Translation: Français – Español – Italiano – Português – Deutsch – Dansk – Svenska – Norsk – ελληνικά – العربية – עברית On the 65th commemoration of the Nakba, the struggle continues: We have purchased Gaza’s Ark with your help, we will sail towards justice. When Palestinians and other people of conscience mark Nakba (Catastrophe)…more »
Prior to the start of the Iraq War on March 19, 2003, New York Times journalist Chris Hedges (right) occupied a lonely perch among major media journalists. He opposed the war. Today, Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize winner and now a columnist for the website Truthdig, continues to write with the passion of a man set…more »
Ten Years Later, U.S. Has Left Iraq with Mass Displacement & Epidemic of Birth Defects, Cancers In part two of our interview, Al Jazeera reporter Dahr Jamail discusses how the U.S. invasion of Iraq has left behind a legacy of cancer and birth defects suspected of being caused by the U.S. military’s extensive use of…more »
$85 billion in cuts; Republicans blame Democrats, Democrats blame Republicans, but neither blame AIPAC. The Sequester On March 1, President Obama signed an order imposing across-the-board cuts to defense and non-defense spending, known as the “sequester,” after Congress failed in its final efforts to avoid such cuts. The cuts total about $85 billion for the…more »
Christmas Preparations To Lift Children’s Spirits Dr. T., a medical doctor, is a Palestinian living in Gaza City. He is still reeling from days of aerial bombardment. When I asked about the children in his community he told me his church would soon be making Christmas preparations to lift the children’s spirits. Looking at his…more »
The Middle East Section of the AAA endorsed the following statement on November 26, 2012: The membership of the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association condemns the Israeli military assault on the Palestinian population of Gaza that escalated on Nov 11, 2012. As anthropologists working in the region, we call the attention of…more »
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report, as we wrap up today with Noam Chomsky. Nermeen? NERMEEN SHAIKH: Israel and Palestinian leaders in Gaza have agreed to a tacit truce following days of violence in the Gaza Strip. At least seven Palestinians, including four civilians, have been killed in Israeli…more »
MARCH FOR GAZA IN DC THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15 AT 6 PM FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE Israeli Occupation Forces have begun an airstrike, killing innocent people in Gaza and completely obliterating infrastructure. In response, rather than condemn the attacks, the United States is showing its support of the mass murder of Palestinians…more »
Dear Fellow Human Beings, On Tuesday night, the student government of the University of California, Irvine passed historic legislation demanding divestment from companies that profit from Israel’s occupation and apartheid practices in Palestine. Those practices include the development and maintenance of Israeli settlements, checkpoints, home demolitions, and the apartheid wall (links to legislation and press…more »
Written by Carol Murry Al Ain Under Curfew The book, Tale from Under Curfew, was written during a writing workshop for the children of Al Ain refugee camp in the city of Nablus in occupied Palestine. They were born in Al Ain after their families were thrown off their ancestral lands that the children have…more »
Petrochemical America
By Richard Misrach and Kate Orff
Time For Outrage: Indignez-vous!
By Stéphane Hessel
Death of the Liberal Class
By Chris Hedges
The World As It Is: Dispatches on the Myth of Human Progress
By Chris Hedges
Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt
By Chris Hedges
War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
By Chris Hedges
How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate
By Jeff Goodell
The Road to 9/11: Wealth, Empire, and the Future of America
By Peter Dale Scott
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
By Naomi Klein
Silent Spring
By Rachel Carson
The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival
By Dr. Stephen R Palumbi PhD
The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine
By Miko Peled
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
By Dee Brown
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
Ilan Pappé
An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land
William Stringfellow
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death
By Albert Camus
Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights
Omar Barghouti
Power and Struggle (Politics of Nonviolent Action, Part 1)
Gene Sharp
Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia
By David Vine
Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century
By Jonathan Glover
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor
By Paul Farmer
The Seven Story Mountain: An Autobiography of Faith.
By Thomas Merton
Beyond The Green Zone: Dispatches From An Unembedded Journalist In Occupied Iraq
By Dahr Jamail
Forward by Amy Goodman
The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan
By Dahr Jamail
Forward by Chris Hedges
Empire of Illusion: The End Of Literacy And The Triumph Of Spectacle
By Chris Hedges
A People's History Of The United States: 1492-Present
By Howard Zinn
Blood And Oil: The Dangers And Consequences Of America's Growing Dependency On Imported Petroleum
By Michael T. Klare
The Goldstone Report: The Legacy Of The Landmark Investigation Of The Gaza Conflict
By Adam Horowitz, Lizzy Ratner, And Philip Weiss
Foreword By Desmond Tutu
Introduction By Naomi Klein
The Uterine Crisis
By IIya Sandra Perlin
