Home » Stop imperialist war and occupation » Porches for Palestine One of the Porchfest for Palestine locations on Chester Street in Philadelphia, May 31, 2025. Philadelphia Starting nine years ago, West Philadelphia’s “Porchfest” has become an annual event that draws people from around the city to this area where music performers are featured on…
Home » Stop imperialist war and occupation » ‘Stop the Starvation’ protest in Denver May 31 protest in Denver. Denver. Colorado Over 300 people answered an urgent call by Jewish Voice for Peace at a Denver protest on May 31 to “Stop the Starvation” imposed by Israel on the people of Gaza. The crowd included…
The following text tells the whole story of what pro-Palestinian communities around the world are fighting for, and what pro-Israelis are fighting against: “We are delighted to report that Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has removed a display of artwork designed by children from Gaza.” That was the summary of a news report published on the…
NEW YORK — A recently released bombshell Human Rights Watch (HRW) report has made waves around the world. For the first time, the New York-based non-governmental organization has categorized Israel as an apartheid state guilty of “crimes against humanity.” The 213-page study goes into detail about a range of racist laws and policies carried out…
NEW YORK — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has condemned a general amnesty for over a thousand Bolivians persecuted under the one-year dictatorship of Jeanine Añez. Yesterday, the Washington-based human rights organization decried the plan to drop all charges against people resisting the government as “opening the door to impunity.” Its Americas director, Jose Miguel Vivanco,…
Seventy-eight percent of Americans live in states that have laws or policies against boycotting Apartheid Israel or Israeli settlements, which are illegal under international law, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report details the immense price Americans pay when exercising their free speech via their purchasing power to push back…
Weeks before Saudi Arabia is set to lift its longtime ban on women driving, a group of seven women’s rights activists has been arrested on treason and espionage related charges — offenses which can bring the death penalty. The kingdom plans to lift the driving ban on June 24th, though significant restrictions will still remain to allow women to…
For those of us who fully expected most U.S. peace activists to vanish once Barack Obama became president but expected them to come back once Donald Trump ascended the throne, the failure of our second expectation has been hard, crushingly hard. But there are a few silver linings. First, there is now a multi-issue campaign…
Home » Stop imperialist war and occupation » Porches for Palestine One of the Porchfest for Palestine locations on Chester Street in Philadelphia, May 31, 2025. Philadelphia Starting nine years ago, West Philadelphia’s “Porchfest” has become an annual event that draws people from around the city to this area where music performers are featured on…
Home » Stop imperialist war and occupation » ‘Stop the Starvation’ protest in Denver May 31 protest in Denver. Denver. Colorado Over 300 people answered an urgent call by Jewish Voice for Peace at a Denver protest on May 31 to “Stop the Starvation” imposed by Israel on the people of Gaza. The crowd included…
The 2010 earthquake that was centered on Léogâne, Haiti, a small city southwest of Port-au-Prince, created such devastation that President Barack Obama decided to grant all Haitians residing in the United States at that time, or those who were seeking refuge, Temporary Protected Status (TPS). TPS allows recipients to live, study or work in the…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commissioner for Defence and Space Andrius Kubilius believe Russia could launch a full-scale attack on Europe by 2030, a fear that has prompted governments across the continent to prepare for war. As European citizens stockpile food and governments ramp up military readiness, one country sees opportunity in that…
