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This Week in People’s History, Jun 11–17, 2025

Portside
Monument to a striking miner who was murdered by company guards
A Martyred Miner’s Sacrifice (1925), An Empty Threat (1775), ‘The Part Which Black Folk Played’ (1935), Danger! Curriculum Deviation! (1965), A Very, Very Unpopular Treaty (1960), How to Shrink an Economy (1930)

Flotilla Member Rima Hassan: Israel Is Breaking the Law, Not Us

Interview by Hanno Hauenstein Jacobin
This morning, Israeli authorities captured the aid boat Madleen, halting its mission to Gaza. Just hours before it was intercepted we spoke to Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament who was aboard the vessel.

Mamdani Attacked for Supporting Equal Rights in the Middle East

Michael Arria Mondoweiss
This campaign is proving that progressive candidates who are consistent in their values – who embrace unapologetic support for Palestinian rights and who call for an end to US complicity in the Israeli government’s genocide – are popular.