We are outraged at Israel's continued impunity. Last night, Israel killed more than 400 Palestinians in a massacre intended to destroy the ceasefire for good. VisualizingPalestine
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Hanging between heaven and earth
The U.S.-backed Israeli government resumed its intense genocidal attacks on Gaza early Tuesday morning, unleashing a massive wave of indiscriminate military strikes across the Strip and killing more than 410 people, including scores of children and women, according to local health officials.
Decolonial Solidarity
True solidarity must be more than symbolic gestures or humanitarian aid. It must be rooted in a decolonial framework—one that recognizes Palestine as part of a broader struggle against colonialism, imperialism, and racial capitalism. Mustafa Jayyousi
BREAKING: DHS enters Columbia dorms
Columbia University has long been the laboratory testing government repression against the pro-Palestinian movement. The most recent was the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents entered non-public areas at Columbia to search two student rooms.
Language
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. First Amendment to the US Constitution
Visualizing Peace
Yesterday I took photos at the University of Wisconsin related to the disappearing of Mahmoud Khalil. That word was also used during the gathering. For a long time, no one know where he had been taken. To disappear is the opposite of visualize. Which is utterly symbolic of authoritarianism, which is obviously on the rise here. Authoritarian efforts must stamp out dissent, and this has been the focus of the current administration.
Using AI to repress dissent
An excellent article yesterday in AXIOS, written by Marc Caputo, explains how the Trump administration is using AI to find 'resident aliens' who have participated in pro-Palestinian activities in order to deport them.
Recolonizing Gaza?
Why isn't the Western narrative about the future of Gaza based on the desires of the Palestinians living, or from there? Why not support the two-state solution they, and the Arab nations, and the United Nations support?
Neither of them had to die
It’s that the simultaneous denial and perpetuation of colonial propaganda reveals the circles of our moral obligation. To ensure life and safety for ourselves we’re expected to condone state violence as docile subjects. Outside the circle, the spectacle of state violence is delivered for the world to see.
Israel-Hamas ceasefire phase 2
Hamas has said it won’t release the remaining captives without a lasting ceasefire and full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Netanyahu, with the full backing of the Trump administration, says he’s committed to destroying Hamas’ military and governing capacities and returning all hostages, goals widely seen as mutually exclusive.