Commentaries by Abed Awad

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movements

June 11, 2016 02:44:23 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Abed Awad of Awad & Khoury, LLP, discusses the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement...In 1880, English Captain Charles C. Boycott led an eviction campaign against tenants in Ireland. Appalled at the inhumanity of Mr. Boycott's ruthless actions,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Velvet Revolution begins in Czechoslovakia

On November 17, 1989, riot police put down student protests against the communist government in Czechoslovakia. The incident started a series of non-violent protests that finally forced the communists from power two weeks later.

Learn more about the Velvet Revolution.

President Nixon declared 'I'm not a crook'

On November 17, 1973, President Richard Nixon defended his actions in the Watergate affair, urging the nation to put Watergate behind it and telling a press conference "I'm not a crook."