THE STRUGGLE FOR PALESTINE: WHAT’S WINNABLE, WHAT’S NOT

This article was originally published on Truthdig (www.truthdig.com). How can the Palestine solidarity movement win?  What should it demand in order to combine the maximum of justice with political feasibility, and how should it frame those demands in order to reach a broad public? These are questions of political judgement rather than science.  But sound political judgement…

ANOTHER BDS VICTORY, THAT NEVER WAS

Mondoweiss reports on leading BDS spokesperson Omar Barghouti's recent visit to Italy: Barghouti also met with leaders of the metalworkers unions of Italy’s three national confederations, FIOM-Cgil, which has endorsed BDS, FIM-Cisl and UIM-Uil, representing altogether over 500 hundred thousand workers. In a joint statement, the unions recognised that the BDS campaign 'has proven itself to…