Aug 13, 2011 Posted by Joelle

How To Fight Disaster Capitalism

I watched The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, an insightful 65-minute talk that investigative journalist and author Naomi Klein gave on May 19, 2008 in London, plus a 10-minute interview with Klein, introducing the paperback edition of her book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. The DVD explains the ideas and research behind the book that exposed the popular myth of the free market... read more

Sep 4, 2010 Posted by Joelle

Adbusting The Mid-East Peace Talks

Israeli and Palestinian leaders have held their first direct negotiations in nearly two years, in Washington. US President Barack Obama made an appeal to the Israeli and Palestinian leaders on the eve of the summit to not let the chance for peace slip away, and pledged to put the “full weight” of the United States behind the effort to forge peace. I wonder if this means that he’ll put an... read more

Aug 22, 2010 Posted by Joelle

When Will There Be No More Strangers in the House?

Last Friday, I finished reading the autobiography-cum-historical account “Strangers in the House” by Raja Shehadeh. Drawing from the jacket, “Shehadeh was born into a successful Palestinian family with a beautiful house in Jaffa, overlooking the Mediterranean. When the State of Israel was formed in 1948, the family were driven out of the provincial town of Ramallah. There Shehadeh grew up... read more

Aug 12, 2010 Posted by Joelle

Carlos Latuff Creates BDS Photos For Activists

Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Lattuf created a series of photos on Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions 
(BDS) against Israel to be used by activists. These images are Copyleft, which means that BDS campaigns 
all around the world are free to use them in their materials. People are 
encouraged to reproduce these images on blogs, newspapers, magazines, books, 
posters, etc. in order to promote the... read more

Mar 3, 2010 Posted by Joelle

Why Do I Boycott Israel?

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