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We Must Respond Now On the night of September 23rd, The Global Sumud Flotilla was attacked by Israel. 12 Israeli drones bombed and jammed 11 civilian ships in international waters carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza. Once again, the Israeli military is carrying out an illegal attack against civilians with impunity. This comes after the Israel…
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In the wake of the United Nations finally declaring what is happening in Gaza to be a genocide, the ethnic cleansing and ground invasion of Gaza City by the Israeli military has started. Yesterday, September 16th, 108 Palestinians were killed in the more than 150 airstrikes the Israeli military conducted to clear the way for…
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Stand up for the people of Gaza. Be there. The Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) has called for an International Day of Action on October 4th, marking two years since the genocide in Gaza began. In the Washington DC area, the DMV chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement will be responding to this call by protesting…
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As the genocide in Gaza passes its 700th day, the Israeli regime continues to brutalize, starve, and murder the people of Gaza. Yesterday, September 10th, Israel killed 72 people in Gaza. Today, at least 39 Palestinians have been killed, including 10 people seeking aid. And yet, the worst is still to come for Gaza. On…
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Hazami Barmada, a local Washington DC activist who has been on the streets fighting for Palestine consistently since October 2023, has called for a protest tomorrow, Wednesday September 10th, in order to demand an end to the genocide and ethnic cleansing of Gaza. Barmada has been involved with countless protests in the DC area, including…
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As the genocide in Gaza passes its 700th day, it’s important to remember that Israel does not only want to kill or displace every Palestinian in Gaza but also erase the Palestinian identity. The expression “a land without a people for a people without a land,” often used by Zionists to justify the ethnic cleansing…
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Undeterred from their previous efforts to end the siege on Gaza, dozens of ships with hundreds of crewmembers are sailing to Gaza right now. This kind of action is what us in the Global North need to partake in to help Gaza. The more of us that are united, the harder it will be to…
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Decades ago, the Palestine Liberation Organization and its largest member, Fatah, were once seen as beacons of hope for the cause of liberating Palestine. Now, the PLO and its president Mahmoud Abbas have completely lost legitimacy in the eyes of Palestinians. Abbas’s PLO, which on paper governs parts of the West Bank through the Palestinian…
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Under the guise of “fighting antisemitism,” the Trump administration has charged George Washington University with violating Title VI and discriminating against Jewish and Israeli students. The university has until August 22nd to either capitulate, which would risk students’ rights or to fight the Trump administration in court. George Washington’s Left Coalition, which includes GWU’s Students…
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This Thursday, the Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO will be hosting a labor protest in Dupont Circle at 4PM. According to the DC Labor website, the protest’s main messages are that: In a time where the rights and freedoms of DC citizens are under attack due to the Trump administration’s militarization of the district, it is…
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