I am back from my third trip with pastors for peace to our neighbor Cuba. Every time I have gone, the place and people there get a little deeper into my consciousness. We visit new facilities or see a different service that the revolution has provided for the people and I’m further convinced about [...] [...]
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This video was produced for Mondoweiss (www.philipweiss.org) after being nixed by the editorial authorities at The Daily Beast. A disturbing look at the connections of one American casino tycoon who sends millions to support the illegal settlements in the West Bank, this video report unveils the raw racism of the settler movement who is dragging [...] [...] Hello all – Please take a moment to watch a video I produced with two North American journalists in Israel. I’m currently filming, producing, and editing news shorts from the Middle East and hope to be releasing more on a regular basis. Please distribute the link widely! http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-05-21/how-i-got-gassed-in-the-west-bank/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsC2 How I Got Gassed in the West Bank by [...] [...] 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 [...] [...] Here are a few of the speakers at the rally: [...] Video by Cris McConkey The International Socialist Organization (ISO) organized a bus and a van for students and community from Ithaca to Washington, D.C. for the March 21, 2009 March on the Pentagon organized nationally by the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition. [...]
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We’re back! All the seats were filled on the Ithaca bus, so we also rented a van. Here are some photos, videos, and accounts, mostly hightlinghting the Ithaca contingent.Click HERE to post and upload photos [...] American Tristan Anderson shot by Israeli Defense Forces 03/13/09 Seán Kinane WMNF Evening News Friday Listen to this entire show: An American is in critical condition with life-threatening wounds after being shot in the head today by a member of the Israeli Defense Forces, or IDF. Tristan Anderson, from California, is in a Tel-Aviv hospital after being [...] [...] January 17, 2009 – 1:45 am. by Audrey Stewart (formerly of Ithaca, NY) and Kathy Kelly. We arrived inside Gaza at 5pm last night. We were met by Anees, a 23 year old Gazan. He has guided us around the community. When we first came in tonight, kids were playing soccer in the [...] [...] Everyone seems to think that this was the most energetic march ever. Being in the streets in solidarity with Arab-American and Muslim communities deeply concerned with Palestine was inspiring. I think these marches help ground us. [...] Washington DC protest of the Israeli invasion and occupation of Palestine January 10, 2009 Filmed by Paul Hubbard www.socialistworker.org [...] http://tompkinsagainstwar.org/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=slideshow.Slideshow&g2_itemId=380 Click on link for slide show. Change resolution to 640 x 640 and set timing. Later, I’ll try to embed. [...] Please post your accounts, reflections, and images from the January 10 Let Gaza Live March and rally here. Dear Friends, Today a bus load of us are traveling all day to join the thousands of Americans who will rally and march on Washington D.C. in the LET GAZA LIVE March. This is our effort to show our government, [...] [...] download video Click for lower bandwidth video on Youtube Dec. 30th, 2009 Thirty people of Ithaca NY, including children gathered on the main artery Rt. 13, to protest the Israeli attacks on Gaza, holding banners as thousands of cars passed during rush hour in frigid weather for hours this afternoon. Many passed honking in support of the [...] [...] FLOOD THE MAYORS’ OFFICES ASAP St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman 651-266-8510 Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak (612) 673-2100 (612) 673-3000 outside Minneapolis [...] From an activist in NYC getting reports as they come in: I know a lot of people have heard that last night the convergence space in St Paul was raided and that today a series of houses were raided and some organizers were picked off the street and arrested. There is a lot of information to [...] [...] [ September 4, 2008; 4:30 pm; ] September 4, Thursday: Irakli Kakabadze, Fiction Writer, Ithaca City of Asylum Writer in Residence 4:30 pm, Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall A writer and peace activist, Irakli Kakabadze has been a leading figure in the nonviolent movement for social change in Georgia for more than two decades. A member of the Civic Disobedience [...] [...] |
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Jimmy Massey documentary tour continues …
[ May 27, 2009 to June 6, 2009. ] Despite the difficulties with parking for an event downtown just after the Ithaca Festival parade, 50 people attended the screening and discussion. If you missed the Ithaca screening, you still can see it in Oneonata (May 29), Corning (June 1), Cortland (June 4), Binghamton (June 5), or other locations in the Mohawk Valley and Sugerties scroll down for schedule). [...]