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 …
The Green New Deal offers a plan to fight the war machine in 2019
The Green New Deal, one of the hottest topics in Washington, D.C., offers critics of militarism a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take a bite out of the United States’ war machine. …
Understanding Idlib
We are pleased to publish the following essay by Daniel Demeter, whose book Lens on Syria: A Photographic Tour of Its Ancient and Modern Culture was published by Just World …
Former British ambassador Peter Ford on White Helmets, Golan, Yarmouk, and more
Peter Ford, who was Britain’s ambassador to Syria 2003-2006, gave a scathing assessment of the work of Syria’s Western-backed “White Helmets” organization and other aspects of Western countries’ regime-change project …
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 …
Amos Gvirtz: “Gaza Offers Us the Choice of Life”
Just World Ed is pleased to publish the following essay penned recently by veteran Israeli peace and human-rights activist Amos Gvirtz. We believe it contains many important points– especially his …
Zohra Drif memoir spurs discussion on political violence and anti-colonialism
In recent weeks, the NYC-based Nation magazine has hosted an intriguing discussion about the use of political violence in one of the great anti-colonial movements of the twentieth century: the …
The Ken Burns effect on the Vietnam War: an interview with Karín Aguilar-San Juan
In early August, Just World Educational’s Steve Fake met with Karín Aguilar-San Juan in Minneapolis to record our most recent podcast. Aguilar-San Juan is an associate professor of American Studies at Macalester …
Zohra Drif explored Algeria’s freedom struggle broadly in U.S. tour
Algeria’s national-liberation heroine Zohra Drif wrapped up her 18-day U.S. speaking tour “Memories of Algeria’s Freedom Struggle” on October 4, returning to Algeria after enthralling audiences in nine public gatherings …