DN!: Israel-Palestine Debate Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 16:10:25 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 16, 2008 = = = = = = = = = * 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: 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 Fri, 5/13 Ashville, NC Sat, 5/24 Atlanta, GA WHEN: 2pm-10pm, 5pm speech by Amy Goodman WHERE: The B-Complex, 1272 Murphy Avenue, Atlanta GA 30310 DESCRIPTION: 40th Anniversary of the underground newspaper, the Great Speckled Bird. TICKETS: $7 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!: * Israeli Writer-Activist Tikva Honig-Parnass, Who Fought for Israel's Founding in 1948, on 60 Years of Palestinian Dispossession and Occupation * We continue our coverage of the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, what Palestinians call the Nakba, or catastrophe. We begin with Tikva Honig-Parnass, an Israeli who fought with Jewish paramilitary units and the Israeli army, participating in the military operations that expelled over 750,000 Palestinians. Today, she¹s an anti-Zionist leftist writer and activist who has been involved with anti-occupation, women¹s, and Mizrahi movements in Israel since the 1960s. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/16/israeli_writer_activist_tikva * As Israelis Celebrate Independence and Palestinians Mark the "Nakba," a Debate with Benny Morris, Saree Makdisi and Norman Finkelstein * Sixty years since the creation of Israel and displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, we host a debate on the legacy of 1948 and the possibility of a just future for both Israelis and Palestinians with three guests: Benny Morris, seen as one of the most important Israeli historians of the 1948 war and after; Saree Makdisi, UCLA professor and author of Palestine Inside Out; and Norman Finkelstein, author of several books, including Image and Reality of the Israel-Palestine Conflict and Beyond Chutzpah. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/16/as_israelis_celebrate_independence * Headlines for May 16, 2008 * China Earthquake Toll Tops 21,500 California Supreme Court Overrules Gay Marriage Ban House OKs Iraq Withdrawal Measure McCain Predicts US in Iraq Until 2013 Chiding Obama, Bush Likens Iran Talks to Hitler Appeasement Palestinians Denounce Bush Visit to Israel Residents: US Attack Kills 18 in Pakistan US: 2,500 Youths Jailed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Gitmo CIA Kidnap Trial Begins in Italy Burger King Fires Exec, Investigator for Targeting Tomato Pickers Admin Promotes GMO Crops in Food Aid Package HIV-Positive Man Sentenced to 35 Years for Spitting at Officers Wheelchair-Bound Scholar Dies in US Jail May 16 is Bike to Work Day Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/16/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Friday, May 16, 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! Monday, May 19, 2008: TBA = = = = = = = = = * 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! = = = = = = = = = Amy and David Goodman's new book, STANDING UP TO THE MADNESS, has hit #29 on the New York Times bestseller list!! If it hits #15 or above, it appears in the pages of the New York Times! It also hit the Booksense bestseller list -- the list of independent bookstores nationwide, booksense.com! 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