“While demonstrating against the latest Israeli atrocities, and demanding an end to the bombing of Gaza and the beating of worshippers at Al-Aqsa, we must place these latest outrages in the context of an ongoing Nakba.”
Chilean elections – Debacle for the regime’s parties
20 May 2021, by ,“Attention was particularly focused on the elections to the Constitutional Convention; a hotly contested election that sought to put an end to the neoliberal Magna Carta promulgated 41 years ago during the Pinochet dictatorship. ”
Progressives Break with Biden Over His Uncritical Support for Israel
19 May 2021, byWith the outbreak of renewed fighting between Israel and Hamas on May 10, leading to scores of deaths, including of children, President Joseph Biden, like all U.S. presidents before him, expressed his support for Israel, stating that Israel has a right to defend itself from Hamas’ rockets. But he failed to even mention the plight of the Palestinians, fueling a growing opposition to his policy from Democratic Party progressives.
An urgent appeal to raise voices for the safety of political activist, human rights defender Shah Nawaz Ali Sher
18 May 2021, byJammu Kashmir Awami Workers Party (JKAWP) calls to raise voices for the safety of political activist, human rights defender Shah Nawaz Ali Sher arrested by the authorities in Pakistani-occupied Jammu Kashmir.
Republicans Pass State Laws to Restrict Voting Rights: A Return to Jim Crow
16 May 2021, byTrump, who now completely dominates the Republican Party, continues to claim that President Joseph Biden and the Democrats won in 2020 through election fraud.
The women’s revolution: what the coup means for gender equality in Myanmar
15 May 2021, by“The current protests have shown us that something is changing. We see young people, both men and women.”
Solidarity with Palestinians against neocolonial aggression
14 May 2021, byIn recent weeks, Palestinians in Jerusalem have mobilized en masse to defend their basic right – to live in their own homes, homes to their families for several generations – against the attempts of the Israeli government and extremist settler organizations to drive them out and replace them with Jewish settlers in a policy that can only be called ethnic cleansing.
Ethnic Cleansing Escalates in Palestine: U.S. Says “Stay Calm”
13 May 2021, by“In the real world where Palestinians are desperately fighting to hold onto their homes and their homeland, it’s the global grassroots response that matters.”
The Struggle Against Ethnic Cleansing in Jerusalem
12 May 2021, byThe struggle to tell the truth about Jerusalem.