Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by LA BOTZ Dan
The U.S. labor movement is struggling with the controversial question of how to deal with the Israel-Gaza War. While the leadership of the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation, has lined up with President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party, which has supported Israel and calls only (...)
, by LA BOTZ Dan, SHALOM Stephen R.
Dan La Botz and Stephen R. Shalom respond critically to a recent article by Jonah Ben Avraham.
In the midst of Israel’s horrific slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, it would seem ill-timed to engage in debate with other members of the pro-Palestinian Left. But when a writer chooses to (...)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
After Hamas’ heinous attack Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people, many civilians, including children, Israel began a siege of Gaza, cutting off food, water, and fuel, unleashing an unrelenting bombardment, and carrying out an invasion of Gaza that has killed over 10,000 people, almost (...)
, by CARVALHAES Ana C., LARRACHE Antoine
In 20 October 2022, Lula da Silva was elected President of the Republic of Brazil for the third time, beating far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro by a narrow margin. This victory by the broad democratic front around Lula, as well as the campaign that preceded it, is giving rise to great debate (...)
, by MIAH Malik
Actors reach a tentative contract accord on November 8. The Union negotiators agreed unanimously to a three-year agreement with major studios, ending a 118-day strike, its longest yet.
The tentative pact still must be ratified, some 60,000 striking members. SAG-AFSTRA (Screen Actors (...)
, by SHEPPARD Barry
In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in a case known as Roe vs Wade affirmed for the first time that a woman’s right to abortion was constitutional.
What won this right was not legal arguments, but a mass women’s liberation movement that developed in the context of the broader mass (...)
, par ABI-HABIB Maria, CROWLEY Michael, WONG Edward
More Than 500 USA Officials Sign Letter Protesting Against President Biden’s Israel Policy – International Solidarity With Palestine is Growing Very Rapidly
International solidarity with Palestine is growing very rapidly. The Jewish state of Israel is conducting a war of genocide against (...)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
Several victories for women’s right to control their own bodies in swing states suggest that even though many voters have little enthusiasm for President Joe Biden, the abortion issue might help him to defeat Trump in next year’s presidential election. The actors’ union, SAG-AFTRA, ended it (...)
, by SMITH David
Retired judge Michael Luttig is battling to stop a Trump victory – which he says would be ‘catastrophic for America’s democracy’
Michael Luttig knows the eye of the storm. On the night of 4 January 2021, the retired federal judge advised Mike Pence, the vice-president, against trying to (...)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
The United Auto Workers carried out a 45-day strike against the Big Three U.S. auto companies—Ford, Stellantis, and General Motors—that in the contract negotiated in October won not only large wage increases and the elimination of tiers but also encroached on the corporations’ control over (...)
, by EAGLETON Oliver
Since the Al-Aqsa Flood on 7 October and the ensuing assault on Gaza, the Biden administration has performed what is euphemistically described as a ‘balancing act’. On the one hand it praises the collective punishment of Palestinians; on the other it warns Israel against overreach. Its support (...)
, by MIAH Malik
Pro-Palestine protests and rallies have spread across the United States in opposition to the Israeli war.
In response to the October 7 Gaza breakout and surprise attacks by Hamas militants in Israel, which resulted in 1,400 deaths, Israel has conducted non-stop self-described “revenge” (...)
, by BIENENFIELD Mel, McTAGGART Ted M. , ROSENTHAL Keith
Three Tempest members report on demonstrations in New York City for Palestinian self-determination and a ceasefire.
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Brooklyn, October 21-Keith Rosenthal
Between three and five thousand people protested in solidarity with Palestine and against Israel’s war in (...)
Palestinians, as well as some left-wing Jews, are being suspended from studies, fired from jobs, or arrested at night — all because of social media posts.
We are watching a genocide unfold in real time. As professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies Raz Segal argues, what Israel has (...)
, by RENAUD Benoit
Benoit Renaud looks at some of the dynamics and challenges surrounding a likely public sector strike in Québec.
Over the next few months, there probably will be a major confrontation between the Québec government and public sector unions, the likes of which we have not seen since at least (...)
, by LA BOTZ Dan
Israel’s merciless bombardment of Gaza destroying apartment buildings, hospitals, schools, and places of worship killing thousands, its siege cutting off food, water, and electricity, and its massing of tens of thousands of troops on the Gaza border preparing an invasion has horrified millions (...)
, by JACKSON Denée, KD Paul , KENNEDY Hank, WOLF Sherry
Tempest members report on large and inspiring rallies, marches, and acts of civil disobedience over the past week in defense of Palestinian resistance and condemnation of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza.
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Minneapolis–Paul KD
There have been two protests in (...)
, par LA BOTZ Dan
Yesterday, President Biden spoke to the United States to justify sending more aid to Israel. The amount he is requesting from Congress is estimated at $105 billion. This includes money to aid Israel in its current war on Gaza and the Palestinians living there, a war based on a siege denying (...)
, by VOLMAN Daniel
The Biden administration has called a coup a coup in Niger. Now it may have to relocate U.S. troops to another location.
For two months after the coup in Niger in August 2023, the Biden administration refused to declare that a “coup” had taken place. They did this because using the word (...)
, by BRADBURY Alexandra, LEON Luis Feliz
While many union members and other workers are worried and horrified at the mounting war in Israel and occupied Palestine, U.S. unions so far have mostly remained silent.
But workers are speaking up and organizing with their co-workers to push their unions on the side of peace and justice. (...)
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