Peace and Watermelons

Uri Avnery at a Hadash rally against the 2006 Lebanon War

OCCUPIED TUCSON CITIZEN One of the most interesting and prolonged private debates I have had in my life was with the brilliant Dr. Nahum Goldmann. The subject: American peace initiatives. It was an unequal debate, of course. Goldmann was my elder by 28 years. While I was a mere editor of an Israeli news magazine, …

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Lawsuit Filed to Block Alabama from “Black Listing” Immigrants

White, graffiti-stylized text on black background reads, "BLAcKLiST"

ACLU Case Is Latest Example of State Attempting to Target and Drive Out Immigrants FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2666; media@aclu.org MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A coalition of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit today to block a portion of Alabama’s anti-immigrant law requiring state officials to publicly post an online list of immigrants who may be …

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Report on the Extrajudicial Killing of 120 Black People

Protesters in Baltimore bringing attention to extrajudicial killings

THE REAL NEWS Paul Jay interviews Kalli Akuno: The staggering number of black people killed by police is increasing. Every 36 hours a black person is executed without trial by police, security guards and self-appointed law enforcers. A PDF of the report mentioned in the video can be found here