Oppression is not a point of view
From the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Amiram Barkat | Haaretz | 15 September 2005 Reverend William Somplatsky-Jarman combines a career as a senior clergyman with the management of an investment portfolio that comprises more than $7 billion. The portfolio belongs to the Presbyterian Church, one of the major Protestant churches in the United States, with a membership of 2.5 million
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Toya Richards Hill | Presbyterian News Service | 5 August 2005 SEATTLE, WA — About 20 members of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) came here this week to express support for the General Assembly’s decision to start a process of “phased selective divestment” from multinational corporations whose business practices contribute to violence in Israel and
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) European Delegation | Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) | 28 August 2005 JERUSALEM. Between 22 and 28 August, a European Delegation of former ministers from The Netherlands, Ireland and Germany and a high-ranking former ambassador from France paid a fact finding visit to Israel and Palestine (i.e. Occupied Palestinian Territories). The Delegation also
» Read moreWendy Ake, Mohammed Abed | Left Turn (Notes from the Global Intifada) | 16 June 2005 I Introduction: Changing the Actors, Rewriting the Script Divestment and Boycott have recently been embraced by international civil society as a means to achieving a comprehensive and just settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The choice of divestment and boycott as strategies for positive social
» Read moreFrom the www.monabaker.com archive (legacy material) Rosemary Bechler interviews Jacqueline Rose | Open Democracy | 18 August 2005 In “The Question of Zion”, Jacqueline Rose applies the insights of psychoanalysis to the inner world of Zionist doctrine and attitudes. openDemocracy’s Rosemary Bechler talks to her. Open Democracy: The Question of Zion is dedicated to the memory of Edward Said: its
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