Friday, June 3, 2011

“We Are the World” for Palestine Runs into Trouble

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When the megagroup calling itself USA for Africa recorded “We Are the World” in 1985, no one put out an opposition message. But a new intern...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Palestinian Nonviolence—Alive and Sometimes Victorious

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Some landscapes are more political than others, like the village of Budrus, in Palestine (that is, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory cal...
Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Blight: A Meditation on Indigenous People’s Day

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October 12, 2010—For 80-plus miles, from just north of New York City to the upstate city of Poughkeepsie, the Metro North railroad tracks ru...
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Saturday, October 2, 2010

For My Mother, on Gandhi’s Birthday

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There are dozens of lovely, tree-filled squares in London, but only one—Tavistock Square, in northern Bloomsbury—is dedicated as a peace par...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Guest Column: Searching for the Jews, I Find the Muslims

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By Sarkis Pogossian I visited Kaifeng recently in search of traces of China's one indigenous Jewish community, which flourished in the c...

A Communist Party

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On Friday, September 10, while New York was thinking about 9-11, I went to the opening day of la Fête de l'Humanité at the Parc de Cor...
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Monday, March 8, 2010

My Mistake—Happy International Women’s Day!

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Yesterday, “Contested Terrain” blogger (and my former Guardian Newsweekly colleague) Dan Cohen suggested that awarding the Best Picture Osc...