War on Gaza and Free Speech
The recently stepped up war in Afghanistan is not the only endless war that the U.S. is engaged in. With its arms funding and silence on human rights abuses, the U.S. is complicit in...
Author: JVP New Haven
Torture of Prisoners
A few weeks ago, the news media contained reports that accused forces from the United Arab Emirates of torturing detainees in Yemen, and indicated that U.S. military interrogators may have been working along with...
Deadly Exchange
Exchange programs that bring together police, ICE, border patrol, and FBI from the US with soldiers, police, and border agents from Israel are toxic. In these programs, “worst practices” are shared to promote and extend...
A Tale of Two Strikes
Many New Haveners are well aware of the recently concluded hunger strike waged by graduate student teachers on Beinecke Plaza. Theirs is a fight for decent, secure wages and comprehensive benefits. In spite of...
“When the human rights abuses end, BDS will end”
Having just this month bicycled the length of the West Bank in Palestine from Jenin in the north to Hebron in the south, I feel no need to play “they say, I say” with...
“Why I Support BDS”
Published in the New Haven Register April 30, 2017 The Israeli government’s policies towards Palestinians, and the behavior of some Israeli settlers, do not reflect the Jewish moral code by which I was raised....
Omar Barghouti, Welcome to New Haven
Omar Barghouti was in New Haven last week to receive the Gandhi Peace Prize from a local organization, Promoting Enduring Peace. The award was presented in a Yale building, but Yale quickly declared that...
Dancing Under Occupation
Approximately 750,000 Palestinians were displaced and became refugees as a result of the 1948 war which led to the founding of Israel. None of these displaced persons were ever allowed to return to the...
Defend Your Right of Free Speech
Please contact our senators to let them know that you do not approve of the U.S. Congress legislating away your first amendment right of free speech. Do not pass bill S.170. Richard Blumenthal (860)...
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