May 30, 2009
Posted by yaman
The policeman: The procession that took place on Independence Day in Umm al-Fahem was organized to mark what the minorities call “Nakba Day.” The defendant marched in the procession and chanted slogans denouncing the State of Israel and occasionally mentioning the word “Nakba.”
Instead of litigation, the legal director of Adalah civil rights organization in Israel [...]
May 28, 2009
Posted by yaman
Source: www.thenation.com
May 25, 2009
Posted by yaman
In an era when Arabs and Muslims are always the first suspects whenever terrorism is concerned (read the “Correction” here), I sympathize with the gut reaction of many Arabs and Arab organizations in this country to immediately and eternally condemn and distance those who might perpetrate such acts….
Source: www.kabobfest.com
May 23, 2009
Posted by yaman
It seems that there’s nothing Americans and Europeans like more than traveling back in time to see the rest of the world. Whether it’s a pilgrimage to Jerusalem or following the road to Damascus, Western …
After reading one too many annoying travelogues about the Middle East (including one about Israel and “history” that didn’t [...]
When it comes to making an argument, a video game is probably the last thing you’d think to use. And yet, scholarship about video games and the way they make arguments is growing. Like film before it, …
A post for KABOBFest sharing some stuff I learned in a class this semester.
Source: www.kabobfest.com
May 21, 2009
Posted by yaman
And when it’s all over, my dear, dear reader, on which benches will we have to sit, those of us who shouted “Death to the Arabs!” and those who claimed they “didn’t know”? — Nostalgia (2002), by Aharon Shabtai
Source: lawrenceofcyberia.bl…
May 11, 2009
Posted by yaman
For the Tamils, the Sri Lankan state heavily and negatively employs majoritarian rule (Sinhalese Buddhist), partaking in state terrorism against its big minority population, the Tamils. The most viable and popular solution, for the Tamils, seems to be the ever-famous two-state solution: one for the …
Source: www.kabobfest.com
May 7, 2009
Posted by yaman
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
Strange maps published this fantastic remapping of the Palestinian occupied territories as an archipelago.From the Palestinian experience, confined to pockets of “autonomy” in post-Oslo Area A, this makes some sense — though Israel really rules over it all. …
Source: www.kabobfest.com
It’s time to rein in the way police and safety officers in New York public schools mistreat students.
Police the police.
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Produced by HuffPost’s Eyes & Ears Citizen Journalism Unit On March 4th, 2010, demonstrators in California and across the country took to the streets to protest massive cuts at all levels of education and government imposed austerity measures.
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
(Discussion)Frederick Douglas tells us that power concedes nothing without a demand: Street rebellions force the establishment to yield to the demands of the movement or be faced with an ungovernable, rebellious populace. In short, stopping highway traffic in protest of the dismantling of public education was a…
Source: occupyca.wordpress.com
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We would not be where we are today as a country if people who were politically marginalized had not stood up for their rights. As a student and human rights activist, I expect that our universities will allow space for all points of view, including my nonviolent and heartfelt protestations against O…
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On Sunday, February 28th the New York Times published an outrageous oped by Efraim Karsh full of lies, distortions and mistakes. Karsh claims that Muslims view themselves as part of the House of Islam and the rest of the world as part of the House of War. I have worked in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Soma…
Nir Rosen destroys many of the myths that are common to American approaches to Iraq, Muslims, and the Middle East in general.
(Discussion)Fear tactics? Not the best fundraising strategy. First, your plan divides Republican donors into two main categories: small donors who are “visceral,” “reactionary” and motivated by “fear,” and large donors who are “calculated,” “ego-driven” and motivated by “access.”
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
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Charles Washington with his wife Tracey, holding her 5-year-old son, speaks on behalf of his family at the Asian Law Caucus office in San Francisco.
Gavin Newsom wrecking homes and families in San Francisco.
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A noose hung to intimidate African-American students is the latest racist incident to spur activism at UC San Diego ahead of the March 4 Day of Action.
Especially noteworthy is the section about the Black Student Union denouncing the administration-led “leadership bodies” as “a tactic to divide student leaders from the student movement.” All student ‘government’ is a tactic to divide student leaders from students.
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The scandal is that many students at UCSD consider black people and communities as a product of their imaginations and consumer habits: an entertainment commodity we pay to watch on MTV, or hear on the radio. A stereotype we have the “right” to enjoy and take pleasure in, because we have paid good m…
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Representatives of UCSD’s Black Student Union direct students to walk out of the campus teach in on Wednesday.
Students at UCSD protest administration inaction by walking out of a chancellor-sponsored teach-in after excoriating the institution.
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