A former senior justice official of Earth’s most powerful nation vents his rage at the war machine his country has become.
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Right-wing Jewish settlers in the Palestinian city of Hebron wear skull caps and carry Glock pistols. They have forcibly expanded their settlements, closed Palestinian shops, and expelled residents. Settlers say they are protecting Jewish land. Palestinians and progressive Israelis say the settlers make a peace settlement impossible. Correspondent Reese Erlich takes us from the Jewish settlements of Hebron to the streets of Ramallah.
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Colonel Gaddafi was a genuine pan-Arabist, in the tradition of Egypt’s Gamal Abdel Nasser, except more radically anti-West. Under Gaddafi’s autocratic rule Libya improved greatly, and things became much better, especially for the poor and women, with a distribution of wealth hitherto unknown in any country on the continent.
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On the last day of September, a crowd of Winnipeggers gathered to hear one of Israel’s most courageous and incisive journalists — Ha’aretz reporter/columnist Amira Hass. In this supposed “information age” of ours, where bits of “fact” or shreds of news of any sort can be be procured in a flash…
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Naksa Day protesters at the Qalandiyah checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah were greeted with violence this morning. We spoke on the phone with Palestinian National Initiative leader Mustapha Barghouthi.
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Palestinian rap is only about a decade old, but it has spread through out Israel, Palestine, and now to Lebanon. The rappers look to Tupac Shakur and the socially conscious rappers, and reject the gangsta image so popular in the west. Correspondent Reese Erlich reports from Beirut.
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Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley has produced wine for over four thousand years. That winemaking tradition continues today, with Lebanon boasting some world-class reds. But wine making isn’t easy in Lebanon. Vintners have had to deal with fundamentalists, civil war, and invading armies. The struggle has been worth it. Reese Erlich reports from the Bekaa Valley.
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Southern Lebanese farmers are caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, their land has been a battleground and Israeli cluster bombs continue to pollute their fields. On the other hand, they’ve been abandoned by Lebanon’s political elite – many of them merchants – who prefer to see Lebanon import its food. A guy named Rami is helping them out.
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Victoria, B.C. native Kevin Neish set off to Gaza at the end of May on the Mavi Marmara — and almost made it. He recalls Israel’s hijacking and brutalization of the Mavi’s passengers.
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Israeli activist Jeff Halper came to Winnipeg at the end of January to speak about the current situation in Palestine-Israel, and about the work of the Israel Committee Against House Demolitions. Temperatures outside plunged to almost minus forty. Inside the atmosphere was congenial — but Jeff had disturbing news to share.
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An Interview with 1989 Right Livelihood Award winner Melaku Worede.
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