Despite heavily financed Zionist opposition, support for the Palestinian prisoner hunger strike and the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel continues to grow on university campuses in the U.S. Here is an example of that struggle at San Francisco State University.
By Diana Block on May 10, 2017
Edward Said mural at SFSU. Lead Artists: Fayeq Oweis and Susan Greene.
At a March 2017 conference of the National Association of Ethnic Studies held at San Francisco State University (SFSU), President Leslie Wong boasted about the University’s role as a sanctuary campus. (more…)
May 15, 2017
Classic Palestinian Poster
As Palestinians and their supporters around the world mark the 69th anniversary of the Nakba, the catastrophe of the occupation of Palestine and the forced displacement of over 750,000 Palestinian refugees from their homes, (more…)
By Daniel Haiphong on May 12, 2017
One of the most peculiar features of the United States is the presence of a rabidly pro-war leftism that poses as “independent” politics. (more…)
By Paul Larudee on April 21st, 2017
There is an anomaly among the evidence that the Syrian chemical weapons attack at Khan Sheikhoun in Idlib province on April 4, 2017 was a “false flag” operation, designed to provoke a US attack on Syria. (more…)
By Eresh Omar Jamal on April 23, 2017
To the elation of the western corporate media, Neocons like John McCain and Democons like Hillary Clinton – who had only just called for Trump to attack Syria 24 hours before he obliged – (more…)
By Natasha Roth on April 17, 2017
Israeli planes sprayed herbicides inside the Gaza Strip for the second day running on Wednesday and the fourth time this year, according to local farmers and Israeli rights NGO Gisha. (more…)
By Veterans for Peace Chapter 162 on April 15th, 2017
Dear Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!
We are a group of military veterans who are hoping NOT to be blown off the face of this planet in a nuclear exchange precipitated by events in Syria. (more…)
April 17, 2017
Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli prisons and detention centers have launched a mass hunger strike starting today. The call for hunger strike came amidst resentment of Israeli’s cruel policies towards political prisoners. (more…)