Solidarity and Activism

Help Stop Radioactive Waste Dump and Thousands of Dangerous Shipments Across the US

By John Laforge | CounterPunch | October 5, 2018 The private company Waste Control Specialists (WCS) or “Interim Storage Partners” wants to place a high-level radioactive waste dump site (called a “centralized interim storage facility”) in West Texas. If approved, opening this high-level waste dump would launch nation-wide transports of a total of 40,000 tons […]

North, South Korea begin removing landmines along border: Seoul

Press TV – October 1, 2018 Seoul says North and South Korea have begun removing landmines along their fortified border in a confidence-building measure under a new agreement reached between the two neighboring states in Pyongyang last month. South and North Korean troops removed some of the landmines in the Joint Security Area (JSA) in […]

Hamas: We will remain adherent to option of resistance

Palestine Information Center – September 28, 2018 GAZA – On the 18th anniversary of the Aqsa Intifada (uprising), the Hamas Movement has reiterated its adherence to the option of resistance against the occupation and its support for the March of Return until its intended goals are achieved. “The reasons for the outbreak of the Aqsa […]

Britain’s Labor Party Passes Motion for ‘Arms Embargo’ on Israel

Palestinian flags waved during the Labor party conference in Liverpool. (Photo: Via Twitter) Palestine Chronicle | September 26, 2018 The British Labor Party conference passed a motion to support an embargo on arms sales to Israel, a first in the country’s history. As the proposal was put forward, hundreds of pro-Palestinian Labor delegates stood and […]

Turning Molehills into Mountains

By Eve Myktyn | September 24, 2018 Earlier this month, University of Michigan professor John Cheney-Lippold, told his student, Abigail Ingber, that he would not write a letter of recommendation for her to study in Israel. In declining to write the recommendation, he wrote in part, “As you may know, many university departments have pledged an academic boycott against Israel in support of Palestinians living in Palestine. […]

Univ. of Michigan Professor Cheney-Lippold Receives Death Threats Over Boycott

Palestine Legal | September 19, 2018 University of Michigan professor John Cheney-Lippold, an expert in the field of big data and surveillance, received death threats this week after he told a student he would be unable to write her a recommendation letter for a study abroad program in Israel because he supports the academic boycott […]