OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #204, NOVEMBER 20, 2024.

 

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #204, NOVEMBER 20, 2024.  Compiled by Dick Bennett

RootsAction Teach-In: Defuse Nuclear War, and documentary: A Common Insanity with Daniel Ellsberg.

Books reviewed in Washington Report on Middle East Affair,  Nov.-Dec. 2024.

ROOTSACTION EDUCATION:  Teach-In Network, Defuse Nuclear War Coalition, and film documentary – A Common Insanity Dear Dick,  10-22-24 [Two of these three RAE missions directly oppose nuclear war; the third, v. Israel, because it is a nuclear-armed nation threatening several nations in the ME, esp. Iran.  --D]

To push back against college crackdowns on student activism to end Israel’s slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, the RootsAction Education Fund just launched the national Teach-In Network.  At a time when there’s such concerted effort to repress not only protests but even open debate on campuses, the Teach-In Network can help to build awareness and activist strength

RootsAction Education Fund has continued to organize the Defuse Nuclear War coalition. Inspired by Daniel Ellsberg’s cogent warnings on the dangers of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), we’ve made closing them down a focus of our work, as reflected on this webpage: Eliminate Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles  We’ve also produced and released a film documentary – A Common Insanity – with Daniel Ellsberg talking about nuclear weapons and the particular threat that ICBMs pose.  A listing of a variety of our recent actions is here.  For the last couple of years, incoming donations have fallen far short of bare-bones expenses. If you value what RootsAction Education Fund is doing, we hope you’ll make a tax-deductible contribution.

 Thank you!  – Jeff and Norman for the RootsAction Education Fund team

 

The following books were reviewed in Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.  Nov.-Dec. 2024.

Ilan Pappé.  A Very Short History of the Israel-Palestine Conflict.  Oneworld, 2024.

Ilan Pappé.  Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic.  Oneworld, 2024.

Robert Fisk.  Night of Power: The Betrayal of the Middle East.  Fourth Estate, 2024.

Afshon Ostovar.  Wars of Ambition: The United States, Iran, and the Struggle for the Middle East.  Oxford UP, 2024.

Daniel Boyann.  The No-State Solution: A Jewish Manifesto.  Yale UP, 2023.

Isabella Hammad.  Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative.  Grove P, 2024.

Enzo Traverso.  Tr. Willard Wood.  Gaza Faces History.  Other P, 2024.

Helena Cobban and Rami G. Khoun, eds.  Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters.  OR Books, 2024.

Aline Batarseh, et al., eds.  Visualizing Palestine: A Chronicle of Colonialism and the Struggle for Liberation.  Haymarket, 2024.

Raja Shehadeh.  What Does Israel Fear from Palestine?  Other P, 2024.