Tag: Palestine / Israel

America in 2024: Blind, blundering Colossus on a downward slide

The world which is rising into existence is still half encumbered by the remains of the world which is waning into decay; and amidst the vast perplexity of human affairs, none can say how much of ancient institutions and former manners will remain, or how much will completely disappear… Although the revolution which is taking… Read More America in 2024: Blind, blundering Colossus on a downward slide

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How Israel quietly crushed early American Jewish dissent on Palestine

Our Palestine Question, an explosive new book by Geoffrey Levin, delves into American Jewish McCarthyism from the 1950s through late 1970s GAZA casualties live statistics United Nations Documentation on the Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem Debbie Nathan THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT covertly meddled into American Jewish politics from the 1950s to 1970s, and they did… Read More How Israel quietly crushed early American Jewish dissent on Palestine

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Palestine & the Commons: Or, Marx & the Musha’a

I believe that the musha’a (community-owned agricultural lands), like similar practices anywhere else in the world, can help us realize a world based on just conditions of mutuality, name it as is your wont: true communism, the cooperative commonwealth, the commons BY PETER LINEBAUGH In 1958 the assistant headmaster did the Bible reading at the morning assembly of the Karachi… Read More Palestine & the Commons: Or, Marx & the Musha’a

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Protests descending into mob rule, British PM Rishi Sunak warns police

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned police chiefs of a “growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule”. He wants more robust police responses that he says are needed to protect politicians and democratic processes. This includes an “immediate response” from police to intimidatory protest at MPs’ homes. But human rights group Amnesty International… Read More Protests descending into mob rule, British PM Rishi Sunak warns police

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If Biden loses in November, don’t blame voters who are angry over Gaza

There is not a single university left. The health system has basically collapsed. 1.9 million people have been forcibly displaced. The UN has said 100,000 people in Gaza have been killed, injured, or are missing. And Biden seems to think so little of the devastation that he seems to think it is appropriate to weigh in on a ceasefire while… Read More If Biden loses in November, don’t blame voters who are angry over Gaza

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The Prophecies of Malcolm X: Zionism Is a New Kind of Colonialism

By Sam Husseini / Substack I doubt it’s a coincidence that Malcolm — born 99 years ago this year and assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965 — was a model for the martyred Palestinian writer Refaat Alareer. Indeed, at a talk in 2012, Alareer would recall his introduction to Malcolm: “I was teaching a course, and there was an amazing… Read More The Prophecies of Malcolm X: Zionism Is a New Kind of Colonialism

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Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says

Exclusive: UN special rapporteur on the right to food Michael Fakhri says denial of food is war crime and constitutes ‘a situation of genocide’ Israel is intentionally starving Palestinians and should be held accountable for war crimes – and genocide, according to the UN’s leading expert on the right to food. Hunger and severe malnutrition… Read More Israel is deliberately starving Palestinians, UN rights expert says

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The Battle for the Soul of Judaism: Tribalism, Amalek and Axial Age Universalism of Isaiah

A struggle within Judaism between universalism and tribalism can be traced much, much further back… This is the time of the author(s) of Second Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament… Second Isaiah teaches the universal existence of God, i.e., not just the God of the Jews but of the whole world. It… Read More The Battle for the Soul of Judaism: Tribalism, Amalek and Axial Age Universalism of Isaiah

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