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Sierra Club Workers Challenge Leadership’s Greenwashing ‘Apartheid Tours’

Sierra Club workers are taking a stand for environmental justice and solidarity with Palestinians in the face of the Sierra Club’s controversial apartheid tours to Israel.

Jessica Buxbaum
By Jessica Buxbaum
Israel Sierra Club Feature photo

In June, members of the Sierra Club unit of the Progressive Workers Union (PWU) passed a resolution pledging solidarity with the Palestinian people as the environmental organization pushes forward with its planned trips to Israel. The workers’ resolution puts its words into action by ensuring union funds aren’t investing in Israel’s settler

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Isaac Herzog’s Visit to Congress: A Showcase of Apartheid Apologetics

On the fallout from Isaac Herzog’s visit to Washington and the pathetic display of apartheid apologetics borne of a single congresswoman’s bravery to dare call Israel what it is: a racist state.

Miko Peled
By Miko Peled
Isaac Herzog Joint Meeting

As the anticipation built for Israeli president Yitzhak Hertzog’s (Isaac Herzog) visit to Washington, DC insiders scrambled to hide the fact that Israel is a racist state. At first, the center of the crisis was the incomprehensible fact that someone had told the truth about Israel. Yet House Representative Pramila Jayapal, a progressive democrat,

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Seymour Hersh: Ordinary People by the Millions

A conversation on current US politics with Thomas Frank.

Seymour Hersh
By Seymour Hersh
Hersh Frank Feature photo

Seymour Hersh / Substack — Lunch with Tom Frank is a totally American experience. He’s a proud native of Kansas but far from a country boy: he got his doctorate from the University of Chicago and has written a series of influential books. He likes people, food, and telling it like it is. He teases the waiter, talks about a healthy salad, and then

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PA President Mahmoud Abbas: A Puppet in the Hands of Israel and the US?

Despite its near complete failure, the Oslo Accords succeeded in one thing: it provided Israel with a Palestinian force whose main mission is to assist the Israeli occupation in its quest to maintain total control over the West Bank.

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Israel Mahmoud Abbas Feature photo

This is the perfect opportunity for Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, to exit the stage. But he will not.  Abbas’ brief visit to the devastated Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank on July 12 demonstrated the absurdity and danger of the PA and its 87-year-old leader.  As he walked, Abbas struggled to keep his balance

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From TikTok to Taking on the CIA: The Resurgence of Cutting Political Comedy with James Rehwald

Join MintCast for a hilarious conversation with James Rehwald as he discusses anti-imperialist comedy, the limitations of mainstream media, and the rise of political satire on social media.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
MintCast James Rehwald Feature photo

In this day and age, it can sometimes feel like satire is dead. This is doubly true if one turns on a television to watch what passes for it. Yet genuinely sharp, cutting political comedy is enjoying a renaissance on platforms like TikTok, as young comedians who otherwise would not get a shot are stepping up to the plate. Today, MintPress speaks

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Jenin is Just the Start: A New Generation of Palestinians Has Finally Buried the Ghosts of the Past

The new Palestinian generation has buried the ghosts of the past and moved on. And now, they are ready to speak for themselves and to fight for themselves. Jenin is just the start. 

Ramzy Baroud
By Ramzy Baroud
Jenin resistance Feature photo

The deadly Israeli invasion of Jenin on July 3 was not a surprise. Also unsurprising is the fact that the killing of 12 Palestinians, wounding of 120 more and the destruction of nearly 80 percent of the Jenin Refugee Camp’s homes and infrastructure will not make an iota of a difference. Even Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, despite

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