By Paul Buchheit Paul Buchheit is a college teacher, an active member of US Uncut Chicago, founder and developer of social justice and educational websites (UsAgainstGreed.org, PayUpNow.org, RappingHistory.org), and the editor and main author of “American Wars: Illusions and Realities” (Clarity Press). He can be reached at paul@UsAgainstGreed.org. May 21, 2013 “Information Clearing House” -”CD” [...]
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Nerds, Jocks & Conscientious Objectors: The Hidden World of Israel’s High School War Resisters
by Sarah Lazare High school’s tough enough without having to face prison time for refusing to serve an occupation you know is wrong. YES Magazine May 19, 2013 When the 19-year-old Israeli war resister Noam Gur attends weekly demonstrations against the occupation of Palestine, the soldiers who suppress the protestors—with tear gas, stun grenades, and [...]
The Children of Gaza’s Tunnels
By: Khaled Kraizim Al Monitor May 19, 2013 Inside a long corridor less than two meters wide, a dim ray of light sneaks through a small opening at the top of the basement where a border tunnel begins. A Palestinian child named Mohammad enters the tunnel in Gaza and walks thousands of meters in the [...]
Why Would They Kill Children? Tales in a Kabul Restaurant
by KATHY KELLY Kathy Kelly, (kathy@vcnv.org), co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence. She is living in Kabul for the month of May as a guest of the Afghan Peace Volunteers. Counterpunch May 21, 2013 Kabul–Since 2009, Voices for Creative Nonviolence has maintained a grim record we call the “The Afghan Atrocities Update” which gives the dates, [...]
(Video) This is What Winning Looks Like — A Shocking, Eye-Opening Look At Afghanistan
“All it is now is about getting out and saving face. We’re not leaving because we achieved our goals. We’re leaving because we’ve given up on achieving those goals,” he says. “All the fighting has been to introduce a hated and feared government, who in some areas make the Taliban look like the good guys.” [...]
Monsanto and Other GM Firms are Winning in the US – and Globally
The US State Department has sadly joined the push to distribute GM crops around the world, whether people want them or not by Wenonah Hauter Wenonah Hauter is the executive director of the consumer advocacy group Food & Water Watch. She has worked extensively on energy, food, water and environmental issues at the national, state [...]
Prof. Joseph Massad: The last of the Semites
Joseph Massad is Associate Professor of Modern Arab Politics and Intellectual History at Columbia University. It is Israel’s claims that it represents and speaks for all Jews that are the most anti-Semitic claims of all. Al Jazeera Last Modified: 14 May 2013 14:49 Jewish opponents of Zionism understood the movement since its early age as [...]
The organization behind illegal West Bank outpost construction
With friends in high places, law-evading ploys and piles of money in the bank, veteran settler leader Ze’ev Hever and his organization Amana are seemingly immune to Israeli legal action. By Chaim Levinson Haaretz 18:30 13.05.13 | 33 Theoretically, the Civil Administration – the Israel Defense Forces body responsible for infrastructure law enforcement in the [...]
