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Ripe for Abuse : Palestinian Child Labor in Israeli Agricultural Settlements in the West Bank
Summary Human Rights Watch (April 13, 2015) – Hundreds of Palestinian children work on Israeli settlement farms in the occupied West Bank, the majority located in the Jordan Valley. This….
Civil Administration confiscates 12 solar panels from the Khan al-Ahmar community close to Ma’ale Adumim
On Wednesday, 1 April 2015, Civil Administration officials accompanied by Border Police forces came to the community of Khan al-Ahmar, adjacent to the settlement of Kfar Adumim. The Civil Administration officials dismantled and confiscated 12 solar panels that provided the sole source of electricity for the residents’ homes.
What Fanon Said – A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought
What Fanon Said A Philosophical Introduction to His Life and Thought Lewis R. Gordon, Foreword by Sonia Dayan-Herzbrun, Afterword by Drucilla Cornell ISBN: 9780823266081 Hardcover/Paperback Fordham University Press 6 x….
Talal Asad: Why do I support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement?
[ Savage Minds is honored to publish this essay by Talal Asad. He teaches anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center and specializes on religion and politics in the Middle East and Europe.]
French philosopher who shut down Paris BDS event as ‘anti-Semitic’ and one-sided will lecture in NY on ‘Free Speech’
On April 24, the French consulate in New York will present a Night of Philosophy: 62 lectures in 12 hours. Kicking off the marathon in the ballroom on the second….
NYU faculty call for divestment from companies supplying the Israeli army
About 120 New York University (NYU) professors are calling on the school to divest from companies linked to the Israeli occupation. It’s unclear which companies NYU is invested in. The….
Business of backlash: GOP cashes in on Koch/Adelson anti-BDS donations
As the BDS movement grows, the flow of money to stop it increases — and Republicans spot a « winning issue »
Boycotting Israel more urgent than in case of South Africa, says anti-apartheid veteran
Farid Esack, an Islamic studies professor at the University of Johannesburg, has faced strong objections from the Zionist lobby in France over plans to give a series of lectures about….
BRICUP : Free Speech and Academic Freedom trumped by Zionist Pressure
Conference postponement : Statement by the orgarisers (April, 14, 2015)