"Writing is an act of courage," say storytellers from Gaza
29 April 2014
Contributors to Gaza Writes Back read their work and talk about creating literature under occupation.
The Electronic Intifada Podcast
Israeli arms maker wins "unprecedented" contract at US-Mexico border
15 April 2014
Gabriel Schivone on Israeli arms giant Elbit’s “enormous” contracts with the US government, plus Dina Elmuti on the anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre.
Anti-boycott resolution defeated in Illinois state government
3 April 2014
Divestment resolution at the University of New Mexico gains urgency after police shootings in Albuquerque bring home Israeli military violence in occupied West Bank.
US students resist repression of Palestine solidarity on campus
21 March 2014
University of Michigan students engage in a sit-in after the student government tables a divestment vote “indefinitely”; Max Geller of Northeastern SJP talks about repression of student activism by the administration and right-wing groups; and a report from Gaza during Israeli Apartheid Week.
Israel's ramped-up racist attacks on African refugees: "it's scariest when no one objects"
12 March 2014
David Sheen explains the heightened racist treatment of African asylum-seekers in Israel; a report from Gaza after an Israeli drone strike kills two Palestinians; Amnesty International condemns “trigger-happy” Israeli soldiers; and music by Revolution Makers.
People of Yarmouk "have suffered enough," says UN
25 February 2014
Chris Gunness of UNRWA says that some food and medical aid has been distributed inside the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria, but more immediate aid is needed; students at San Diego State push for divestment; and Remi Kanazi’s poem dismantles myths about the BDS movement.
"We won’t turn our backs": Palestinian activists determined to remain in Ein Hijleh
14 February 2014
A report from the Gaza Strip as Palestinians celebrate Valentine’s Day, Palestinian activists determined to remain on land in the Jordan Valley, an interview with Anarchists Against the Wall’s Uri Gordon, and a film review.
"I wasn't prepared for the white supremacy": Dream Hampton on her visit to Palestine
4 February 2014
A report from the Jordan Valley, Ramah Kudaimi assesses the enormous push behind the SodaStream boycott and Dream Hampton recounts her recent visit to Palestine.
“There are many Yarmouks in Syria,” says UN official as humanitarian crisis spreads
27 January 2014
UN official talks about the current obstacles to delivering food aid to Palestinian refugees in Syria; and an interview with the authors of The Gaza Kitchen.
Angela Davis: "support BDS, and Palestine will be free"
17 January 2014
Davis urges a boycott against transnational security corporation G4S for its role in the global prison industrial complex, from Palestine to the US.