The following excerpt is from an article “Telling the Oklahoma Story” posted June 20 on NewsOK.com, a website of “The Oklahoman”. I think this story has a lot of relevance for the Ithaca area as a sanctuary city. We need to consider how best we can honor our pledge to share the burden [...] [...]
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Press release, Students for Justice in Palestine (Hampshire College), 12 February 2009 Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, has become the first of any college or university in the US to divest from companies on the grounds of their involvement in the Israeli occupation of Palestine. This landmark move is a direct result of a two-year intensive campaign [...] [...] By Steve Liewer UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER MIRAMAR — Antiwar activist Dawn O’Brien of Oceanside frets plenty about her three Marine sons, two of whom have served in Iraq. She worries almost as much, though, about another young soldier – the one who is sitting in the brig at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station because he [...] [...] January 18, 2009 Gazan Doctor and Peace Advocate Loses 3 Daughters to Israeli Fire and Asks Why By DINA KRAFT TEL HASHOMER, Israel — Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is a Gazan and a doctor who has devoted his life to medicine and reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians. But on Saturday, the day after three of his daughters and a niece [...] [...] Press Release By Coastal Municipalities Water Utility January 10, 2009 Gaza, Palestine Due to the current situation in the Gaza Strip that was imposed by the Israeli military operations since Saturday 27/12/2008, the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility “CMWU” hereby announces its inability to (failure) maintain its services in both the water sector in terms of production and distribution and [...] [...] Sat Jan 10, 6:45 pm ET Go to original article WASHINGTON (AFP) – Several thousand protesters descended on the White House Saturday in support of Palestinians in war-ravaged Gaza, as other protests took place across Canada and in the Mexican capital. As many as 10,000 people, according to organizers, gathered from about 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) in Washington’s [...] [...] Incoming administration will abandon Bush’s isolation of Islamist group to initiate low-level diplomacy, say transition sources Jonathan Freedland: Talking to Hamas is a step toward peace Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington guardian.co.uk, Friday 9 January 2009 03.18 GMT The incoming Obama administration is prepared to abandon George Bush’s doctrine of isolating Hamas by establishing a channel to the Islamist [...] [...] January 8, 2009 Montreal – Early Thursday, January 8th Montrealers blockaded the Israeli Consulate in Montreal in protest against the on-going Israeli assault on the people of Gaza. The demonstrators were acting in solidarity with the 1.5 million people of Gaza, demanding Israel end its military assault and lift the 18-month siege on the Gaza Strip to [...] [...] WHAT: A long column of figures dressed all in black with white death masks and bearing the names of those killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine. The march will be followed by a dramatic nonviolent action intended to awaken Congress to the need to end the wars. WHEN: March from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, [...] [...] Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday. The weapon, used by British and US forces in Iraq, can cause horrific burns but is not illegal if used as a smokescreen. Go to original article on timesonline.com. [...] Israeli ground forces enter Gaza in escalation By IBRAHIM BARZAK and JASON KEYSER, Associated Press Writers Saturday, January 3, 2009 (01-03) 14:18 PST GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli tanks and troops launched a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip Saturday night with officials saying they expected a lengthy fight with Hamas militants in the densely populated territory [...] [...] Ma’an News Agency Date: 03 / 01 / 2009 Time: 19:35 Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli warplanes leveled an American-style private school on Saturday morning that employees say had no connection to the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip or to armed activity in the Strip. The American International School in Gaza (AISG) in Beit Lahiya [...] [...] In Ithaca, N.Y. 30 people protested December 30 in solidarity with the people of Palestine–as well as two local community activists, Clare Grady and Ellen Grady, who were arrested the day before protesting in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. [...] Appeal, Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees, 30 December 2008 The following appeal was issued on 29 December 2008: The Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees condemns in the strongest possible terms the bombing today of the campus of the Islamic University in Gaza. This wanton destruction of an academic institution [...] [...] Photostory, The Electronic Intifada, 3 January 2009 Around the world people took to the streets outraged by the scenes of death and destruction in the Gaza Strip that began when Israel bombarded the coastal territory on 27 December. The below images were sent to The Electronic Intifada from around the world and document various actions, demonstrations [...] [...] December 10, 2008 at 11:32 PM Bursting from the front doors of the factory they had occupied for more than six days, the former workers of Republic Windows & Doors jubilantly chanted “Yes We Did” in victory tonight. About 9:30 p.m., the more than 200 workers present at the shuttered plant voted unanimously to accept a deal brokered after three days and nearly 20 hours of negotiations between their union, Republic management, its lender, and other parties. Go to article on chicagobreakingnews.com [...] Firm’s talks with Bank of America, union continue By Robert Mitchum | Tribune reporter December 10, 2008 An offer by Bank of America to extend more credit to Republic Windows & Doors on Goose Island failed by late Tuesday to develop into an agreement to dislodge workers who have been occupying the closed plant for five days in protest of losing pay and benefits. Go to article on chigagotribune.com [...] by Hart Seely / The Post-Standard Tuesday December 09, 2008, 6:30 AM Geddes, NY — A Geddes justice ruled Monday night that state police overstepped their authority at the New York State Fair when they arrested a man protesting the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. As a result, Justice John D. Kinsella dismissed all charges against Ed Kinane, the veteran Syracuse activist who spent a week in jail after his arrest for criminal trespassing. Go to article on syracuse.com. [...] “The ultimate goal is to put new solutions into our warfighters’ hands as soon as possible, so they can apply them to the challenges posed by the battlefield of the 21st century.” – From Raytheon’s Website On Thursday, October 16th, members of Cornell and Ithaca College Campus Antiwar Network went to a recruiting session for Raytheon. Raytheon [...] [...] |
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