Americans for Middle East Understanding Current Issue > 2012 – Volume 45 Is the Two-State Solution Dead? Jeff Halper Posted 3/28/12 AMEU Let’s say it clearly and categorically: the two-state solution is dead. If the possibility ever genuinely existed—a subject historians are welcome to debate—it is gone as a political option. We should even More
Americans for Middle East Understanding Current Issue > 2012 – Volume 45 Is the Two-State Solution Dead? Jeff Halper Posted 3/28/12 AMEU Let’s say it clearly and categorically: the two-state solution is dead. If the possibility ever genuinely existed—a subject historians are welcome to debate—it is gone as a political option. We should even More
Occupy May Day: Not Your Usual General Strike Based on a talk by Jeremy Brecher to Occupy University, Zuccotti Park By Jeremy Brecher Common Dreams March 26, 2012 October2011 Last December, Occupy Los Angeles proposed a General Strike on May 1 “for migrant rights, jobs for all, a moratorium on foreclosures, and peace – More
Threatened by David Remnick March 12, 2012 Edition The New Yorker Posted March 5, 2012 on WAMMToday Democracy is never fully achieved. At best, it’s an ambition, a state of becoming. In America, it took generations for blacks, women, and gays and lesbians to win the rights of citizenship—rights that, in many instances, More
Population growth of India and China by Polly Mann March 2, 2012 Its developers boast it is the world's largest standalone building and it's going up in Chengdu in southwest China - a genuine “sign of the times.” The New Century Global Centre will house two 1,000-room five-star hotels, an ice rink,a luxury Imax More
99 or One By Malia Burkhart February 23, 2012 99 or One At the “Occupy Re-Gathering” this past weekend, the facilitator told us to raise our hands if we are part of the 99%. (which I did)…. then, as a joke, the facilitator asked us to raise our hands if we are part More
Occupy Wall Street not Palestine by Mira Dabit from Ramallah Submitted by Crystal Zevon on Tue, 02/28/2012 OccupyPeaceHouse.org In the heart of a revolution transcending one locale, what connects us? That question looms deep in my mind as I walk through the streets of Ramallah, a city I know so well. I look ahead and am More
Iraq: A country in shambles By Dahr Jamail | Al Jazeera English | Published: January 9, 2012 Despite promises made for improvements, Iraq’s economy and infrastructure are still a disaster. In Sadr City, Baghdad, the streets are cracked, filled with potholes, and strewn with refuse (Dahr Jamail / Al Jazeera Baghdad, Iraq – As a daily drumbeat of violence continues to More
Be Patient! Survive! Never Give Up Hope! By Mary Beaudoin WAMM Newsletter Dec./Jan. 2011-12 This is what a doctor from Najaf, said that Americans can learn from Iraqis: “Be patient. Survive. Never give up hope.” Mahadi Al-Faraaon, an oral surgeon and professor of dentistry, who counseled us with these words, was among eight physicians, accompanied More
Kathy Kelly Co-coordinator, Voices for Creative Nonviolence Much to Forgive: The Story of Bibi Sadia Posted: 01/ 3/12 09:00 AM ET Huffington Post Kabul – Bibi Sadia and her husband Baba share a humble home with their son, his wife and their two little children. An Afghan human rights advocate suggested that we More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9y814TGKdQE&w=560&h=315] Egyptian women have led a rally in Cairo against the army's treatment of female protesters. Thousands took to the streets demanding the military be held accountable for their abuse of women. On Saturday, a woman was stripped and badly beaten by Egyptian security forces, in an incident that was captured on camera and More
Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit Occupy Your Heart Compassion Is Our New Currency Posted by Rebecca Solnit at 9:01AM, December 22, 2011. Tom Dispatch The other evening, I took the subway to the very bottom of Broadway, reputedly the longest street in the world, for a rally of New York’s transit workers. Their contract expires in mid-January and More
