teleSUR | April 21, 2016 Latin America far surpasses any region in sending humanitarian aid and rescue experts to Ecuador for earthquake relief, with Venezuela sending almost a third of all rescue specialists and Palestine sending 19—19 more than the United States. Palestine is the only country outside of Europe and Latin America that sent […]
Urge Congress to support H.R. 4523 End draft registration — Don’t extend it to women. Abolish the Selective Service System. End contingency planning for a draft of health care workers. Restore Federal student aid for people who didn’t register for the draft. This year, Congress is having its most serious debate about draft registration in […]
By David Swanson | February 10, 2016 U.S. military recruiters are teaching in public school classrooms, making presentations at school career days, coordinating with JROTC units in high schools and middle schools, volunteering as sports coaches and tutors and lunch buddies in high, middle, and elementary schools, showing up in humvees with $9,000 stereos, bringing […]
US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation | April 19, 2016 On Tuesday, Tax Day, activists delivered a petition with more than 5,000 signatures to IRS offices across the United States demanding the tax-exempt status of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) be revoked due to its role in displacing Palestinians and supporting illegal Israeli settlements. […]
By Ken STONE | Oriental Review | April 18, 2016 Tuesday’s Syrian election was a vote of confidence by the Syrian people in their government. 5,085,444 voters cast their ballots out of a possible 8,834,994 eligible voters. The overall participation rate of 58% (virtually identical to Canada’s last federal election) exceeded the government’s expectations in […]
RT | April 15, 2016 Eight activists standing trial for disrupting the world’s biggest arms fair, held in London last September, have been found not guilty. The court ruled they were acting to prevent a greater crime, according to an anti-arms trade group. In his ruling, the judge said there was clear, credible and largely […]
Palestinian Refugee: Stanford students censored me over condemnation of Israel Free Palestine Movement | April 11, 2016 In an interview, Amena El-Ashkar, a Palestinian refugee from Lebanon, states that she refused to speak at Stanford University after students told her she could not express her views about Israel. I’m coming here to say that Israel […]
Ma’an – April 12, 2016 HEBRON – Activists called for a boycott campaign against Dutch international courier company TNT Express after its staff reportedly refused to deliver parcels to Palestinian recipients, allegations the company denied. Boycott campaign co-organizer Suhaib Zahdah told Ma’an on Monday that “the issue surfaced after TNT employees refused to deliver mail […]
RT | April 11, 2016 Eight activists are standing trial at Stratford Magistrates Court for disrupting the world’s biggest arms fair, held in London, where deadly merchandise was marketed to repressive regimes such as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Azerbaijan. The campaigners blocked the road leading to the Defence & Security Equipment International (DSEI) in Stratford, […]
International Solidarity Movement | April 10, 2016 Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine – The 10th of April is the last day of the demolition order on the home of the Totanji family. The family lives in the Sawaneh district in Wadi al-Joz, a village in East Jerusalem near the Old City, which Israel has declared as a […]
