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Budget Cuts for Schools, Unlimited Spending for Wars (VIDEO)

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2 years ago
by Sarah in
Students have carried out rallies at dozens of universities and schools across the United States in protest against cuts to public education funding. Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey reports from a protest rally in New York.
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Israeli Apartheid Week Gaining Ground (VIDEO)

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2 years ago
by Sarah in ,
This week marks the Sixth Annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) which is taking place across the globe in over 40 cities. Below is an episode from Al Jazeera's hard-hitting program "Inside Story" which focuses specifically on Israeli Apartheid Week, the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) movement, and the implications they have for the racist apartheid regime of Israel.
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Our tax dollars hard at work: Attacking shepherds in the South Hebron Hills (VIDEO)

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2 years ago
by Sarah in ,
Last month, the Israeli army attacked a Palestinian shepherd and his family in the Al-Tuwani village of South Hebron. His only crime? Trying to feed his sheep! Read the story and see the shocking video footage of the incident that was captured that day.
 

Resist 2010: Eight Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympics (VIDEO)

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2 years ago
by Sarah in
With the 2010 Winter Olympic Games officially kicking off this past weekend, it's important to look past all the glitz and glamour being portrayed in the mainstream media and get right down to the behind-the-scenes corruption, deceit, and destruction taking place in Vancouver. The video below is an excellent short film (appx. 15 mins.) focusing on the negative impacts of the 2010 Olympic Games being held in Vancouver, and the ongoing resistance by Indigenous, human rights, and other social movements.
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Obama on Palestine: A Tale of Two Speeches (VIDEO)

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2 years ago
by Sarah in , ,
This is a brief somewhat lengthy synopsis of how Barack Obama handled the issue of Palestine during two speeches he gave last week: The State of the Union address on Jan. 27 and a town-hall meeting in Tampa on Jan. 28.

Gaza-bound convoy stranded in Jordan after Egypt rejects Red Sea Port entry

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2 years ago
by Basem in
Viva Palestina humanitarian convoy, led by British MP George Galloway, was still stranded in the Jordanian port city of Aqaba on Saturday for a second day, following a dispute with Egypt over the caravan's point of entry.
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Egypt “bans” the Gaza Freedom March

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2 years ago
by Sarah in ,
The Egyptian government, citing security concerns and escalating tensions, has decided not to let the Gaza Freedom March cross into Gaza.

What can we do? Boycott!

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2 years ago
by Basem in ,
The first thing we can do to stop oppression is to stop aiding it. I would like to tell you to boycott taxes, but the movement is just not there yet. The best strategy at this point is to end the increasingly bloody occupation is for Israel to become the target of the kind of global boycott [...]

Welcome!

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2 years ago
by Sarah in , , ,
This is our first post on our new blog! We hope to use this as a forum to share our views of and experiences with important and relevant news from around the world.
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