The Caravan: A journal of politics and culture, November 1, 2011 Sitting outside of the small pharmacy she and her husband own in Palawan—the Philippines’ western-most province, a far-flung island known as the last frontier—Diana recounts how she let her application for American citizenship lapse. “We never responded to the [US] embassy,” she says. “So …
Maan News Agency, July 2, 2011 A Greek decision to block ships from sailing to the Gaza Strip has prompted some organizers to rethink the flotilla movement that for years challenged Israel’s blockade of the coastal enclave. But US activists remained upbeat Friday as they discussed alternative ways to get to Gaza. The activists said …
Maan News Agency, July 1, 2011 The US Boat to Gaza left the Athens Port at 4:50 p.m. on Friday, expecting to be stopped by Greek authorities in the country’s coastal waters on its way to meet a French ship that had already left port. Shortly after it sailed the US boat was intercepted by …
Maan News Agency, June 25, 2011 Non-violence training and anti-sabotage measures are in place for the volunteers, activists and media arriving in Athens as the Freedom Flotilla II prepares to sail to Gaza. In hopes of preventing sabotage which organizers said docked two boats from the 2010 flotilla, the ships for the June voyage have …