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B.Soc.Sci (Aus). Helped start an Organic Food Co-op and a Local Energy Transfer System (goods & services exchange, no cash). Lived near permaculture's Bill Mollison for a time, saw semi barren land transformed into gardens and orchards. Worked in a Community Support Center. Currently in NZ/ Aotearoa.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Judge to Overrule Deepwater Drilling Ban? (2 comments)
U.S. District Court Judge Martin Feldman has said he will give his decision between early Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.
Saturday, June 19, 2010 BP Funds Gulf Front Group (2 comments)
"The oil spill is good for jobs" and "Hurricanes will clean up the Gulf" - The claims of "enviro conservation" group funded by BP.
Friday, June 18, 2010 Gulf Oil Sickness across 4 states (5 comments)
"People are getting headaches, sore throats, nausea, dizziness, stuffy noses... These are the spill response workers." - Dr Riki Ott
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 Blueprint for Accountability - LIVE Now. (1 comments)
Culture Project presents the second installment of its groundbreaking "Blueprint for Accountability" series at NYU Skirball Center to engage the public in constructing a "blueprint" for a more just and democratic future.
Saturday, June 5, 2010 Where is American KEN O'KEEFE? Why abandon him to Israel? (5 comments)
US-Irish citizen Ken O'Keefe was severely beaten at least 3 times after disembarking from the Gaza Aid flotilla. He was not returned with the other passengers.
Saturday, June 5, 2010 Ann Wright on Democracy Now
Ann Wright was on the Challenger I when the flotilla was attacked.
Saturday, January 24, 2009 And so to The Hague (+ "Systematic" war crimes) (3 comments)
"The Palestinian justice minister came to The Hague today," said Beatrice le Fraper, a special advisor to the prosecutor,.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Uncanny similarities (3 comments)
Please, take a look at this matched series of photos, nearly 70 years apart, and see if there is not the identical "spirit" or force operating in both instances.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Children of Gaza
Video (2min 37sec), A freelance filmmaker shot this material for Save the Children at a UN-supported school in Gaza for displaced pupils
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 Obama Admin Stops "All Pending Regulations"
President Barack Obama's administration asked all federal agencies and departments to stop any pending regulatory changes until a review can be conducted, Reuters reported Tuesday.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 President Obama - Quotes
Each of these insightful and/or inspiring quotes has been made by President Obama. ..Before he even began his presidency.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 President Obama - Quotes
Each of these insightful and/or inspiring quotes have been made by President Obama. ..Before he even began his presidency.
Saturday, January 17, 2009 US Financing Israel: Some figures (4 comments)
Stephen Zunes, Richard H. Curtiss, and Tom Malthaner provide some facts, figures and impact of US finance to Israel.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Every Second There is a Bomb (1 comments)
A Report from inside Jabalaya Refugee Camp, Gaza
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 Hamas Agrees to Gaza Truce: Israel Reply Awaited
HAMAS has accepted an Egyptian ceasefire proposal to end the war in the Gaza Strip and Cairo is awaiting Israel's response.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 "GENOCIDE" - Prez of UN Gen Assembly (1 comments)
The president of the UN General Assembly has condemned Israel's killings of Palestinians in its Gaza offensive as "genocide".
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 "How can a baby be Hamas?" - Galloway (4 comments)
International journalists - banned by the invaders from seeing for themselves - nonetheless
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Finnish Children's Clinic
"An attack of this kind violates all international conventions" said representatives of the Finnish Church. The clinic had supplied primary medical care to children.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Joint Statement - Red Cross and Red Crescent
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is extremely concerned about the hostilities in Gaza and the tragic impact on its population.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Greenwald: How many deaths are too many?
For supporters of the Israeli war in Gaza: is there some number of Palestinian civilian deaths that, once exceeded, renders this war unjustifiable?
Monday, January 12, 2009 Synagogues attacked across France
Unidentified attackers hurl petrol bombs at Jewish places of worship in Paris, eastern France.
Monday, January 12, 2009 Nowhere in Gaza is Safe
The Independent's journalist in Gaza writes:
Monday, January 12, 2009 UN Resolution Condemns Israel's War on Gaza (1 comments)
A resolution condemning Israel's military offensive in Gaza has been adopted by the UN Human Rights Council.
Monday, January 12, 2009 Mads Gilbert Returns to Norway
ISRAEL is testing a new "extremely nasty" type of weapon in Gaza, two medics charged as they returned home to Norwayafter spending 10 days working at a hospital in the war-torn Palestinian territory.
Monday, January 12, 2009 A river of blood
Imagine you are the dam and the river of blood has turned into a flash flood. How long could you stand it?
Sunday, January 11, 2009 Protests around the world (4 comments)
20,000 in Central London, 30,000 in France, 40,000 in Germany.
Sunday, January 11, 2009 The children of Gaza (2 comments)
More than half of the population of Gaza are children aged from infancy to 14 years. More than 200 have been slaughtered in the last two weeks. Many more are grossly injured.
Sunday, January 11, 2009 House massacre survivor speaks (1 comments)
Meysa Fawzi al-Samuni, 19, a married homemaker with an infant daughter, is a resident of Gaza City. This testimony was given by telephone on 7 January 2009:
Saturday, January 10, 2009 Call to halt "horror" of Gaza
..by a group of "profound and passionate supporters of Israel". The letter represents the most significant break with Israel's tactics from a group of UK Jews.
Friday, January 9, 2009 US Congress Votes to Back Israel (5 comments)
The US House of Representatives has voted to endorse a resolution backing Israel in its offensive in Gaza, in which at least 780 Palestinians have been killed.
Friday, January 9, 2009 What are you waiting for? (Are We Not Human?) (1 comments)
What is the international community waiting for - to see even more dismembered people and families erased before they act? Time is ticking by and the numbers of dead and injured are increasing. What are they waiting for?
Friday, January 9, 2009 World Bank: No more water in Gaza; Sewage flooding
"As of today, nearly the entire population of Gaza is without running water and is dependent on their own stored water supplies and limited sales by private water distributors" the Bank said.
Thursday, January 8, 2009 Ten Thousand Israelis Marched AGAINST this war!!
Ten Thousand Israeli citizens marched in Tel Aviv last weekend, in protest against this murderous invasion. WHERE is the loud support from their counterparts in the US - Where is the voice of the Left, in the US?
Thursday, January 8, 2009 AIPAC Bill passes Senate - Text is here (2 comments)
"Recognizing the right of Israel to defend itself against attacks from Gaza and reaffirming the United States' strong support for Israel in its battle with Hamas, and supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process."
Thursday, January 8, 2009 "It is worse than what Hitler did"
The words of a survivor in Rafah, after the razing in the city overnight. Watch the 3 minute video and see for yourself.
Thursday, January 8, 2009 Obama 'Prepared to talk with Hamas'
Incoming administration will abandon Bush's isolation of Islamist group to initiate low-level diplomacy, say transition sources.
Thursday, January 8, 2009 Kucinich: Bush Admin Ignoring Humanitarian Crisis
Dennis Kucinich today made the following statement on the House floor calling attention to a report in the Washington Post that the International Committee of the Red Cross has accused the Israeli military of preventing ambulances from reaching at least 15 emaciated people for four days:
Thursday, January 8, 2009 Gallery
Gallery of images from Gaza, put together by Elfarra.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Gaza News Roundup
UN Condemns Schools strike; Death toll now 660; Israel vows to open Humanitarian Corridor into Gaza; and more.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Gaza News Roundup
UN Condemns Schools strike; Death toll now 660; Israel vows to open Humanitarian Corridor into Gaza; and more.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Obama will "Engage Immediately" he becomes president
"I am doing everything that we have to do to make sure that the day that I take office we are prepared to engage immediately in trying to deal with the situation there," he said.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Can you spare 10 seconds? (7 comments)
10 seconds is all it takes to have a role in effecting change (he actually says "5 seconds")
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Juan Cole: "Demand US Stop the Atrocity (1 comments)
This post by Juan Cole includes link to send to Gov Reps to "Stop the atrocity"
Sunday, January 4, 2009 Cluster bombs already?
Eyewitnesses reported that new shells explode before landing on the targets making more small bombs.
Saturday, January 3, 2009 Voices from Gaza: "We are living a nightmare"
"The world looks at unarmed Palestinian people as though they are a nation with an army, as though we are equal to the Israelis... but this is not true.
Friday, January 2, 2009 Diary of an Aid Worker in Gaza
It is seven days since the attacks were launched on Gaza and in that time hundreds of people have been killed and many more injured. According to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights among the dead are 51 children and 14 women.
Friday, January 2, 2009 Uri Avnery - Molten Lead in Gaza (2 comments)
THE OFFICIAL NAME of the war is "Cast Lead", two words from a children's song about a Hanukkah toy.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008 'CEASE FIRE NOW!' - Gush Shalom in Ha'aretz (2 comments)
This war is inhuman, unnecessary and harmful. Nothing good for Israel will come out of it!
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 McKinney Gaza Relief Boat Attacked, Rammed (1 comments)
A boat carrying international peace activists, including former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, and medical supplies to the embattled Gaza Strip sailed back into a Lebanese port on Tuesday after being turned back and damaged by the Israeli navy, organizers of the trip said. (includes video)
Monday, December 29, 2008 Endgame in Gaza - Before Our Very Eyes (1 comments)
..when the severed jaw of a woman is lying at your feet only a few inches away from her bloody and disfigured head, or when the bare leg of a man is lying by itself in a room, the rest of the body blown outside the house, the illusory atmosphere of the virtual world is quickly replaced by the raw, heavy emotions that accompany real world sequences. This is when paralyzing fright grips you so firmly that your legs forget how to move; how to flee the gruesome nightmare scenarios. You can't run away.
Sunday, December 28, 2008 Blogging from Gaza
Here is the blog of a 23 year old peace activist in Gaza.
