To some young professionals, a routine night of drinking and dancing can be harnessed in the service of fighting the War on Terror. Fuel For Truth, a New York-based “pro-Israel” advocacy group, hosts events at Manhattan nightclubs, drawing crowds of upwards of 1,000. At Arm Yourself, an evening of what promoters termed “edutainment,” attendees were invited to “go clubbing for a cause—solidarity against terrorism and extremism.”
This program was produced by Kiera Feldman and co-written with Josh Nathan-Kazis and first aired on WBAI’s Beyond the Pale.
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Activists with the Coalition of Women for Peace have set up a new database, Who Profits?, which tracks Israeli and international corporations that are directly involved in the construction of Israeli infrastructure in the occupied territories, in building walls and checkpoints, and in the supply of specific equipment used in the control and repression of the civilian population under occupation. Dalit Baum discusses the project.
This program was produced by Beyond the Pale for January 18, 2009.
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