Israeli teacher who was locked up and persecuted for opposing war on Gaza speaks up

Middle East Eye • Feb 9, 2024 “They wished me to die, they wished my children to die, they threatened to rape my daughter.” Meir Baruchin, a 62-year-old Israeli history teacher and anti-war activist, revealed how he was arrested in October and imprisoned in solitary confinement as a “high-risk detainee”… Continue reading

US Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Silence Palestinian Rights Advocacy

The U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights’ support for the 2018-19 Great March of Return protests in Gaza—shown here on April 27, 2018—was the subject of a thrice-rejected lawsuit filed by the Jewish National Fund.  (Photo: Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images) This marks the third straight time a federal court has… Continue reading

Hundreds gather at Google’s San Francisco office to protest $1.2 billion contract with Israel

Hundreds gather at Google’s San Francisco office to protest $1.2 billion contract with Israel

By Stephen Council Dec 15, 2023 (SFGate.com)_ More than 400 protesters gathered at Google’s San Francisco office on Thursday to demand the tech company cut ties with Israel’s government. Occupying a block of Market Street, attendees chanted, held up Palestinian flags, waved signs and listened to speeches by Google workers. Activists from… Continue reading

Full text of Biden remarks on Bibi, Ben Gvir and ‘bringing Israel together’

Full text of Biden remarks on Bibi, Ben Gvir and ‘bringing Israel together’

US president promises to give Israel what it needs to ‘finish the job’ against Hamas, but decries ministers in Netanyahu coalition who want ‘retribution against all Palestinians’ 13 December 2023 (timesofisrael.com) President Joe Biden listens to a question from a reporter during a news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy… Continue reading

SFUSD students stand with Palestine

By admin | December 13, 2023 |   Calendar  Add to Calendar  WHEN: December 13, 2023 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm America/Los Angeles Timezone WHERE: SFUSD555 Franklin StreetSF Date: Wednesday, 13 December 2023Time: 03:30 PMLocation: 555 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, San Francisco CA 94102Description: JOIN US! SFUSD, don’t criminalize your students, PROTECT THEM!

WHY I’M CHALLENGING CHUCK SCHUMER TO A DEBATE ON ISRAEL

POSTED INEDGE OF SPORTS TV Senator Schumer referenced an article of mine from The Nation as an example of anti-Semitism. As an anti-Zionist Jew, I’d like to challenge him to a debate. BY DAVE ZIRIN DECEMBER 7, 2023 (therealnews.com) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news conference following… Continue reading

Book: “Palestine: A Socialist Introduction”

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction Sumaya Awad (Editor), Brian Bean (Editor) This edited volume makes an impassioned and informed case for the central place of Palestine in socialist organizing and of socialism in the struggle to free Palestine.Palestine: A Socialist Introduction systematically tackles a number of important aspects of the Palestinian struggle for liberation,… Continue reading