Saint Paul, MN — In the capital city of Minnesota, a middle-aged white man was given no prison time after being convicted of murder for fatally stabbing an unarmed Black man. The 2021 murder of Arnell ‘AJ’ Stewart and the following conviction and sentencing of…
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Salt Lake City, UT – Last September, Agnes Martinez was looking for a place she and her dog could sleep for the night. Houseless at the time, she parked her car in a commercial area south of downtown Salt Lake City. Soon after, she was…
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Philadelphia, PA — Several community and environmental groups rallied outside of City Hall Thursday morning to demand the City Council “ban artificial turf installation on city property including parks and recreation centers.” The leading concern is that artificial turf almost always contains toxic PFAS “forever…
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Miami, FL — On the night of July 3, 2022, just nine days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a group of anonymous vandals approached a nondescript building in Hialeah, Florida, covering one of its walls with graffiti.
It read: “If abortions…
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Chicago, IL — The second, third and fourth nights of the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) got punctuated with loud noise demonstrations near key locations. While noise demonstrations were not usually huge groups, they caught the massive convention police force somewhat by surprise and moved…
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Chicago, IL — On the last day of the 2024 Democratic National Convention, protests are continuing at Union Park to oppose the DNC and shed light on the U.S.-funded ongoing violent occupation of Palestine by Israel.
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Chicago, IL – Thousands of pro-Palestinians gathered in Union Park to protest on the third day of the Democratic National Convention. Demonstrations this week have primarily been demanding an immediate end to the Biden-Harris administration’s massive support for the ongoing genocide being committed by Israeli…
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Chicago, IL – Demonstrators demanding the U.S. end support for mass killings of Palestinians in Gaza gathered outside the Israeli consulate in the Accenture Tower at 500 West Madison St. Groups calling for the protest included Behind Enemy Lines, Palestine Action US, and the Palestinian…
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Chicago, IL — Just blocks away from the United Center, where the 2024 Democratic National Convention is being held, Chicago firefighters are protesting for a new contract. Patrick Cleary, President of the Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local 2, said they’ve “been without a contract with…
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Chicago, IL — The 2024 Democratic National Convention begins Monday morning in the United States, and tens of thousands of protesters — as part of the “March on the DNC 2024” coalition — are rallying and marching through the city to demand the U.S. ends…
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Tijuana, Mexico — In the heart of downtown Tijuana, less than a kilometer from the San Yisidro Port of Entry and blocks away from the most popular nightlife and tourist areas of the city, migrants rest on the stairs of a café while passersby lean…
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A large rally led by students in Greece's capital city Athens began shortly after 7 p.m. outside the Rectorate of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Students from all over the world spoke.
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South Africa made history by filing charges against Israel for "committing genocide in manifest violation of the Genocide Convention," at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). These charges were filed in response to Israel’s actions in the ongoing Israeli-Gaza war, which has so far killed over 35,000 Palestinians and displaced nearly all of Gaza’s 2-plus million residents.
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British Columbia, Canada — Renowned Kwakwaka’wakw artist, author, and political activist Gord Hill recently spoke at the University of Victoria’s (UVIC) Faculty of Fine Arts in Victoria for its annual Lehan Family Activism & the Arts Lecture covering the intersection of art and activism. Hill…
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Philadelphia, PA — Students at Drexel University established an encampment in support of divesting from Israel on May 18, following a rainy Nakba Day commemoration march from Center City that started around 4 p.m. Philadelphia and Drexel police officers quickly surrounded the encampment with a…
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Denver, CO — It has been 10 days since students at the University of Denver (DU) set up an ongoing Gaza solidarity encampment, in part, to demand the university divests from Israel. On May 19, the students held a press conference to shed light on…
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Nearly twenty UPenn students and supporters were arrested after briefly occupying Fisher-Bennett Hall along 34th Street. Officers including UPenn's Emergency Response Teams worked to shove hundreds of pro-Palestine demonstrators away from what they renamed Refaat Alareer Hall. The action was an extension of the encampment organizing swept by police action a week earlier.
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Over the last two years, the persecution of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has increased to terrifying levels. Whether due to violent rhetoric from the state or political parties, or direct assaults by petty militiamen, the safety of all Syrians in Lebanon is imperiled.
With mainstream…
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Denver, CO — On Wednesday evening, the local Indigenous community hosted a “healing event” at the Auraria Campus pro-Palestine solidarity encampment. According to a press release for the event, in tandem with the commemoration, the organizers “offer[ed] solidarity and healing for the Palestinian community” and…
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Late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, anonymous vandals smashed out at least five windows of the Caterpillar headquarters in Tucson, Arizona in solidarity with those observing Nakba Day.
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