Palestine

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Palestine

Tlaib and Omar: A watershed moment in the struggle against imperialism and racism

August 23, 2019 Lev Koufax
On Aug. 17, 2019, Rep. Rashida Tlaib stood in front of a crowd in her hometown of Detroit. The event was technically a public Shabbat called by the progressive Jewish community. However, a diverse and […]
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Palestine

Palestinian professor hits back at Israel lobby attacks

August 17, 2019 David Spero
Aiming to expose and loosen the influence of the Israel lobby on U.S. campuses, Palestinian-born professor Dr. Rabab Abdulhadi has sued San Francisco State University (SFSU) in federal court for illegal retaliation for her political […]
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Palestine

Solidarity with Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Lebanon

August 1, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
A rally outside the Lebanese Mission to the United Nations in New York City on July 30 protested the treatment of Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Demonstrations were also held a few days before […]
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Palestine

Ilhan Omar’s support of BDS isn’t anti-Semitic. It’s just common sense

July 27, 2019 Lev Koufax
On July 17, progressive Minnesota Congressperson Ilhan Omar introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives defending people’s right to boycott. Omar’s resolution was in response to a proposed vote on the floor of the […]
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Palestine

Free Palestine! Al Quds protests rebuff Trump’s ‘deal of century’

June 10, 2019 Bill Cecil
Millions around the globe marched on May 31 in solidarity with the people of Palestine and oppressed people everywhere. It was a massive rebuff to the “deal of the century” that the Trump regime seeks […]
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Palestine

New York protest says: Long live Gaza!

March 31, 2019 Stephen Millies
Over 300 people rallied in New York City’s Times Square on March 29 to support the Palestinian people of Gaza. The demonstration marked the first anniversary of the weekly marches there demanding Palestinians’ right to […]
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Palestine

Protesters confront AIPAC conference: ‘Free Palestine! Defend Ilhan Omar!’

March 31, 2019 David Card
On March 24, the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) began in Washington, D.C. AIPAC is dedicated to lobbying U.S. politicians to maintain and increase support for the state of Israel […]
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Imperialism and global politics

Support Rasmea Odeh and Palestine

March 23, 2019 Struggle - La Lucha
The delegates to the Unity for Socialism and Revolution conference, called by the publication Struggle-La Lucha, voted unanimously to express solidarity with Palestinian liberation leader Rasmea Odeh and condemn the revocation of her visa by […]
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Imperialism and global politics

Shedding light on AIPAC, Israel and imperialism

February 15, 2019 Scott Scheffer
Hands off Rep. Ilhan Omar! Newly elected U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota is under attack by members of both the Democratic and Republican parties because she has called out a pro-Israel lobbying organization, the […]
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Imperialism and global politics

West Bank rises after Israeli terror raids

December 29, 2018 Greg Butterfield
Throughout 2018, Gaza’s struggle for survival has embodied Palestinian resistance to the world: from frequent Israeli bombings of homes, schools and hospitals inside the world’s largest open-air prison, to the now 11-year-long blockade that prohibits […]