The US Congress votes to condemn the Goldstone Report, which corroborates Palestinians’ accounts of massive war crimes during the massacres in Gaza earlier this year, we’ll speak to a poet and activist who was dis-invited from a conference of the so-called alternative to the pro-Israel lobby, AIPAC, because of his views on Palestine; also, legendary economist Naomi Klein talks about California’s budget crisis, student fee hikes and disaster capitalism in a recent speech at UC Berkeley; and the Knight Report.
This program was produced by Flashpoints Radio for November 3, 2009.
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Prior to the weekly nonviolent demonstration in Bil’in, a press conference took place where a representative of the village’s popular committee, a member of the Palestinian Boycott National Committee, and world renowned Canadian journalist and author Naomi Klein spoke of the local struggle, the village’s new court case in Canada against Canadian companies building the new neighborhoods on Bil’in land, the boycott movement, and the inability to detach art and politics.
This program was produced in Bil’in for June 26, 2009.
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http://www.bilin-village.org
Economist and author Naomi Klein repeats her call for boycott, divestment, & sanctions aimed at Israel. This talk was given on June 27, 2009 at the Friend’s School in Ramallah, Palestine
This program was produced on June 27, 2009.
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