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My Turn to Visit my own Genesis

“Having smelt blood
That Black Panther
Poised with pistol and rifle.”

(UGANDA) - Any Ethiopian who read ‘Long Walk to Freedom’ with a queer memory like mine would easily spot that I took a leaf from the autobiography of the great man of Africa with just one look at the heading of this piece.

Palestine and Israel: Where do we go from Here?

Palestine must unequivocally and immediately declare its intent to go for independence and admission to the UN in September.

(TEL AVIV) - Imagine. September 22nd (or 23rd or 24th), the day after the Security Council recognizes Palestine as a member state within the 1967 borders and it is ratified in the General Assembly by more than 150 countries:

Naksa in Sweden

Standing at the anniversary of the 1967 Six Day War...

(STOCKHOLM) - I get up too early for my talk about popular resistance in Palestine. I could not sleep well.

Will The U.N September Vote Be Palestine`s Last Hurrah?

Will a move toward real peace happen?

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Palestine is between the proverbial rock and hard place. Israel has no interest in good faith, meaningful peace negotiations and continues to build settlements, slowly squeezing the Palestinians into smaller and smaller space.

Gone are the Days

Salem-News.com writer Ken Ramey discusses life in the Great Depression.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Not long ago rugged individuals performed tasks on a daily basis; work that has virtually been eliminated by means not then available.

Why Was This Man Standing at a Podium Before the US Congress?

The sight of a right-wing Zionist leader standing at the podium normally reserved for American presidents...

(CHICAGO) - This picture of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu laying down the law to the US Congress is not just a portent of things to come. It is, in fact, a portrait of who really runs US foreign policy.

Palestinians must Urgently Mobilize World Civil Society Support for UN Recognition Bid

The September moment is less than four months away...

(LONDON) - I hope the grey suits in the Palestinian Authority (PA) regularly receive ICAHD's monthly newsletter – ICAHD being Jeff Halper's excellent organization, the Israeli Campaign Against House Demolitions.

And I especially hope they pay close attention to the June edition just out, because it contains a must-read article by Jeff himself headed “Palestine/Israel: Where do we go from here?”

Petition to Support a Referendum in Sri Lanka Concerning Self-determination for Tamils

Like Sudan, Sri Lanka has endured a decades-long civil war in which the government brutalized and murdered a powerless minority.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Seeing recent success in the United Nations regarding recognition of the Genocide that took place in 2009 in northern Sri Lanka against Tamil civilians, a petition drive is being launched.

Organizers are hoping to see major world support in the continuing investigation of the government's suspect role in the murder of 40,000 civilians.

Jewish Voice for Peace? Really??

It is the privilege of Palestinians to decide who should stay in their homeland and who not.

(LONDON) - It appears that, yet again, Anti-zionist Jewish organizations are trying to silence Palestine's supporters, to frame the debate, to secure the future of their brethren in occupied Palestine and to steer the course of Liberation of our Homeland

I would invite people to hear a Palestinian voice, here...

Of, by and for the people

The ideals of Lincoln's of, by and for the people and the unfulfilled promises of Obama have lessons to be learned.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - One of the most interesting stories in the history of the United States involved Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address.

President Lincoln had a minor role in dedicating a cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania for the burial of those who had died for the union in the American Civil War.