Israel & Palestine
Spurned by the DNC, the Uncommitted Movement Staged a Sit-in
The Democratic Party refused the request to allow a short, vetted speech by a Palestinian on the main stage.
Eman Abdelhadi
Genocide and the English Language
The disjunction between our political language and political reality reveals the vacuum of thought in the U.S. foreign policy establishment.
Alberto Toscano
It's Not a Question. To Win in November, Harris Needs to Break From Biden and Trump on Gaza.
Harris must immediately break from disastrous policies that put the demands of warmongers and war profiteers over human rights and justice.
Ramah Kudaimi
Democrats Shouldn't Isolate Abortion Access
Democratic leaders appear set on siloing abortion access from other critical issues—including the genocide in Gaza. That’s a mistake.
Anne Rumberger
"And Now They Want Our Votes"
Eman Abdelhadi's speech from the "Bodies Outside of Unjust Laws" demonstration on Aug. 18 in Chicago.
Eman Abdelhadi
How to Listen to Michigan at the DNC in Chicago
From Dearborn to Benton Harbor, working people in the Great Lakes State are building progressive power. One of the efforts that emerged transformed into the Uncommitted national movement.
Eman Abdelhadi
The Grave Cost of Funding Israel's War Machine
To end U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza, cold, hard calculations about war spending versus domestic programs could have greater resonance in an election year.
Sonali Kolhatkar
Why Is the UAW’s Federal Monitor Involving Himself in the Union’s Stance on Gaza?
The monitor tasked with overseeing the union’s compliance with a federal consent decree is inappropriately challenging the union’s call for a cease-fire in Gaza.
Andy Levin and Sanjukta Paul
Unions Demanding an End to Israel Military Aid Is a Welcome Escalation
While the Biden administration uses rhetorical tricks and delay tactics, labor unions are pressuring the White House to end the war by embracing an increasingly popular demand: “not one more bomb.”
Adam Johnson
An Untold History of Joe Biden's Support for Israel
Documents reviewed in Delaware and New York give insight into how, starting early in Biden's political career, his positions appear to have significantly changed as his relationships strengthened with a growing pro-Israel lobby.
Branko Marcetic
The Congressional Black Caucus Should Boycott Netanyahu's Speech to Congress
Many Black members of Congress boycotted Netanyahu’s speech to Congress in 2015. They should do it again to protest the Israeli-led genocide in Gaza.
Khury Petersen-Smith
Biden, Harris, Gaza and the Student Debt Smoke Screen
President Biden has made appearances to be aligned with left-wing activists on student debt cancelation while holding back on his power to deliver it. How will Vice President Harris now approach the issue?
Braxton Brewington and Yousef Aljamal
We Can’t Let the Press Launder Israel’s War
A coalition of movement journalism organizations has come together to form Media Against Apartheid and Displacement, which sets out to uplift urgent reporting on the genocide.
Lara Witt and Maya Schenwar
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: We Must Understand Israel as a Settler-Colonial State
"Just as the U.S. celebrates itself as 'a nation of immigrants,' Zionists celebrated Palestine as a land without people for a people without land."
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
The Crackdown on Campus Protests is Just Beginning
At least a dozen colleges and universities have changed their policies to make it harder to protest the war on Gaza. More may follow this summer.
Adam Federman
Students, Gaza and a New Vision of Safety
"We Keep Us Safe" is more than a slogan at student encampments. It inspires an avenue to protection and community that undercuts a security state bolstered by genocide—and can show us all a path forward.
Sarah Jaffe
The Sanctuary Movement Put U.S. Foreign Policy on Trial
What can it teach our movements today?
Natascha Elena Uhlmann
Every Single Day, Biden Chooses to Continue Funding Genocide
Scenes from the Debt Collective's “Fund Education, Not Genocide” Rally in Washington, D.C.
Natascha Elena Uhlmann