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Showing videos filed under: omar barghouti
Omar Barghouti & Sarah Schulman: Equal Rights for All in Palestine
April 12, 2011“People have rights, when we say we want to end Israel's multitiered system of oppression...we must immediately say people have equal rights in every form," says Omar Barghouti, author of the new book Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: The Global Struggle for Palestinian Rights. And author, activist and professor Sarah Schulman has been involved with the Palestinian queer movement, emphasizing that their struggle is deeply tied to the struggle to end the occupation.Rep. Cory Mason, Sarah Schulman & Omar Barghouti, and CEO Pay
April 11, 2011"If people don't have trust and confidence in their elections, it's really hard to have confidence in the democracy writ large," says Wisconsin State Representative Cory Mason, noting the "gross incompetence or malice" involved in the sudden appearance, a day and a half after the polls closed, of 7500 votes for the conservative candidate in his state's Supreme Court race.Boycott Israel? With Omar Barghouti and George Fletcher
November 26, 2009Earlier this year, we had a discussion in studio about the strategies of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel (BDS) in pursuit of a just peace in the Middle East. BDS was used successfully against South Africa under apartheid, and the call for a similar campaign against Israel stems back to at least 2005. But is it a productive strategy, or will it do more harm than good?
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