Representatives MAURICE HINCHEY (NY 22nd), ERIC MASSA (NY 29th) and DANIEL MAFFEI (NY 24th) have signed, but Michael Arcuri (NY 24th) has not. Why? Congressman John W. Oliver Press Release Congressman John W. Olver 1111 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-2101 Tel: 202-225-5335 Fax: 202-226-1224 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2009 OLVER LEADS CONGRESSIONAL EFFORT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA 63 [...] [...]
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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 [...] [...] [ January 15, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. January 20, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. January 22, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. January 27, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. ] TUES. Jan 20 & THURS. Jan 22, 3:30 -5:30 PM Rt. 13 & Clinton st.- Ithaca, NY (near CVS and Wegmans Bridge) On this historic Inauguration Day, let us send a message to our new President Obama, that YES WE CAN stand with the people of Gaza and the rest of Palestine! YES WE CAN hold Israel accountable to the [...] [...] The Let Gaza Live national march in Washington, D.C. set for this Saturday is picking up steam. Within the last 24 hours, national organizers learned of 30 additional buses leaving from Arab American Community Centers and Mosques in the Downstate New York/ Northern New Jersey area. Lets do our part and join [...] [...] Gaza War Protests–Jan 6, 2009 Peace activist & organizer of “Let Gaza Live” discusses the war underway now in the Gaza strip. [...] UPDATE: Heidi Schloegel of the Bronx,NY, Ellen Grady and Clare Grady of Ithaca, NY, were released at 6:30 pm today from the DC jail, and were seen in Washington DC Superior Court this evening, with a court date set to appear on Jan. 29th, 2009. The three mothers were charged with unlawful entry [...] [...] Call Everyone you Know! Please Forward Widely The Rally this Friday is STILL ON! Incredible VICTORY for the workers’ occupation! RALLY FRIDAY 4:45pm to 6pm Bernie Milton Pavilion on the Commons On Wednesday night, the 200 workers sitting in at Republic Windows and Doors voted unanimously to accept a deal where they would receive 8 weeks of severance pay, [...] [...] Press Advisory More info: Tod Ensign, Citizen Soldier (212) 679-2250 (O) or (917) 647-5676 AWOL Afghan War Vet to Appear at Ithaca Common Council’s Mtg on Dec. 3d to Seek Its Support December 3, 2008, 7:00 pm, public meeting, Ithaca Common Council, City Hall, Ithaca, N Y Pvt. S. Trevor L. formerly of Ft Drum, NY will speak at [...] [...] For Immediate Release November 11/11/08 Activists Win Appeal in Kuhl Protest Conviction. Convictions Reversed and Charges Dismissed. The ACTIVISTS: Danny Burns, Mark Scibilia-Carver, Ellen Grady, Todd Saddler, and Chris Tate are NOW free to go about their business of convincing Congress, the Courts, and President-elect Barack Obama, that Supporting the Troops means bringing them Home [...] [...] “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 [...] [...] North East Winter Soldier Saturday, October 4th, Rochester, New York Monroe Community College, Building 4 (Theater) 1000 East Henrietta Road, 14623 Registration starts at 11am, event starts promptly at 12:00 noon -7:00pm http://www.rochesterIVAW.org If you would like to help set up, arrive between 9am and 9:30am, we can use all the help we can get! North East Winter Soldier will feature images, [...] [...] [ October 4, 2008; 3:00 pm; ] Russia’s attack on the Republic of Georgia, the tiny Eastern European country to its east, grabbed headlines this August. But Georgia’s biggest enemy is the idea that war is the solution to the territorial conflict-or any conflict-says Irakli Kakabadze, a Georgian writer, poet, and playwright who fled his native country in 2007 when his life [...] [...] Russia’s attack on the Republic of Georgia, the tiny Eastern European country to its east, grabbed headlines this August. But Georgia’s biggest enemy is the idea that war is the solution to the territorial conflict-or any conflict-says Irakli Kakabadze, a Georgian writer, poet, and playwright who fled his native country in 2007 when his life was threatened as the result of his writing, antiwar, and human rights activism. “Peace is a dangerous idea to some people,” he observes. Kakabadze will give a free public reading of his work this year’s Voices of Freedom event, scheduled for 3:00 p.m., Saturday, October 4, at the Unitarian Church of Ithaca. [...] [ September 25, 2008; 4:30 pm; 7:00 pm; ] Blood and Oil with journalist Michael T. Klare directed by Jeremy Earp with Michael T. Klare Thursday, September 25, 7:00, WSH, with journalist Michael T. Klare. [...] [...] PBS cameras captured an IVAW member who unfurled banners reading “YOU CAN’T WIN AN OCCUPATION” and “McCAIN VOTES AGAINST VETS” during John McCain’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Thursday, September 4, 2008. http://tompkinsagainstwar.blip.tv [...] Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department. Charged with conspiracy to riot. Footage from Rick Rowley and Brandon Jourdan. ›Amy Goodman Arrested at RNC on Twin Cities Indymedia. Goodman and two Democracy Now producers have been arrested on felony charges at the RNC. >From John [...] [...] For more information, click here LET THEM KNOW THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!!! For more information, click here Action Alert: Protest Police Treatment of DNC Activists Contact: Colorado Legal Eagles info@coloradolegaleagles.org [1] For photos and [...] [...] The Big Questions About Iraq By PATRICK COCKBURN Will Iraq disintegrate if the United States withdraws its combat troops? The US and Iraq are close to agreeing a security accord under which the US would pull its combat troops out of Iraqi cities, towns and villages on June 30, 2009 and out of Iraq by December 31, [...] [...] Activists Break Blockade of Gaza Israel Allows Boats to Deliver Symbolic Shipment of Aid By Linda Gradstein Special to The Washington Post Sunday, August 24, 2008; A12 JERUSALEM, Aug. 23 — Two wooden boats carrying dozens of human rights activists reached the Gaza Strip on Saturday afternoon after the Israeli navy decided no t to hinder the challenge to Israel’s [...] [...] |
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Gaza: A Different Perspective, Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb, Bethlehem
Gaza: A Different Perspective Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb January 12, 2009 Watching the news these days is not an easy task, especially if you switch between Arab channels like Al Jazeera on one hand, and Western channels like Fox on the other. The same conflict is portrayed so differently that one sometimes might wonder if these diverse narratives [...] [...]