Back at the beginning of May, I started to look seriously on my personal Just World News blog at some of the ways in which the eruption of the Covid …
Algeria: Popular movement reaching turning point?
For 19 weeks now, every Friday has seen massive demonstrations filling the streets of cities across the large North African country of Algeria. These protests have been overwhelmingly nonviolent, with …
Algerian popular movement stays strong, united!
This past Friday (June 21) saw the 18th week of massive, peaceful protests filling the streets of cities all across Algeria. Midweek, the country’s much-criticized strongman Gen. Gaid Salah, had …
Algeria: Mass, peaceful protests continue, make slow gains
Friday May 31 was the 15th Friday in a row in which, across the massive North African country of Algeria, hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters have taken to the …
Jewish-Israeli activist Jeff Halper brings “One-State” discussion to NYC
Veteran Jewish-Israeli activist Jeff Halper brought his current US speaking tour to New York City on February 5, when he discussed the “One Democratic State” campaign with which he’s been …
Some very special holiday gifts, via this JWE fundraiser
Just in time for the holiday season, Just World Ed’s supporters have the chance to bid on some super-distinctive holiday gifts– and one-third of the sale price will go to …
Gaza & other Palestinian crises need political action, not just “Bandaids”
For the past eleven years of the Israeli siege of Gaza– or actually, for the past 70 years of the Palestinian refugee crisis in Gaza and elsewhere– numerous well-meaning people …
Pressure mounts to investigate Israel’s killings of Palestinian civilians in Gaza
On June 1, Israeli snipers deployed along Israel’s 1949 Armistice Line with the Gaza Strip shot dead 21-year-old Palestinian paramedic Razan al-Najjar, who like her colleagues was wearing a vest …
Gaza/Palestine: Hannah Arendt, statelessness and the “right to have rights”
i. The Great Return March and the Right of Return The unarmed civilian mass protests that have rocked Gaza since March 30– and have been met with horrific levels of …
US aid to Palestinians: Facts, context, impact
The AP reported earlier today that, The Trump administration is preparing to withhold tens of millions of dollars from the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, cutting the year’s first contribution …