POLITICS, POETRY & SATIRE
4 January 2014 Dearest Moddi, Besieged Gaza, Palestine- We, academics, students and youth from besieged Gaza, wish to salute you for your principled and audacious decision not to entertain apartheid and violate the cultural boycott of Israel – a key aspect of the general BDS call from Palestinian civil society. The moment we learned about …
Cyndi Lauper, the country you are planning to entertain imposes violent segregation, not equality By Leehee Rothchild I’m glad that you believe in equality, so do I. Unfortunately, my country doesn’t. In the state of Israel, equality is a word frequently used, but rarely practiced. In the occupied territories, under Israel’s control, in East Jerusalem, …
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Open letter from Gaza to Moddi: Do Not Entertain Our Oppressor! Dear Moddi [Besieged Gaza, Palestine] We are a group of academics, students and youth from Gaza, and our only fault is being born Palestinian. You might think we are in an era from where you should not be murdered, tortured, forced to leave your houses …
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The All Purpose Guide on How to Handle Criticism™ has been developed for when you’ve written very silly/racist/bigoted/mean things on social media and someone has the outrageous temerity to query you on them. 1.0 Scream “You gatekeepers!” and metaphorically roll eyes at sycophants. 1.5 Important update to improve book sales of defended icon: “You OBVIOUSLY …
The right to criticize the policies of another country are at stake Today an Israeli based law centre, Shurat HaDin, filed a case in the Federal Court of Australia, against Professor Jake Lynch from the University of Sydney’s Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies. They claim that he has supported policies which are racist and …
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