Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation & Apartheid South Africa

2018-01-15T21:47:42.329Z

A full transcript is also available at https://democracynow.org - In a Democracy Now! and Pacifica Radio Archives exclusive, we air a newly discovered recording of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On De...

The Fight in the Fields: César Chávez and the Farmworker's Movement

2014-12-24T02:36:56.256Z

This documentary traces the history of the United Farmworkers Union (UFW) and the life of its founder, Cesar Chavez ...

Chavez was inspired both by the example of Christ and by Gandhi to create a non-violent and effective movement, including through the use of sustained strikes and…

Noam Chomsky on BDS and How the Israeli Occupation is "Much Worse Than Apartheid"

2014-08-14T21:42:04.972Z

"So far, there haven’t been any sanctions [imposed on Israel]. But there could be sanctions. And there’s an obvious way to proceed. There has been for years, and it has plenty of support. In fact, Amnesty International called for it during the Cast Lead operations. That’s an arms embargo. For the U.S. to impose an arms embargo, or even to discuss it, would be a major issue, major contribution. That’s the most important of the possible sanctions.
And there’s a basis for it. U.S. arms to Israel are in violation of U.S. law, direct violation of U.S. law. You look at U.S. foreign assistance law, it bars any military assistance to any one country, unit, whatever, engaged in consistent human rights violations. Well, you know, Israel’s violation of human rights violations is so extreme and consistent that you hardly have to argue about it. That means that U.S. aid to Israel is in—military aid, is in direct violation of U.S. law. And as Pillay pointed out before, the U.S. is a high-contracting party to the Geneva Conventions, so it’s violating its own extremely serious international commitments by not imposing—working to impose the Geneva Conventions. That’s an obligation for the high-contracting parties, like the U.S. And that means to impose—to prevent a violation of international humanitarian law, and certainly not to abet it. So the U.S. is both in violation of its commitments to international humanitarian law and also in violation of U.S. domestic law. And there’s some understanding of that."

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MIT Professor Noam Chomsky discusses U.S. support for Israel; the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS).

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Newly Discovered 1964 MLK Speech on Civil Rights, Segregation & Apartheid South Africa

The Fight in the Fields: César Chávez and the Farmworker's Movement

Noam Chomsky on BDS and How the Israeli Occupation is "Much Worse Than Apartheid"