by Don Pelton When I entered UC Berkeley as an undergraduate at age seventeen I was excited and nervous, but open to exploring new experiences. I very soon discovered that I was most excited and energized by my U.S. history class, and least excited by my one-unit required ROTC class. After doing well in…
by Don Pelton In the fifteen or so years since I started publishing Sierra Voices Journal, I have — from time to time — needed to give myself and give all of you some relief from the pervasive sadness in the world that I tend to get obsessed with periodically. At such times I…
Among the many shocking revelations in Chris Hedges’ interview with Max Blumenthal in the video below is Max’s explanatioon of Israel’s Hannibal Directive. Here’s how Max explains it in his recent article in The Grayzone: If Israel’s military had intentionally targeted areas where it knew the captives were held, its actions would have been…
Most news sources I could find this evening estimated that the turnout for the Palestine support rally in Washington D.C. today was in the thousands or tens of thousands. This photo, lifted from a video by Haber Lütfen, shows that, either way, it was massive: RELATED: Click graphic below to listen to the Ralph…