Found two brilliant essays online by a Canadian guy named Mike Cowie. I won't quote every quotable, as, honestly, pretty much every paragraph is perfectly and succinctly argued, but here are some of the bits that resonated with me most strongly:

Freedom Denied: The Crushing of Sri Lanka's Tamils"So, with the war in Sri Lanka now over and the ( Read more... )

"US President Barack Obama is trying to kick-start talks to reach an negotiated agreement creating a state of Palestine in the West Bank and Gaza, although Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not signed up to the idea." - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/ ( Read more... )

...i've somehow managed to not-mention-this so far (you all know how shy i can be when it comes to politics), but i help out when i can with Students For Palestine, a university-based cross-campus group that opposes Isreali policies re: Palestine ( Read more... )