featureditemBy Andrew Ford Lyons on Apr 27, 2009 in Featured Items
Director Simone Bitton’s 2008 documentary on Rachel Corrie is opening in North America for the first time this week at the Tribeca Film Festival in Lower Manhattan. At left is a scene from Simone Bitton’s Rachel (Image courtesy of the Tribeca Film Festival).
Showings of the film are set for Tuesday, April 28, Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1. To find locations and book seats, visit the Rachel page at the Tribeca Film Festival website.
"To call My Name Is Rachel Corrie anything but a tragedy would be a huge disservice to the inspiring young woman of the title," writes Marcus Crowder of the Sacramento Bee. "Rachel Corrie was a real person, and the one-woman play about her recalls the Olympia, Wash., native's brief life ... continue reading (visit section)
This letter was written in support of CODEPINK to mark Rachel's 30th birthday:
Today would be the 30th birthday of my daughter Rachel, who was run over by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003 as she tried to save a Palestinian family's home from demolition. Last month, when my husband ...continue reading (visit section)
“Dual Occupations: Sovereignty and Freedom from Iraq to Palestine"
A Week-end Conference, October 17-19th at
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.
Purchase Tickets | Download Registration Form | Download the Program | Read About the Exciting Speakers | Workshops | K-12 Teachers | October 17th Event | Co-Sponsors ...continue reading (visit section)
The Rachel Corrie Memorial Scholarship at The Evergreen State College is for students dedicated to gaining a better understanding of the Middle East and to working, locally or internationally, to further Middle East peace. Areas of interest may include Arab culture and Arabic language, US Policy in the Middle East, ...continue reading (visit section)
Our mural project now has its own official website. To get updates and get involved, visit the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project wesite. continue reading (visit section)newsandupdatesBy Andrew Ford Lyons on May 7, 2009 in News and Updates
By Medea Benjamin
Originally published May 6
at CommonDreams.org
While I was being tackled by security guards at Washington’s Convention Center during the AIPAC conference for unfurling a banner that asked “What about Gaza?,” my heart was aching. I wasn’t bothered so much by the burly guards who were yanking my arms behind by back and dragging me-along with 5 other CODEPINK members-out of the hall. They were doing their job. Read the rest
By Andrew Ford Lyons on May 7, 2009 in Inspired by Rachel
the story of Rachel’s life and death is not new to many who have lived in the Pacific Northwest, or those who have come across her writings or have seen the play, My Name is Rachel Corrie. But her work with the people of Rafah, Gaza, is now reaching more as a new documentary, Rachel, by French filmmaker Simone Bitton, becomes more widely circulated. Read the rest
By Andrew Ford Lyons on Apr 13, 2009 in Events
Craig and Cindy Corrie are scheduled to speak about their late daughter’s peace efforts in Gaza during the Tuesday meeting of the Democratic Study Group at Panorama.
The event starts at 1:30 p.m. in the Quinault auditorium, 1835 Circle Lane S.E., in Lacey. It is open to the public, regardless of political viewpoint. Read the rest
By Andrew Ford Lyons on Apr 9, 2009 in News and Updates
Cindy and Craig Corrie, Sarah Corrie Simpson, and friends, read from the new book, Let Me Stand Alone: The Journals of Rachel Corrie.
By Andrew Ford Lyons on Apr 9, 2009 in Take action
Join the Cause on Facebook and help raise funds and awareness about the Rachel Corrie Foundation. Click here and add RCF to your Facebook profile. Invite others to join or donate as well. Read the rest
By Andrew Ford Lyons on Apr 9, 2009 in Featured Items
PALESTINIAN ARTISTS DAM TO PLAY BENEFIT SHOW FOR OLYMPIA-RAFAH SOLIDARITY MURAL PROJECT
OLYMPIA, WA — DAM, a leading Palestinian hip hop group and local artists Xperience and DJ Sweetelite, will play the Capitol Theater, 206 5th Avenue SE, in Olympia, April 21st at 7:00pm. Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased at Rainy Day Records or online through Buyolympia. Proceeds will benefit the Olympia-Rafah Solidarity Mural Project. Read the rest
Five families — the Corries and four Palestinian familes — are plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit against Illinois-based Caterpillar, Inc. over violations of international and state law. The case can at first seem confusing to those who have not been following the issue. , The Center for Constitutional Rights offers an in-depth, nicely organized look at the case, similar cases and the issues around "Corrie et al. v. Caterpillar, Inc." — Factsheet: Home Demolitions and Caterpillar
Phyllis Bennis' newly updated “Understanding the Palestinian-Israel Conflict” is an invaluable source for those wishing to have a better understanding of the roots of the violence in the Middle East. — Link
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