The AP reported earlier today that, The Trump administration is preparing to withhold tens of millions of dollars from the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, cutting the year’s first contribution …
Ian Williams and cartoonist Krishna launch new, US-wide discussion of UN’s values
On November 30, veteran UN watcher Ian Williams and cartoonist “Krishna” headlined two events at the United Nation’s mid-town Manhattan HQ. At noon-time, in the UN’s bookstore, they launched their …
Ian Williams to launch speaking tour on US-UN relations
Just World Educational is delighted to announce that veteran global-affairs specialist Ian Williams will shortly be launching a multi-month, multi-city speaker series on the theme: “The US, the United Nations, …
International Sanctions Against Israeli Banks
By Terry Crawford-Browne, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Cape Town Just World Educational is pleased to publish the following article, which is an abbreviated draft of Terry Crawford-Browne’s prepared remarks before the Democracy …
Our #Gaza51days campaign to run July 7 – Aug 27
From July 7 through August 27, Just World Educational will be running a broad campaign of public information about the situation of the two million Palestinians trapped in Gaza. We …
Yemen: War sparks famine and cholera, Washington fuels war.
In late March of 2015, the brash young Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister in Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Bin Salman (MBS), launched a war against Saudi Arabia’s impoverished southern neighbor, …
RIP Marilyn B. Young
We’ve been very sorry to learn of the recent death of Marilyn B. Young, a very distinguished historian of U.S. foreign policy who was consistent and committed in her critique …
Trump’s ambassador pick could build Palestinian-rights unity?
President-elect Donald Trump’s recent announcement that David M. Friedman is his pick for U.S. ambassador to Israel sent jitters through much of the mainstream of the Jewish-American establishment. Mr. Friedman, …
Amb. Chas Freeman on “Ebb in Deference to American Global Leadership”
This is the text of an address that Amb. Freeman gave to the McLean Foreign Policy Group on December 6, 2016. Freeman is a Senior Fellow at the Watson Institute …
From the US-Vietnam War to Palestinian rights: Peacemaker Hostetter reflects
Hostetter is Director of the office that the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) maintains at the United Nations. He has been a peacemaker since the mid-1960s– a time when, as a …