France: Thousands Demonstrate Against Roma Expulsions
Today, more than 140 demonstrations took place in France to protest the government’s crackdown on immigrants and the recent expulsions, conducted by the Sarkozy administration, of hundreds of Roma. Demonstrators held banners, waved French flags and chanted slogans denouncing Sarkozy’s repressive “security” policies. The slogans included “Let’s stop the repression”, “No to Sarkozy inhumane policies” […]
Iraq War Redux: Goodbye “Iraqi Freedom”, Hello “New Dawn”
On August 31, 2010, President Obama declared, in his oval office address to the nation, that the United States combat operations in Iraq were officially over. This is obviously an effort by the President to convince Americans, right before the November elections, that he has fulfilled one of his key 2008 campaign promises: To end […]
Can Interfaith Dialogue Help The Middle-East Peace Process?
By Anthony Zeitouni Recently, I read a short piece of news in Arabic that the Emir of Qatar has officially approved the establishment of the Doha International Center for Interfaith Dialogue (DICID) as a “private institution for public benefit”, known in America as a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). This pushed me to ask: can interfaith […]
Climate Change: The Question Of Bread
I despair when I hear people talk about climate change in terms of failing ski resorts and longer growing seasons. The disconnect between the common perception of what climate change really is and what people think it means is truly terrifying. One of the unfortunate things about Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth” is it led to […]
UN Strongly Criticizes France’s Racial Discrimination Of Roma
After reviewing several legal complaints filled by Roma associations and human rights groups, the UN’s anti-racism and discrimination Committee will send a letter to put pressure on the European Union to urgently address the situation of the Roma and the Travelers in the context of France’s controversial collective deportation of Roma conducted by the Sarkozy […]
