Elias Rodriguez, the only suspect in the shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers last night, left behind a manifesto justifying his actions on his X account. The document was first identified by Intercept journalist Ken Klipperstein. This hasn’t been confirmed by authorities yet but there are reasons to think it’s authentic. I believe the document...
Sure – it’s just hurty words right? And what’s a little slip-up in the numbers? That up to 14K Gazan babies might possibly suffer from the effects of malnutrition in the next year, or the lie that went ’round the world of 14,000 Palestinian babies dying in the next two days because Israel won’t allow baby food and formula...
“History will record British military support for Israel as complicity with genocide”, Communist Party International Secretary Kevan Nelson declared at yesterday’s Executive Committee (10 May 2025). Recent reports indicate that Britain has sent 14 shipments of bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines and F-34 fighter jet parts to Israel since October 2023, while the RAF has...
Part of the Series Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation Democratic anti-Trump warriors are popular with the party base — and they know it. On Wednesday, May 7, Michigan’s Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel put out a strongly worded press release decrying the latest “appalling Supreme Court decision” in favor of President Donald Trump’s...
I am a pretty much a First Amendment absolutist. People should be allowed to say whatever they want within the well-understood boundaries of the law. This applies very much to American citizens and, within reason, to Green Card holders. I tend to think that guests of any kind should be required to meet minimum standards,...
Below is our translation of an article by Canyu (惭语 “Shameful Words”). The author is a communist from mainland China who works with the cross-border network of internationalist activists whose collective piece “Against Pinkwashing: Sinophone Queers and Feminists for Palestine” we published in March. According to the author, this piece was written out of political...
This weekend, in a rare occurrence, Christians of all denominations will be celebrating Easter at the same time as Eastern and Western Christian calendars coincide. Yet, as has become an undeniable reality for many Christian Palestinians, the only thing we share in common between our Easter and the Easter of many Christians in the West...
This was Dabbagh’s 10th game for Aberdeen since he joined on loan from Charleroi at the turn of the year. A 90th-minute winner against Kilmarnock, a double against Queen’s Park in the cup, and now this, a different stratosphere to the others. It’s a goal that will mean more to him and football people in...
So much for the “he criticized Democrats” narrative that formed around Cody Balmer. The arsonist targeted Josh Shapiro and his family over perceived slights to “the people of Palestine,” according to police search warrants, as well as Shapiro’s Jewish faith. The timing of the attack — on Passover — strongly suggested domestic terrorism in the...
Acclaimed playwright Peter Oswald has embarked on a 150-mile fasting pilgrimage for Palestine. He set out from Bristol on 18 March for the thirteen-day journey to Parliament Square in London and has now reached the midpoint in his pilgrimage. Peter Oswald embarks on a Pilgrimage for Palestine Peter Oswald, 59, was the resident playwright at...
Part of the Series Struggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian Liberation When news broke that Mahmoud Khalil — a recently graduated Palestinian student activist at Columbia University — was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a firestorm of media coverage, social media posts and protests followed. Groups focused on issues ranging from Palestine solidarity...