Monday, August 25, 2025

Persecution of dissidents in Iran

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Israel and Gaza are not the only sufferers from death and destruction in the greater Middle East. Yashar Ali just wrote about the persecuti...
Saturday, August 09, 2025

Destruction and Starvation in Gaza

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Destruction in Gaza last week.  Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP From an article by Nir Hasson in Haaretz, published on August 7, 2025, " One ...
Friday, July 25, 2025

Jews Cry Out: Let Food Into Gaza!

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Friday, June 06, 2025

No Kings Day - June 14, 2025

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  Link:  https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/event/787448 About this event In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.   NO KINGS is a nati...
Saturday, May 03, 2025

May Day rally in Ithaca

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  I'm holding the sign that reads "I stand with Israel Palestine Peace" This is the other sign I took to the rally - "Han...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib at Ithaca College

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Last night, Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, a Palestinian-American from Gaza who came to the United States in 2005, spoke at Ithaca College about ...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Israel Palestine Peace

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Friday, April 18, 2025

SCOTUS Can Let the President Break the Law, But It Can’t Change the Law - Josh Marshall (Talking Points Memo)

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From Josh Marshall's newsletter today, The Backchannel: SCOTUS Can Let the President Break the Law, But It Can’t Change the Law Josh M...
Thursday, April 17, 2025

Senator Lisa Murkowski is a brave woman - "We are all afraid"

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/us/politics/lisa-murkowski-trump.html?smid=url-share Senator Lisa Murkowski, the moderate Alaska Republic...

Trump's Gestapo is already here - ICE

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A short excerpt from a post by Tristan Snell in the Big Picture (Substack). Last year, I did a series called Decoding Project 2025 — and on...
Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Refusing to be complicit in evil

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From Jonathan V. Last of the Bulwark , "Inside the Mind of an ICE agent": I know what it is like to lose your job because you won’...
Monday, April 14, 2025

Harvard's response to the demands of the Trump administration

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Does the Declaration of Independence remind you of anyone today?

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Who does this remind you of? King George III, or someone else today? From the Declaration of Independence: He has refused his Assent to Laws...
Friday, February 28, 2025

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for"

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Peter Baker : “Trump and Vance Berate Zelensky During Testy White House Meeting.” President Trump and Vice President JD Vance berated Presi...
Thursday, February 20, 2025

Shiri Bibas was not returned with the bodies of her two sons today

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It seems there is no end to evil.  This morning (between 9:00-10:00 am Israel time, between 2:00-3:00 am east coast US time, Hamas handed ov...
Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Trans people were at Stonewall!

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Among the many evil things the Trump administration has already done only in his first month in office (hard to believe!) is their attempt t...
Friday, February 14, 2025

"With burning anxiety"

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Friday, January 17, 2025

"Solidarity in Struggle: Black and Palestinian Resistance" - a shameful discussion in Ithaca on February 1, 2025

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The Southside Community Center in Ithaca is hosting a panel discussion on "Solidarity in Struggle: Black and Palestinian Resistance,...

Ceasefire? Return of the hostages?

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I feel tremendously embittered. The war between Israel and Hamas has gone on for fifteen months since October 7, 2023. The Israeli hostages ...
Wednesday, January 01, 2025

Happy Eighth Day of Hanukkah!

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This year Hanukkah extended over two secular years - into January 1 and 2, 2025. A few years ago the first day of Hanukkah was on Thanksgivi...