In mid-January, I went to London England to research what is happening with Julian Assange. We could not visit him. He is in Belmarsh Maximum Security prison and even his lawyers could only see him for two hours over the entire previous month.
Weaponizing Lawfare in The Philippines
I salute those who have convened and are participating in this International Forum on Lawfare, and wish that I could have been with you in person to share this experience directly rather than addressing you from a distance.
Syria and “Transitional Justice”
by Helena Cobban This piece is crossposted from the Just World News blog of JWE President Helena Cobban. Almost from the beginning of the US-supported regime-change project in Syria, US policymakers have …
Pilger, Burchett and Assange: Three Extraordinary Australian Journalists That Spoke Truth to Power
by Rick Sterling This piece, by JWE Board Member Rick Sterling, is crossposted from Mint Press News. Australia has produced extraordinary journalists across three generations: Wilfred Burchett (deceased in 1983), …
A hierarchy of vulnerability
by Alice Rothchild This piece, by JWE Board Member Alice Rothchild, is crossposted from Mondoweiss. I was recently passing through customs where I popped my US passport face down on …
In Jesus’s birthplace, Palestinian Christians mark Christmas behind a Wall
by Helena Cobban, JWE president In 2019, the Palestinian Christians of Bethlehem– many of them descendants of some of Jesus’s or his disciples’ first converts– spent their 58th Christmas under …
Congressional progressive leader on caucus’s commitment to Palestine
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) recently told an audience in his Madison WI district that the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), of which he is co-chair, is planning (depending how Israel’s government-forming …
U.S. tour of Gaza-Palestinian Yousef Aljamal starts soon!
We’re pleased to share the following details of the speaking tour that Gaza-Palestinian Yousef Aljamal is undertaking of the United States, October 14 through November 2. Please be aware that …
Algeria: Popular movement reaching turning point?
For 19 weeks now, every Friday has seen massive demonstrations filling the streets of cities across the large North African country of Algeria. These protests have been overwhelmingly nonviolent, with …
Algerian popular movement stays strong, united!
This past Friday (June 21) saw the 18th week of massive, peaceful protests filling the streets of cities all across Algeria. Midweek, the country’s much-criticized strongman Gen. Gaid Salah, had …