[ April 16, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] “We had little or no expectations of her; she is after all a woman of color.” A tenured professor in Ithaca College’s Sociology Department included the above statement in an email he wrote to the Sociology Tenure and Promotion Committee at Ithaca College in 2005. The woman to whom he was referring to is Margo Ramlal-Nankoe, [...] [...]
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Margo Ramlal-Nankoe is an assistant professor seeking tenure in Ithaca College’s Sociology Department. With glowing reviews from students and peers, we need to ask: “Why is Margo being fired?” On April 16th, at 7:00pm in Autumn Leaves Book Store (on the Commons; Ithaca, New York), Margo and her lawyer will answer this question, documenting the fact that she was fired because of her complaints about harassment and discrimination, and her professional and personal involvement with politically controversial issues. [...] [ April 15, 2009; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] GAZA’S DILEMMA is the title of a talk by Dr. Ismail Mehr on Wednesday, April 15 at 7:30 in the Annex of the First Unitarian Church, 208 E. Buffalo St., Ithaca, N.Y.. Dr. Mehr, an anesthesiologist from Hornell, NY and an active member of the Islamic Medical Association of North America, has led IMANA medical relief [...] [...] [ April 15, 2009; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ] Dr. Ismail Mehr’s presentation titled Gaza’s Dilemma will cover the medical and humanitarian struggles in Gaza as a result of the recent war & the effects of the 20 month embargo. Following the attacks in Gaza last December and Janurary, which left upwards of 1,400-1,500 Palestinians dead and many more wounded, homeless, and without water, [...] [...] [ April 7, 2009; 5:00 pm; ] Support the Employee Free Choice Act Tuesday, April 7 @ 5 p.m.–Tompkins County Courthouse in Ithaca, corner of Court and Tioga Sts. The Workers’ Center, in collaboration with the Midstate Central Labor Council, is holding a Press Conference in front of the Courthouse (Tioga and Court Sts) at 5 p.m. on April 7th. Join us to speak to the press and the community on this important issue. At 5:30 we will then attend the legislative session to demonstrate our support for this important human right and to encourage county legislators to do so as well. Click here for full text of the action alert on the Workers Center web site. [...] By Dan Burgevin Last year’s Caravan to Cuba saw a renewed determination to continue the people to people foreign policy and diplomacy of Pastors for Peace. We did not avoid harassment by the US customs. Thirty-one computers were confiscated at the border as we entered Mexico. Rather than allow for the entire caravan and the rest [...] [...] UPDATE 4/5/09 click here. Contact: Katherine Fuchs, National Organizer, 202-332-0994 (office), 414-324-4228 (mobile), organizer[at]endtheoccupation[dot]org Contact: Andrew Stachiw, Hampshire College Students for Justice in Palestine, 860-208-1404 (mobile), hampshiresjp[at]gmail[dot]com Washington, DC (April 2)-The US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation and allied organizations participating in a national boycott campaign against Motorola welcomed news that Motorola Israel Ltd. has sold its [...] [...] [ April 21, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] The Violence Must End: My Experience in Palestine With IC Alumna Emily McNeill Tuesday, April 21, noon Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise, room 103 Academic Freedom Forum With Emily McNeill and Cornell Professor Eric Cheyfitz Tuesday, April 21, 7:00 pm Textor 101 Emily McNeil, who graduated from IC in 2008 and author of the controversial IC View alumni magazine article, “The [...] [...] [ April 8, 2009; 6:30 pm; ] Calling all who want to fight for LGBTQ rights!!! Did you know that the earliest gay rights organizations started in Germany in the 1890’s? That gay rights organizations have been organizing I the United States since the McCarthy-era? That the issue of LGBTQ rights entered the world stage on June 28, 1969 when police raided the [...] [...] [ April 4, 2009; 5:30 pm; ] The next Peace Potluck will be Saturday, April 4 at the Perry City Meeting House on Route 227 in Perry City. Dish to pass at 5:30; discussion 7:00 – 9:00. Come to either or both. For more information, call Donna at (607) 546 5472. This month we will be led in song by Gary Kline. Come [...] [...] [ April 1, 2009; 7:00 pm; ] Blood on the Flag: Local Civil Disobedience April 1, 7 pm Friends 309, Ithaca College The event “Blood on the Flag: Local Civil Disobedience” will present several short films and commentaries about anti-war civil disobedience by Ithacans on Wednesday, April 1, 7 pm, in Friends 309, Ithaca College during the Finger Lakes Environment Film Festival. Our reflections on civil [...] [...] [ April 2, 2009; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] 7-9pm Thursday, 4/2 Williams 218, Ithaca College To be screened as part of the Finger Lake Environmental Film Festival, Drying Up Palestine is a documentary film by Rima Essa and Peter Snowdon, produced by Gourna Films for House of Water and Environment (Ramallah). “Drying Up Palestine is a portrait of the stresses and strains imposed on [...] [...] |
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NYTimes OpEd: Israel on Trial by George Bisharat
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/opinion/04bisharat.html OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Israel on Trial By GEORGE BISHARAT Published: April 3, 2009 San Francisco CHILLING testimony by Israeli soldiers substantiates charges that Israel’s Gaza Strip assault entailed grave violations of international law. The emergence of a predominantly right-wing, nationalist government in Israel suggests that there may be more violations to come. Hamas’s indiscriminate rocket attacks on Israeli civilians also constituted [...] [...]