The last month has shown Syria's war to be spreading across the border with Lebanon and beyond as Hezbollah openly sided with the Assad government. And as Patrick Cockburn wrote in the London Review of Books, “[t]here is virtually no state in the region that hasn’t got some stake in the conflict.” (Is it the end of Sykes-Picot? June 6,2013). Not shying...
Lynn Koh
June 8, 2013
Part two of reflections on meetings with organizers and activists in Hong Kong and South China.
LAND
The first thing I noticed about Hong Kong was its enormous public housing high-rises. It is probably one of the densest urban areas I have visited; as my partner...
By Christina Nesheiwat
The sentiment that sisterhood is global, though seemingly well intentioned, continues to perpetuate cycles of oppression on a global scale. The current media storm surrounding the Ukrainian women’s group Femen and its Tunisian...
Greg Hom
May 17, 2013
For this post, Greg Hom discusses Israel’s role outside of the Middle East region, and a win for the BDS movement.
What does the sentencing of former dictator Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt have to do with the politics of the Middle East? Israel armed the...
Lynn Koh
May 16, 2013
In December 2012, I was part of a small group of organizers that met with activists in Hong Kong and South China. For the next few weeks, I will be posting reflections on the trip.
HONG KONG
During the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, my mom cried. It...
by Jacob Lesner-Buxton
In the spring of 2010, a problem was developing in colleges and universities across California. Without warning, it seemed students with disabilities were being denied accommodations that helped them succeed in...
