Above Photo: Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC, 11th January 2006. Jonathan McIntosh. The late human rights lawyer took on some of the most important cases of our time, including defending Guantanamo Bay detainees and representing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. When Michael […]
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Michael Ratner’s inspiring activist life culminated with dramatic change on Israel
July 9th, 2021 Awake Goy
MOVING THE BARMy Life as a Radical Lawyerby Michael Ratner358 pp. OR Books. $23 or $10 for ebook. How do American Jews shift their outlook on Israel? How do leftleaning Americans who have a special corner of their heart devoted to Israel give up that attachment in the face of unending human rights violations? That […]