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A convincing policy proposal depends on sensitivity to context and the particulars of the conflict
Richard Falk
Richard Anderson Falk (born November 13, 1930) is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, and Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor's Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He is the author or coauthor of over 20 books and the editor or coeditor of another 20 volumes. In 2008, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) appointed Falk to a six-year term as a United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Since 2005 he chairs the Board of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
I have been asked recently why do I persist in working hard for the things that I believe in
I have long believed that prospects for a hopeful human future depend on radical and visionary feelings, thought, and action
There is a new mood of moral desperation associated with the ongoing strife in Syria that has resulted in at least 135,000 deaths, 9.3 million Syrians displaced, countless atrocities
Exactly thirty-five years ago I had the experience of a lengthy meeting Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeni
The great achievement of Hany Alu-Assad in this film is to make you feel and think, and maybe hopefully act
The road to democracy is a process not an event, and will require an ongoing struggle
In the background here are questions about the nature of ‘democracy,’ and how to evaluate the views of people caught in the maelstrom of political conflict
A new article makes the case for the US as the world’s de facto government
Interview on a range of issues bearing on the Palestinian struggle for rights and justice