Yesterday, a ceasefire and peace agreement was reached between Hamas and the Israeli government, which has been supported and armed by the United States. Today Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not send the peace agreement to a vote in the Cabinet,
Reader Comments: Ceasefire and Hostage Deal - After 15 Months of Genocide; Dr. Martin Luther King’s Prophetic Warning; R.I.P - Mark Solomon, Peter Yarrow; Biden Should Pardon Ethel Rosenberg; For Ann Telnaes; Cartoons; and more....
The announcement of a cease-fire deal in Gaza is a welcome reprieve after over a year of genocide. But it does nothing to remedy Israel’s numerous violations of international law that produced untold misery among Palestinians.
American Historical Association overwhelmingly votes in favor of resolution accusing Israel of 'scholasticide': systematically, deliberately destroying Gaza's schools and universities. Those against say it will foster antisemitism on U.S. campuses.
Reader Comments: Greenland, Panama Canal, Gulf of America and Still Hasn't Taken Oath of Office; Trump Voters' Rude Awakening; Jimmy Carter; Historical Assoc. Votes to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza; Academy for Socialist Education NYC Spring Classes;
There's the bad news – apocalyptic destruction in Gaza, rampant poverty, utter despair about the Palestinian Authority–and there's more bad news: Over half of Palestinians still back the October 7 attack. Recent polls show that's not the whole story.
The Vietnamese-American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen reflects on his ‘mea culpa’ with Israeli publishers, the diminishing power of Israeli and U.S. propaganda, and why cultural figures must take a public stance on Palestinian rights.
Reader Comments: Pardon Leonard Peltier; Trump Does Not Have Mandate; Fighting Deportations; Members of Congress Descendants of Rich Slaveholders; Readers Debate: Liberation in Syria; Fundamentals of Workplace Organizing-- Virtual Training; more....
After Ayala Metzger's relatives were kidnapped from Nir Oz and abandoned by the government, she had no choice but to become an ‘anti-regime dissident’ — and insist on a shared Israeli-Palestinian future.
Reader Comments: Trump Plan - End Citizenship, Mass Deportations; It Was Close Election; Health and Death as Profit Industry - $1.39 Trillion in Profits; Syria - A Caution; New Resource - Elections and Health Policy; Take Action
Spread the word