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Zohran Mamdani and the Revolt Against the Empire of Arrogance

Zohran Mamdani’s rise in New York politics is not an accident — it is an act of collective faith by a generation that refuses to surrender. Against a tide of billionaire money, cynical punditry, and corporate media mockery, his campaign…

Solidarity is not a crime

Greta arrives as Gaza continues to burn As soon as she crossed the doors of the international arrivals hall, the crowd erupted into a chant that seemed to carry her forward: Palestinian flags, “Free Palestine” banners, phones held high. Greta…

Voices Kidnapped in International Waters

Legal and Humanistic Analysis of the Global Flotilla Sumud Case in Israel This brief article aims to rigorously and sensitively examine the allegations of torture and mistreatment suffered by members of the Global Flotilla Sumud following their detention and kidnapping…

March for Gaza in New York

On-the-ground a live report: Saturday, October 4th. A truly warm autumn, in every sense; a scorching sun is beating down on New York City today, making the keffiyeh useful as a head covering. I’m in one of my favorite squares:…

The Northern Sea Route and the Arctic. Part 1 – The Cold War That Has Already Begun Without a Single Shot

“There is no ocean without an owner, no ice without a price. The melting opens routes, but also claims that are worth more than oil.” The Northern Sea Route (NSR), also known as the Northeast Passage, is a shipping route…

Our De Facto Shamans and the Motor of History

I’ve long been of the opinion that our modern, generally secularized Western civilization, despite our collective rejection of the traditional religious forms of human conduits to the sacred/profound realms (priests, rabbis, swamis, etc.) has, without realizing it, redirected a deep…

The end of the simulacrum: the Sumud Flotilla confronts Israel’s naked exercise of absolute power

The opening scene says it all: Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, struts at the port of Ashdod before the international activists recently abducted in international waters. He forces them to sit on the ground, calls them “terrorists” before the…

The Sea Kept Giving, Until it Couldn’t

by George Banez “Wake up!” I heard my late mother say.  I remember not budging.  The faint flashes my half-opened eyes caught appeared more like midnight stars. We, four children and mom, likely went to bed at eight that night because…

Kidnapped members of the Global Sumud Flotilla begin hunger strike in Ketziot prison

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrived at the port of Ashdod on October 2 as if staging a scene carefully designed for public humiliation. In front of cameras and microphones, he stood before dozens of international activists seated on…

The persistence of the memory of those who fo not remain silent

The contemporary world seems trapped in a machinery designed for forgetting. A machinery made of foolish algorithms that reward banality and one-minute trending topics, while rendering invisible the struggles that should shake consciences. The solidarity flotilla that sailed toward Gaza…

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