Racism and Self-Determination

No thanks for Thanksgiving

Every November, when Thanksgiving is scheduled, I think of the People of the First Nations (so-called Native Americans) and wonder…

December 1, 2023

Leonard Peltier: ‘We are victorious’

The following edited message, written by Indigenous political prisoner Leonard Peltier (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), was read by…

November 29, 2023

54th National Day of Mourning demands: ‘Land Back, from Turtle Island to Palestine!’

Plymouth, Massachusetts Over 2,000 Indigenous people and their supporters — with thousands more in attendance via live stream — shut…

November 28, 2023

On National Day of Mourning, ‘The ongoing barbaric violence of settler colonialism’

Mahtowin Munro, co-leader of United American Indians of New England (UAINE), gave this talk at the National Day of Mourning…

November 28, 2023

Joyous reunions for Palestinian ‘hostages’

Let’s put the current exchange of Israeli “hostages” and Palestinian “prisoners” in some historical perspective.  On Oct. 7, Hamas seized…

November 28, 2023

Beyond ‘Cease-fire Now’

This statement was written on Nov. 23, before the cease-fire began. Its analysis still holds a week later. On Nov.…

November 27, 2023

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Calls for ‘unified Palestinian stance’ against Zionist aggression

The Central Media Department of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine issued a call to action on the…

November 27, 2023

French unions demand cease-fire in Gaza

A coalition of three union confederations in France — the CGT (General Confederation of Labor), the Fédération Syndicale Unitaire (FSU…

November 27, 2023

No letup in solidarity with Palestine

Cleveland Amid sustained chants of “Free free Palestine!” a huge crowd gathered in the Buffalo, New York, city center on…

November 27, 2023

Palestine’s resistance has already won in Gaza

The following slightly edited article first appeared in The Electronic Intifada, Nov. 22, 2023. No matter the outcome of Israel’s…

November 24, 2023