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Lyrics of DAM’s ‘Mali Huriye (I Don’t Have Freedom)’ Listen to the song Mali Huriye – I Don’t Have Freedom (Featuring Ala’ Azam and Anat Ig’bariye) Tamer: We’ve been like this more than 50 years Living as prisoners behind the bars of paragraphs Of agreements that change nothing We haven’t seen any light, and if…

by John Pilger, July 10, 2008 In an article for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes the insidious militarisng of Britain as the effects of two colonial wars and the cover-up of atrocities come home. The military has created a wall of silence around its frequent resort to barbaric practices, including torture, and goes out of…

BOYCOTT, DIVESTMENT, AND SANCTIONS (BDS) -FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONSwww.pacbi.org/faqs.htm What is the underlying principle of calls for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS)? It is no longer denied that Israel has oppressed the Palestinian people for decades in multiple forms: occupying, colonizing, ethnically cleansing, racially discriminating, in short, denying Palestinians the fundamental rights for freedom, equality and…

BRICUP | Press Release | October 20, 2008 The British Committee for Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) today denounced the effort by unnamed members of the University and College Union (UCU) to prevent free debate of Israel’s actions in the union. The legal challenge to the UCU, said BRICUP, demonstrates the desperation and the hypocrisy of…

by Omar Barghouti, October 21, 2008www.counterpunch.org/barghouti10212008.html  Since the launch of the Palestinian boycott movement a few years ago, we have experienced an awkward phenomenon that demands urgent comment. Several organizations known for years — in some cases, decades — for their tireless Palestine solidarity work stood firmly against the Palestinian civil society Call for Boycott,…