An IDF soldier readies a 155mm artillery shell for loading in a howitzer. An Israeli soldier carries a 155mm artillery shell near a self-propelled howitzer deployed at a position near the border with Lebanon in the upper Galilee region of northern Israel on October 18, 2023. (Photo: Jalaa Marey/AFP via… Continue reading
Tthe United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East receives humanitarian aid brought by first convoy of relief trucks in Rafah, Gaza on October 21, 2023. (Photo: Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images) “Our international convoy leader and his team were not injured but one vehicle… Continue reading
South Africans hold a Free Palestine March on December 16, 2023 in Eldorado Park, South Africa. (Photo by Laird Forbes/Gallo Images via Getty Images) The African country, one journalist noted, “fought for its own liberation against an apartheid regime supported for decades by the U.S.” JULIA CONLEY Dec 29, 2023… Continue reading
By the Editorial Board Dec. 19 at 7:30 a.m. (WashingtonPost.com) (Dustin Franz for The Washington Post) (Dustin Franz for The Washington Post) (Dustin Franz for The Washington Post) Welcome to Cleveland, the city that leads the nation — by far — in finding new uses for empty office buildings. This… Continue reading
San Francisco needs to rethink how it collects taxes—and the state is going to have to get out of the way. By TIM REDMOND DECEMBER 27, 2023 (48hills.org) It’s going to be a brutal year for the San Francisco budget—and the only way to avoid massive cuts to essential services,… Continue reading
Status Coup News • Streamed live on Dec 28, 2023 • We are live in New York City as protesters gather to flood NYC for Palestine. They are calling for an end to all U.S. funding of genocide in Gaza and a Free Palestine. They will be starting their event… Continue reading
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, D.C. on December 20, 2023. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) “How many journalists have been killed in Gaza with American-made, American-supplied weapons over the past three months?” responded Mehdi Hasan. JESSICA CORBETT Dec 28,… Continue reading
DECEMBER 26, 2023 (Democracynow.org) TOPICS GUESTS LINKS In the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, city and church leaders canceled all Christmas festivities this year to mourn the more than 20,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza. We feature the Christmas sermon, “Christ in the Rubble: A Liturgy… Continue reading
Big money goes into measures attacking poor people and eroding police oversight. It’s really about Breed’s re-election and the oligarchs controlling the city. By TIM REDMOND DECEMBER 24, 2023 Two of the city’s leading oligarchs, Ron Conway and Chris Larsen, have donated a combined $350,000 to a measure that will… Continue reading
