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.
“Commonsense on Syria” series opens with a strong start
Just World Educational’s Commonsense on Syria project is off to a powerful start, with the first online Zoom webinar taking place on March 25, followed by the second on March 28.
Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ is a flawed, ahistorical plan with major health consequences
The Trump administration plan for Israel/Palestine, ironically titled “Peace to Prosperity: a vision to improve the lives of the Palestinian and Israeli people,” is a flawed, ahistorical document that is basically a gift to the Israeli government, affirming and giving international blessings to much of the status quo.
Julian Assange and Latin America
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.
Meeting Ayatollah Khomeini 41 Years Ago
by Richard Falk This piece is crossposted from Global Justice in the 21st Century, the blog of JWE Board Member Richard Falk. [Prefatory Note: In February 1979, along with two others, I …
Did Washington use a false pretext for its recent escalation in Iraq?
by Helena Cobban This piece is crossposted from the Just World News blog of JWE President Helena Cobban. In a key piece of actual extensive, on-the-ground reporting, the New York Times’s Alissa Rubin has raised …
Cobban, Falk react to Trump’s “Deal”
On January 28, Pres. Trump rolled out his long-threatened “Deal of the Century” on the Palestine Question– in a White House event alongside Israeli POM Netanyahu and before a glittering …
The Decline of International Law: Reflections of a True Believer
by Richard Falk This piece is crossposted from the personal blog of JWE Board member Richard Falk. [Prefatory Note from R. Falk: This post was initially published on January 27, …
Barometer: US-Iran war prospects
by Helena Cobban This piece is crossposted from the Just World News blog of JWE President Helena Cobban Three weeks after the United States’ January 3 assassination of Gen. Qasem …
As U.S. Congress votes on war powers, Falk & Cobban join the discussion
This afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives is due to vote on a resolution (PDF text here) that, in the wake of the United States’ killing of Iranian General Qasem …