Most journalists and human rights activists who write or advocate for Palestinian rights–or who criticize Israeli apartheid and Occupation–have confronted censorship on social media platforms. Though Facebook seems to be a more egregious violator of free expression, Twitter too engages in censorship of political speech. Today, NBC News reported that Facebook had suspended or deleted […]
Capitol Hill Attacker Charged with Assault, Police Chief Defends Violent Response to Protests, Falsely Claims Armed Protesters Extorting Payments from Local Business
King County prosecutor, Dan Satterberg, has finally filed charges against Nikolas Fernandez (see charging document), who attempted to ram his car into the Capitol Hill protesters outside the city’s East Precinct. According to Dan Gregory, who courageously confronted the driver to prevent him driving into the crowd a la James Fields, Fernandez drove down the […]
Israel-Palestine: Racism, Brutality and Annexation (Webinar)
UPDATE: The full hour webinar is available for viewing on Youtube. I’ve organized a webinar featuring Profs. Rashid Khalidi, Noura Erakat Ian Lustick and I, tomorrow (Wednesday, June 10th) at 10am Pacific/1pm Eastern/6pm BST. View it at the following sites: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube. You may post questions via this link. Thanks to David Hearst and […]
Trump Declares War on America
Today’s images and words from the White House are among the most disturbing I’ve ever seen since the riots following Martin Luther King’s assassination in 1968. Under orders from the president, mounted police attacked 1,000 peaceful protesters at Lafayette Park outside the White House. They fired tear gas and rubber bullets at ordinary citizens offering […]
