Students in Cuba Stand with U.S. Student Encampments for Gaza
Hundreds of students gathered at the University of Havana to condemn the police repression of US student protesters and show their support for Palestine. On the same steps, students were repressed by the Batista dictatorship in the 1950s — one of the sparks of the revolution.
Jewish Student Debunks Corporate Media Lies That Columbia Protests Are Hateful
Columbia University students launched a solidarity encampment for Gaza on campus, and the ensuing crackdown on their protest sparked a nationwide student movement. One week into the historic protests, the corporate media has run wild with unsubstantiated claims that they are violent and antisemitic. Grant Miner, a Jewish student organizer with Columbia University Apartheid Divest […]
Why Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Voting to Unionize Is A Huge Victory for The South
Tennessee Volkswagen workers achieved a historic victory on April 19 by overwhelmingly voting to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) labor union. This victory marked the first time since 1941 that a nonunion automaker in the US has successfully unionized. Husayn Karimi, a labor organizer and labor journalist with On the Line, explains how this […]
Billions More For Israel, TikTok Ban For You: Congress Prioritizes War and Censorship of Its Critics
The House and Senate just passed a $95 billion bill to reinforce the U.S. war machine and ban the social media app where its critics are loudest. The legislation attached the measure to ban TikTok with more funding for Israel’s Gaza onslaught, the stalling war in Ukraine, and for Taiwan to pump up a Cold […]
Student Uprising Spreads as US and Israel Plan Rafah Invasion
As the Pentagon and U.S. elite provide Israel more weaponry and urge a Mosul, Iraq-style mass demolition in Rafah, protest encampments on college campuses are erupting nationwide. And in the face of evictions from student housing, arrests, threats of bringing in the National Guard, and more repression, students are standing strong for the Palestinian people. […]
‘They Want to Silence Us’: Riot Cops Arrest 19 Students for a Palestine Sit-In
Last week, 19 students at Pomona College in Southern California were arrested by riot police and banned from campus after holding a pro-Palestine protest on their campus. Melia, one of the students arrested at the sit-in, joins the show to discuss Pomona Divest from Apartheid activism and the significant repression students face nationwide for leading […]
Kidnapping of Jorge Glas: US-Backed Oligarchy in Ecuador Locks Up Its Critics
Mexico has cut all diplomatic ties with Ecuador after Ecuadorian police officers forcibly raided the Mexican Embassy in Quito and detained former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas. Glas had been granted political asylum by Mexico earlier that day amid intensified political persecution against him. Andrés Arauz, former Ecuadorian presidential candidate and a research fellow at […]
Gaza is Changing Global Geopolitics
Gaza is changing the world. What was widely treated as a regional issue six months ago has quickly changed the global geopolitical landscape. Israel now threatens to drag the entire region into a regional war and Palestine has become a decisive political issue in several countries. Simply put, there’s no going back to the way […]