaza Movement: We’re almost ready By Greta Berlin
We’re almost ready. Our vessels are being loaded with construction materials, specialized medical equipment, generators, pre-fab homes, water filtration units, and school supplies for the children. Israel allows only 81 items into Gaza, forcing the people to use tunnels to bring in supplies, barely keeping their economy at subsistence level. Continue reading
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Sameh A Habeeb – Israel, Judaism and Anti-Semitism
There are moments when I remember the Israeli soldiers storming my home in 1992; they hit my mother and beat my 10-year old cousin. Although I was only 7, I still remember every single detail as if happened yesterday. During the Second Intifada, Israel bombed my neighbourhood several times. Many of my friends were killed.… Continue reading
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Hung
7 May, 2010: 15:19 This seems to be the result with nearly all the results in, although I reckon there are going to be some challenges given the chaos at some of the polling stations. It is now impossible for the Tories to form a majority government, so they’ll have to a deal with one… Continue reading
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Take Back Parliament!
6 May, 2010 — Take Back Parliament Hi, Just minutes ago, we found out – to no one’s great surprise – that our broken system has stolen our election. We held up our end of the bargain today – we voted. But tonight’s result is a Parliament that simply doesn’t represent the ballots we cast.… Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: BREAK THE SILENT SPRING – A MEDIA LENS APPEAL FOR YOUR SUPPORT
We witnessed in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq how the sheer weight of media propaganda could make an invented, non-existent threat seem real. The same media have now made the choice between three corporate drones offering the same form of “friendly fascism” appear meaningful. The front page of the BBC’s news website… Continue reading
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The “Evil Guys List”? “Free Journalism” in the Service of US Foreign Policy: The Role of Reporters without Borders By F. William Engdahl
An organization calling itself Reporters Without Borders (RWB; French: Reporters sans frontières, or RSF) has just named Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, China’s President Hu Jintao, Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kazakhstan’s Nursultan Nazarbayev and Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko to their list of Forty Worst Predators of Press Freedom for 2010. Most significant about their list of… Continue reading
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Irish Parliamentarians call for “Veto” against Israel OECD membership By Omar Barghouti
Irish Senators and Members of Parliament (TDs in Irish) are leading the way in explicitly calling on the Irish government to VETO Israel’s membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an exclusive club of 30 of the richest industrialized states. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 