Teachers Against the Occupation

by | Jan 9, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy

Friends, As the attacks on Gaza enter a second week, including the systematic bombing and destruction of schools, universities and education ministry buildings, it has become clear that academics in the United States and elsewhere must organize to resist the Israeli...

Zapatistas on Gaza

by | Jan 9, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy

Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Of sowing and harvests: Subcomandante Marcos’ speech on Gaza Two days ago, the same day we discussed violence, the ineffable Condoleezza Rice, a US official, declared that what was happening in Gaza was the Palestinians’ fault, due...

Live from Gaza

by | Jan 9, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy

By Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza on January 7 They parade in fear, their eyes looking upwards, surrendering to the sky showering terror and death upon them, fearing the earth that keeps shaking under every step they take, opening craters where there were houses, schools,...

Democrats are cowards

by | Jan 9, 2009 | Militarism and Foreign Policy

Democrats Are Cowards in the Face of Israel’s Brutality By Stephen Zunes, AlterNet  Posted on January 6, 2009,   The Democratic leadership’s strident support for the ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip underscores how the Democrats suffer from the same...