Author: Jeannie Connerney

The World Cup: Uniting the World or Tearing it Apart?

July 2, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

“The beautiful game” of soccer is being played across the US, Canada, and Mexico and promises “to unite the world.” Beyond the view of stadium lights, television cameras, and smiling fans, however, lurk some ugly realities. Controversies started long before the World Cup began on […]

A Laboratory of Calculated Cruelty

April 23, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

The World Stands with Palestinian Prisoners “I refused to leave the hospital and sacrifice my patients, so the army punished me by killing my son.” These are the words of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who was one of 180 medical personnel arrested for refusing to […]

The Use and Abuse of Holy Week in Boston, Washington, and Rome

April 8, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

As Christians celebrated Holy Week around the world, messages from activists at Good Friday peace events and statements from Pope Leo contrasted starkly with the shamefully bizarre words coming out of the Trump administration. The imagery drawn from Christianity was used in a manner so […]

Palestinians Commemorate Land Day as Israel Legalizes Their Executions

March 31, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

Fifty years ago on March 30, 1976, six unarmed Palestinians were murdered by Israeli soldiers and police as they protested illegal confiscation of Arab land in the West Bank. Israel had planned to expropriate approximately 7.7 miles of land for Jewish settlements and military use […]

Protest, Dublin. MAPA photo/ Jeannie Connerney

Saint Patrick’s Day Bootlicking at the White House

March 19, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

by Jeannie Connerney “What we have witnessed in recent days in the Middle East, and beyond, are not political disputes. They are deliberate assaults on international law, the international laws that have underpinned global peace for eighty years. We must name them as such, without […]

As Hunger Strikers Face Death, Pressure on UK Government Increases

January 14, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

By Jeannie Connerney This is an update to an article which appeared in the Peace Advocate on January 7. At least two Palestine Action hunger strikers have come face to face with death as open support for their demands surges. On her 73rd day without […]

Palestine Action Hunger Strikers at Imminent Risk of Death in UK Prisons

January 7, 2026 Jeannie Connerney

By Jeannie Connerney As of January 7, British prisoner Heba Muraisi is on day 66 of a hunger strike. She is struggling to speak, has trouble breathing, and is experiencing muscle spasms, indicative of neurological damage. “My body shakes, I get dizzy to the point […]