DN!: Ghada Karmi on 60th Anniv of Palestine Dispossession//Palestinian Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 16:58:23 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 15, 2008 = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "Whistle-Blower Points to Target List in U.S. Attack on Hotel" http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/15/8968/ Consider writing your local newspaper and asking for them to carry the column, distributed by King Features. Many papers across the US have done so already. If you see the column in your paper, please mail us a copy of the full page, to: Democracy Now! 100 Lafayette St New York, NY 10013 Thank you! = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! needs a few enthusiastic volunteers to help with an event in Boston on Friday evening. Amy Goodman will speak at The Jamaica Plain Forum at 6pm. More details about the event can be found here: http://tour.democracynow.org/2008/05/boston_ma_1.html We need 2-3 volunteers to assist with outreach. If you are available, please email silky@democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = * Amy Goodman on Tour - 12th Anniversary of Democracy Now! Standing Up to the Madness Tour * Amy Goodman has written her third book with her brother David, titled "Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times." The "Standing Up to the Madness" tour continues. Upcoming events: Thu, 5/15 New York, NY WHEN: 7pm WHERE: Artists Space Gallery, New York City DESCRIPTION: Benefit Gala for the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) TICKETS: N/A Fri, 5/16 Boston, MA WHEN: Doors open at 6:00pm, event begins at 7:00pm WHERE: The Jamaica Plain Forum, First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist, 6 Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 DESCRIPTION: A talk and booksigning with journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman. TICKETS: Advanced Tickets and Books in advance: $5 in advance or at the door (cash or check only, please) To be sold at Rhythm and Muse Bookstore 470 Center St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 Sat, 5/17 Chicago, IL WHEN: Noon WHERE:Navy Pier at 600 E Grand Avenue DESCRIPTION: Bush and the Media: The Bush administration has manipulated and fabricated news to suit its purposes while the corporate media has worked hand in glove with the powerful to deceive the public. Many people are fighting back, but their stories too often go untold. Goodman will expose how all this has happened and will report on the many people who have taken a stand for the sake of democracy. TICKETS: $15 Sun, 5/18 Philadelphia, PA WHEN: 2pm WHERE: Free Library at 1901 Vine St # 111, Philadelphia, PA 19103 DESCRIPTION: A talk and booksigning with journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman at the Philadelphia Book Festival TICKETS: Free Sat, 5/24 Atlanta, GA Tue, 5/27 New York, NY Fri, 6/6 Minneapolis, NY Find your event and use our "Email to a Friend" system to help spread the word. See http://tour.democracynow.org for details = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! is hiring a full-time Outreach Director For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * As Palestinians Mark 60th Anniversary of Their Dispossession, a Conversation with Palestinian Writer and Doctor Ghada Karmi * Today is the sixtieth 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: Israel¹s Dilemma in Palestine. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/15/as_palestinians_mark_60th * Palestinian Rap Group DAM Use Hip-Hop to Convey the Frustrations, Hopes of a Dispossessed People * 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 twelve miles from Jerusalem. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/15/slingshot_hip_hop_palestinian_rap * Headlines for May 15, 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 Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/15/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Thursday, May 15, 2008: http://www.democracynow.org/es To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! Friday, May 16, 2008: TBA = = = = = = = = = Amy and David Goodman's new book, STANDING UP TO THE MADNESS, has hit #29 on the New York Times bestseller list!! 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