This urgently current volume will be widely discussed in the months ahead, with another important book on the same subject, appearing last Fall: Peter Beinart’s Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza.
The joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony is now in its 21st year. One of its organizers says that people are now joining faster after the loss of their loved ones, understanding 'they can't remain indifferent'
Olga Cherevko grew up on military bases in Siberia, belonged to a Christian cult in the U.S. and was sent by the UN to some of the toughest places in the world. None of that prepared her for what she saw in Gaza.
“What I sense most powerfully from my friends in Gaza is a feeling of abandonment. Quiet is not the absence of conflict nor is it peace.” Plans for the “day after” in the Strip impose forms of governance that exclude Palestinians as political agents
Reader Comments: Israel Preparing for Permanent Gaza Presence; New “New Deal” About To Wipe Out the Old Political Order; Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg; Exchange: Why Portside Ran SMART Union President's Message; Announcements; Cartoons
There is a commonplace saying that history is written by the victors. Still, it may be useful to reflect on the situation as it currently exists and pose the question: if this were the end, which side won?
Reader Comments: Zohran Mamdani Wins!; U.S. Left History; Trump Blows Up White House, Blows Up Food Budgets, Now Wants to Blow Up World; The Fight Ahead - From Ceasefire to A Just Peace - Meet Standing Together's leaders in New York City; more....
“The Jewish Majority” statement is an effort to stem Mamdani’s surging lead – and his popularity with young leftist Jews. The fundamental goal of the letter is all-too plain: it seeks to combat the growing “political normalization of anti-Zionism.”
In Livorno, a port city off the coast of Tuscany, a coalition of labor unions, local organizations, and everyday people have blocked container ships from moving cargo.
Reader Comments: How to Treat Your Neighbor; After No Kings-Can Nonviolent Struggles Defeat Dictators; Migrants Have Always Been Welcome; Study Shows Workforce Needs Migrants; Nuclear Weapons Testing Happening Again; 100 Years of Black Labor Activism
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