Global Left Midweek – August 20, 2025
Portside
The masks are coming off
The masks are coming off
The masks are coming off
Israeli Knesset Hosts Conference on Plan To ‘Occupy Gaza’ and ‘Relocate Gazans’
Common Dreams
"There is a purpose to this war, and it’s a criminal one," wrote Israeli journalist Gideon Levy in Haaretz this past weekend.
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The Woke Right Wants To Cancel Ms Rachel
Children’s content creator Ms Rachel is opposed to slaughtering children in Gaza and everywhere else. The Right’s attacks in response are reactionary wokeness run amok.
2024 Word of the Year: Genocide (As In, Gaza)
Informed Comment
Genocide does not necessarily mean the destruction of a nation accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended to signify a coordinated plan aiming at the destruction of the foundations of the life of national groups.
Dispatches From the Culture Wars – September 24, 2024
Portside
Natives and settlers: The original culture war
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Rage in the Red Sea
The Sea
“All those who care about the lives of seafarers – or a global supply chain that keeps its workers safe – must call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Peace is the best way to end the attacks on ships in the Red Sea."
Biden’s Gaza Policy Is a Liability for Kamala Harris. She Must Break With Biden Now
The Guardian
Harris must call for a ceasefire and arms embargo on Israel this week. It’s a no-brainer. Refusing to would mean risking defeat
Palestinian-American Congresswoman Is the Lone Protester at Netanyahu’s Speech
Morning Star
“Netanyahu is a war criminal committing genocide against the Palestinian people,” Tlaib said in a statement. “It is utterly disgraceful that leaders from both parties have invited him to address Congress."
Major Unions Are Calling for an End to Israeli Military Aid
Jacobin
Ahead of Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress, seven unions — whose members constitute almost half of all American union members — have demanded an end to US military aid to Israel. The labor movement’s calls to end the Gaza genocide are growing.
Who Created the Israel-Palestine Conflict?
The American Prospect
It wasn’t really Jews or Palestinians. It was the U.S. Congress, which closed American borders 100 years ago this month.
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