Category: Other World
Materialism and misery, and the need for change
Graham Peebles explains why the predominant economic model is fostering a value system rooted in materialism, which is contrary to human nature and is a major cause of unhappiness, anxiety and depression.
Maya Angelou, Rachel Corrie and the struggle for justice
American author, historian and civil rights activist Maya Angelou died today at the age of 86. Angelou is best known for her 1969 memoir of growing up in the racist US south, entitled I
DePaul University students vote to divest from apartheid Israel
Hats off to the students of DePaul University in Chicago, USA. According to the university students’ newspaper, Depaulia, a majority of students approved in a referendum a resolution calling for divestment from
Enough is enough in Ethiopia
Graham Peebles argues that, with elections in Ethiopia due next year, now is the time for all Ethiopians to unite, speak with one voice and demand their rights to freedom and justice.
Barack Obama’s acceptance of the Israeli narrative
Uri Avnery explains why President Barack Obama’s apparent decision to let Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas “stew in their own juice” is tantamount to acceptance of the Israeli narrative.
The role of the intellectual
Lawrence Davidson explains, with examples, “why the independent-minded, outspoken intellectuals demanding moral integrity and responsibility from those in power are so rare, be they Jewish or gentile”.
Is Palestine “solidarity” going soft?
Stuart Littlewood wonders what might lie behind an apparent softening in the approaches of Britain’s Palestine Solidarity Campaign – and even the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement – to the Israeli occupation.
Trafficking and torturing Eritrean refugees
Graham Peebles describes the reality of life in Eritrea - a population muffled and forced into labour, with many escaping only to face exploitation and persecution en route to their supposed refuge.
Censorship in the USA
Lawrence Davidson and Janet Amighi view the practice of censorship in the US, and argue that the he system is successful because most people “are culturally conditioned not to notice or care”.
Italians say “No” to Israeli water thief Mekorot
All over the world, people of conscience are saying “No” to cooperation with the racist Zionist regime in Israel. The latest to speak out are the people of Rome, who have submitted