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About Michael Arria

Michael Arria is the U.S. correspondent for Mondoweiss. His work has appeared in In These Times, The Appeal, and Truthout. He is the author of Medium Blue: The Politics of MSNBC.
  • YALIES4PALESTINE INSTAGRAM

    Students across the U.S. are going on hunger strike as Israeli-engineered famine takes hold in Gaza

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on May 20, 2025 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    Student protestors across the country are adapting their strategies to Trump’s crackdown on the pro-Palestine movement, but it’s safe to say the activism is not slowing down.

  • FBI AGENTS AND POLICE OUTSIDE A HOME IN MICHIGAN (PHOTO VIA INSTAGRAM)

    FBI and police raid homes of Palestine activists in Michigan

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on April 23, 2025 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    The FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided multiple homes in Michigan, reportedly targeting a number of student activists connected to Gaza solidarity protests at the University of Michigan.

  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (SCARLET SAPPHO, FLICKR)

    Columbia University expels student protesters, fires union president amid ICE raids

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on March 14, 2025 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    Columbia University issued suspensions, expulsions, and temporary degree revocations to students connected to the April 2024 occupation of Hamilton Hall, as ICE agents reportedly arrested a second Palestinian Columbia student on Friday.

  • PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU WELCOMING US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AT BEN-GURION INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, OCTOBER 18, 2023 (PHOTO: AVI OHAYON, GPO)

    The Shift: Recent reports reveal how deeply implicated the U.S. is in the Gaza genocide

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on October 10, 2024 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    In recent weeks a number of stories have broken revealing key details about the Biden administration’s foreign policy support for Israel’s genocide in Palestine.

  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT MINOUCHE SHAFIK TESTIFIES BEFORE THE HOUSE EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE COMMITTEE. APRIL 17, 2024 (REP. STEFANIK’S YOUTUBE ACCOUNT)

    The Shift: Columbia suspends deans for ‘antisemitic’ text messages

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on July 11, 2024 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    News items often seem to slip through the cracks at this point in the summer, and the media’s current focus on the Democratic Ticket has understandably dominated domestic headlines.

  • Columbia University (Photo: Scarlet Sappho / Flickr)

    Columbia University suspends ‘Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace’

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on November 10, 2023 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    Columbia University announced it is suspending the campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace for the remainder of the fall term.

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    Netflix launches a new collection of Palestinian movies

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on October 18, 2021 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    Pro-Israel groups have attacked the move because many of the directors support BDS.

  • AROC TWITTER

    Protestors are blocking Israeli ships from offloading in Oakland – updated

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on June 4, 2021 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    Bay Area activists are blocking an Israeli cargo ship from offloading in Oakland, CA in solidarity with Palestine.

  • O CANADA DAY! @ DC EMBASSY (WIKIMEDIA)

    Canada’s new Democratic Party passes motion to sanction Israel

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on April 12, 2021 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    At the New Democratic Party’s (NDP) convention last week, party members overwhelmingly passed a motion to sanction Israel. The policy book forthe center-left political party, which has existed in Canada since 1961, will now include a boycott of goods from illegal settlements and an arms embargo on the country.

  • DSA PALESTINE SOLIDARITY WORKING GROUP LOGO

    New York lawmakers denounce DSA as antisemitic after group challenges junkets to Israel

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on August 20, 2020 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    At the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) convention in 2017, the group endorsed the BDS movement by an overwhelming majority. That resolution asserted that “socialists have a responsibility to side with the oppressed and are committed to their unconditional liberation.”

  • Ilhan Omar (Photo- Wikimedia)

    ‘The assassination of Qasem Soleimani was an act of war’

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on January 6, 2020 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    On January 5, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Barbara Lee announced that they are introducing a War Powers Resolution in the House. The legislation would remove U.S. forces from any conflict with Iran that hasn’t been granted congressional approval and is a companion to a Senate resolution that was introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) two days prior.

Monthly Review Essays

  • US Imperialism in Crisis: Opportunities and Challenges to a Global Community with a Shared Future
    Sam-Kee Cheng A late 1940s Soviet poster showing a US military service member lounging on top of a German factory, smoking a cigar. The text beneath reads DER DOLLARIMPERIALISMUS [dollar imperialism].

    1. Introduction The predominance of US economic, political and military power in the world was established at the end of the Second World War.1 With just 6.3 percent of global population, the United States held about 50 percent of the world wealth in 1948. As the only power which had used nuclear weapons on civilian […]

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  • Strike at the Helm: The First Ministerial Meeting of the New Cycle of the Bolivarian Revolution
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