Students for Palestinian Rights

Bad Coffee. Bad Politics

mofrad — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:25:40 +0000

By Chris Burke 3A Environment and Business In response to The politics behind EV3 Starbucks written by Bogdan Caradima, an article was written titled Bad coffee? Suck it up by Oren Lahav. The issue is around the pro-Israeli stance of Starbuck’s CEO. Caradima is critical of the position, in turn Lahav has rushed to Starbuck’s defence. Lahav criticizes Caradima for singling out Starbucks from a number of pro-Israeli organizations. I can’t speak for Caradima, maybe he does boycott these organizations, I don’t know. However, the Starbucks issue is relevant to the University of ...

Apartheid Revisited

mofrad — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 11:59:58 +0000

We are just passing the second anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, the 22-day Israeli siege of Gaza that took the lives of 13 Israelis and 1,419 Palestinians, 83 per cent of whom were civilians, and 5,300 more were injured. With the use of white phosphorus in densely-populated civilian areas, Israel clearly violated the Geneva Conventions, targeting and destroying schools, markets, a humanitarian aid warehouse, and hospitals. Today, the collective punishment of Gaza continues, through blockades and restricted access to medicine, electricity, food, and other necessities of life.

Media warfare to silence the voices of the oppressed

aseelaldallal — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 17:42:32 +0000

It is a basic, undisputed fact that when a person is wronged, you cannot rely on the wrongdoer for the truth. When the Darfur massacre occurred, it was the duty of international journalists to echo the voices of those who suffered under such calamity. When the 9/11 attacks occurred, the stories of the brave firefighters and those few who survived were of highest importance. When the Nazis executed the systematic genocide of 11 to 17 million people, 6 million of which were Jewish, the pains of Holocaust survivors were echoed, especially by the Jews themselves.

February 17: Dr. Norman Finkelstein at KW!

aseelaldallal — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 10:56:42 +0000

Finkelstein was awarded his doctorate by Princeton University in 1988, and has subsequently taught at Rutgers, New York University, Brooklyn College, Hunter College and DePaul University (Chicago). His academic research has concentrated on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and its representation in political discourse. He has devoted much of his adult life to the achievement of a just peace between Israel and Palestine. Dr. Finkelstein's address will be followed by a time of Q&A.

Proposed Starbucks in EV3

mofrad — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 17:33:35 +0000

As plans for the introduction of a Starbucks franchise have moved forward between UW’s Food Services and the General Manager of the area, the former party has finally put forward an agreeable contract for Starbucks to review and sign. Once this step is completed, the two parties will proceed to negotiate the design of the franchise store. Eventually, if all goes well, there will be a final agreement between the two parties and there will be no looking back. Now, there is certainly a range of opinions on the establishment of Starbucks in our new environment building, but I am not writing to persuade...