NLG attys. Michael Deutsch and Jim Fennerty are representing #RasmeaOdeh, whose trial begins Tues. Listen to their interview with WBEZ Worldview, which broadcast today: "There's a basic injustice in this case which is founded on FBI and US government surveillance and repression of people who are engaged in First Amendment activity," Deutsch said. #Justice4Rasmea WBEZ's More
Children, people, food, fatalities, education and health, shelter ... the facts. The UN's latest situation overview for #Gaza, a month on from Israel's assault. Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog and more! “Like” our page today. Rise Up Times is More
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/102184380] To watch the video click on the white letters Watch on Vimeo on the blue background. from MarkFiore PLUS ALL AUDIENCES There's a tendency in most of the Gaza reporting to treat both sides as tough, equally-matchedadversaries. Israel must stand up to those evil, deadly Hamas terrorists before the nation is overrun, eek! But if More
Israel to Take Over Land in West Bank in Its Biggest Seizure in 30 Years Days after a cease-fire in Gaza was agreed to by Hamas and Israel, the latter announced it was taking over 1.5 square miles of West Bank territory south of Bethlehem as “a response to the kidnapping and killing of three More
The New York Times muddies the waters about the deaths of the three Israeli teens that started the recent attacks on Gaza by Palestine...By Peter Hart FAIR.org September 5, 2014 Israel blamed Hamas for the deaths of three Israeli teens–and started a war over it. Now Israeli legal documents "depict the plot as more More
Gaza Under Attack Fall I Index for WAMM Newsletter Fall I 2014 BDS: State Board of Investment Hearing This is an important meeting, coming as it does after the latest assault on Gaza. We're hoping to pack the room and out into the halls with people holding signs showing the human rights abuses that we, as More
"People in Gaza actually sent messages of solidarity toFerguson – Internet petitions signed by Gazan citizens. I thought I was hallucinating. What if they could all march together? 1.8 million Gazans would really clog old Florissant Avenue."
"Our terror is delivered to the wretched of the earth with industrial weapons. It is, to us, invisible. We do not stand over the decapitated and eviscerated bodies left behind on city and village streets by our missiles, drones and fighter jets. We do not listen to the wails and shrieks of parents embracing the More
How Israel Undermines International Law Through "Lawfare" By JEFF HALPER counterpunch.org August 18, 2014 Operation Protective Edge was not merely a military assault on a primarily civilian population. As in its previous “operations” (Cast Lead in 2008-9 and Pillar of Defense in 2012), it was also part of an ongoing assault on international humanitarian law More
Smearing a Progressive Website to Support Israel Pouring Poison into the Internet: A special investigative report By Lance Tapley Common Dreams August 20, 2014 Like many other news websites, Common Dreams has been plagued by inflammatory anti-Semitic comments following its stories. But on Common Dreams these posts have been so frequent and intense they have driven away donors More
Smearing a Progressive Website to Support Israel Pouring Poison into the Internet: A special investigative report By Lance Tapley Common Dreams August 20, 2014 Like many other news websites, Common Dreams has been plagued by inflammatory anti-Semitic comments following its stories. But on Common Dreams these posts have been so frequent and intense they have driven away donors More
Nigerian says spiritual leaders who fail to confront extremists such as Boko Haram allow fanaticism to thrive IAN JOHNSTON The Independent 10 August 2014 Atrocities carried out by fanatics such as Nigeria's Boko Haram show the dangers of religious belief with the "scroll of faith … indistinguishable from the roll call of death", according to More
