Who is phyllis bennis

She joined Jews and Arabs Against Zionism. Line of March 's new biweekly formatted Frontline , Volume 1, No. As at Nov. All participants in DG! In Bennis accompanied a group of congressional aides to Iraq to examine the impact of U. In November , Phyllis Bennis was interviewed by Yes! A Journal of Positive Futures about alternatives to the empire-building and war-mongering of the Bush regime.

A world without an empire would not be a utopia; it would simply allow nations around the world a chance to build better lives for their people and allow people around the world a chance at gaining human rights.

Conference, Riverside Church, New York. On Sunday, August 29th NW, Washington, D. Occupation" was held;. Makani Themba February 27, This is an amazing first step. For half a century, for five decades, we have seen the U. For decades, we have seen Cuban terrorists in this country, anti-Castro terrorists, who, among other things, assassinated my colleagues in , Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt , just a few blocks from here on Sheridan Circle, with a car bomb, in what was then the worst act of international terrorism here in the United States—approved by the United States, allowed by the United States.

And it was at the behest of the U. The first time I went to our annual memorial at the spot where they were killed, just a few blocks from here, on Embassy Row, Sheridan Circle—you could walk from here in 10 minutes—and I looked at the plaque right at the spot where they were killed, and it had their birth dates and the date of their death.

We were nine days apart. And I realized that Ronni and I were like the same person. This is the beginning of the U.

When Cuban exiles shot down a plane over the Bahamas, a plane that had taken off from Venezuela, with—killing 73 people, including the entire Cuban youth fencing team, a nine-year-old child—it was all civilians—it was an act of global terror that was—and the guy who was responsible for it still is living in Miami without any accountability. This is the beginning of ending that.

Washington DC. Participants included: Dr. Clarence Lusane , Joni Eisenberg , Rev. Vanessa Wills , Jeremiah Lowery , Dr. Greg Carr , Howard University. It was remarkable how many non-Cubans knew the Cuban national anthem well enough to sing along July as the flag was raised over the newly re-established embassy on 16th Street NW. Then they joined in the delirious shouts of "Viva Cuba!

Suddenly we have a victory. In she helped found the U. She works with many anti-war and Palestinian rights organizations, writing and speaking widely across the U.

Phyllis has written and edited eleven books. Among her latest is the just-published 7th updated edition of her popular Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict. Stay up to date on events in the Middle East with the New Internationalism newsletter.

John Cavanagh , Phyllis Bennis September 10, The U. That money should have been used for health care, climate, jobs, and education. Phyllis Bennis September 1, Phyllis Bennis joins Democracy Now! Phyllis Bennis August 17, Phyllis Bennis August 16, President Biden was right to withdraw U. But we should have no illusion that this will end the war for Afghans. Phyllis Bennis August 11, Phyllis Bennis August 4, But have we accepted mass displacement as the new normal?

Phyllis Bennis July 29, Phyllis Bennis July 1, Phyllis Bennis June 17, Phyllis Bennis June 9, Phyllis Bennis June 4, The new government — if it takes power at all — is united only around ousting Netanyahu. Phyllis Bennis May 21, The Biden administration thought it could muddle through with the usual pro-Israel platitudes, but rising awareness of Israeli apartheid is making that impossible.

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