This Magazine (Read it here). Later syndicated on Alternet (here) November 22, 2011 On a cold December day nine years ago, a group of young people from the Grassy Narrows First Nation lay down in front of a line of logging trucks on a snow-covered road. Chrissy Swain, now 32, recalls that...

Fall 2011 issue; September 21, 2011   Ahmad Abu Ghosh will never forget the day he was expelled from his hometown. His family lived in Imwas, in what is today the Occupied West Bank, until 5 am on June 5, 1967, when they saw the lights of approaching Israeli tanks. “We were all...

EVICTION NOTICE By Carmelle Wolfson Sept 9, 2009 A version of this article first appeared in NOW Magazine (here) and then later in The Dominion (here).   Jerusalem --- Following a trip to Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza in August, MPs from all the opposition parties committed to pushing their...

This article was originally published on Alternet.  As Democratic Uprisings Spread Through Middle East, Palestinians' (Unreported) Hunger for Reform Is Repressed Palestinian activists, isolated by Israeli military checkpoints and walls, are connecting through Facebook, Twitter and mobile...

Punching bag therapy  CARMELLE WOLFSON From Tuesday's Globe and MailLast updated on Friday, Mar. 13, 2009 12:09PM EDT Ileap from right to left, forearms blocking my head. As I do my best imitation of a boxer stance, I hope for sweat to materialize on my brow. "Picture someone you...