West Asia/ North Africa

On prison hunger strike, Maher al-Akhras fights for all Palestinians

Maher al-Akhras, a 49-year-old Palestinian political prisoner and father of six from the Occupied West Bank, has been on hunger…

October 26, 2020

No stopping the student BDS movement

Oct. 4 — The worldwide Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) movement has become such a thorn in the side of the…

October 6, 2020

<span class="streamer">In Ireland </span><br />Palestinian and Irish prisoners go on hunger strike

Issam Hijjawi-Bassalat, a Palestinian doctor and dedicated ant-imperialist, was arrested on Aug. 24 along with nine members of the Irish…

September 25, 2020

Susan Abulhawa: ‘Palestine is the test’

The following is a lightly edited transcript of a Sept. 19 talk by Palestinian novelist and Workers World Party member…

September 24, 2020

Surviving a pandemic under siege

During a Sept. 18 “Free Palestine” webinar, Palestinian writers and activists Susan Abulhawa and Khaled Barakat were asked to comment…

September 24, 2020

Workers World Party demands “Stop Censoring Palestinian Resistance!”

Sept. 23 – Today, three media platforms, Facebook, Zoom and YouTube, collaborated to censor a Palestinian program featuring Palestinian revolutionary…

September 23, 2020

Ginsburg’s legacy and the Supreme Court

Many people are mourning the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, some with expressions of fear that…

September 21, 2020

Book review: ‘Against the Loveless World’

“Against the Loveless World,” Susan Abulhawa’s third novel, is that rarest of treasures, a bona fide masterpiece. The kind of…

September 8, 2020

COVID-19 y la crisis de salud — El no ser Trump no es suficiente

Una vez cada cuatro años, los dos principales partidos capitalistas de Estados Unidos obtienen medios ilimitados en horario de máxima…

September 4, 2020

Global campaign frees Mahmoud Nawajaa

Mahmoud Nawajaa is free! An international campaign pressured Israel to release the general coordinator of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and…

August 21, 2020