Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
16 September 2009
In today’s digest: 1) A 1918 statement on Palestine-Zionist conflict by President Woodrow Wilson that remains valid today, 2) a very important action call about the just released UN report on Israeli war crimes (please act), 3) a news item on Palestinian citizens of Israel calling for a general strike on Oct 1st, and 4) we commemorate the anniversary of the massacre of Sabra and Shatila (my review of a book on the subject included).
Sam Husseini, The Washington Stakeout, 15 September 2009
As politicos left the Sunday morning talkshows this week, I asked about money in politics, specifically, from insurance and finance and if politicians were not doing the bidding of Wall Street in the healthcare debate.
Rory McCarthy, Guardian, 15 September 2009
Israel’s three-week war in Gaza brought a wave of international criticism. About 1,400 people died and accusations of possible war crimes have been levelled against both the Israeli military and the Palestinian militant groups in Gaza, notably Hamas. The latest and most prominent inquiry (pdf), led by Richard Goldstone, a respected South African judge, was conducted for the UN human rights council.
by David Zlutnick, of The Friendly Fire Collective
Why Would I Go to Another Summit?
Largely, summits are not extremely appealing to me. I feel that our battle as revolutionaries, anti-authoritarians, anarchists, or whatever we may call ourselves, is for hearts and minds. Our overall goals are to change social relations, fundamentally change the way people interact with one another, develop new values divergent from individualism, accumulation, and ascendancy, and bring about social equality while abolishing hierarchies. To me it seems that in order to do this we need to lend ourselves and our resources to struggles at the local level, jumping in for the long haul, participating in the day-to-day organizing not near as sexy as the summit.
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