"Ocasio-Cortez ... talks about how this is a time when communities need to come together with courage rather than fear, how Democrats need to chart a path for a more inclusive future rather than constantly play defense, and how, above all, connectivity helps to avoid despair."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-people-show-130000343.html
Greta Thunberg segelt mit der #FreedomFlotilla nach Gaza, um gegen die israelische Blockade zu protestieren und auf die humanitäre Lage aufmerksam zu machen. Gemeinsam mit Aktivisten setzt sie ein Zeichen für Solidarität und Frieden. #Gaza #GretaThunberg #Solidarity
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Greta-Thunberg-segelt-mit-der-Freedom-Flotilla-nach-Gaza-article25802759.html #newz
Elias Rodriguez… The Feda’i Who Revealed Positions on the Resistance
The operation carried out by the feda’i Elias Rodriguez was not a passing event or an act isolated from the current political and strategic context. Rather, it marked a pivotal moment in clarifying positions and exposing contradictions—especially in the international arenas where solidarity movements with the Palestinian people are active. Occurring amid one of the fiercest phases of the genocidal war waged by the Zionist entity against the Gaza Strip for more than twenty months, the operation was a natural and legitimate response to this brutal aggression and an echo of the voice of resistance that remains alive and deeply rooted in the conscience of free peoples.
The revolutionary intellectual and martyr Ghassan Kanafani (1936–1972) was the foremost theorist of revolutionary violence in confronting imperialism and Zionism. Kanafani’s link to armed struggle was not romantic but was tightly bound to his political thought, his convictions, and the approach whose logical and moral coherence he defended until the moment of his martyrdom. This practical, organic connection was among the chief reasons for his assassination.
Kanafani also waged an unrelenting intellectual struggle against those—whether Palestinians, Arabs, or others—who opposed “external operations.” The author of the dictum “behind the enemy everywhere” continually affirmed, up to the moment of his assassination, that there is neither separation nor contradiction between the actions of the fedayeen in Palestine and across its borders and “external operations,” so long as the political strategy is unified and the enemy is one. Has the enemy camp changed today? Have its colonial policies changed, or have they grown even more savage?
Rodriguez’s heroic operation clarified that the “solidarity movement” with the Palestinian people is not a single current or unified vision, but rather a mixture of diverse forces: some believe in the path of resistance and the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea, while others have positioned themselves within liberal frameworks that confine the conflict to human rights discourse and the diplomatic arena, and practically call for what is termed the “two-state solution” as the only viable horizon for the Arab-Zionist conflict. This divergence is not new. It reflects the political and ideological contradictions that have always accompanied international solidarity movements, from the Algerian revolution to the support movements for the struggles in Vietnam, South Africa, Ireland, and others. In fact, it also reveals internal Palestinian contradictions—but that is a longer discussion…
At the heart of this complex picture lies the importance of Rodriguez’s operation. It was not only a security challenge to the U.S. security apparatus but also held up a mirror reflecting the reality of positions: who truly stands with the resistance, and who hides behind general slogans to promote a vision oscillating between nihilism and surrender. Many speak of “the Palestinian people’s right to resist,” yet they reject any actual, conscious practice of this right if it steps outside the bounds of discourse acceptable in the West, a discourse that often translates into calls for compromises and political concessions, foremost among them the promotion of the “two-state solution” and a “peace” that entails recognition of the Zionist entity’s legitimacy and the surrender of Palestine—and of our minds as well.
Conversely, there are those who stood firmly and clearly with the resistance, not only as a theoretical concept, but as practical action grounded in the principles of liberation, return, and the rejection of the occupation’s legitimacy. These are the natural extension of Palestinian liberation movements around the world, who view the Palestinian struggle as part of a global front against colonialism, racism, and predatory and brutal capitalism. For this reason, we are witnessing the advance of radical labor, youth, student, and women’s forces, while the trend of “conditional solidarity” is in retreat.
Rodriguez’s operation not only revealed the limits of liberal discourse; it also restored the value of direct action as a mobilizing and agitational tool, placing everyone before their responsibilities. The broad popular response to this operation, particularly among youth and within Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim communities, reveals that popular sentiment remains aligned with armed struggle and a revolutionary position on Palestine. The battle being waged by the Palestinian people is not confined to the West Bank and Gaza, but extends and expands globally within the framework of revolutionary struggle against imperialism, Zionism, and reactionary and fascist regimes.
These differences, despite their sharpness, must not turn into a source of nihilistic discord; rather, they should be understood as part of the natural plurality within global liberation movements. Historically, solidarity movements with just causes have witnessed similar divergences, whether in supporting the Cuban revolution, the struggles of Latin America, or even positions on the resistance in Iraq and Lebanon. However, there is an urgent need to prevent the enemy from exploiting this “plurality,” especially amid the genocide. The Zionists, through propaganda campaigns and political and legal pressures, seek to demonize all who support the resistance and its supporters, and to sow doubt and distrust within the ranks of solidarity activists in general.
Our assessment is that the majority of the Palestinian people—inside the homeland and in the diaspora—especially in light of the massacres in Gaza, see the revival of feda’i action as a revolutionary necessity. They are calling for broader popular participation in supporting the resistance, whether political, financial, media, or cultural support, or through direct involvement. This is the popular cradle and the revolutionary driving force needed to halt the aggression, shift the balance of power, and achieve liberation. The greater the occupation’s crimes, the deeper the conviction that there is no place for neutrality and that confronting the enemy has become a duty, not a choice.
Today’s battle is not confined to Gaza or the West Bank, but includes the diaspora as well. Therefore, Rodriguez’s operation represents a cry in the face of the American system, and a message that resistance is not the preserve of geography, race, or color, but is an affiliation, an identity, and an ethical and political stance that allows for no compromise.
In conclusion, the forces of resistance and their allies must build on this moment, broaden the circles of revolutionary dialogue with liberation movements on an international level, and safeguard their ranks against the Zionist campaigns that seek to isolate and defame the resisters. The battle is long and open to all possibilities, but clarity of vision and direction—as Rodriguez demonstrated—is the first condition for victory.
Khaled Barakat
source: Palestinian Alternative Revolutionary Path Movemen
Instro Precision is owned by Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest weapons company against which Palestine Action has repeatedly taken direct action. It produces targeting gear including SpectroXR imaging systems for Israel’s Skylark drones. Thousands of the ‘XACT’ weapons sights systems manufactured by Instro have been delivered to the Israeli military.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2025/05/29/palestine-activists-target-arms-company-landlords/
National Association of Letter Carriers
Last week, the House passed its budget reconciliation bill. Now, the fight continues in the Senate! Tell the Senate to OPPOSE any cuts to postal employee health and retirement benefits.
nalc.org/action
Senagalese students show how you treat the mouthpiece of a fascist scum.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JRDpmK4t70A #Senegal #Palestine #Solidarity #Genocide
Achtung!!!
Linkes Hausprojekt in Dresden gefährdet.
Neubewohner*innen wollen Bewohner*innen autoritär rausmobben und
das Haus "autoritär umbauen inkl. Hofieren antisemitisch anschlussfähiger Gruppen
Ein kräftiges Piss off an alle Mobber*innen + Täterschützer*innen.
Kein Fußbreit den Antisemit*innen
Bitte unterstützt die aktuellen Hausbewohnenden.
Den Text tröte ich weiter. Bitte tut das auch.
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"antisemitisch anschlussfähig"
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Irish rap trio Kneecap led chants of “Free Palestine” during their performance at London's Wide Awake Festival.
“The world needs to see solidarity of 20,000 people in a park in London shouting ‘Free, free Palestine’.”
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/H8sm6dGvK1w #FreePalestine #Solidarity #Kneecap
A quote from Jose Arizmendi. the founder of Mondragon cooperative system. #cooperatives #Mondragon #solidarity #justice
Aminatta Forna: Creative Conversations X UBelong
16 June, free online
A conversation with Aminatta Forna, award-winning author of the essay collection THE WINDOW SEAT: Notes from a Life in Motion, & more.
This event is part of the Building Solidarity & Kinship programme curated by Esraa Husain at the Refugee Festival Scotland 2025, developed in partnership with Creative Conversations and U Belong Glasgow.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aminatta-forna-creative-conversations-x-ubelong-tickets-1387176776079
Sam Wallman
20 May 2025
u can download this poster to print here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1vBp6VEu937Vl3-_33JKR-q7lhE2iCjsh
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Last year, after a media beat-up, the Australian Labor Party amputated the construction division of the #CFMEU and placed it in shackles.
The A.C.T. branch was largely left alone, and Michael Hiscox the head of the branch attempted to carry on representing his members, in spite of the extra boot on the neck.
#art #samwallman #constructionworkers
#labormovement #organize #solidarity #unions
How can a president destroy the intellectual elite of its own country , without being intellectually destroyed by its own population ?
Doctors Returning from Gaza Hold a News Conference - May 28, 2025
Speakers include:
Heather McPherson, MP (NDP)
Maysa Hawwash, Doctors Against Genocide
Dr. Deirdre Nunan, Orthopedic Surgeon
Dr Sarah Lalonde, CCFP-EM, Cree health board
Dr. Yipeng Ge, Family Doctor
Dr. Mohammad Rizwan Minhas, Sports and ER Medicine. Eye Witness Gaza
Dr. Dorotea Gucciardo, PhD. Eye Witness Gaza