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Palestine

belly of the beast
Posted inARTS & SOUL

sleeping in the belly of the beast

by Moonbow Reign December 13, 2024December 12, 2024

i am faced with extermination
so of course i breathe life
and the enemy will never sea my rain tears

On Being Undocumented in Houston’s Gaza Solidarity Student Movement
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

On Being Undocumented in Houston's Gaza Solidarity Student Movement

by Anonymous October 31, 2024October 31, 2024
Dear Reproductive Justice Movement Show Up for Palestinian Solidarity
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Reproductive Justice Movement: Show Up for Palestinian Solidarity

by Ja’Loni Owens October 24, 2024October 23, 2024
ICC
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

No one is coming to save us. Not even the ICC.

by Ja’Loni Owens October 17, 2024October 17, 2024
A collage of repression at pro-Palestine protests at Tulane in Spring 2024
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Tulane Book Festival, sponsored by friends of Netanyahu

by Drew Hawkins and Delaney Nolan September 26, 2024September 27, 2024
Collage-Biden at Morehouse Graduation 2024
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Biden at Morehouse isn't an opportunity. It's a death sentence.

by Marq Riggins and Sydney Jael Wilson September 25, 2024September 25, 2024
memory work
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Memory Work

by Rasha Abdulhadi September 11, 2024September 10, 2024
Future Street
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Dying on Future Street

by Rasha Abdulhadi September 11, 2024September 10, 2024
Another Nakba
Posted inARTS & SOUL

On the Eve of yet another Nakba, a Dream

by George Abraham September 11, 2024September 10, 2024
In the Open Air
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Love Letter From A Poet Under Empire

by mónica teresa ortiz September 5, 2024September 5, 2024
Saul Williams
Posted inARTS & SOUL

In The Open Air: Saul Williams on Breathing, Reading, and Resisting

by Aurielle Lucier September 3, 2024September 3, 2024
Movement Media Alliance
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

Movement Media Alliance

by Lara Witt and Maya Schenwar September 2, 2024September 2, 2024
AI Surveillance
Posted inRACE & PLACE

AI Surveillance as a tool of state repression

by Michigan People's Defense Committee August 29, 2024August 28, 2024
Apples & Olives: Mourning Ecocide in Kashmir and Palestine
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Apples & Olives: Mourning Ecocide in Kashmir and Palestine

by Laura O’Connor August 28, 2024August 28, 2024
The Thread That Binds: Settler Colonialism in Gaza and US Prisons
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The Thread That Binds: Settler Colonialism in Gaza and US Prisons

by Michael Ray August 28, 2024August 27, 2024
This year, our focus is Empire, its endless expansion, and the carceral technologies that make it possible.
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

Abolition Week: Empire Must Die

by Sherronda J. Brown and Scalawag Editors August 26, 2024August 26, 2024
Rejecting cynical narratives of the South
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Rejecting cynical narratives of the South

by Trey Washington May 17, 2024May 17, 2024
Hell and High Water: From Gaza to Mississippi
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Hell and High Water: From Gaza to Mississippi

by Mary Annaïse Heglar May 2, 2024August 27, 2024
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

MAAD: A New Media Alliance Uplifts Movement Journalism

by Lara Witt and Maya Schenwar March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
Protestors grieve the loss of Palestinian life outside of the White House in Washington, DC, November 4, 2023. Photo by Katie Hanzalik. A look at Scalawag's most-read stories, reporting, and writing of 2023—from Cop City to Gaza, prison conditions, and more—in review.
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

Year in review: Scalawag's top stories of 2023

by Scalawag Editors January 2, 2024December 14, 2023
Israel has targeted and killed at least 75 Palestinian journalists and media workers in attempts to silence the free press from witnessing the horrors of the occupation and siege of Gaza.
Posted inSCALAWAG UPDATES

Why journalists must speak out about Gaza

by Aja Arnold, Victoria Bouloubasis, Rebecca Chowdhury, R. Garringer, Charmaine Lang, Nour Saudi, Tina Vasquez, Irene Vázquez and Lewis Raven Wallace December 5, 2023December 5, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Illegal migration from Gaza by sea

by Rami Almeghari June 29, 2023November 14, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Imprisoned in Gaza, Imprisoned outside of Gaza

by Maram M. AbedAlBari June 29, 2023November 14, 2023
How Israel exiles Palestinian prisoners to Gaza: Three Palestinian prisoners who were banished to Gaza as a condition of their release from Israeli prisons share their stories of exile.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

Palestine on lock: Israeli occupation

by Basma Adham Albayed June 27, 2023November 14, 2023
When Israel imprisons a Palestinian, it imprisons entire families.
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

When Israel imprisons a Palestinian, it imprisons their whole family

by Eman Hillis June 27, 2023November 14, 2023
Inside the struggle of farmers and industrial workers in Gaza as Palestinians face exposure to environmental racism under Israeli blockade.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

How Palestinian farmers and clothing workers struggle under Israeli blockade

by Rami Almeghari June 23, 2023November 14, 2023
An artist's tribute to painter Duniyana Al-Amoor, killed in her room in Gaza at age 22.
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Art Under Aggression

by Malak Mattar June 22, 2023November 14, 2023
Palestinian prison arts and crafts reflect the realities of life and love under Israeli occupation
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Diaries of Blood: The secret artists within Israeli detention facilities

by Eman Al-Astal June 22, 2023November 14, 2023
Palestinians hold photographs of prisoners jailed in Israel during a celebration for the liberation of Palestinian Khader Adnan in the West Bank village of Arrabeh, near Jenin, Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The same week, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel launched a hunger strike the protesting their conditions and demanding an end to detentions without trial. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas)
Posted inRACE & PLACE

They even keep our corpses: Dying in Israeli prisons

by Refaat Alareer June 20, 2023November 14, 2023
Imprisoning Palestine: Zionist colonialism through an abolitionist lens
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Imprisoning Palestine: Zionist colonialism through an abolitionist lens

by Rawan Masri and Fathi Nemer June 19, 2023November 14, 2023

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