by Ainsley Zimmer | Oct 12, 2023 | Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy
Good afternoon WESPACers, Here are some important words from Just Vision Executive Director, Suhad Babaa: I write this letter after a sleepless night checking in on our team in Israel-Palestine. Like so many in our community, I’ve been glued to the news and deeply...
by Nada Khader | Oct 10, 2023 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy
WESPAC FOUNDATION STATEMENT We in the peace and justice community are shattered by the ongoing death and destruction in Israel and Palestine. We are in grief over the loss of Palestinian and Israeli lives in the past few days, months and years and are fearful about...
by Ainsley Zimmer | Jul 8, 2023 | Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy
From Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN): U.S.: Impose Leahy Law Sanction on YAMAM, Israel’s National Counter-Terrorism Unit, for Extrajudicial Killings US-Funded Israeli Unit Responsible for Abuses, Including Indiscriminate Killing of 14-year-old Boy...
by Abdulrahman Hassan | Mar 9, 2023 | Economic and Human Rights, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building
On March 19 and 20 of 2022, we held three roundtables with 10 Palestinian organizers from North America and Europe. We discussed their experiences leading local protests during the Unity Intifada in May and June of 2021. The conversations centered on the triumphs...
by Nada Khader | Mar 27, 2022 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Economic and Human Rights, Militarism and Foreign Policy, Movement Building
From the VVAW National OfficeMarch 25, 2022In our 55 years as an organization, Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW) has witnessed way too many wars. We know firsthand the consequences and devastation of imperial wars.We are saddened and angered at the unnecessary...
by Nada Khader | Feb 26, 2022 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Militarism and Foreign Policy
Ukraine: What Will Be Done and What Should Be Done? Thomas Palley Antiwar.com February 26, 2022 The inevitable has happened. Russia has invaded Ukraine. It was inevitable because the US and its NATO partners had backed Russia into a corner from which it could...