Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space.
He offers his own reflections on organizing and the state of America's declining empire....
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance had a testy exchange with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in front of reporters during their meeting at the White House, in which Trump called the Ukrainian president "disrespectful" and said "you don't have the cards."
Fascinating inside view of the White House meeting with Z-man.
My reaction is that Z-man lost his last shot at any real support from Trump after this shit show.
My guess is that the Dems and the Brits told Z-man to go in and start a fight with Trump - hoping it might help pressure the EU globalist leaders to strongly support Ukraine war funding when Z-man comes begging from them.
Quite entertaining actually - gets steamy at times.
Bruce
Dmitry Medvedev Russian politician now serving as deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia was quick with a comment:
A fierce scolding in the Oval Office.
For the first time, Trump told the cocaine clown the truth to his face:
the Kiev regime is gambling with World War III. And the ungrateful swine
got a hard slap in the face from the owners of the pigsty. That’s a
good thing, but not enough – we must stop military aid to the Nazi
machine.
A labour union at City University of New York termed the move an 'overreach of authority' and violation of academic freedom
Hunter College was ordered to remove two
job postings for Palestinian studies positions by the Democratic
governor of New York in the latest targeting of academic freedom in the
state.
Hunter College - which makes up one of City University of New York's
(Cuny) 25 campuses - advertised it was seeking both humanities and
social sciences faculty to take “a critical lens to issues pertaining to
Palestine including but not limited to: settler colonialism, genocide,
human rights, apartheid, migration, climate and infrastructure
devastation, health, race, gender and sexuality”.
The roles were announced Monday afternoon after they were posted on Cuny’s website, but the posts were removed by mid-week.
In a Bluesky post
announcing the roles, sociology professor Heba Gowayed said on Monday,
“I am so pleased to announce a Palestinian Studies cluster hire. This is
an incredible source of pride for me as a faculty member and one of the
many reasons that I feel so lucky to work here.”
She also said she felt like “the luckiest person in academia…Proud of
Hunter administration for being a voice for justice in the face of so
much horror.”
By the next day, on Tuesday, Governor Kathy Hochul had taken action
to order the postings be removed “to ensure that antisemitic theories
are not promoted in the classroom”, according to a statement that The New York Post said her office had issued.
The very same day, Cuny chancellor Felix Rodríguez and board of
trustees chairperson William C Thompson Jr capitulated and announced
they agreed with Hochul’s decision to remove the postings, and the
university would continue to “tackle antisemitism”.
In a joint statement,
they said: “We find this language divisive, polarizing and
inappropriate and strongly agree with Governor Hochul’s direction to
remove this posting, which we have ensured Hunter College has since
done. CUNY will continue working with the Governor and other
stakeholders to tackle antisemitism on our campuses and combat hate in
all of its forms.”
By Wednesday, the postings had been taken down. The same day, Gowayed said she was “feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this”.
The Professional Staff Congress, a labour union representing 30,000
faculty and staff at Cuny, hit back at the removal of the postings,
calling it “a violation of academic freedom” at Hunter College, in a letter to Hochul and Rodriguez.
“We oppose antisemitism and all forms of hate, but this move is
counterproductive. It is an overreach of authority to rule an entire
area of academic study out of bounds,” the letter said.
The devastation of Palestinian farmland and its humanitarian impact.
This informative documentary delves into the extensive destruction of farmland in Gaza, exploring the dire consequences for food production and the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
Through a serious lens, we highlight the impact of Israeli actions on Palestine's agricultural infrastructure and the long-term economic repercussions for the region, affecting millions.
And watch the related video:
• Gaza's Water Crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRMIj46AWTw&t=0s
As
Romanian authorities arrested Calin Georgescu, they also conducted
raids against private security he hired; a SWAT-style operation abutting
the political prosecution of the populist frontrunner.
Calin
Georgescu, the populist frontrunner in Romania's annulled 2024
presidential election, was arrested today while en route to register his
candidacy for the upcoming May election.
He has been accused of
spreading "disinformation," "anti-Semitism," and improper campaign
financing, with charges that carry a prison sentence of 20 years.
Romanian authorities conducted 47 raids across multiple counties.
According
to Romanian media outlet G4Media, sources say the raids targeted a
private security firm hired by Georgescu. Are they targeting his
contractors to take down their real target - Georgescu?
The
militarized, SWAT-style raids and arrest of Georgescu come just months
after the presidential election he won was canceled over evidence-free
allegations of "Russian interference."
Is this what is now meant by "European-style democracy?"
NATO is building a massive base right on Romania's border with Ukraine, but we're expected to swallow the lie that it's pure coincidence that Cálin Georgescu—who openly opposes this base—lost the election and is now arrested.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
condemned Israel for its deployment of fighter jets over the Lebanese
capital Beirut at a low altitude during the funeral ceremony of slain
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday, describing it as "an act of
terror."
Araghchi was part of a top
Iranian delegation that attended the funeral of Nasrallah along with thousands of mourners.
"I
also witnessed, with my own eyes, the violation of Lebanon's
sovereignty by Israeli jets that flew close above our heads, in a
pitiful attempt to terrify people who gathered only to mourn," Araghchi
wrote on his X account.
"If that is not an act of terror, then what is?”
"The
violation only emboldened people in the stadium to shout against Israel
even stronger and louder. Israelis never learn their lesson," he added.
Nasrallah
was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Sept. 27, 2024.
A
ceasefire agreement has been in place in Lebanon since Nov. 27, ending
months of cross-border warfare between Israel and Hezbollah that
escalated into a full-scale conflict in September.
Under
the ceasefire deal, Israel was supposed to fully withdraw from southern
Lebanon by Jan. 26, but the deadline was extended to Feb. 18 after
Israel refused to comply.
The Israeli army withdrew from southern Lebanese towns last week but maintained a military presence at five border outposts.
Two killed, three injured in Israeli aggression on Janta, east Lebanon
The Israeli airstrike targeted Janta, in a continuation of "Israel's" ceasefire breaches.
Two people were killed and three others
were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting Lebanon's eastern
mountain range, the Health Ministry's Public Health Emergency Operations
Center said in a statement.
Al Mayadeen'scorrespondent
in Bekaa confirmed that an Israeli drone raid targeted the surrounding
hilltops of the town of Janta in the eastern range today, Tuesday.
Israeli occupation forces continue to
breach the ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and "Israel". Israeli
troops launched flare bombs over the town of Alma al-Shaab, which caused
a fire as one made an impact, according to Al Mayadeen'scorrespondent in South Lebanon.
Lebanon calls US to force full Israeli withdrawal
Lebanon's president Joseph Aoun
urged a US congressional delegation on February 21 to pressure "Israel"
to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon, following "Israel's" partial
withdrawal on February 18, occupying 5 strategic points on Lebanon's
borders.
Upon its withdrawal, Israeli forces announced that they would "stay in 5 strategic points"
along the border in Lebanon so they can "continue to defend our
residents and to make sure there's no immediate threat," according to
Israeli military spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Nadav Shoshani.
The Maariv military correspondent Avi Ashkenazi described the Israeli Occupation Forces' stay in these 5 points as a mistake akin to the mistakes they committed in the past, when "Israel" created two "security belts" that quickly became death traps for Israeli soldiers.
Ashkenazi pointed out that "Israel" bled
for 18 years in Lebanon with no real goal, asserting that creating
outposts in the positions the IOF left 25 years ago is a mistake, as
"many mothers and fathers will be crying," adding that there is no logic
behind maintaining the positions in South Lebanon.
"Israel" has violated the ceasefire agreement with Lebanon thousands of times, bombing areas as far as Bekaa, north of the Litani River, and demolishing civilian houses in Lebanese border towns, and even setting homes on fire only 3 days before the February 18 withdrawal deadline.
Directors: Ahmed Al-Danaf, Ahmed Hassouna, Alaa Damo, Alaa Islam Ayoub, Aws Al-Banna, Basel El-Maqousi, Bashar Al-Balbisi, Etimad Washah, Hana Eleiwa, Islam Al Zeirei, Karim Satoum, Khamis Masharawi, Mahdi Kreirah, Muhammad Al Sharif, Mustafa Al Nabih, Mustafa Kolab, Neda'a Abu Hassnah, Nidal Damo, Rabab Khamis, Reema Mahmoud, Tamer Nijim, Wissam Moussa
Synopsis: 22 Palestinian filmmakers living through war capture their lives in Gaza following the attacks on October 7, 2023, revealing stories beyond the headlines. Through a blend of animation, documentary, and fiction, they create a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit.
This film serves as a remarkable reflection of how art can thrive even in the darkest times, showcasing the enduring spirit and creativity that emerge amid ongoing devastation.
You can pay to watch this very touching and amazing film online for $6.99 here
We've visited our friends Russell and Akemi in Hancock, Maine for a couple days.
On Sunday we joined Russell on the Ellsworth bridge for his weekly peace vigil. Then today we went for a 90 minute walk through the woods from their home at Gull Rock to the Tidal Falls.
Along the way we ran into a bunch of wild turkey (not the whiskey) tracks in the snow.
They loaned us ice cleats to put under our boots so we'd not slip and fall during the walk.
Russell is an artist and sculptor and Akemi makes beautiful pottery that people come from all over the country to purchase.
In Brownsville, Texas, one of the poorest communities in America, Elon Musk sold hope for the town to climb out of stagnation into growth.
Instead, SpaceX has caused earthquakes, rampant workplace injuries, skirted regulations, threatened wildlife, and displaced local communities, while securing millions in corporate welfare.
We went to Texas in January, just as SpaceX was gearing up for the seventh launch of its Starship, and this is what we unraveled.
~ More Perfect Union’s mission is to build power for working people. Here’s what that means:
We report on the real struggles and challenges of the working class from a working-class perspective, and we attempt to connect those problems to potential solutions.
We report on the abuses and wrongdoing of corporate power, and we seek to hold accountable the ultra-rich who have too much power over America’s political and economic systems.
Thirty people of all ages gathered in Saco today. They came from Biddeford, Belfast, Portland, Brunswick, Hope, Farmington, Edgecomb, Wells, and New Jersey.
The area we stood at for an hour (followed by a circle where folks shared their thoughts) has two bridges over the Saco River surrounded by former textile mills. The traffic along the roadway was enormous - often backing up for long distances - especially when the Amtrak train crossed the bridge choking off movement.
Three unmarked police cars stood watch over us the entire time we were there.
More than half the group were younger people who have become very active around the world over the genocide in Palestine. Several were from the University of New England in Biddeford.
During the circle many of the statements made were deeply moving. John, from Biddeford, grew up in town and talked about how the current General Dynamics plant in neighboring Saco used to make products serving the textile industry before they moved south for cheaper labor. During the US war on Vietnam gun barrels were made there. After that they made mufflers for cars. Today GD makes targeting devices for the big bombs that Washington has been sending to Israel to drop on Gaza. John reported that no protests happened in Saco during the Vietnam war but he is proud to be a part of protests at GD now.
The cars and trucks driving by seemed to appreciate our presence as well. We got a very strong show of waves and honks from the many vehicles passing by.
Our next monthly protest will be held at the big intersection (Hwy 196 & 201) in Topsham (look for Aroma Joe's on GPS) on Saturday, March 29 at 1:30 pm.
Trump said Ukraine started the war. That is true with the important addition that US-NATO trained, armed, and directed the Ukraine nazi-led military to attack the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine since 2014. This is the Russian-ethnic region.
The US-NATO goal was always to destroy Russia - break it up into smaller nations like was done by Bill Clinton and NATO to Yugoslavia during that administration. The west has long wanted to grab Russia's vast resource base.
But it was another failed mission just like Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and now Palestine.
Trump vainly dreams of breaking BRICS+ up as well. He understands an alternative to the global dollar economy is a massive obstacle to US domination.
Trump is correct that Zelensky's corrupt government stole billions. The so-called president of Ukraine bought mansions in several nations around the world as his eventual escape plan.
(In 2023, Elena Zelenskaya [Zelensky's wife] opened special treasury accounts in three French banks of the Rothschild holding, hidden from fiscal and anti-money laundering controls.
By order of Macron's chief of staff, the movement of funds in these accounts is hidden from inspections and supervision, and is also inaccessible to remote control by regulators in Brussels.)
Listen closely and you can now hear the fear and frustration coming from Zelensky. He was Obama-Biden's toy. Now he is being dumped by Trump and is speaking critically about the new American president, something he would previously never dared to do.
Likely Z-man hopes that an annoyed EU will take him under its wings and keep feeding him lots of Euros.
The problem though is that much of Europe is broke since they dumped Russian natural gas after Biden blew up the Nordstream pipeline. The EU states are largely buying fracked LNG from the US at 3-4 times what they were paying those 'terrible' Russians.
Talk about national economic suicide. That is what the EU got in return for being Obama-Biden's other puppet.
The people across the EU are increasingly restive as jobs are lost, inflation and energy costs rise and NATO wants more of the public's money for their losing war machine.
The EU has got what they deserve. Just as the American people will now get what we deserve for trying to rule the world with a losing trillion-a-year military budget and $36 trillion in debt.
Trump knows the game is over. That is why he called for a 50% cut in Pentagon spending. How about closing all the overseas US military bases and clean-up the PFAS toxic contamination at those installations!
Formal hearings for the eight students temporarily suspended for
participating in the Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)
encampment began yesterday and will continue today. These hearings will
decide the final verdict for the students’ disciplinary status.
Following the voluntary end of
the encampment, student protesters remaining inside were informed that
they would have a few hours to gather their belongings from their dorms
before they would be asked to leave campus. Professors of the suspended
students were notified that the students would not be allowed to attend
their classes until given permission by the College. In preparation for
the hearings over the last week, students had the opportunity to prepare
materials and elect people to speak to their character.
“The last week has been rapidly navigating this process that I’m
hoping ultimately works out in a way that allows me to return to
campus,” encampment organizer Olivia Kenney ’25 said.
Instead of receiving a traditional formal hearing process under the
jurisdiction of the Conduct Review Board, the hearings are taking place
in front of a presiding dean, which is permissible under specific
circumstances, according to Associate Dean for Community Standards Jimmy
Riley.
“In rare or exceptional circumstances, a Formal Hearing may be
conducted administratively before a single presiding dean who will act
as both a finder of fact and the adjudicator of a sanction, if any,” the
Code of Community Standards reads.
While some suspended students questioned the decision to undergo the
hearings without the Conduct Review Board involved, they are hopeful
that this process will result in a faster decision and a swift return to
campus if the presiding dean decides in their favor.
“While it feels a little less democratic because we don’t have a jury
of our peers, it does kind of give us a chance at a slightly faster
process,” encampment protester Asher Feiles ’27 said. “It’s already been
a long time. I don’t know how much longer it would be if we had a
Conduct Review Board [hearing], but I’m sure it would probably be
longer.”
Encampment protester Finn Torres ’25 hopes that the presiding dean
will consider the intentions of the students when making a verdict on
their punishment. According to Torres, the administration claimed that
the goal of the hearings was to arrange an educational but not punitive
outcome for the suspended students, and he hopes this holds true.
“I guess my hope is that it’ll end up turning out that we’ve got
someone who will understand where we’re coming from, what we’re going
through, what our intentions were and find an outcome for us that makes
sense,” Torres said.
Students who were told that they would receive formal disciplinary
hearings but were not suspended following the encampment will now have
informal hearings with a dean instead.
In addition to the student disciplinary processes, the encampment
resulted in the punishment of a Brunswick resident. Bruce Gagnon, who
entered Smith Union during the encampment, received a criminal trespass
warning from the Brunswick Police Department on Wednesday, banning him
from stepping foot on Bowdoin’s campus for the next year. If he violates
this order, he will be arrested for criminal trespassing. Gagnon wrote
in his blog that his intention for entering the building was to “take a
look at the scene and [give] a cheer to the occupiers.”
Gagnon’s connections with the Justice for Palestine movement extends
beyond the College. Gagnon hosts monthly rallies for Palestine across
Maine with former independent U.S. Senate candidate Lisa Savage [Bowdoin class of] 1977.
They also regularly travel to Saco, where they protest at the General
Dynamics factory, a bomb manufacturing facility alleged to produce
weapons [targeting devices] used by Israel against Palestine.
“I’ve been protesting most of my life. I’m 72 years old…. I don’t
know what I’m going to do now if protests continue,” Gagnon said in an
interview with the Orient. “Because I can’t not find a way to support
the people.”
Kenney expressed gratitude for the ongoing support of their peers and
campus despite their physical isolation from the community.
“So many people have stepped up to let me know that they’re
supporting me personally, but also to advocate on our behalf—for us to
receive amnesty in this disciplinary process—from faculty, alumni,
students and people across the whole community,” Kenney said. “That’s
been really inspiring and strengthening, and I really hope that I am
allowed to physically rejoin the Bowdoin community.”
Over 550 alumni have signed a petition
that calls for Bowdoin to exercise amnesty for all students involved in
the encampment. Additionally, more than 50 Jewish alumni have signed asimilar petition calling on the administration to stand with students rather than punish them.
Torres echoed how impactful this support has been for the suspended students during this process.
“The visual presence, the physical presence, of people standing with
us, supporting us and reminding us that we’re not alone,… I think is
really reassuring,” Torres said. “It feels like Bowdoin is waking up.”
The disciplinary process will continue for the students impacted in the upcoming weeks.
Breaking news! Following President Trump’s canceling of USAID funding to media around the world, the BBC has produced a shockingly fair and accurate report on China.
They received millions and millions of dollars from Washington DC over the past few years alone through that shady fund, which many believe came with strings attached in terms of editorial direction. In laymen’s terms: the BBC and other media were very likely required to closely follow US interests in their reporting.
But that has all come to an end, with President Trump freezing hundreds of millions of dollars of secret payments to thousands of media outlets around the world, including the BBC.
But who would have known that UK state media’s main anti-China voice would change its tune so fast, putting out a short program that actually presents China in a fair and balanced way.
Today, we’ll take a closer look.
This is Reports on China, I’m Andy Boreham in Shanghai. Let’s get reporting!
Israeli forces are dropping leaflets across Gaza in an attempt to spread fear and intimidation among the civilian population and cause psychological distress.
The messages are direct threats of mass displacement and Trump’s plan to "ethnically cleanse" Gaza.
Key messages in the leaflets:
The implementation of Trump’s expulsion plan, "which will force you to be forcibly displaced whether you like it or not".
"The map of the world will not change if all the people of Gaza disappear from existence, and no one will ask about you".
"Neither America nor Europe care about Gaza at all, nor even your Arab countries, which are our allies now and provide us with money, oil and weapons, and they send you shrouds."
Promises of aid in exchange for collaboration, an effort to sow division amongst the population.
Amid the firestorm of democracy-destroying bombs Trump hurls at the institutions, values, and fragile promises of a wounded America, we must grasp the full anatomy of this assault. This is not simply an attack—it is a violent rupture in the very fabric of our society. It is fascism, thrashing in its death throes - gasping, desperate, clinging to power as the long-concealed rot of its politics collapses under the weight of its own deceit. For decades, it masqueraded beneath the banner of capitalism, but now, gangster capitalism stands naked, unable to mask its insatiable greed, its obscene inequality, and its total abdication of social responsibility. The last vestiges of its decency have fallen away, leaving only the cold, brutal machinery of exploitation.
Its only tool, now, is the naked power of the state, captured by billionaires who despise democracy, hate people of color, and dream of a society where justice and equality are treated as toxic viruses to be eradicated. It is a power so consumed by its own hunger for dominance that it can no longer even pretend to hide its true face. Beneath the glittering promises of prosperity and the smoke screens of false patriotism, this system is pure in its drive: the preservation of an empire built on the suffering of the many, for the benefit of the few.
What remains is the scaffolding of a racialized fascism, sharpened to a brutal edge. A captive state, shackled to white supremacy and Christian nationalism, its chains wrapped tightly around the throat of the public commons. This is not just a war on democracy—this is an all-out siege on the institutions that might dare to cultivate critical thought, on the systems that once held power accountable, on the very possibility of imagining a future in which equity and justice are real. This is not mere authoritarian drift; this is a full-scale offensive. A war without mercy. A battle for the soul of a nation.
Resistance cannot afford to be fragmentary, hesitant, or seduced by the illusion of reform. It cannot mistake small, calculated compromises for lasting change or the illusion of progress for real liberation. What we face is not a system in crisis, but one meticulously engineered for destruction—a machine of cruelty and greed, crafted to serve only itself, powered by corruption, and led by a death-dealing ideology. It is a beast with blood in its mouth, with decay in its bones, and with death as its final decree.
To fight this, we must first name it, unmask it, and, in doing so, strip it of the power it so eagerly wields. This is not a time for half-measures or shallow strategies. We must rise against it with the full force of collective defiance—together, unrelenting, unyielding. We must stand in the streets and in the halls of power. Our actions must not be small or meek, but instead loud, insistent, and bold. Nonviolent uprisings, strikes that choke the flow of profit, blockades that rupture the pathways of oppression—these are the tools with which we can turn the tide. Our voices must be relentless. Our bodies must be unmovable. Our presence must serve as a constant reminder that democracy is not theirs to dismantle—it is ours to reclaim.
Only through the awakening of mass consciousness—through a tidal surge of the young, the workers, the artists, the poor, the discarded—can we shatter the gears of this machinery of cruelty. This is a call to all those who have been silenced, forgotten, or ignored by this system. This is your moment to rise and take back what has been stolen from you.
We must not stop until this monstrous machinery is halted, not with whispers of reform, but with the thunder of resistance that makes tyranny tremble. Now is the time to act, to organize, and to fight—not just for a better America, but for a better world. We must breathe life into democracy before it is suffocated forever. The clock is ticking. The stakes are too high to wait. Now is the time to rise, to resist, and to reclaim our future.
~ Henry A. Giroux currently holds the McMaster University Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest in the English and Cultural Studies Department and is the Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy.
As part of the Toufan Al-Ahrar deal to exchange prisoners, Mohammad Dahnoon, a prisoner from the village of Aboud, west of Ramallah, was released after spending 21 years in the occupation's prisons.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov forcefully dismissed Western demands for Russia to make territorial concessions, calling them historically ignorant and politically motivated. Speaking in response to growing international pressure, Lavrov urged critics to "read history" and understand how Soviet-era territorial adjustments shaped modern borders. He accused Western powers of attempting to rewrite history to serve their geopolitical interests, using the issue of territorial concessions as a tool to undermine Russia’s sovereignty.
Lavrov reiterated that many of the regions in question were historically developed and inhabited by Russian people, who built cities, industries, and infrastructure long before being incorporated into Soviet Ukraine.
Lavrov also pointed to past diplomatic agreements, including the Minsk Accords, which he claimed were deliberately sabotaged by Western nations. He accused Germany and France of using negotiations as a cover to arm Ukraine, rather than seeking genuine peace.
Highlighting recent statements from European and American officials, Lavrov suggested that the push for territorial concessions is not about ending the conflict but about further weakening Russia. He warned that any attempt to force such a decision would only escalate tensions and have severe consequences, emphasizing that Russia will not negotiate under false pretenses designed to prolong hostilities.
Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Maine) security just sent Brunswick policeman to my
door with a 'Criminal trespass warning' which I
refused to sign.
They are banning me from stepping onto the campus for
one year. If I do I would be arrested for criminal
trespass.
The reason: because I entered the student union during
the occupation after being told I could not enter.
When I did enter ( a couple days after I was told I could not enter with others going in) a young Bowdoin security guard let me
enter saying 'You are not supposed to go in, but I
won't stop you.'
I just went in to take a look at the scene and gave a
cheer to the occupiers and then left.
I'm told the students who occupied the student union (and are now facing possible reprimand and expulsion from the college) are also being intimidated.
One person connected to the students told me, "They [the college] are trying their very best to isolate the
students involved - even trying to isolate them from their peers
on campus".
Bowdoin has now banned 8 students who were the last to leave the
student union from the campus too.
Freedom? Democracy? Liberty? Free expression?
Gone with the wind....
Bruce
PS See Portland Press Herald story updating this situation here
UPDATE:
Portland Press Herald reports:
Bowdoin College has lifted suspensions against eight students who were disciplined for their involvement in a pro-Palestine encampment.
“Suspensions lifted!!” an Instagram post
from the Bowdoin Students for Justice in Palestine read. “Thanks to all
who mobilized, this is proof of our collective strength.”
Olivia Kenney, a Bowdoin senior helped organize the protest. Kenney, 22, credited the college’s decision — which she called
unsurprising — to an outpouring of support from fellow students and
others across the state following news of the suspensions.
“Bowdoin’s reaction was very harsh,” she said. “It remains unclear to
me exactly which policies we violated. And it seems to me that many
voices in the Bowdoin community spoke up around the issue of Bowdoin’s
repression of speech around Palestine.”
Eisa
Rafat leads a rally in support of the Bowdoin College protesters who
remained at the encampment inside the Smith Union on Feb. 10. Brianna Soukup/Portland Press Herald
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal holds his second interview with Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, a senior political officer and spokesman for Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi movement), asking him why his movement intervened in defense of Gaza despite devastating Israeli and US-UK attacks.
Al-Bukhaiti explains why he believes Palestinian losses would have been worse without Ansar Allah's intervention, and discusses developments in Yemen's grueling civil war.
Translated and produced in collaboration with Hekmat Aboukhater
