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 …
Combating Militarism on Earth Day: A Conversation with Jackie Cabasso and Gar Smith
As a prelude to Earth Day, on Thursday, April 19th Just World Educational hosted a Facebook Live discussion on the Earth Day Appeal that we launched last month, titled “To …
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 …
JWE Exec. President Helena Cobban explores challenges for antiwar movement
Just World Educational’s Executive President, Helena Cobban, has launched a broad public exploration of the current challenges facing the antiwar movement (especially in the United States), over at her vintage …
Spotlighting the conviction of Palestinian-American charity leaders
Miko Peled concludes his Just World Educational-organized speaking tour later this week (Thurs., 1 PM) at The Jerusalem Fund & Palestine Center in Washington D.C. The tour stretched from Brooklyn …
Pressure mounts over psychoanalysts’ 2019 conference, slated for Tel Aviv
By Alice Rothchild Originally published in Mondoweiss. Rothchild is a Board Member of Just World Educational. An extraordinary response has been unfolding around the scheduling of a mental health conference …
Our joint Appeal: To Save the Earth, Curb Militarism!
Just World Educational is excited to announce that earlier this month we joined with four other organizations to launch a public appeal, “To Save the Earth, Curb Militarism!” We warmly …
Eroding Civil Liberties and the Holy Land Foundation Five
Since 9/11/2001, prejudice against Muslims has coincided with an erosion of civil liberties in the U.S., particularly for Muslim Americans. The case of the Holy Land Foundation Five (HLF5) is …
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 …
More preparations for the #WarHurtsEarth campaign, for Earth Day!
We’ve been refining our thinking for the #WarHurtsEarth campaign that we’re planning for Earth Day 2018 (April 22.) As you can read here, we’re planning for this campaign to have …