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New York: New Activists Between Pragmatism and Expanding Consciousness
For over two years, the People’s Forum has been the hub of New York activists fighting for a free Palestine. Since that fateful October 7th, the flow of people who show up every Monday has never stopped. Indeed, when asked…
New York: The enthusiasm of Zohran Mamdani’s young supporters
At the top of the hill in Arthur S. Somers Park, in the shade of centuries-old trees, local pro-Zohran Mamdani activists have gathered. We’re in a neighborhood a quarter of an hour’s drive from Bed-Stuy, where I live, across Pacific…
Towards the People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem, May 8-9. Many for the twentieth Joint Ceremony of the Combatantss for Peace
We already had a beautiful, shared and highly attended preview of what the now imminent People’s Peace Summit will be like last night with the twentieth edition of the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Ceremony, as always organized by Combatants for Peace…
Activists invite Pope to ask Biden to pardon Julian Assange
Assange activists flocked to Saint Peter’s Square today (Sunday, January 5) holding a banner and signs inviting the Pope to ask Joe Biden, during his papal visit to the Vatican next Friday, for a presidential pardon for Julian Assange. Among…
Genocide in Gaza, Activists Shut Down Manhattan Bridge. Demonstrators Disrupt Macy’s Parade Over Protest-Filled Weekend
In New York, over 1,000 peaceful protesters held a sit-in protest Sunday at the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge, halting traffic to downtown Brooklyn. Protesters, led by Jewish Voice for Peace, unfurled banners reading “Let Gaza Live” and “The Whole…
Ella Keidar, young Israeli conscientious objector: “Despite this horrible situation there is still hope”
Mesravot is a network of activists and refusenik (conscientious objectors who refuse to serve in the Israeli army because of its occupation policies). We talk with one of its activists, Ella Keidar, 17 years old, who lives in Tel Aviv.…
Israel, illegal arrests and protests
This morning the leading members of the “High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel” (an extra-parliamentary umbrella organization that represents Arab citizens in Israel at national level) were illegally arrested. Since the beginning of the war in Gaza, Israel’s…
A joint Jewish-Arab declaration for peace
We – movements, organizations and activists, Jews and Arabs – write these words out of heavy mourning for the thousands of people killed in recent weeks, and out of terrible anxiety for the safety of the abducted and those who…
UK’s Deportation of Asylum-Seekers to Rwanda Halted—But Fight ‘Not Over Yet’
“It shouldn’t take a European Court to tell the U.K. government a simple fact: It’s morally repugnant to trade human beings for cash,” said one group in London. JESSICA CORBETT Human rights campaigners celebrated late Tuesday after a European court ruling led…
Criminalization at Europe’s borders: unconvering the risks faced by those who support asylum seekers
Asylum seekers travelling to Europe via irregular migration routes often rely on assistance from lawyers, NGOs, and volunteers following their arrival. Drawing on research conducted in Greece, Gemma Bird details the risks that these individuals and organisations take in their efforts to…
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