David Meer was arrested during the brutal police raid on the Gaza solidarity encampment at Emory University in Atlanta. Meer talks to Mondoweiss about his arrest, the broad Palestine coalition on campus, and why he became involved.
"As protests against #Israel’s genocide in #Gaza, ethnic cleansing on the #WestBank, and apartheid repression within ’48 harden into a proliferation of encampments on US university campuses, still more have popped up across the globe—in Asia, Europe, Mexico and elsewhere."
More power to these #students demonstrating for a #FreePalestine. Seinfeld is a Zionist whose wife literally funded the mob of pro-#Israel thugs who physically assaulted the nonviolent #UCLA encampment. #Duke#protest
The last time Macklemore was really culturally relevant it was for songs like 2013’s “Thrift Shop.” Times have certainly changed. Last week, the rapper dropped “Hind’s Hall,” a blistering protest anthem that takes aim at Israel’s assault on Gaza and comes as student protests have spread around the world. Will “Hind’s Hall” usher in a new era of musical political activism? Vox has more, including why Macklemore’s political shift isn’t as surprising as you might think. https://flip.it/nwByYp #Culture#Entertainment#Music#Gaza#Israel#Macklemore
"Countries within the #EuropeanUnion, as members of #NATO could potentially safeguard the airspace above #Ukraine, even from within the confines of the North Atlantic Alliance... German legislators posit that the precedent set by #Israel, where the #US, #France, the #UK, and other nations aided in repelling an Iranian air assault, serves as evidence that such a decision would not implicate NATO nations in the conflict...
Mayors, police chiefs, and university heads have defended their violent attacks on student protests by claiming “outside agitators” are the cause of unrest. This racist trope was used during the civil rights movement and is equally obscene today.
Guardian reports #Eurovision lost almost a quarter of viewership in the UK this year compared to last. But note last year's show was organized in Liverpool, by the BBC.
Anyway, I'd love to see viewing figures in other countries as well; this should help prove the theory that #Israel got more points from the public thanks to other people boycotting it 🙃
Wow. Radio 4 news just put
Zarah Sultana on the main 7pm news, criticising David Cameron's hypocrisy in continuing UK arms sales to Israel.
For those who don't know, Sultana is a pro-Palestinian, Muslim leftwing Labour MP who supported Corbyn and is anathema to Starmer and the Labour right.
I nearly fell off my chair. #Israel#Gaza#LabourParty#UKPolitics
Raphaël Enthoven explique sur BFM que Guillaume Meurice « n’a pas de talent ». C’est l’imposteur de la philo qui s’exprime ou le partenaire de la dirlo de France Inter? Il faudrait que la chaîne clarifie ce point. L’endogamie de ce petit milieu… (et encore une fois, je n'ai aucun problème pour dire que ça blague ne m'a pas fait rire)
The United Nations General Assembly has enhanced #Palestine's rights within the organisation and called for it to be accepted as a member. The outcome saw an immediate rebuke from #Israel, with the country's UN ambassador Gilad Erdan destroying the UN charter with a tiny shredder in front of the assembly..
"“The direct and deliberate Israeli targeting of civil defense crews prevents us from reaching some of the targeted places in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City,” spokesman Mahmoud Basal told Anadolu.
He said the teams were unable to reach 16 members of a family who were trapped under the rubble of a house in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood."
Bob Feldman, who protested at Columbia University in 1968, on the student uprising today, “I would tell these students: people will always remember what you did today . . . and I believe they have accomplished much more in 2024 than we did in 1968.”
Nahost-Liveblog: ++ Ägypten will sich Völkermord-Klage anschließen ++
Ägypten hat angekündigt, sich der südafrikanischen Völkermord-Klage gegen Israel anzuschließen. Die israelische Armee geht offenbar erneut in Nord-Gaza gegen die Hamas vor. Alle Entwicklungen im Liveblog.