Tag: Palestine
Pathways to Peace: Mairead Maguire’s remarks at #NoWar2019
Remarks on October 4, 2019 at NoWar2019 in Limerick, Ireland I am very happy to be with you all at this conference. I would like to thank David Swanson and World Beyond War for organizingContinue reading
The Ongoing Dread in Gaza: So Many Names, So Many Lives
by Kathy KellyJuly 23, 2019 “I felt shaky and uneasy all day, preparing for this talk” – Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian from the territory of Gaza Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian now living in the UnitedContinue reading
July 18 Educational Forum: Lifting the Siege: Why Gaza Matters to Us
Before our noon Friday protest outside Boeing and before Saturday’s Gaza Freedom Flotilla on the Chicago River, join us 7pm Thursday July 18 for an educational event on Gaza as we begin three days ofContinue reading
July 19 Boeing Protest: Chicago4Gaza: Stop the Bombs, End the Blockade
Following Thursday’s 7pm panel with Jehad Abusalim and Ret. Col. Ann Wright, and leading into Saturday’s Gaza Freedom Flotilla on the Chicago River, on Friday July 19 we will gather at the Israeli consulate andContinue reading
July 20 Flotilla: Gaza Freedom Flotilla on the Chicago River
After a Thursday forum with Jehad Abusalim and Ret. Col. Ann Wright, and a noon Friday protest outside Boeing, on Saturday July 20 Voices for Creative Nonviolence will join with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s USContinue reading
Freedom Flotilla Missions Will Continue ‘Until Palestine Is Free’
September 14, 2018 The bold journey of the 2018 Freedom Flotilla Coalition dared Palestinians and the world to dream of peace, dignity and freedom for all. Now, we must keep working to build a cultureContinue reading
Beit Ummar and South Hebron Hills – Carolyn Coe
Above: Reem and Della watch the funeral procession. July 14, 2018 from Beit Ummar, Palestine Two days before the funeral of a man killed by the IDF, Reem, 17, can’t sleep. She anticipates the upcomingContinue reading
Forced Displacement Again – Carolyn Coe
Khan al-Ahmar: a Bedouin community near Jerusalem whose residents face the threat of forcible transfer to white metal housing containers on treeless, highway-sandwiched land. July 10, 2018 Yousef and I have barely crossed the highwayContinue reading
The Next Boat to Gaza – Elizabeth Murray
Aboard the international solidarity boat Al-Awda, part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), we are a more motley crew than the passengers aboard the Minnow in the old US TV series Gilligan’s Island: Among thoseContinue reading