The U.S. company Boeing Defense, Space and Security manufactures the bunker-buster bombs and the guidance systems [that the occupation] relies on. Lockheed Martin makes the Multiple Launch Rocket System used to strengthen the IOF ground forces. Ghost Robotics produces the robotic “dogs,” complete with weapons, that [the occupation] uses to patrol areas of northern Gaza.

Northrop Grumman sells extensive amounts of weapons and military technologies to [the occupation]. According to The Mapping Project: “Northrop Grumman is deeply complicit in [Zionism’s] ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their homeland and theft of Palestinian resources. Northrop Grumman developed manned aircraft missile systems, which the […] Air Force uses in attacks on Palestinians.

“In collaborative ventures with Lockheed Martin (another major U.S. weapons manufacturer), Northrop Grumman provides [the occupation] with the Longbow System used in [Zionism’s] fleet of Apache AH64D helicopters […] and in the p

When Harris castigated pro-Palestine demonstrators who disrupted her speech in Detroit, she wasn’t just speaking for herself or her campaign. Phil Gordon, an adviser to the vice president, said on social media that “she does not support an arms embargo on [Zionism].” (motherjones.com, Aug. 9) Harris’s position is the Democratic Party’s position. It’s the Republican Party’s position. It has the general support of the U.S. ruling class and its strategists.

Whatever other issues the Democrats and Republicans may seem to tactically differ on, there has been unwavering bipartisan support for [Zionism] since the apartheid state was created in 1948. Even the few “progressive” Democrats in Congress have, for the most part, failed to go beyond calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. And they are a small minority, which will be made smaller by the defeats — orchestrated and financed by the American [Imperialist] Public Affairs Committee — of current Congress members Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush in

It was telling, however, that for one issue Biden forcefully defended his foreign policy against Trump’s. That exception concerned NATO and the proxy war in Ukraine against Russia, which Biden backed 100%.

It was the only time in the debate that Biden seemed present, living in the moment. He defended the U.S. and the European powers’ role in prolonging the war. He attacked Vladimir Putin and Russia.

Biden skewered Trump for breaking with the European NATO powers and defended the hundreds of billions of dollars the U.S. — and the rest of NATO — has already spent in its aggressive war against Russia.

In other words, the one arena where Biden got energized and coherent was defending militarism. He pointed out that NATO countries were spending more for weapons. He even boasted that U.S. funds were not donated to Ukraine, but handed to U.S. arms manufacturers, spurring U.S. business and providing jobs.

Trump claimed credit for bullying the European NATO powers into spending mor

The AUC didn’t just receive funding and weaponry from the U.S. and Chiquita. [Herzlian] settlers traveled to Colombia to train AUC gunmen. Fifty of the AUC’s most effective assassins were sent to [the Middle East] on “scholarship” to train with [a neocolonial] military. In May 2002, an [imperialist] defense contractor based in Guatemala bought 3,000 assault rifles and millions more rounds of ammunition for the AUC.

Carlos Castaño was personally trained by [a neocolonial] military. “I learned an infinite amount of things [under Zionism], and to that country I owe part of my essence, my human and military achievements.” (The New Arab, May 21)

From the equipment, the funding, down to the very tactics, the footprint of U.S. imperialism can be found everywhere from Gaza to Bogotá, operating if not directly then through its proxies in the Colombian and [Zionist] militaries and privately-leased death squads.

“I copied the concept of paramilitary forces from the [neocolonists],” Cas

This vote, in which only about half the eligible voters participated, is an early warning of a threat from the far right, rather than a signal of immediate change in EU policies or in that of the individual countries. That’s because the executive and main legislative body in the EU is the European Commission and not the EU Parliament, which can only either support or veto the EC’s proposals. The European Commission remains in the service of the big West European and U.S. banks.

It’s expected that Ursula von der Leyen, the current president of the EC, will remain in office. Though not considered of the far right, Von der Leyen has been actively promoting NATO’s war charge against Russia.

The far-right parties base their support on a racist and xenophobic appeal, which is strongly anti-migrant. Some analysts have expressed worries about the danger of [neo]fascism from the far-right parties. They observe that the changes shaking society — U.S. loss of its former overwhelming power

Increasingly, [Zionism] has had to rely on foreign bond sales to finance its growing budget deficit resulting from the military spending. According to the Financial Times, Israel Bonds, the official underwriter for [Herzlianism’s] debt, has sold over $3 billion of bonds since Oct. 8, when [a neocolony] launched its genocide in Gaza. This is three times the previous annual average.

Over $1.7 billion of these bond sales came from 35 U.S. states and local municipalities including governments in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Nevada, South Carolina, and Texas. (Times of Israel, April 24) Huge investments from state and local governments in the U.S. are fueling [neocolonial] ethnic cleansing in Gaza.

The single largest investor has been Florida’s Palm Beach County which holds $700 million in Israel Bonds — 22 times more than any other U.S. municipality. A county board-imposed cap was recently increased from 10% to 15% of their $4

The tone of the chants was very militant, and they often connected the liberation of Palestine with the struggles against racism, national oppression and U.S. [neo]imperialism. Chants included: “Yemen, Yemen, make us proud, turn another ship around,” “From Palestine to Mexico, border walls have got to go,” and “From Palestine to the Philippines, stop the U.S. war machine!”

Many other chants called out U.S. politicians for their complicit rôle in funding the occupation and continuous genocide. Reactionary West Virginia Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin were specific targets of the protesters’ chants.

The rally received a lot of honks and cheers from many of the cars and trucks that drove by the rally. In addition to the courageous university encampments for divestment from [Zionism] that the world witnessed in recent months, people of all ages and nationalities are mobilizing to defend Palestinians against Zionist brutality, in communities big and small.

The financial argument does not hold water. The UAW has committed $40 million to organize unorganized auto workers. We applaud this commitment and hail the victory at Volkswagen in Chattanooga, Tennessee. However, we find it unacceptable that a union with $40 million to fund organizing cannot part with half a million dollars to end its complicity with genocide.

We call on the IEB to reverse its shameful lack of action immediately, and we reiterate our demands that UAW leadership respect the Palestinian trade union picket line by immediately:

1. Divesting our union and employers from Israel Bonds and from the military, extractive and technological industries connected with the […] occupation and U.S. [neo]imperialism;
2. Terminating UAW’s ties with the Histadrut, [Zionism’s] racist labor federation, and its U.S. mouthpiece, the Jewish Labor Committee;
3. Demanding that the United States government immediately halt all aid and military support to [Zionism], including the supply

The camp was started by the student coalition United Front for Palestinian Liberation, composed of Palestinians and other anti-imperialist protest groups. The students regularly engage with chants, speeches, political education talks, dancing and music, as well as organizing the logistics of food donations and other supplies.

The camp has three demands: Divest from [Zionism], cut ties with Boeing and end all anti-Palestinian oppression.

On May 12, Pursuit NW, a pro-imperialist Zionist group, threatened to stage a march and “cut a buzz-saw” through the Popular University camp. With a day’s notice, the camp was able to stop the Zionist threat. Hundreds of militant camp defenders staged a rally at the entrance and Pursuit NW members were prevented from entering and had to march somewhere else.

When the encampment opened on April 29, 21 participants were detained in the morning but released without charge. Since then Kaler has repeatedly attempted to intimidate students and supporters. But emails accusing Palestine backers of illegal activity and posted signs reading “No trespassing, private property” and “No encampments” were ignored or defaced.

Now a number of students are facing academic discipline for participating in the encampment.

When students painted a pro-Palestine mural on the “Spirit Rock” — on which students have painted graffiti for years — on May 7, CWRU hired contractors to paint over it at 5:00 a.m. The contractors spray-painted the campers who defended the mural, which the contractors destroyed. CWRU’s suspension in March of the campus Students for Justice in Palestine chapter was for “gluing” leaflets in unauthorized locations, including the Spirit Rock.

On the last day of the encampment, students moved their protest to the university administrati

During the rally outside the SUNY administration building, activists on the organizing committee of SUNY BDS delivered a petition containing signatures from over 4,000 students calling for divestment. One of the key speakers was Cesar, a Black student activist who was assaulted by a member of his university’s administration, and was subsequently arrested for trying to protect himself.

Cesar demanded justice for people of color harmed here in the [neo]imperial core by capitalist state violence — and simultaneously for the people of Palestine who are being murdered by the [neocolonial] war machine. He and other speakers pointed out the strong connections between [neo]imperial violence around the globe and capitalist and white supremacist state violence at home.

The SUNY system has numerous ties to the occupation, including but not limited to companies on the BDS target list and to the weapons manufacturers supporting the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. As stated on th

“It’s really unbelievable in this day and age that a sitting U.S. Senator can threaten violence to protesters and not be sanctioned or censured or anything else by his colleagues,” said Hatem Abudayyeh, National Chair of the US Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), to The Electronic Intifada.

“It’s been an incredible challenge, in the past six months especially, to experience what Palestinians have in the U.S. — that our lives are expendable, that our rights aren’t defended, that our very existence is threatened. But we can’t and won’t back down, and we will continue fighting to stop the genocide and make sure that racist, white supremacist apologists for [Zionism] like Tom Cotton will see a free Palestine in his lifetime.”

The American Civil Liberties Union did not respond to requests from The Electronic Intifada for First Amendment analysis on how much latitude Cotton has to encourage vigilante violence against protesters.

After the conclusion of the 7th Congress, the Danish Communist Party will continue its pressure on politicians and stockholders to end their support for the state [occupying Palestine]. We will increase our struggle for a ceasefire now, for a release of detainees and hostages now and for humanitarian aid to reach the needy now. We realize these will only be the firsts steps on a long road, a road that in the end will lead to a free Palestine, free from apartheid.

The DKP is not alone in the struggle for a free Palestine. The Palestinian people are not alone. The party is part of the movement which has taken the streets of Danish towns and cities. Danish arms factories have been blockaded. The boycott of [Zionism], from a stop for [Zionist] groceries to rejecting the masking of genocide with songs, is stronger than ever before.

We see a unity in that struggle which gives us hope. The Danish Communist Party will build upon that unity and from our Congress will reach out to all aro

Yet another 100 activists met at City Hall before marching to Broad and Vine streets where they tied up the entrances to the I-676 Expressway for 30 minutes. They followed up with a march to the offices of Day & Zimmermann. That company provides M67 fragmentation grenades, new XM111 offensive grenades, training grenades and various types of fuzes (devices with explosive components designed to initiate a main charge), in a $300-million contract with [Zionism]. (tinyurl.com/2c8v6ca4)

Demonstrators continued their march to the world headquarters of the Comcast media giant, broadcaster of Zionist propaganda, before returning to City Hall.

People in other cities and areas blocked and disrupted the circulation and production points of trade and commerce. In the U.S., this includes: Phoenix; Long Beach, Oakland, Orange County and San Diego in California; Miami, Tallahassee and Tampa, Florida; Chicago; Indianapolis; Western Massachusetts; Detroit; Minneapolis-St Paul; St Louis; New Jers

Palestinian-American legal scholar Noura Erakat showed that the goal of the so-called Genocide Convention of 1948 was not the “punishment for genocide that has already occurred,” but the “prevention of future genocide.” The argument that the ICJ would first have to establish that genocide had actually taken place before measures could be imposed against Germany therefore does not hold water.

Furthermore, Erakat continued, the debate as to whether it is genocide in the legal sense distracts from the […] war against the civilian population in the Gaza Strip. Instead, the key point is that the warfare is “unacceptable” in light of the more than 15,000 children killed and “must be stopped immediately.”

Erakat also described it as “racist” that “30,000 Palestinian victims” had not been enough for governments in the Global North to express words of criticism towards [Zionism], but that they had only protested loudly after the seven aid workers from an international humanitarian organ

“I completely agree that Germans have a special responsibility towards the Jews in light of the Holocaust. But to equate criticism of [Zionism’s régime] with antisemitism is simply wrong. And may I add that as a Jew I also feel a special responsibility. But … that doesn’t mean giving this government carte blanche. What is happening in Gaza should not happen — and especially not in my name. I strongly reject the equation of [Zionism] and Judaism. Judaism has a rich secular and, above all, universalist tradition. It pains me when it is reduced to [Zionism’s] hyper-ethno-nationalist politics.”

Asked why she thought the philosopher Judith Butler had been allowed to assume the same professorship in 2016, despite having been highly critical of [Zionism’s régime], Fraser said: “In Germany, the panic of doing something wrong has increased. In addition the war in Gaza is now rekindling the feverishness.”

Fraser has said she will continue to hold the lectures she had planned to deliver in

While $300 million is a mere band-aid, it is an important signal of continued U.S./NATO intervention. There is still a funding package before Congress for Ukraine, [Zionism] and Taiwan in the pipeline. The supplemental package, which would provide $60 billion more for Ukraine, expanded from $105 billion to $118 billion after weapons lobbyists worked the Senate and House.

This same package includes more than $14 billion to finance [neocolonialism’s] war in Gaza against the Palestinian people.

Supplemental bills for current wars are used to add tens of billions of additional dollars to a military budget that is already the largest in history. This year’s supplemental funding is on top of the $886 billion military budget passed by both houses of Congress in December.

All the most sophisticated and fantastically expensive Western weapons in NATO’s armories have failed to reverse the defeats of the corrupt Ukrainian military. Thousands of Western sanctions have failed to collap

Sana Wazwaz, a leader with American Muslims for Palestine-MN, explained the significance of the vote: “Our victory signals a radical shift in what is considered acceptable criticism of [Zionism]. We are the first city in the U.S. to pass a resolution to call for a complete end to U.S. aid to [Zionism’s régime]; a measure that was once ‘too radical’ is now becoming normalized.

“Minneapolis has broken that barrier, and we believe that our city will set the precedent for cities across the U.S. to continue pushing that boundary, for language to become more and more progressive. To override Mayor Frey’s veto is to send the message that principles win over politics — that Minneapolis stuck to their strong language and didn’t back down despite pressure to conform to ceasefire resolution norms.”

Protesters march through NYC after high school students across the city held a walk out

Emergency actions demand: Hands off Rafah!

In outraged response to [neocolonialism’s] threats to take its genocide in Gaza to new heights, protesters held emergency actions nationwide to Shut It Down for Palestine! The majority of Gaza's population has been forced to flee to Rafah, the southernmost region along the border with Egypt. Roughly 1.5 million people are now packed into an area half the size of San Francisco, many without shelter or food. Now, the U.S.-supplied […] war machine is pledging to smash into the area with its full destructive force to achieve a horrific "final victory".

Emergency action held at City Hall in Houston, Texas

Mass marches numbering in the thousands broke out in major cities nationwide, and countless actions large and small took place in ever

A tipping point may have been reached on Dec. 29 when Biden announced a new $147.5 million sale of artillery munitions to [Zionism]. On Dec. 30, Muslim leaders of the campaign announced plans to expand their #AbandonBiden efforts in all 50 states over Biden’s failure to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Having failed to keep promises regarding a pathway to citizenship, Biden may also be losing ground among [indigenous] voters. Biden is now discussing dramatic changes to asylum law and border enforcement almost indistinguishable from Trump’s policies.

Biden’s chances of gaining support from young voters, also needed for him to win, grow doubtful, with Biden failing to keep promises regarding climate change and forgiveness of student loan debt. Significantly, youth represent the core of the movement against [the] occupation of Palestine.

However, this growing loss of potential support for Biden does not translate into more votes for Donald Trump. When Muslim organizers announced #A