The Big (Fascist) (Cruel) Budget Bill will be signed by the president today, passed this week in a process clearly laying waste to the idea the Democratic Party will do one single…
Category: Reports on Protest & Resistance
NYC June Close Guantanamo Vigil
As we here in NYC do every first Wednesday of every month, we met on June 4th, as part of the Global Vigil to Close Guantanamo Now, on the steps of the main public…
We need more of these humans…
As the existential danger for the population of Gaza grows to unbearable levels, a few governments — because their people are protesting — are pressing Israel not to occupy Gaza again, at least to…
How can you run, when you know?
Some of you on this list remember May 4 1970. I was a freshman in college in the Midwest, driving back east with some activists from a solidarity gathering on the Rosebud…
How we joined global street protests
World Can’t Wait on the streets recently in NYC: We hosted a screening of “We Are Unarmed,” a documentary on the historic, peaceful resistance at Standing Rock in North Dakota, when the Dakota Access…
Head-Spinning Changes are Swirling
Head-spinning changes are swirling, not always under the control of the imperialist powers. Last week, the president of South Korea declared martial law, to ban free speech and protests. Armed troops began surrounding…
Celebrating The Coordinated Monthly Global Vigils For The Closure Of Guantanamo
By Andy Worthington, Read the original post on closeguantanamo.org For the last 19 months, dedicated campaigners across the U.S. and around the world have been taking part, on the first Wednesday of…
Photos and Report: The Ten Coordinated Global Monthly Vigils for the Closure of Guantánamo on August 7, 2024
Read the original post by Andy Worthington On Wednesday (August 7) campaigners for the closure of the prison at Guantánamo Bay marked 18 months of monthly coordinated global vigils for the prison’s…
Update on Closing Guantanamo
Global Vigils to Close Guantanamo NOW in 10 cities June 5 Since last month’s vigils, we’ve learned, via four Biden administration officials who spoke anonymously to NBC News, that eleven of the…
YES ― Institutions Splitting Over Genocide
Institutions need to, and are, splitting apart over U.S. support of Israel’s war on Gaza and the occupied territories of Palestine as we see more examples of individuals working in them stepping…