Después de que por fin cayera el régimen de Gadafi, después de la entrada en la capital, Trípoli, unas pocas voces dispersas se levantaron desde Siria pidiendo que se siga el modelo libio, con la opinión de que tomar las armas y solicitar una intervención militar extranjera es el mejor camino para «hacer caer al [...]

Acting as a Living Tribute to Martin Luther King I didn’t think it was possible, but my admiration for Martin Luther King, Jr., grew even stronger these past days. As I headed to jail as part of the first wave of what is turning into the biggest civil disobedience action in the environmental movement for many years, [...]

Fue un legislador árabe quien hizo el comentario más elocuente cuando la semana pasada el parlamento israelí aprobó la ley anti-boicot que prohíbe todo llamamiento al boicot contra Israel o contra sus asentamientos en los territorios ocupados. Ahmed Tibi preguntó: “¿Qué le está permitido hacer a un activista por la paz o a un palestino [...]

It was a Palestinian legislator who made the most telling comment to the Israeli parliament last week as it passed the boycott law, which outlaws calls to boycott Israel or its settlements in the occupied territories. Ahmed Tibi asked: “What is a peace activist or Palestinian allowed to do to oppose the occupation? Is there [...]

My co-passengers and I of the U.S. Boat to Gaza have now gone from “High-Seas Hippies,” according to the right-wing Washington Times, to participants in a flotilla full of “fools, knaves, hypocrites, bigots, and supporters of terrorism,” says Alan Dershowitz in his usual measured prose. Poor Alan, he seems upset at our audacity not only to [...]

Note by the author: I am a pianist currently enrolled in the doctoral program at the Juilliard School in New York City, though I dedicate a generous amount of my spare time to keeping myself informed of and involved in issues of politics and social justice. I have been one of the regular student contributors [...]

A debate uno de los aspectos más novedosos del Movimiento 15M La autora, Profesora de Derecho del Trabajo y la Seguridad Social en la Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, reflexiona acerca del papel de lo femenino y lo feminista en el movimiento 15M. Empezaré por el principio. Por la sorpresa que tanta gente sentimos el 15 de [...]

The ‘Palestinians’ transition to non-violent protests’ deeply concerns the Israeli government and its US backers. One of the most important foreign policy statements of the year came from Ehud Barak, Israel’s Defense Minister, on May 16. Responding to non-violent protests at Israeli borders and military posts, he said, “The Palestinians’ transition from terrorism [...]

In recent months, as Arab nations settled old scores with their insufferable dictators, US foreign policy started taking a backseat. Attempts at swaying Arab revolts teetered between bashful diplomatic efforts to sustain US interests – as was the case with Yemen – and military intervention, as in Libya, which is still [...]

La semana pasada, recién llegado a Atenas como parte del proyecto estadounidense Barco a Gaza, nuestro equipo de activistas se reunió para entrenarse en la no violencia. Estamos aquí para navegar hacia Gaza, desafiando el bloqueo naval israelí, en nuestro barco “The Audacity of Hope” [La audacia de la esperanza]. Nuestro [...]