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Michael Schwalbe

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The Palestine Exception to Free Speech is Un-American

One of the small ironies of the Vietnam era was that people who saw themselves as fervent patriots often sported pins and bumper stickers repudiating...

07.02.2025 10

CounterPunch

Michael Schwalbe

Civil Discourse in a Time of Genocide

If there is to be a peaceful transition to a more just and equal world, it will not come through a polite exchange of views between the powerful...

01.01.2025 10

Common Dreams

Michael Schwalbe

Civil Discourse in a Time of Genocide

Civil discourse is preferable to the alternatives of coerced silence and violence. Coerced silence means that one side has exercised power to end...

27.12.2024 10

CounterPunch

Michael Schwalbe

An Academic Boycott of Israel is Necessary But Not Sufficient

When I first heard about the Palestinian Campaign for an Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, about twenty years ago, I thought, this makes...

03.10.2024 4

CounterPunch

Michael Schwalbe

​Israeli Racism Shouldn’t Get a Pass in America

Why isn’t Israel shunned as a pariah nation, as South Africa once was, for denying the human rights of Palestinians and for the immorality of its...

10.08.2024 10

Common Dreams

Michael Schwalbe