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Category Archives: Middle East
“We’re Good, They’re Evil,” Israel Defense Forces Reservist Tells Chabad Audience—While Protesters Object to a “Murderer” on Campus
On March 5, the Chabad Center for Jewish Life at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hosted Ari Kalker, a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), who spoke about his combat experiences in Gaza. Meanwhile, protesters across the street shouted … Continue reading
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Posted in Gaza, International, International, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Section, War
Tagged campus protest, collateral damage, IDF, Israel/Palestine
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Yemen, Gaza and the Obscenity of the Collateral Damage Claim
It’s telling that Americans discussing the March Signal leak detailing plans for the US air strikes on Yemen have focused more on White House emoji choices than the death tolls. This is what “over-the-horizon” warfare means for Americans now: it … Continue reading
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Posted in Foreign Policy, Gaza, International, Middle East, Section, War, Yemen
Tagged air strikes, collateral damage, Gaza, Saudi Arabia, Yemen
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Remembering the Work of International Human Rights Lawyer Francis A. Boyle
Francis Anthony Boyle passed away suddenly on January 30, 2025 at age 74. Francis A. Boyle was always in the right kind of trouble. Boyle was an international and human rights lawyer and professor in Urbana. He spent his life … Continue reading
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Posted in Human Rights, Imperialism, In Memorium, International law, Israel/Palestine, Justice, Middle East, Sanctuary movement, Section
Tagged Francis A. Boyle, human rights, In Memorium, international law, Sanctuary movement, US imperialism
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CU MAC Open Letter to Champaign City Council
This letter was sent on January 28. It has been lightly edited for style. Dear Champaign City Council, Since May 7, 2024, the Muslim community here in Champaign-Urbana has shown up to city council meetings as part of a diverse … Continue reading
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Posted in Gaza, Islamophobia, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Palestinians, Voices
Tagged Champaign City Council, Gaza, Islamophobia, pro-Palestinian activism
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Local Organizers Share Winning Strategies with Weary Residents
As the Champaign-Urbana community considers how we’ll navigate a second Trump presidency, we can learn from the organizing that led to local ballot victories this past November. The massive effort that made these ballot wins possible holds part of the … Continue reading
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Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Police, Politics, Section, Trump
Tagged ceasefire resolution, Gaza, local activism, policing, public safety, second Trump admiistration
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Safer For Who?
For many community members, Tuesday night means Champaign City Council (CCC) night. The council chambers are the spot to be! Dozens of diverse community members show up to ask our elected officials to endorse a resolution that includes 1) a … Continue reading
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Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Peace movement, Politics, Section
Tagged ceasefire resolution, Champaign City Council, Gaza, local activism
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Mob Action Charges Against Activists for Pro-Palestinian Encampment at UIUC
As students are returning to university campuses, we are seeing signs of continued support for Palestinians who are enduring an onslaught by Israeli military forces. Here at the University of Illinois, the first week of classes students chalked “DIVEST” on … Continue reading
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Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Police, Policing, Section, States'Attorney, University of Illinois
Tagged campus activism, pro-Palestinian activism, repression, student activism
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The Gaza Protests and Grassroot Challenges to US Foreign Policy
Letters to the editor, teach-ins, motions for divestment, campus protests, city resolutions . . . These expressions of citizen concern are not unique to the ongoing war on Gaza and are entirely appropriate to a democracy. Local communities have the … Continue reading
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Posted in Foreign Policy, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Peace movement, Vietnam War
Tagged campus protest, Champaign City Council, Gaza, local activism, peace movement, Urbana City Council, US foreign policy
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Popular University for Gaza at UIUC
From Friday, April 26 through Friday, May 10, we established a branch of the Popular University for Gaza at UIUC, joining the national student movement for Palestine. This encampment was just one small piece in the long movement for Palestinian … Continue reading
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Posted in Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Section, Students, University of Illinois, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Voices
Tagged campus activism, divestment, Israel/Palestine, student protest, University of Illinois
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May/June Issue Front Cover
The Suffering in Gaza is Our Community’s Concern! 1,163 total views
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Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Justice, Middle East, Palestinians, War
Tagged Gaza, Israel/Palestine, local politics, Middle East, Urbana City Council, war
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City Business is Whatever the Community Cares About
Americans have been in the streets since October 8 demanding an end to the US-backed Israeli attack on Gaza. They’re at sporting events and camping out in front of top politicians’ homes. They were at tree-lighting and caroling events over the … Continue reading
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Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Justice, Middle East, Palestinians, Politics, Section, Voices, War
Tagged Gaza, Israel/Palestine, local government, Middle East, Palestinian rights, Urbana City Council, war
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Healing Culture in Wartime
Forty-one years ago when we organized the Common Differences conference on the UI campus, I was a young professor, already quite engaged in women’s issues, which had led to my research, writing, travels, and overall commitment. When I retired from the University of … Continue reading
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Posted in Feminism, International, Middle East, Section, Voices, War, Women, Women, wonen's rights
Tagged feminism, Lebanon, Middle East, war, women's rights, women's shelters
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March/April Issue Back Cover
Hundreds gathered in Westside Park on Saturday, March 2 as part of a Global Day of Action for Palestine. They heard speeches and then marched through downtown Champaign. 457 total views, 1 views today
457 total views, 1 views today
Posted in Imperialism, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Peace movement, Violence, War
Tagged anti-war, Gaza, Jewish activism, Palestine, peace movement
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Winter Issue Front Cover
Posted in Foreign Policy, Middle East, War
Tagged Gaza, Palestinian rights, US policy
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The Age of Disconnect: US Policy and the War Beyond Gaza
The hypocrisy gap between US diplomatic pronouncements and US actions is no surprise to world audiences, but the disconnect on display since October 7 has put the nail in the coffin of the American Century. American officials have been invoking … Continue reading
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Posted in Foreign Policy, Imperialism, International, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Section, War
Tagged China, Gaza, imperialism, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US foreign policy, war
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Israel’s Violence Will Never Bring “Safety” to Anyone, Including Jews
This article was published in Truthout on October 18, 2023. It has been updated to reflect numbers as of November 2, and lightly edited for style. The horror and heartbreak in Gaza reaches new proportions each minute: Israel’s siege has … Continue reading
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Posted in International, Israel/Palestine, Middle East
Tagged colonial violence, Israel/Palestine, Jewish anti-Zionism, Palestinian rights
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Frozen Conflicts, Flashmob Militants, and the End of the Gunpowder State
Syria, Libya, Yemen . . . and now Sudan. Sudan has the unhappy potential to become the next of the intractable conflicts that have unfolded over the past decade. These multisided struggles involving a cocktail of militaries, militias, and mercenaries … Continue reading
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Posted in Africa, Foreign Policy, International, International, Middle East, Section, Violence, War
Tagged foreign policy, Middle East, Sudan, the state, violence, war, warlords
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Silence and the Continuing Legacy of the US Invasion of Iraq
The twentieth anniversary of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq slid by with an encore performance of the arrogance that characterized the invasion itself. In 2003 that arrogance disregarded inconvenient international norms as easily as it disregarded the Iraqi victims … Continue reading
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Posted in Foreign Policy, Imperialism, International, International, Middle East, Remembering, Section, World-wide death and suffering
Tagged imperialism, Iraq invasion, Memory, US foreign policy
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Labor Abuse as Product Placement at the World Cup
The 2022 soccer World Cup began its takeover of global sports channels on November 20, transmitting endless images of cosmopolitan crowds enjoying the sparkling new stadiums of Qatar to audiences around the world. The country that hosts the World Cup … Continue reading
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Posted in International, International, labor, Labor/Economics, Middle East, Section, Sports
Tagged ballwashing, exploitation, human rights, migrant labor, Qatar, World Cup
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The Great De-Centering: The World after Ukraine
The Ukraine war is a turning point in history, but not the one you might be expecting. It won’t revive the Cold War. It won’t determine the survival of the Liberal World Order (whatever that is). And most decidedly, it … Continue reading
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Posted in Foreign Policy, International, International, Middle East, Politics, Racism, Ukraine, War
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