Moved by the iconic recognition of John Lewis’ exceptional courage and perseverance on behalf of human rights, non-violence, and opposition to American militarism, I recall a weekend spent together in Stockholm.
75 years since the United States launched the Age of Atomic Annihilation
This week will see the somber 75th anniversary of the two atomic bombs dropped, on August 6 and August 9th, 1945 respectively, of nuclear weapons on the heavily populated Japanese …
Will China be the New Russia? The Future of American Geopolitics
In the background of this look ahead is the extent to which China has spoiled the triumphalist narrative that was spun in the West after the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The unbearable legacies of settler colonialism
Today, an Air Algerie plane conveyed to the Houari Boumedienne International Airport in Algiers the mortal remains of Sheikh Ahmed Bouziane, commander of a native-Algerian force overpowered by the invading French in Zaatcha, Algeria.
JVP’s Alice Rothchild, MD, tracking Covid in Palestine
Infographic above from UN-OCHA’s report on Covid-19 in the occupied Palestinian Territories. Available here. Alice Rothchild, MD, who is both a JWE board member and a member of the steering …
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!”
Join us in honoring Palestinian health care workers, June 1
Just World Educational is joining in the effort launched by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) to honor Palestinian health care workers on June 1, 2020.
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 …