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Jewish activist told to remove Palestine flag responds
Last week, police in south London knocked on the door of a Jewish resident, Tamar, and asked her to remove a pro-Palestine sign and flag from the window of her home. She refused and delivered this speech at a rally this weekend in response .
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How the western media helped build the case for genocide in Gaza
From obscuring the West’s role in starving Gaza to sensationalised accounts of mass rape by Hamas, journalists are playing the role of propagandists, not reporters.
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New York Times readers are the least informed ones
One presumes that readers of a media institution which calls itself the ‘paper of record’ would be informed about an important issue which in other media has for month led the headlines of the day.
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Capitalism’s permanent horror
Government officials said that they were interested in killing only “terrorists”. But the “terrorists” were supported by most of the population, whom the authorities in fact considered collaborators and fair game.
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The man in whose shadow Netanyahu walks
Israel is unlikely to stop its assault on Gaza without massive pressure, and the reasons are rooted in the history of Zionism, argues Chris Bambery.
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Arundhati Roy on Gaza: N̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ Again
The millions of protestors on the streets of Europe and the U.S. are the hope for the future of the world..
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The booksellers’ revolt
The READER Act would have required vendors to rate books on “explicitness” before selling to schools—and blacklisted those that didn’t comply.
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In the midst of genocide in Gaza–The legacy of Rachel Corrie lives on
During her time in Gaza, Corrie stayed with a family in Rafah. In her letters home, she referred to the difference between there and here as a “virtual portal into luxury”.
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Venezuela’s election in the crosshairs of new U.S. regime change scheme
As Venezuela prepares to head to the polls in July, the U.S. has already started drumming up suspicion and doubt around the electoral process.
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ACLU slams House for latest plan to ban TikTok and stifle free speech
This bill, which was introduced by Reps. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), would violate the First Amendment rights of hundreds of millions of Americans who use the app to communicate and express themselves daily.
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The great unwinding
The Failing Battle for Health and Healthcare in These All Too Disunited States.
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BAP Backgrounder: Haiti behind the headlines
Haiti is in the headlines again and, as usual, the headlines on Haiti are mostly negative.
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The Gates of the Great Continent: Palestine, China, and the War for Humanity’s Future (Part 2)
Notwithstanding Mao’s admonition to his PLO visitors to avoid book worship—including and especially of his own works—his writings on guerrilla warfare had by then become canon, and for good reason.
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The Gates of the Great Continent: Palestine, China, and the War for Humanity’s Future (Part 1)
As Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza enters its sixth month, Qiao Collective presents an urgent intervention from Charles Xu on the Palestinian resistance and the place of China, its people, and their revolutionary legacy in the global solidarity movement.
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There will be reading and singing and dancing even in the darkest times: The Tenth Newsletter (2024)
Amidst the genocide against Palestinians and the war in Congo, human beings cling to hope. Saleem, in Rafah, dreams beyond the present, of Red Books Day and a brighter future.
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‘We are the masters of the house’: Israeli channels air snuff videos featuring systematic torture of Palestinians
Israeli TV channels aired a number of reports showing the torture and humiliation of Palestinians in Israeli prisons. The videos are consumed by the Israeli public as entertainment, revealing the sadism of Israeli society.
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Igniting conflict in the heart of Africa
The perils of U.S. empire have driven a spiral of violence in the Sahel.
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AMLO’s push for environmental reforms angers Canadian mining sector
Ottawa has often criticized measures that would limit the ability of Canadian companies to profit from Mexico’s resource wealth.
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Ireland must be a voice for the Palestinian people
Israel’s war in Gaza has now entered its fifth month.
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In defense of historical memory against imperialism
“As Africans living in the belly of the beast of imperialism we recognize that our domestic struggle against police terrorism, super exploitation, and domestic colonization are themselves part of the larger anti-imperialist struggle of the underdeveloped world.”