Palestinian Rap Group DAM Use Hip Hop to Convey the Frustrations, Hopes of a Dispossessed People
Democracy Now - 15 May 2008
We turn now to three young Palestinians who use hip hop to tell their story of the Nakba and what it means to be a Palestinian growing up inside Israel. DAM or Da Arabian MCs is the first group of Palestinian rappers and was formed in the late 1990s. All three members were born and grew up in the slums of Lod or Al-Lyd, a mixed town of Arabs and Jews 12 miles from Jerusalem.

As Palestinians Mark 60th Anniversary of Their Dispossession, a Conversation With Palestinian Writer and Doctor Ghada Karmi
Democracy Now - 15 May 2008
Today is the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, what Palestinians call the Nakba or “catastrophe” that resulted in the expulsion and dispossession of over 750,000 Palestinians from their cities and villages. Ghada Karmi is a well known Palestinian writer and medical doctor from Jerusalem who lives in Britain. She has written several books about Palestinian history and her own experience as a refugee including “In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story” and most recently, “Married to Another Man: Israel”s Dilemma in Palestine.”

Headlines for May 15, 2008
Democracy Now - 15 May 2008
Red Cross: Up to 128,000 Dead in Burma, China Toll Rises as Rescue Hopes Fade, 20 Dead in Baghdad Suicide Attack, Palestinians Mark 60 Years Since ?Nakba?, Bush Visits Israel to Celebrate 60th Anniversary, Following Unrest, Lebanon Reverses Crackdown on Hezbollah, Edwards Endorses Obama in Dem Race, Polar Bear Designated an Endangered Species

Photostory: Shattered remains
Electronic Intifada - 15 May 2008
rr r r rr r rr r rr r rr r rr rrr r”There is, here, a timeless present, and here no one can find anyone. No one remembers how we went out the door like a gust of wind, and at what hour we fell from yesterday, and then yesterday shattered on the tiles in shards for others to reassemble into mirrors reflecting their image over ours.” Adam Beach’s photographs document life in the occupied territories.

The Bush Administration’s Bogus Claims About Iran’s Weapons Smuggling
AlterNet: War on Iraq - 15 May 2008
A plotted sequence of events to build domestic U.S. support for a possible strike against Iran over its “meddling” in Iraq has hit some snags.

There is no alternative to the right of return
Electronic Intifada - 15 May 2008
rr r r rr r rr r rr r rr r rr rrr rTo the People of Palestine, Whether you live within the “Green Line,” in Jerusalem, the West Bank, Gaza, or in exile, you shall return, there is no doubt that you shall return. Today the skies will echo as you state with one united voice: “There can be no alternative to our return,” all sounds will melt away as your voice rises to say “There can be no peace without our return to our original lands and homes.”

The Myth of the Iranian Sanctuary
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 15 May 2008
Summary: The Iranians have already achieved political victory in Iraq. All they want now is to create long-lasting stability. The last thing the Iranians would do is create a new “Viet Cong” to undermine the government of Iraq. Thus, if one accepts the premise of the United States that it is Iran which is responsible for funding and training forces hostile to the government of Iraq, then one would have to accept the notion that Iran is at war with?Iran. This is, frankly speaking, absurd in the extreme. source: AntiWar.com read more

Maliki Stalls US Plan to Frame Iran
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 15 May 2008
Summary: Weapons in KarbalaEarly this month, the George W. Bush administration’s plan to create a new crescendo of accusations against Iran for allegedly smuggling arms to Shiite militias in Iraq encountered not just one but two setbacks. source: AntiWar.com read more

Arianna Huffington Storms NYC With New Book, Skewering McCain as a ‘Pandering Pawn of the Right’
AlterNet: War on Iraq - 15 May 2008
Huffington blasts corporate media and lampoons McCain. She tells all in an interview with Grit TV’s Laura Flanders and AlterNet’s Don Hazen.