by Shireen Akram-Boshar | May 6, 2026 | BDS, Elbit Systems, Israel, News, Palestine, Palestine Action, palestine solidarity, Repression, UK
On Tuesday, a London court convicted four of six Palestine Action activists of criminal damage for their break-in of an Elbit Systems factory in August 2024. The four activists — Samuel Corner, 23, Charlotte Head, 29, Leona Kamio, 30, and Fatema Rajwani, 21 — were found guilty of smashing drones and computers at the Israeli defense firm’s U.K. site in an attempt to shut the factory down.
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by Marianne Dhenin | Apr 21, 2026 | CAIR-Chicago, Canary Mission, doxxing, harassment, Illinois, Israel, Lawsuit, News, Palestine, palestine solidarity, StopAntisemitism
A reckoning could be coming for pro-Israel groups known for doxxing Palestine advocates. In March, the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago) filed a class-action lawsuit in Illinois state court against the organizations Canary Mission and StopAntisemitism, as well as groups and individuals identified as their funders or board members.
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by Blanca Missé | Mar 11, 2026 | academic freedom, Activism, Criminalization, criminalization of dissent, Dissent, free speech, history, ICE, labor, Op-Ed, Organizing, palestine solidarity, protest, Red Scare, The Red Scare, Trump Administration, Unions
On July 10, 2025, as federal agents stormed cannabis farms in Ventura County, California, community members rushed to protest what they saw as yet another sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid. Among them was Jonathan Caravello, a 37-year-old philosophy lecturer at California State University Channel Islands. Today, he faces a federal felony charge that could send him to prison…
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by Marianne Dhenin | Mar 9, 2026 | AAUP, Dissent, education, free speech, Higher Education, Israel, News, Palestine, palestine solidarity, Protests, Repression, retaliation
It has been more than a year since the tents and banners of 2024’s pro-Palestine student encampments came down. But dozens of faculty members, staff, and students nationwide are still navigating the backlash that followed, fighting continued campus repression. “This is not a time to be timid; it’s not a time to be overly cautious,” Anna Feder told Truthout. Feder had been working for Emerson…
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by Amy Goodman | Feb 27, 2026 | Columbia, Columbia University, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, Donald Trump, Interview, Mahmoud Khalil, Mohsen Mahdawi, palestine solidarity, Protests, Trump Administration, Zohran Mamdani
Federal agents detained a Columbia University student early Thursday after Department of Homeland Security officers allegedly gained access to a university-owned residence by presenting a fake missing person poster of a 5-year-old. As news broke of the student, Ellie Aghayeva, and her detention, students and community members rallied en masse demanding her release and an end to immigration…
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by Michel Moushabeck | Jan 1, 2026 | Apartheid, BDS, Benjamin Netanyahu, ceasefire, Divestment, Donald Trump, Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Op-Ed, Palestine, palestine solidarity, UN, UN Security Council, west bank
Today we have a so-called ceasefire that is killing Palestinians on a daily basis. When it comes to Israel, the word “ceasefire” simply means that Palestinians are not allowed to retaliate against Israeli airstrikes, shelling, artillery, bombs, house demolitions, or suicide drones. In reality, Israel can fire all it wants and has been doing so since the minute the agreement took effect.
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