#opGTMO: Justice for Guantanamo and the President of the United States’ Speech
Rachael M. Rudolph
The following is an articulation of my understanding of the points made by the President of the United States regarding an issue near and dear to our hearts, which… Continue reading
‘Personal Journeys: The Global Impact of Israel’s Dissenting Voices’
Notes taken by Susan Walpole – Facilitate Global Fundraising Dinner, London, 10 April 2013
These notes are of two brief talks by Miko Peled and Ilan Pappe, followed by a Question and Answer (Q & A) session. Views expressed are… Continue reading
EXCAVATION
(Of a Spanish Civil War Atrocity)
Kevin Russell-Pavier
Back then, there was just an ordinary woman,
Standing in the crowd; just a single mother
Cradling the ragged bundle of her baby… Continue reading
In solidarity with all hunger strikers
Taste Gaza: Laila El-Haddad and Maggie Schmitt Prepare a Dagga Salad
And the land cried tears of blood
Soraya Boyd
Heaving with revulsion, the defiled and mutilated land suppurates
Bloodied tears borne out of grief inconceivable only inaudible sighs each pang separates
And the mournful stones cry out in great desperation
A vicious war-faring theatre… Continue reading
When a Mother dies – For all Mothers
Clive Hambidge
“The ultimate existential issue is, of course, death-and, like all other philosophical and existential questions, the matter of death avoided as much as possible.”
(Fritjof Capra)
When a mother approaches death in a small hospital, and… Continue reading
*AS MEN AT GUANTANAMO HUNGER STRIKE, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS RESPOND WITH FAST AND DEMONSTRATIONS*
For Immediate Release: March 26, 2013
Witness Against Torture (www.witnesstorture.org)
Contact: Jeremy Varon, 732-979-3119, jvaron@aol.com; Christopher Knestrick, 216-496-2637, cknest11@gmail.com
On Sunday, March 24 human rights activists throughout the United States began a seven day fast… Continue reading
Framing the Boundaries of the American Perception of Terrorism and the Entrance of Islam in the Image
Dr Rachael M. Rudolph
The anti-Islam film has sparked outrage around the world, leading from nonviolent to violent protest. Condemnation from state to non-state actors can be heard over the film. Anger in some places has… Continue reading
On Questioning the Jewish State
Joseph LevineI was raised in a religious Jewish environment, and though we were not strongly Zionist, I always took it to be self-evident that “Israel has a right to exist.” Now anyone who has debated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will have encountered this… Continue reading
Facilitate Global supports the forthcoming
A Day In Iraq Conference
Organized by “Tadhamun” تضامن (Iraqi Women Solidarity)
5 April 2013 (2:00 – 9:00 PM) at Bolivar Hall, 54-56 Grafton Way, London WT1 5LD
Ten years on the invasion and occupation of Iraq in 2003, Iraqis are still suffering… Continue reading
FG is glad to be supporting Gaza Ark
February 2013
Dear friends,
Gaza’s Ark is a project
<http://www.gazaark.org/about-us/mission-statement/>that will rebuild
a boat in Gaza, with Palestinian hands, which will carry Palestinian products out to the world. The main goal of Gaza’s Ark, with the support of people like you, is… Continue reading