Dennis Banks: Palestinian Suffering Under U.S.-Backed Occupation Recalls Plight of Native Americans Dennis Banks, the legendary Native American activist and co-founder of the American Indian Movement, was in New York City this weekend to serve as a jurist at the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, an international people’s tribunal created in 2009 to bring attention to the responsibility other states bear for Israel’s violations of international law. Banks says, "What is happening to [Palestinians] is what we went through during the last century. It is, unfortunately, the same people [backing it]: it is the U.S. government which funnels money to Israel, and then it goes to hurt the Palestinian people."
[Transcript to come. Check back soon.] Video at http://www.democracynow.org/2012/10/8/dennis_banks_palestinian_suffering_under_us Related * Native American Leader Dennis Banks on the Overlooked Tragedy of Nation’s Indian Boarding Schools Oct 08, 2012| Story * On Columbus Day, Indigenous Urge Celebration of Native Culture & Teaching of the Americas’ Genocide Oct 08, 2012| Story * Palestine Conditions "More Brutal" Than in U.S. South of 50 Years Ago, Says Author Alice Walker Sep 28, 2012| Story * Rachel Corrie’s Parents Denounce Israeli Military Exoneration for 2003 Killing in Gaza Aug 28, 2012| Story * Subhankar Banerjee: Looming Deadline Creates Window for Protests to Stop Shell’s Arctic Drilling Jul 20, 2012| Story Links * Dennis Banks Official Website * Russell Tribunal on Palestine Website NOTE: In this video, Birzeit Professor Saleh Hamayel makes the statement that Native Americans were simply exterminated by the Eruopean colonialist (Spanish) and not used for labor, but that is not entirely the case. Probably Prof. Hamayel was not aware of the massive forced labor of Native Americans in the mines in the Andes, and the (North) American southwest. Hajja Romi/Blue [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
