Archive for the ‘Government Protest’ Category

Uri Avnery on Israel and Palestine

Uri Avnery on Israel and Palestine
Uri Avnery is an Israeli peace activist, journalist and writer.  He is famous for crossing the lines during the Battle of Beirut to meet Yassir Arafat on July, 3, 1982. This was the first time the Palestinian leader ever met with an Israeli. Avnery is also the founder of the Gush Shalom (Peace Bloc)...
May 2nd, 2011 | Government Protest, Middle East, Politics | Read More

Bringing the revolutions home

Bringing the revolutions home
US activists and progressives have been inspired by the revolts and revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East. The recent movements in Wisconsin and elsewhere in the Midwest were echoes of our own neglected legacies of grassroots struggle. But if our movements remain limited to the Democratic...
April 25th, 2011 | Featured, Government Protest, Middle East | Read More

Lingering questions about the killing of Black Africans in Libya

Lingering questions about the killing of Black Africans in Libya
At the onset of the conflict in Libya, citizens in open revolt against a brutal government rounded up mercenaries and slaughtered them on the spot. Almost all of the three-thousand or so mercenaries transported to Libya to defend Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s embattled regime are dark-skinned men...
April 20th, 2011 | Featured, Government Protest | Read More

The making of a third Palestinian uprising

The making of a third Palestinian uprising
It is no surprise that after the success of Egypt, Tunisia, and the major changes throughout the Arab world that the next step would be an internet-inspired Palestinian uprising.  This uprising, also referred to as ‘The Intifada,’ is now being endorsed by thousands of Palestinians and their supporters...
April 20th, 2011 | Government Protest | Read More