Students are out for Palestine, dramatically in the form of the encampments at universities across not only in the US but across the world. These encampments are part of an international wave of solidarity with Palestine, opposing genocidal attacks by the Israeli state. They have also helped spark signs of workers’ political action. The student… Continue reading The Encampments for Palestine Face off Against Violence: Part I
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Disclose, Divest: What have the encampments won?
Students at over 130 college campuses across the country have camped out the last month demanding the university disclose their weapons manufacturing investments and divest from the Israeli genocide machine. The encampments have already had a huge impact, drawing national and international attention to the brutality of Israel’s occupation. Now students have forced over a… Continue reading Disclose, Divest: What have the encampments won?
Michigan: “Uncommitted” to Biden and Genocide
Mike E in Michigan assesses the movement to cast "uncommitted" votes in the Democratic Primary, putting Biden and his wholesale backing of Israel's genocide in Palestine on notice.
New Yorkers rally to support Palestine
“From the river to the sea: Palestine will be free!” chanted a crowd of several thousand at a rally in support of the Palestinian struggle, across the avenue from the Israeli Embassy in New York City on Monday. The demonstration was brought together by a range of New York City groups, including the young Palestinian-led… Continue reading New Yorkers rally to support Palestine
Gaza prison break: Only an end to the occupation can bring peace
On October 7 Gaza broke out of the prison created by the Israeli occupation, waging a new wave of struggle for Palestinian liberation. The unprecedented Hamas attack breached Israel’s illegitimate border, briefly regaining control of occupied towns and Israeli military posts—something that has never happened in the history of the occupation. Images of bulldozers tearing… Continue reading Gaza prison break: Only an end to the occupation can bring peace
Drag queens, trans folks, and the right’s war on gender
We enter Pride month during an unprecedented array of attacks on trans people and LGBTQ+ people in general. Below we print a version of a June 8 talk by Clare Fester, a resident of Glendale, Los Angeles, where anti-trans forces recently clashed with supporters at a local school board. She discusses the transphobic movement from… Continue reading Drag queens, trans folks, and the right’s war on gender
Burritos for Striking Writers
Writers Guild of America members are now entering their third week on strike. Help us deliver burritos to the picket lines once a week until the writers win their demands.
We said defund, disarm, abolish. They murdered Tyre Nichols anyway
On January 7, police pulled over 29-year-old father, photographer, and FedEx worker Tyre Nichols at a traffic stop in Memphis, Tennessee. Police say Nichols was stopped for reckless driving, but they have not been able to produce any evidence to substantiate the claim. After three days in critical condition, Nichols died in hospital as a result of severe internal bleeding. Body cam footage released last week shows what everyone feared and suspected: the police brutally beat Nichols to death. He was less than 100 yards from his mother’s home at the time of his murder.
No war on Ukraine: Ukrainians must decide their fate
Clare Lemlich summarizes Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine and what is at stake in this conflict, arguing the socialist position that neither Russia nor the US-EU imperial sphere can be trusted to protect ordinary Ukrainian people. Rather, there must be an end to all military aggression in and around Ukraine, and its people must decide their own fate — free from the cynical interests of all imperial warmongers.
Refugee crisis on the Belarusian border: Let them cross, let them stay
There is an enormous humanitarian crisis brewing on the border between Belarus, and European Union member states Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Belarus’s authoritarian and quarter-century-long regime led by Alyaksandr Lukashenka received a slew of international sanctions following his sham elections in 2020. Over the summer, Lukashenka responded by vowing to no longer facilitate border control on behalf of Europe.
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