On January 1, I launched a new writing project, which is a sustained exploration of the last 500 years of human history. Its prime focus is on how exactly it …
S. African ambassador in U.S. to discuss women’s role in her country’s freedom struggle
Just World Ed is delighted to announce that, in conjunction with our friends from the publisher Just World Books, in February and early March we’ll be presenting some breakthrough public …
Who to Believe about Venezuela’s Election? Firsthand Observation or PBS NewsHour?
by Rick Sterling We’re pleased to repost this report by JWE board member Rick Sterling of his December election-observing visit to Venezuela. It was earlier posted at Resumen. You can …
Gaza’s food system under stress: Our latest webinar
On December 12, Just World Ed was pleased to release three short films (1, 2, 3), commissioned from Ain Media in Gaza, in which two farmers and a food-processing plant …
Food as Control, Food as Resistance
by Grassroots International The following report by Grassroots International is crossposted from their website. Palestinian, Black & Indigenous Struggles for Food Sovereignty How do Indigenous and Black struggles around food …
Moving reunion for S. African struggle she-roes
Four she-roes of South Africa’s historic freedom struggle came together by Zoom on November 29 in an event organized by the Johannesburg-based non-profit Value Ed, with some technical help given …
Falk, Benjamin, Fletcher launch our new webinar series: “The World After Covid”
Just World Educational is pleased to announce the launch, next Wednesday (June 10) at 1 pm ET, of our latest online-learning project, a series of weekly livestreamed conversations on global …
Another American first: A self-collapsing empire!
Americans are well-known for their ingenuity and many of them (including Pres. Donald J. Trump) love to crow about being “Number One!”
New JWE video: “How the West Stole Democracy from the Arabs”
How on earth did Britain and France “persuade” the world’s other governments to award them colonial-style “mandates” over a large chunk of the Arab world in the immediate aftermath of …
Triple Jeopardy: Refugees/Migrants/ Palestinian Prisoners
Recently reflecting on the plight of refugees fleeing war zones in the Middle East and migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and Central America I was struck by the analogy to ‘double jeopardy.’