5.09.02 cultural and ethnic self determination

Ten Ways To End the Occupation of Afghanistan: Inform, Educate, Agitate, Organize

Protesters of the war in Afghanistan collect blankets for Afghanistan refugees at Boston City Hall Plaza, November 8, 2001. Over 75,000 blankets were collected and sent within four months. photo: © Ellen Shub
Authors: maTT De Vleger

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To organize, we need to inform ourselves and share what we learn.

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Building on Afghanistan's Traditions of Peacemaking: An Interview with Abdul Aziz Yaqubi

Authors: Abdul Aziz Yaqubi

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We're caught between warlords, drug lords, the government, international armies, and the Taliban.

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Do We Hear the 'Very Silent Minority'?: A Call for Solidarity Work with Muslims and Arab Americans

Authors: Nancy Milio

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Dialogue can begin on our initiative or in unexpected ways, and can be followed up - when there is a concerted search for opportunity.

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No Need to Steal From Our Own Gardens: The Spiritual Memoir of Global Solidarity Activist Marisa Handler

Marisa Handler with her book at the January 27, 2007 anti-war march in San Francisco.
Authors: Julie Oxenberg

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By Julie Oxenberg reviewing Loyal to the Sky:Notes from an Activist.

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Human Rights and "Asian" Values

Authors: Amartya Sen

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When Zilu asks him "how to serve a prince," Confucius replies, "Tell him the truth even if it offends him."

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Stop the Killing: Arab Activists Call for Ending the Death Penalty in Arab Countries

Egyptian labor bloggers Hossam el-Hamalawy and Kareem el-Beheiry. Kareem was jailed from April to early June 2008 after promoting and covering an April 6 general strike (partially organized via Facebook!) and ongoing independent labor union activism cente
Authors: Amman Centre for Human Rights Studies

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Sharia'a law insists that room be left for forgiveness and reconciliation.

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A Politics of Inclusion: An Interview with Egyptian Democracy Advocate Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Following a fire in the Qale't el-Kabsh slum of Cairo, residents were promised replacement housing and compensation, but many received nothing. After a prosecutor told residents and the Egyptian Center for Housing Rights that they would not pursue
Authors: Saad Eddin Ibrahim

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Women got upset and marched to the Royal Palace. The King called me and said, 'Saad, do you see what is happening?' I said, 'Yes, but that is democracy, your Majesty.'

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The Damascus Declaration for Democratic National Change

Authors: A coalition of Syrian democrats

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The process of change has begun. It is not directed against anyone, but requires everyone's efforts.

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Syrian Human Rights Defenders Brave Jail: Repression Met with Waves of Resistance

Syrian stamps celebrating the UN Declaration of Human Rights, Photo: Joseph Morris
Authors: Dr. Radwan Ziadeh

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Ali Abdullah has been jailed three times. One of his sons is serving a five-year sentence for involvement in a pro-democracy youth group. The other chose exile.

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Diversity is the Revolution: The Tharwa Manifesto for Nonviolent Change in the Middle East

Families of Lebanese, Palestinian, Syrian, and Egyptian men who disappeared into Syrian prisons during the Lebanese civil war staged a sit-in protest in front of the UN House in Beirut for more than a year. photo: E. Zarwan,June 27, 2006
Authors: Ammar Abdulhamid

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We approach our struggle in the spirit of hope, love, and magnanimity.

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