How European Cities are Breathing New Life into the BDS Movement

April saw a flurry of activity in European cities rapidly advancing their own boycott procedures against Israel, with Barcelona, Liège, and Oslo all chilling their relations with Israel’s apartheid government.

Ramzy Baroud
Por Ramzy Baroud
European Cities BDS Feature photo

A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and Oslo, Norway, in April sent a strong message to Israel: The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) is alive and well. In Barcelona, the city's Mayor canceled a twinning agreement with the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The

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Liberar a África de la pobreza requiere cambiar las relaciones de poder con Occidente

El elevado discurso político que emana de los líderes e intelectuales africanos da una esperanza de que el continente supuestamente 'pobre' esté planeando escapar de las garras de la dominación occidental.

Ramzy Baroud
Por Ramzy Baroud
Africa colonialism Feature photo

Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city's well-organized streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world's leading brands in fashion, cars, and perfumes. Yet, amid all the expressions of wealth and plenty, an electronic sign by a bus stop flashed the images of poor-looking African children

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Cómo Europa está destruyendo su propio 'jardín'

Europa no puede solucionar sus problemas culpando a los demás, y el 'jardín' europeo, si alguna vez existió, en realidad está siendo devastado por las propias élites gobernantes de Europa: ricas, distantes y totalmente deshonestas.

Ramzy Baroud
Por Ramzy Baroud
Europe Decline Feature photo

The European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell is not particularly perceived by the EU’s political elite or mainstream media as a rightwing ideologue or warmonger. But seen through a different, non-western prism, it is hard not to mistake him for one. Borrell’s recent comments that “Europe is a garden” and that “the rest of the world is

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El conflicto de Ucrania desvela el mito de una Europa más civilizada

En lugar de utilizar la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania como una oportunidad para reflexionar sobre el futuro del proyecto europeo, sea lo que sea, se está utilizando como una oportunidad para ganar puntos baratos contra las propias víctimas de Europa en todas partes.

Ramzy Baroud
Por Ramzy Baroud
Ukraine Europe Civilized Feature photo

When a gruesome six-minute video of Ukrainian soldiers shooting and torturing handcuffed and tied up Russian soldiers circulated online, outraged people on social media and elsewhere compared this barbaric behavior to that of Daesh. In a rare admission of moral responsibility, Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian President, quickly

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Mientras el genocidio de Israel en Gaza no se interrumpe, ¿Europa finalmente está tomando nota?

Un asedio largo y cruel, los constantes ataques israelíes que causaron la muerte de innumerables civiles, la destrucción de viviendas e infraestructura, la pobreza extrema y el trauma siguen siendo el pan de cada día de los palestinos en Gaza.

Miko Peled
Por Miko Peled
Gaza Europe Feature photo

A report published by the United Nations in 2018 stated that by the year 2020 the Gaza Strip would be uninhabitable. It said specifically that, “the United Nations has stated that Gaza may well be unlivable by 2020.” The report emphasized also that “Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories

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Coronavirus: ¿Cómo tratan los países europeos a los refugiados en medio de la pandemia?

Descuidar a los refugiados mientras luchan contra el coronavirus es tan tonto como inhumano. Los últimos meses nos han enseñado que las estrategias egocéntricas no se aplican en los casos de crisis sanitarias mundiales.

Romana Rubeo
Ramzy Baroud
Por Romana Rubeo
Y Ramzy Baroud
Europe Refugees Coronavirus Feature photo

As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic began spreading its tentacles throughout China and eventually to the rest of the world, the World Health Organization (WHO), along with other international groups, sounded the alarm that refugees and migrants are particularly vulnerable to the deadly disease. “We strongly emphasize the need for inclusive national

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