George Galloway, long-term member of the British Parliament, and outspoken and well-recognized defender of human rights and supporter of Palestine, speaks in New York City.
Galloway called to action the world community to organize convoys to distribute aid, to highlight the inhumanity of the continued siege on the devastated area of Gaza, and amplify the shift in public policy and growing solidarity of people around the world towards greater support of the Palestinian struggle. Galloway speaks about the blockade and prepares for his latest mission to send a flotilla of boats to Gaza to break the blockade by sea.
This program was produced by Building Bridges for February 10, 2010.
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Michael Ratner reports on his recent visit to the West Bank. Ratner is President of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) in New York. He has taught at Yale Law School, lectured at Columbia Law School, and was President of the National Lawyers Guild.
This program was produced by The Real News for February 15, 2010.
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“The Gaza Freedom March is not over, it’s only begun.” So says Professor Sarah Roche-Mahdi, Boston CodePink organizer, just back from the event in which most of the 1300+ marchers from numerous countries were harassed by Egyptian authorities and blocked from entry to Gaza. Salma Abu Ayyash interviews Roche-Mahdi and two other marchers, live in our studio, on their feelings and experiences in Egypt. The other two marchers are Stephanie Andrews (a local organic farmer), and Emily King (a PhD student at Tufts University).
This program was produced by This Week In Palestine for January 10, 2010.
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Voice of Palestine speaks with Ehab Lotayef in Cairo. An Egyptian Canadian poet, activist and engineer, Lotayef was part of the Gaza Freedom March Coordinating Committee. Ehab told us about how Egyptian authorities had stopped the 1400 delegates from being able to participate in the March and the various protest actions delegates had taken around Cairo. He also explained the difficulties for the organizers in trying to handle the situation and also take care of the delegates who found themselves stranded in Cairo. He commented on the Final Declaration issued just a few days earlier that stressed support for the Gazan people and for the global Boycott Israel movement, and noted that the event had succeeded in solidifying an international support network.
This program was produced by Voice of Palestine for January 5, 2010.
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Medea Benjamin is a co-founder of CODEPINK a grassroots anti-war group that seeks “positive social change through creative protest, non-violent direct action, and community involvement. Medea is also a member of the advisory committee for The Real News.
Benjamin recounts details of the recent Gaza Freedom March and describes Egypt’s role in attempts to thwart the peaceful mission and the delivery of aid for the people suffering under the siege in Gaza.
This program was produced by The Real News for January 17, 2010.
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Sylvia Schwarz, eyewitness to the recent Gaza Freedom March, on the border of Egypt and Gaza. She will also explain the important Cairo Declaration that resulted from this international action.
Soren Sorenson explains the campaign for Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) working to get Israel to follow international law and to move a real peace process forward that respects Palestinians’ rights and independence.
This program was produced by Catalyst for KFAI Radio on January 8, 2010.
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Over the weekend, a march of thousands of Israelis through Tel Aviv marked the end of 10 days of protest in the region against the siege on Gaza. Activists in Cairo, the port of Al-Arish, Tel Aviv, the Northern border with Gaza, and in the Occupied Palestinian cities of Nablus, Ramallah, and Bethlehem brought global attention to the current situation and the effect of the ongoing closures on the Gaza strip.
This program was produced by The Real News for January 6, 2010.
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Ali Abunimah is editor of the Electronic Intifada and was among the 1400 people, from 42 countries, who recently came together in the Gaza Freedom March. He describes in detail the efforts to gain access to the area, the difficulties with Israel’s and Egypt’s unwillingness to comply with international law, why Egypt has tightened the siege and the Gazans’ continuous suffering under inhumane conditions. He argues why Israel’s use of human suffering to achieve political goals can be categorized as terrorism as defined by the United States.
This program was produced by Chicago Public Radio for January 5, 2010.
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For months international, Israeli, and Palestinian activists have been planning the Gaza Freedom March. Organizers hoped an international delegation of 1300 activists from around the world would break the siege on Gaza by marching through Gaza to the northern border and through the Erez crossing, then joining the Israeli march. The Real News reporters attended the Israeli side of the protest, and though the Egyptian government prevented the activists from entering Gaza, hundreds gathered to raise awareness of the desperate situation in Gaza a year after Operation Cast Lead.
This program was produced by The Real News for January 1, 2010.
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Medea Benjamin, founder of Global Exchange and co-founder of CODEPINK, discusses the US and Middle East climate for war vs peace. She also talks about the Gaza Freedom March planned for December 31st of this year. Hundreds of international citizens are set to pour across the Egyptian border carrying a message of hope about peace and justice.
This program was produced by Talk Nation Radio for November 19, 2009.
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