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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.
  • NYC ASSEMBLYMEMBER AND MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZOHRAN KWAME MAMDANI (MAMDANI CAMPAIGN WEBSITE)

    ‘It’s proven that Zionism is a paper tiger in Democratic politics’: breaking down Zohran Mamdani’s stunning New York victory

    Originally published: Mondoweiss on June 25, 2025 (more by Mondoweiss)  |

    Mondoweiss talks to political consultant Peter Feld to break down Zohran Mamdani’s historic victory in New York City: “It’s proven that Zionism is a paper tiger in Democratic politics and that the emperor has no clothes.”

  • 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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    Iker Suarez A banner at a memorial rally for victims of the 2014 massacre of migrants at Tarajal, 2021.

    Over 10,000 people died in transit to Spain in 2024 alone.[1] On June 2022, the border fence of Melilla, one of two Spanish enclaves in Morocco, was witness to a massacre that killed or disappeared over a hundred African migrants.[2]  A recent BBC investigation revealed that Greek border guards systematically repeal immigrants already on Greek […]

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