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Effort from Europe against Israeli produce exporter Agrexco

Monday, 13 June 2011, 2:42 pm | Stephanie Westbrook

This past weekend in the Montpellier, France, over 100 activists from 9 countries gathered for the first ever European Forum Against Agrexco. Delegates from Italy, UK, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Palestine joined the French ... More >>

Pizzarotti should follow in Deutsche Bahn's footsteps

Thursday, 19 May 2011, 12:27 pm | Stephanie Westbrook

In an article on today's Corriere della Sera , Italy's top newspaper, covering Deutsche Bahn's withdrawal from the Israeli project for a high-speed train line that cuts through the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Michele Pizzarotti said "We are astonished ... More >>

Stephanie Westbrook: Occupied Washington DC

Monday, 12 April 2010, 11:27 am | Stephanie Westbrook

As a visitor to our nation's capital, I cannot tell you how disconcerting it is to step off the metro and find yourself face to face with a F-35 fighter jet. Where you would normally expect to find ads for cell phones or museum exhibitions, Washington's ... More >>

AIPAC: Telling a Whopper

Monday, 29 March 2010, 1:17 pm | Stephanie Westbrook

The theme of this year's annual policy conference for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was 'Israel: Tell the Story.' And it was quite a story that AIPAC wanted to tell. More >>

Stephanie Westbrook: Yes We Camp

Friday, 10 July 2009, 2:55 pm | Stephanie Westbrook

It's the slogan of the citizens committees that have formed in the central Italian city of L'Aquila, hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on April 6, 2009. And it was on display for world leaders during the G8 summit being held just outside the city ... More >>

Italian Court Blocks Construction of US Bases

Sunday, 22 June 2008, 3:23 pm | Stephanie Westbrook

On Friday, June 20, just days before the area known as Dal Molin was to be turned over to the U.S. military as the site for a second base in Vicenza, Italy, the administrative court of the Veneto region ruled to suspend all work. In the case filed by Codacons, ... More >>

Italy’s elections go from bad to worse

Saturday, 3 May 2008, 2:04 pm | Stephanie Westbrook

Just when it seemed things could get no worse on the Italian political landscape following the first round of elections, run-off elections this past Sunday and Monday proved the contrary. But the northern city of Vicenza, home to a vibrant citizens’ ... More >>

Italy Demands Action Against New US Military Bases

Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 11:09 am | Stephanie Westbrook

They left Vicenza just after midnight and drove through the night to arrive in Rome on Sunday morning; six buses carrying the women and men of the Presidio Permanente No Dal Molin , the movement against the new U.S. military base in this northern Italian ... More >>

October 27: International Day of Action

Monday, 5 November 2007, 12:12 am | Stephanie Westbrook

As the October 27 mass demonstrations calling for an end to the occupation of Iraq and opposing military action against Iran were getting underway in 11 cities across the U.S, a solidarity protest was unfolding on the tourist-filled Piazza Navona in ... More >>

 
 
 
 
 

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