KBBF Speaking of Palestine: The Occupations of Western Sahara and Palestine admin, February 28, 2022August 14, 2024 A KBBF interview with Professor Stephen Zunes on the occupation of Western Sahara and much more, plus Palestine Update and some poems by Naomi Shihab Nye.See Continue Reading
Democrats Attack Amnesty Report on Israel to Justify US Complicity in Human Rights Abuses admin, February 28, 2022March 13, 2024 This is indicative of the Democratic Party’s shift to the right on foreign policy in recent decades… [FULL LINK] Continue Reading
WRFI Human Rights Show: Amnesty International Report and U.S. Reaction admin, February 18, 2022August 14, 2024 WRFI February 18, 2022: Amnesty International published the extensive report “Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians” which concluded that decades of systematic discrimination and oppression of Palestinians and violation of their rights amounts to the crime of apartheid. We discuss why the U.S. refuses to acknowledge that Israel violates a wide range… Continue Reading
KZFR Peace & Justice: U.S. and Western Sahara admin, February 11, 2022April 3, 2024 Aired on KZFR public radio, Chico, CA, 11 February 2022; This audio is no longer available. Continue Reading
WBAI Leonard Lopate at Large: Western Sahara and U.S. Policy admin, February 7, 2022April 3, 2024 WBAI FM, NYC, 7 February 2022: Stephen Zunes, on his newly updated book “[Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution.“ [FULL LINK] Continue Reading
Oberlin Club of Washington, DC: Western Sahara admin, January 28, 2022April 12, 2024 28 January 2022: The United Nations and the World Court have called for the Sahrawi population to be allowed the right of self-determination. The United States, meanwhile, remains the only country in the world that formally recognizes Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara. The presentation is timed with the release of… Continue Reading
Biden’s Dangerous Refusal to Reverse Trump’s Western Sahara Policy admin, January 21, 2022April 3, 2024 In his final weeks in office, President Donald Trump stunned the international community in formally recognizing Western Sahara as part of Morocco. Morocco has occupied much of its southern neighbor since 1975, when it invaded and annexed the former Spanish colony in defiance of the United Nations Security Council and a landmark ruling of the International Court of Justice. Continue Reading
The Role of Non-Violent Action in the Downfall of Apartheid admin, March 1, 1999January 21, 2025 Against enormous odds, non-violent action proved to be a major factor in the downfall of apartheid in South Africa, and the establishment of a democratic black majority government, despite predictions that the transition could come only through a violent revolutionary cataclysm. This was largely the result of conditions working against a successful armed overthrow of the system, combined with the ability of the anti-apartheid opposition to take advantage of the system’s economic dependence on a cooperative black labour force. This article traces the history of nonviolent resistance to apartheid, its initial failures, and the return in the 1980s to a largely non-violent strategy which, together with international sanctions, forced the government to negotiate a peaceful transfer to majority rule. Continue Reading