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Celia Hassan: Detention offers student new outlook on Israel

By CELIA HASSAN, The Columbian, 23 June 2008 What’s a nice, Reed College sophomore doing in detention at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport? I ask myself this during the hours I am held. What do I have in common with these … Continue reading

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Phyllis Bennis: U.S. Steps Up Efforts to Prolong Iraq Occupation | Votes on Military Aid to Israel Coming Soon | Iran War Resolution May Be Passed Next Week

Phyllis Bennis, Institute for Policy Studies, 16 June 2008 UFPJ Talking Points #59: U.S. trying to “legalize” permanent occupation of Iraq; Shifting discourse on Israel-Palestine *The Bush administration is escalating its efforts to make permanent its occupation of Iraq through … Continue reading

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Why Ireland voted NO to the Lisbon Treaty

Sean Clinton, UK Indymedia, 20 June 2008 Letter from the The Lisbon Campaign for Middle East Justice and Peace to the sh Taoiseach, Mr. Brian Cowen T.D., the Minster for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Michael Martin T.D., leading European Officials and … Continue reading

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*Jerusalem day* in the old city of Jerusalem

Dorothy Naor of New Profile writes: The video won’t mean much to you if you are unfamiliar with the Old City in Jerusalem and if you don’t understand Hebrew. In both cases you will miss what the action is all … Continue reading

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Jordan Flaherty: Organizing for Freedom in Angola Prison

By Jordan Flaherty, Left Turn, 1 June 2008 At the heart of Louisiana’s prison system sits the Louisiana State Prison at Angola, a former slave plantation where little has changed in the last several-hundred years. Angola has been made notorious … Continue reading

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