Stop the Wars at Home and Abroad!

On Gaza

by The Virginia Defenders of Freedom, Justice and Equality, published in the Virginia Defender, October 8 , 2023 (Autumn 2023 Edition) This Nov. 2 marked 106 years since one Englishman gave another Englishman the right to establish a “homeland” for his people. The first Englishman was Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour, the second was Lord Rothschild, a leader of the British[…]

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The World in Solidarity with Palestine

by Julia Wright, published on Workers World, November 3, 2023 African American diplomat Linda Thomas Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, arrived at the Security Council Oct. 18 dressed to the hilt and prepared to raise a war-mongering hand that will go down in history. The resolution would have allowed “humanitarian pauses in the conflict between Israel and Hamas[…]

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The Demand For a Ceasefire is Necessary But Not Sufficient

The Demand For a Ceasefire is Necessary But Not Sufficient: The Demand Must Be for Decolonization and Palestinian Self-Determination by Ajamu Baraka, published on Black Agenda Report, November 8, 2023 “The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres told reporters in New York, adding that the need for a ceasefire[…]

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There Will Be Repercussions: The West is Collectively Responsible for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

by Ramzy Baroud, published on Countercurrents, November 9, 2023 On October 20, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, stood on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing, between Egypt and besieged Gaza. Guterres was not the only international figure to travel to the Gaza border, hoping to mobilize the international community in the face of an ongoing genocide, in[…]

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Israel Declares Most of Humanity Illegitimate and Irrelevant

by Ann Garrison, published on Black Agenda Report, November 1, 2023 After 120 members of the 193 members of the UN General Assembly called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Israel demonstrated its increasing isolation by declaring the UN illegitimate and irrelevant. Both the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly continue to grapple with the Israel/Hamas War, also[…]

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The Palestinian Youth Movement in a Time of War

by Susie Day, published on Socialist Action, October 30, 2023 – An Interview with Kaleem Hawla Kaleem Hawa [photo above] is a young Palestinian writer who has contributed eloquent pieces on art and film to such publications as The New York Review of Books and Art forum. But he has no time for this now. He and his comrades in the Palestinian Youth Movement[…]

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November 3: Today’s news on Palestine & Israel

by If Americans Knew, published on Israel Palestine News, October 3, 2023 Latest casualty figures, humanitarian update, incidents in Gaza and West Bank, Israel: “Nothing will stop us,” US government’s broad support. Find previous daily casualty figures and daily news updates here. For more news, go here and here. Live broadcast news from the region is here.* Latest statistics: Palestinian death toll 8,896* (8,756 in Gaza** (including at[…]

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The US Has Betrayed Egypt Again

by Steven Sahiounie, published on Mideast Discourse, October 25, 2023 The U.S. has not only betrayed Egypt.  It has made a deal to counter China and centralize India, but it requires the wealthy Arab states to normalize with Israel.  Given the current situation, this may quickly fall apart.   Maintaining the entire population of Palestine in a free fire zone may[…]

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The World Would Rather Show Solidarity with Our Corpses than Honor our Resistance

by Fathi Nemer, published on Mondoweiss,  October 24, 2023 Who is defending themselves [jb] For decades, the Israeli regime has upheld a brutal settler colonial occupation and siege of Palestine, controlling every aspect of Palestinian life. It has committed untold war crimes all across colonized Palestine, violating the rights of the population it controls. In Gaza specifically, in addition to[…]

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