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From Birchbark Books to Palestine: Takeaways from Louise Erdrich’s The Sentence
By Benay Blend In the past few years, several articles and books have focused on the ties between Native American and Palestinian activists/scholars. See, for example, Steven Salaita’s ‘Internationalism: Decolonizing Native America and Palestine’ (2016), […]
Was Justice really Served? Lessons Learned from the Chauvin Trial that Relate to Palestine, Turtle Island
By Benay Blend Over thirty years ago, James Baldwin was the subject of a PBS documentary The Price of the Ticket (1989) in which he reflected on what he considered a lack of progress in […]
Zionists’ Efforts to Coopt the BLM Movement: Can Racists Be Anti-Racist?
By Benay Blend On February 6, 2021, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza announced that she was pulling out of a World Values Network online gala with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, a prominent American Zionist. “They […]
Palestinian Artist Paints Mural on Apartheid Wall for Autistic Man Shot Dead by Israeli Police (VIDEO)
A Palestinian artist memorialized Palestinian autistic man Iyad Hallaq, 32, who was shot dead by Israeli police in Jerusalem on May 30. A few days ago, Palestinian artist Taqieddin Sabatin painted a mural commemorating African […]
Israel On Edge As Murder of George Floyd Sparks Global Demand for Justice: #BlackLivesMatter
By Iqbal Jassat Does the current wave of protests across America sparked by the brutal murder of George Floyd, present an existential threat to Israel? Astounding as it sounds, Israel’s propagandists and defenders have been […]
Joe Biden and the ‘Shared Soul’ That Unites the US and Israel
By Benay Blend Joe Biden states that “the relationship between Israel and the United States” is not about security exchange, but rather about the “shared soul that unites our countries, generation upon generation.” His vision […]
Israeli Weapons in Minneapolis?
By CODEPINK Team On May 29, just following the murder of George Floyd, the city of Minneapolis looked like a war zone. Heavily armored military vehicles rolled down the streets, police lined up in riot […]
As US Protests Show, the Challenge is How to Rise above the Violence Inherent in State Power
By Jonathan Cook Here is one thing I can write with an unusual degree of certainty and confidence: Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin would not have been charged with the (third-degree) murder of George Floyd had […]
George Floyd and the Uprising: How Israel Contributes to the Militarization of American Police
By Benay Blend In her latest book, “Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement” (2016), Angela Davis places Palestine at the center of a globalized discourse of liberation. Her […]
‘Call the Cops on the Cops’: Palestinian Activist Discusses Events that Preceded Murder of African American Man
By Palestine Chronicle Staff In a Facebook post that was circulated widely on social media, Palestinian-American author and justice activist, Linda Sarsour confronted misinformation about the circumstances that led to the murder of an […]