Tag Archives: Palestinian rights

Chomsky: Biden’s “Radical” Proposals Are Minimum Measures to Avoid Catastrophe, interview by C. J Polychroniou

In this exclusive interview, Noam Chomsky, one of the world’s greatest scholars and leading activists, shares his insights on the state of the world and the conundrum of activism and change, including the significance of the Black Lives Matter movement, the movement for Palestinian rights, the urgency of the climate crisis and the threat of nuclear weapons.

Women Against Military Madness organizes for Palestinian rights

“The women cited violence in Israel and aggression towards Palestinians as the targets of the protest.”

Mazin Qumsiyeh | Action in Politics, Israel/Palestine

Senate Passed Anti-Free Speech Bill. It targets
human rights activists, not hatred.

▶ GAZA 2014 | Jon Snow ‘annihilates’ Israeli spokesperson Mark Regev

This is the interview by Jon Snow that Jeremy Scahill refers to in his commentary on U.S. media coverage of Gaza: ▶ JEREMY SCAHILL ON U.S. MEDIA COVERAGE OF ISRAEL-GAZA CONFLICT: ‘WE’VE HIT ALL-TIME LOWS’ Subscribe or “Follow” us on RiseUpTimes.org. Rise Up Times is also on Facebook! Check the Rise Up Times page for posts from this blog […]

▶ Live from Gaza – Israel commits massacres in Gaza – Day 2

Noor Harazeen reports from, Gaza City, Palestine. 53 Palestinians killed, 15 of them are children under the age of 17, over 450 injured. (Numbers represent time since beginning of ‘Operation Protective Edge’ till the 9th. Does not include the number of dead and injured in tonight’s bombing raids which are happening now.)  via Revolution News Facebook […]

Glenn Greenwald: Excerpt from The Battle for Justice in Palestine

There are disturbing parallels between the kinds of witch hunts against individuals suspected of anti-Israel views and the campaigns to root out alleged Communists during the 1940s and 1950s. Most universities then, as now, did not show great courage in standing up to intimidation by government and other outside groups, while some were actually complicit. […]

RT: Interview with WAMM member Lisa Albrecht re Palestinian statehood

‘US shouldn’t be part of talks over Palestine’s statehood’ Published: 24 September, 2011    RT.com Click here for video:  ‘US shouldn’t be part of talks over Palestine’s statehood’ — RT   rt.com  Mahmud Abbas and Barack Obama (AFP Photo / Mandel Ngan) Lisa Albrecht, associate professor at the University of Minnesota with extensive experience of working with […]