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As criticism continues to mount over Israel's violation of
Palestinian human rights and of international law, campaigns to
silence and repress those who speak out against Israeli apartheid
have grown alarmingly. College and university campuses across the
United States now find themselves centre stage in this conflict
over free speech: targeted by the Israel 'lobby' for the critical
content of their scholarship, academics have been turned away from
jobs, denied tenure and promotion, rejected for funding, and even
expelled from institutions, while student groups like the 'Irvine
11' have faced harassment and sanctions. From establishment figures
like Richard Falk and former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, to
professors, postgraduates and activist alumni, We Will Not Be
Silenced contains thirteen testimonials from those whose struggle
to defend their academic freedom has garnered widespread public and
international attention.
Are we as a species headed towards extinction? As our economic
system renders our planet increasingly inhospitable to human life,
powerful individuals fight over limited resources, and racist
reaction to migration strains the social fabric of many countries.
How can we retain our humanity in the midst of these life-and-death
struggles?  Humanity’s Last Stand dares to ask these big
questions, exploring the interconnections between climate change,
global capitalism, xenophobia, and white supremacy. As it unearths
how capitalism was born from plantation slavery and the slaughter
of Indigenous people, it also invites us to imagine life after
capitalism. The book teaches its readers how to cultivate an
anthropological imagination, a mindset that remains attentive to
local differences even as it identifies global patterns of
inequality and racism. Â Surveying the struggles of
disenfranchised peoples around the globe from frontline communities
affected by climate change, to #BlackLivesMatter activists, to
Indigenous water protectors, to migrant communities facing
increasing hostility, anthropologist Mark Schuller argues
that we must develop radical empathy in order to move
beyond simply identifying as “allies” and start acting as
“accomplices.” Bringing together the insights of
anthropologists and activists from many cultures, this timely study
shows us how to stand together and work toward a more inclusive
vision of humanity before it’s too late. More information and
instructor resources (https://humanityslaststand.org)
The United States' military doctrine, as proclaimed by its
Department of Defense, is to attain `full-spectrum dominance... in
the air, land, maritime and space domains and information
environment... without effective opposition or prohibitive
interference.' This is an agenda for global conquest - for an
ever-expanding US empire. As America prepares for conflict with
Russia and China, wars continue in the Middle East and North
Africa, tens of millions are exiled from their homes whilst many
more face famine. But there is not only hope for change in the air,
there is active resistance. People all over the world are
challenging the status quo by taking nonviolent action. Voices for
Peace features some of the world's leading thinkers, journalists
and activists, offering insight, inspiration and solutions to the
world's most critical problems: nuclear war, environmental
destruction and refugee flows. In the wealth of material presented
here, Kathy Kelly talks about the Afghan Peace Volunteers and
Standing Rock protesters in the USA, calling for global unity.
Bruce K. Gagnon's piece on space weapons discusses South Korean
activists' opposition to American weapons in their country. Brian
Terrell challenges the legality of drone warfare and outlines the
grassroots links being forged between US and Russian citizens. Noam
Chomsky discusses US policies towards Russia and Syria, as well as
South America, trade, ISIS and Ukraine. John Pilger talks about the
Trump-Obama naval build-up around China and exposes Britain's `deep
state' connections to the Manchester terror attack. Former US
Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney analyses the Charlie Hebdo attacks
and the deep state in recent US history. Ilan Pappe offers an
exclusive analysis of Israel's actions to ethnically cleanse Israel
of Palestinians. Finally, Robin Ramsay exposes the unconditional
support given to the USA by successive UK governments. Seeking to
inform and educate, this penetrating anthology is edited and
introduced by author T. J. Coles, who gives a broader framework and
context to the individual articles.
In 2011, former Congresswoman and 2008 Green Party candidate for
President, Cynthia McKinney, took a delegation of observers to
Libya to monitor NATO's purported humanitarian intervention.
Prefaced by Ramsey Clark, this collection of essays includes
scholarly and legal analysis, as well as personal accounts by
witnesses to the NATO bombardment of Tripoli. This timely book
offers both analysis and eyewitness accounts of the NATO assault on
a helpless civilian population it had a UN mandate to protect, and
the massive propaganda campaign that made it possible. It responds
to the many questions left unanswered by a complicit mainstream
media, such as: Why Libya, not Bahrain, Yemen or Egypt? What was
life in Libya like under Gadhafi? What is the truth about the
so-called "Black Mercenaries"? What about Africom's Plans for
Africa? Cynthia McKinney and two other contributors to this volume
were in Libya during the period of the NATO assault on Libyan
cities, among the few independent voices to report on the tragedy.
Take a down to earth person, a straight talker, fair-minded, with a
sense of justice for all, and of shock at discovery of the
contrary, and you're at the beginning of the Cynthia McKinney
story. But from there it surges to remote corners of the globe and
embraces a multitude of struggles. It ranges from her boat-rocking
tenure as a six-time-elected African American Congresswoman from
Georgia to her seizure on the high seas aboard the freedom flotilla
bound for Gaza and her removal to an Israeli jail, from her 2008
Green Party campaign for President of the United States to her
nights spent in a Tripoli hotel to serve as witness to NATO's
terror bombing of Libya. It's a story of justice pursued, a
McKinney hallmark - from speaking truth to lawmakers and demanding
it in return, to forays in the world's danger zones beyond the
reach of law - and so many places in between. McKinney was the lone
non-Gulf state Democratic voice on the House Committee
investigating the federal government's lack of response to the
devastation of Hurricane Katrina. She held the only Congressional
briefing critical of the 9/11 Commission's flawed conclusions and
faulty recommendations, introducing the analysis of scholars,
investigators, and former intelligence agents who joined the 9/11
victims' family members in questioning the premises and findings of
that official inquiry. As a member of the House Armed Services
Committee, she questioned Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld on
malfeasance by military contractors and missing billions in the
Pentagon's budget, as well as the reasons for the failure of NORAD
air defenses on 9/11--questions that further revelations have
legitimized. And then she crossed the line that can't be crossed,
calling into question the one vested interest in Congress that none
dare counter. This is the story, in her own frank, inspiring and
sometimes hilarious words, of how it all went down. And stay tuned:
the Cynthia McKinney story is far from over yet.
Donald Trump's purported reference to Sh*thole Countries has
captured the (outraged) attention of the global community. And
while there is some dispute as to whether or not the President
uttered those exact words, what is not disputed is that the U.S.
President derided certain countries while discussing U.S.
immigration policy reform, suggesting that the U.S. should have
more immigrants from countries like Norway. How the U.S. Creates
Sh*thole Countries seizes this unique moment of global focus on the
world's most suffering countries to address some causative factors,
and the extent to which their lamentable state is not of their
doing. It questions the legitimacy, means and ends of US
interventions in their domestic affairs in pursuit of its
interests, which the US then regards as matters of national
security, before proceeding to other questions: Why and how does a
country become a US target? What socio-economic, political and
military policies-overt and covert-does the US undertake to bring
the victim country into line? What are the results for the targeted
countries? What does this mean for US citizens, who have little
idea what is going on, but are footing the bill? The seasoned
analysts contributing to this book come from all walks of life and
every shade of the political spectrum. Some have held high
positions in government or at the United Nations; some taught or
teach at prestigious universities; some are in forced exile because
of their political beliefs and the exercise of their Constitutional
rights; some have spent time in prison for acting on their beliefs;
one of them sacrificed the limbs on his body.
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