Palestine

What Happened to Protest Music?
The success of Macklemore's "Hind's Hall" offers hope for a resurgence of protest music.
Ivie Ani
Poetry Against Imperialism
Mosab Abu Toha, Safia Elhillo, José Olivarez and Jake Skeets discuss the power of poetry in genocidal times.
Porsha Olayiwola
A Fateful Year: How It Feels to Lose Gaza
A year after October 7, In These Times contributor Yousef Aljamal reflects on the complete destruction of Gaza and the deaths of so many friends and family members.
Yousef Aljamal
A SWANA Space to Exist
As we pass one year of genocide, Salon Kawakib will not be silenced and we will celebrate our own anniversary: two years of cultural organizing and building community in Chicago.
Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel
U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists
A months-long investigation found even the smallest hints of dissent are often met with unemployment.
Shane Burley
June Jordan on Palestine and American Delusions
In these excerpts of "Life After Lebanon" and "Waking Up in the Middle of Some American Dreams," June Jordan insists on the ever-present need for coalition building across difference.
Sherell Barbee and June Jordan
"We Can’t Arrest Our Way to Liberation"
After the Palestinian Nabala Cafe was attacked, owner Eyad Zeid decided not to turn to police. Instead, he found strength and support in community.
Eyad Zeid
New York Times Repeats U.S. Government’s Evidence-Free Claim That Gaza Protests Are Part of Iranian Plot
Where is the actual evidence that Iranian operatives “posing as students” are helping organize and fund campus protests over the war on Gaza?
Adam Johnson
The Right Is Increasingly Exploiting the Horror of Genocide
Right-wing operatives are channeling the genocide in Gaza into mainstream antisemitism.
Ben Lorber
Displaced in Gaza: Dispatches
We share their dreams and aspirations, to tell them that there will be a day when the Palestinian people will live in freedom and dignity.
Yousef Aljamal
The Democratic Convention Failed the Palestine Movement
The Uncommitted movement made modest demands on the Democratic Party toward ending the agony in Gaza, and the party rejected them. But their demands cannot be ignored by Democratic power brokers forever.
Hadas Thier
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
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