New York museum ‘keeps memories alive’ 35 years after Tiananmen crackdown | History News

New York museum ‘keeps memories alive’ 35 years after Tiananmen crackdown | History News

New York City – When Zhou Fengsuo last saw the mimeograph machine, he was running for his life as the tanks rolled into Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989. For weeks before that night of bloodshed, Zhou had used the machine, a state-of-the-art photocopier at the time, to churn…

Expelling dissent: US students challenging Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

Expelling dissent: US students challenging Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

Explore the powerful wave of student activism in the US against Israel’s war on Gaza. As Israel continues its war on Gaza, student activism surged across universities in the United States. From New York to California, students demand an end to the conflict and call for divestment from companies profiting…

Universities v protest: A letter from a lesser alumnus | Protests

Universities v protest: A letter from a lesser alumnus | Protests

We have always been here. At the university mobilising the police in its persecution of anti-colonial thought. At the suspensions and “talking to” of anti-colonial professors, the arrest of the conscientious dissenters and the pimping of concepts of anti-racism and forcing them into the service of colonial violence. At appropriating…

October 7 survivors are suing pro-Palestinian groups. But what is the aim? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

October 7 survivors are suing pro-Palestinian groups. But what is the aim? | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Nine survivors of the October 7 attacks on southern Israel have filed a civil suit against pro-Palestinian groups in the United States, alleging their advocacy work on college campuses constitutes “material support” for “terrorism”. But the defendants have pushed back, warning that the case is part of a pattern of…

Georgian parliament overrides presidential veto of ‘foreign agent bill’ | Politics News

Georgian parliament overrides presidential veto of ‘foreign agent bill’ | Politics News

Critics say the bill will restrict media freedom and obstruct Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union. Georgia’s parliament has overridden a presidential veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has fuelled Western concerns and set off weeks of street protests. The legislature, controlled by the governing Georgian Dream party,…

Global protests condemn Israel’s attack on Rafah | Crimes Against Humanity

Global protests condemn Israel’s attack on Rafah | Crimes Against Humanity

NewsFeed Protesters around the world have condemned Israel for its ongoing attacks on Rafah in southern Gaza, which have killed dozens of displaced Palestinians since the ICJ ordered Israel to halt its assault. Published On 28 May 202428 May 2024 Check out our Latest News and Follow us at Facebook…

‘Audacious, outrageous’: Gaza protesters slam Greek deportation order | Protests News

‘Audacious, outrageous’: Gaza protesters slam Greek deportation order | Protests News

Nine people from the United Kingdom and the European Union member states are facing deportation from Greece days after they took part in a protest in solidarity with Palestine at a Greek university. A total of 28 people were arrested by Greek police during the protest and encampment at the…

Punched, choked, kicked: German police crack down on student protests | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Punched, choked, kicked: German police crack down on student protests | Israel-Palestine conflict News

“We are witnessing a great endangerment of academic freedom – and this has started since the beginning of Israel’s war on Gaza,” says Cecilia, an undergraduate student at Berlin’s Free University. After her university published what she saw as a one-sided statement of support for Israel following the Hamas attacks…

Protesters assail US top diplomat over Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Protesters assail US top diplomat over Israel’s war on Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Secretary of State Antony Blinken was repeatedly interrupted by protesters condemning the US policy towards ally Israel and its war on Gaza as he testified before United States Senate committees. At the hearing on Tuesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Blinken flinched from a protester who approached him from…