These summer weeks see not just the second anniversary of Israel’s 2014 assault against Gaza but also the tenth anniversary of its massive 2006 attack against Lebanon. The 2006 attack …
Refugees, arms transfers, militarization: Some resources
A few weeks ago, we saw on Twitter a powerful cartoon showing rich northern nations exporting arms to poorer southern nations, and people from the southern nations flowing back to …
Some fine writers, educators, activists, supporting JWE!
Lovely words of support for our new venture have been coming in from some very cool Just World Books authors! Here’s what they’ve been saying: Author of Baddawi. “Growing up …
Why Just World Educational? Why Now?
We know that the issues of war, peace, and international justice that the people of the United States face will not be resolved through one act of voting in November. …
Rabbi Brant Rosen on recent “Jewish Nonviolence” Actions
Brant Rosen, who’s the Rabbi of Tzedek Chicago (in Chicago) and also the Midwest Regional Director for the American Friends Service Committee, was in Palestine with a group of fellow …
Readings, late July 2016
This selection of readings from the past week takes us, first, back to the US-Vietnam War and the way it gets remembered in the United States today… then, to the …
Richard Falk on Narrating Turkey at a Time of National Crisis
(Editor’s note: This is a slightly adapted version of a blog post that Prof. Falk first published at his own blog, Global Justice in the 21st Century, on July 20. …
Chas Freeman notes absence of international law framework for U.S. military actions in Syria
In a new podcast released by Just World Books yesterday, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Amb. Chas W. Freeman, Jr., noted that the current U.S. military …
Kubasak and Huck inspire, inform at launch of their book on Damascus!
At two New York City events in early June, two amazing educators and humanitarians, Theresa Kubasak and Gabe Huck, launched Never Can I Write of Damascus: When Syria Became Our …
“People Make the Peace” contributors gather at Macalester College
Two different generations came together at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN, last weekend, when ten contributors to The People Make the Peace: Lessons from the Vietnam Antiwar Movement took …