By Natalia Marques on September 27, 2025
Thousands march in New York City, Photo: Midia Ninja
Protesters marched to the UN headquarters in New York, where they were joined by Colombia President Gustavo Petro
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the UN General Assembly, thousands of pro-Palestine protesters marched only a few blocks away to demand his arrest. Demonstrators first rallied in Times Square, hearing from a variety of speakers from organizations across the pro-Palestine and anti-war movement, then the crowd marched west to the UN headquarters. (more…)
Global Sumud Flotilla sails toward Gaza despite drone attacks, surveillance, and threats from the US and Israel. Photo: Anadolu Agency
By Taroa Zúñiga Silva and Vijay Prashad on September 23, 2025
A Conversation with Marita Rodríguez, Member of the Global Sumud Flotilla
The Gaza Sumud Flotilla sails from Tunis toward the waters around Palestine. The word Sumud in Arabic means Resilience. It is the feeling at the heart of the hundreds of people from forty-four countries on the fifty boats that are in the Mediterranean Sea. One of these boats is carrying a group of women from around the world. On that boat is María ‘Marita’ Rodríguez, a Swedish and Chilean woman who lives in Stockholm. She spoke to us from her boat about her journey and why she was there in the first place. (more…)
By Sacha Llorenti September 19, 2025
photo: Bill Hackwell
Historian Eric Hobsbawn described the 20th century as a short one that began in 1914 with the start of World War I and ended in 1991 with the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He called this period the Age of Extremes. (more…)
Por Bill Hackwell, el 18 de septiembre de 2025, desde Oakland, California
fotos: Bill Hackwell
Varios cientos de activistas del área de la Bahía de San Francisco y simpatizantes palestinos se reunieron hoy aquí, en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Oakland, para una conferencia de prensa en la que se dio a conocer un nuevo informe que expone el papel oculto y central del aeropuerto en el envío de carga militar directamente al ejército israelí. Los envíos, hasta ahora clandestinos, incluyen componentes de aviones de combate F-35 esenciales para el funcionamiento de la flota israelí que actualmente está arrasando Gaza mientras el mundo permanece impasible. (more…)
By Bill Hackwell on September 18, 2025 from Oakland California
photos: Bill Hackwell
Several hundred San Francisco Bay area activists and Palestinian supporters gathered for a press conference here today at the Oakland International Airport bringing to light a new report that exposes the airport’s hidden and central role in shipping military cargo directly to the Israeli military. The, up to this point, clandestine shipments includes F-35 fighter jet components essential for the functioning of Israel’s fleet that are currently leveling Gaza as the world stands by. (more…)
September 15, 2025
A hundred media outlets and journalists’ associations have signed a statement asking the US government to withdraw its previously announced plans to shorten the duration of visas for foreign journalists to less than one year. (more…)
September 8, 2025
Residente’s Concert in Mexico City of 180,000 fans to protest Gaza genocide,at one of the city’s largest cultural event ever. foto: Jair Cabrera Torres
The Residente Gaza Concert Protest on September 6, 2025, brought an estimated 180,000 people together in Mexico City’s iconic Plaza del Zócalo. Renowned Puerto Rican musician René Pérez Joglar, known as Residente, used the free concert as a platform to demand justice for Palestine and call for a world free from war, emphasizing his enduring commitment to social causes and denouncing the genocide perpetrated by Israel in the Gaza Strip. (more…)
By Diana Block on September 11, 2025
photo: Bill Hackwell
On Labor Day weekend 2025, 4,600 people converged in Detroit for the second Peoples Conference for Palestine. Over three very full days, the multi-dimensional meaning and mandate of the banner, Gaza is the Compass, was explored by activists, scholars, artists, labor organizers and elected leaders from across North America and Palestine. Although the U.S. denied visas to almost all participants from Palestine, they were able to share their stories and analysis virtually. As PYM (Palestinian Youth Movement) organizer Taher Daleh declared unequivocally at the opening of the conference, “They have tried to intimidate us with smears, with false accusations, and with every single available threat at their disposal to stop this conference from happening. We will not stop.” (more…)