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Tag: Progressives
Mar 24, 2026
2025.11.25: AIPAC Out of US Politics!
Online, 6 PM CT
2025.10.31: Ahmed Abu Artema on WORT
A Public Affair, WORT 89.9 FM, 12 pm, Live at 89.9 FM, streaming, or archived
Block the Bombs Act Endorsed by Progressive Caucus
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, SEP 20, 2025
Detention Designed to Crush Body and Mind
ANDREA UMBRELLO, THE PROGRESSIVE, AUGUST 5, 2025
Settler Walks Free, As Israel Holds Body of Murdered Palestinian Hostage
DIANA BUTTU, ZETEO, AUG 06, 2025
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Palestinian activist who worked on film ‘No Other Land’ killed in occupied West Bank
Middle East Eye staff, 28 July 2025
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Palestine coverage scares off nonprofit news funders
Nicole Froio, Prism, July 23, 2025
James Gunn’s Superman cements Israel’s villain status in the American imagination
MITCHELL PLITNICK, MONDOWEISS, JULY 18, 2025
Iron Dome Is Not a Defensive System
Dylan Saba, Jewish Currents, May 25, 2023
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What Zohran’s Victory Means
Peter Beinart, Jun 25, 2025
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Madison’s Andaleeb Cartonera Honors Palestinian Endurance With Handmade Books
Ben Slowey, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Jun 6, 2025
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No Muslim Ban Ever Campaign
June 4, 2025
As Israel Slaughters Gazans, US House Progressives Push ‘Block the Bombs Act’
JESSICA CORBETT, COMMON DREAMS, Jun 05, 2025
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This Is Israel
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, JUN 03, 2025
Spain ends multimillion deal with Israeli weapons maker
The Cradle, Apr 24, 2025
Liberal militarism and Zionism started the latest McCarthyism
Jeet Heer, The Nation, April 2025
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Martin Pengelly, The Guardian, 13 Mar 2025
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‘Stop the Ethnic Cleansing’: the Most Powerful Oscars Speech in Years
MEHDI HASAN, ZETEO, MAR 02, 2025
A Letter to Donald Trump From Gaza
ABUBAKER ABED, ZETEO, FEB 23, 2025
Israel drops genocidal leaflets on Gaza
OWEN JONES, BATTLELINES, FEB 22, 2025
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Hamas Accuses Israel of Pervasive Gaza Ceasefire Violations
JEREMY SCAHILL AND SHARIF ABDEL KOUDDOUS, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 11, 2025
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Jabaliya Is Now a City of Rubble
ABUBAKER ABED, DROP SITE NEWS, FEB 05, 2025
Trump’s looking to build another resort
It certainly won’t be a holiday for the Palestinians
Israel Escalates West Bank Assault, Invading Across the North
MARIAM BARGHOUTI, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 31, 2025
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“A City of Ghosts” — Returning to Rafah to Find Death and Destruction
ABUBAKER ABED, DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 29, 2025
A Fascist Salute, A Ceasefire, and Repression of Palestine Speech
Joel Beinin, Professor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University, Jan 23, 2025
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Our heads are being smashed in as the world turns a blind eye
Hamdan Ballal, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, Jan 16, 2025
A Deal Too Late
Jonah Valdez, The Intercept, January 15 2025
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2025.01.25: Taxpayers Against Genocide Class Action Webinar
RootsAction Team, Jan 17, 2025
What to Know About the Gaza Ceasefire Deal
PREM THAKKER, ZETEO, JAN 15, 2025. Will it lead to a permanent end to the…
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DROP SITE NEWS, JAN 08, 2025. The messages consist of crude warnings, threats and appeals…
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Five newborns have died of hypothermia amid the cold in Gaza. Doctors tell Drop Site…
Not Another Bomb
Why as a Jew I Stand with Palestinian Liberation BY MARC ROSENTHAL, THE PROGRESSIVE, DECEMBER 18,…
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Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out an unprovoked invasion of Syria…
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The Last Two Weeks Have Been the Most Dire in the Gaza War: Hospital Director
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza “will turn into a graveyard for everyone inside” amid…
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Tell the Senate: No more repression of the Palestine rights movement
Jewish Voice for Peace, November 27, 2024 As the Senate heads into its final weeks…
Let’s Turn Refaat Alareer’s “If I Must Die” into a Bestseller
On December 10 Palestinian writer, poet and educator Refaat Alareer will posthumously publish a book,…
Amnesty International Investigation Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty’s director…
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My Israeli Neighbors Are Rejoicing: Trump Will Make Israel Great(er)
DIARY FROM A PALESTINIAN IN ISRAEL Diana Buttu on how Trump’s ‘Israel first’ Cabinet picks…
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Israel is the exception to “politically motivated investment” KA (JESSICA) BURBANK, DROP SITE NEWS, NOV…
‘A Starvation Policy’: Former UN Aid Chief on Gaza Suffering
Jan Egeland talks to Mehdi about his visit to Gaza, the ICC arrest warrants, and…
ICC Issues ‘Watershed’ Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant
The court rejected arguments by the U.S. and Israel that the ICC does not have…
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Why Is It So Hard for Senator Tammy Baldwin to Oppose Genocide?
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, November 19, 2024 At the very same time that…
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Gaza Security Forces Ambush Gang Accused of Looting Aid with Israeli Support
The gang members are “operating in cooperation with the Israeli forces” to target aid convoys,…
Settlers steal sheep and dreams of a peaceful life in Masafer Yatta
By Hamdan Ballal, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, NOV 10, 2024 Masafer Yatta is living through…
2024.11.10: Concert for Palestine Relief
Gamma Ray Bar, 121 West Main Street, MadisonDoors: 3:30pm, Show: 4:30pm$10 donation at the door,…
Israel has all but ended medical evacuations from Gaza
For the past 6 months, only 237 patients have been evacuated out of Gaza AMBA…
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How this protest fits into recent history, what to carry moving forward, and what to…
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Float Israel War Powers Resolution Reps. Tlaib, Bush and others tell the US president he…
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‘Project Esther’: A Plan to Crack Down on America’s Pro-Palestine Movement
The Trump-aligned Heritage Foundation is now going after what they call the “Hamas Support Network”…
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Eyewitnesses say the IDF is starving residents, targeting hospitals, bombing shelters, and murdering civilians in…
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“Our Job Is to Flatten Gaza. No One Will Stop Us.”
Inside one Israeli battalion’s yearlong mission of destruction YOUNIS TIRAWI AND SAMI VANDERLIP, DROP SITE NEWS, OCT…
‘Israel’s Reel Extremism’ Documentary
Link to Video ‘Israel’s Reel Extremism’: Have You Watched Our Very Powerful Documentary Yet? by…
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US Can’t Decide if Israel Is Blocking Aid – But It’ll Send Bombs Either Way
Biden gives Israel 30 days to boost aid to Gaza or risk cuts in military…
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A Year Since Their Ceasefire Resolution, Rep. Cori Bush says the Biden administration must stop…
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Shaaban Al-Dalou, Burned Alive in Gaza, Would Have Been 20 Today
Footage captured of his burning body has seared its way through the collective consciousness—an indelible…
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Israel is turning northern Gaza into a killing cage
With international media coverage shifting to potential war with Iran, Israel is intensifying its campaign…
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Israel Bombs Mosque in Deir al-Balah, Gaza’s Last Standing City
DROP SITE NEWS, OCT 07, 2024 Commentary by Sharif Abdel Kouddous Today marks the one-year…
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The Western Media Helped Create These Horrors In The Middle East
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE, OCT 03, 2024 Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim…
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A New Poem from Mosab Abu Toha
Mosab Abu Toha’s poem for Zeteo is a moving expression of his feelings and experiences…
Palestinian Journalist Mujahed al-Saadi Violently Arrested by Israeli Forces in Home Raid
Al-Saadi is being held in administrative detention at Megiddo, a prison known for abuse SHARIF…
Israel Has Built an Economy Fueled by Genocide at Home and Abroad
Ciudong Ng, TRUTHOUT, September 1, 2024
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Israeli Forces Shot an American in the West Bank
The U.S. Government Doesn’t Seem to Care “The money I pay in my taxes as…
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Wisconsin Ceasefire-in-Gaza Advocates to DNC: “No More Bombs”
Sandra Whitehead, Wisconsin Muslim Journal, Aug 27, 2024 About 150 Wisconsin Ceasefire-in-Gaza advocates joined tens…
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Elected Officials, celebrities, and community leaders speak out against the DNC’s decision to silence Palestinians…
An American was just shot in the West Bank.
The American press can’t be bothered. As waning global attention is on the war in…
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s reckless assassination of Ismail Haniyeh undermines the prospects for a peace deal and…
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2024.08.03: Read Palestine! High School Book Club
10 am Read Palestine!, a project of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, is hosting a book club for high…
Israel Just Destroyed a Key Rafah Water Facility Defended by Rachel Corrie
Rafah | Rafah’s water reservoir blown up Israeli soldier from the combat engineering corps sharing…
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What is Christian Zionism?
Key points in theology, history, and politics by Rev. J. Mark Davidson, Executive Director of Voices…
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Hamdan Huraini, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 5, 2024 How do we define human rights?…
The Army Has a New Strategy
Awdah Hathaleen, HUMANS OF MASAFER YATTA, MAY 4 The occupation army has a new strategy:…
The police brought violence to UW-Madison’s Gaza encampment
BY SCOTT GORDON ● POLITICS ● MAY 1, 2024 Wednesday morning’s crackdown included brutal attacks on protestors, arrests without charges,…
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The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is…
2024.04.25: Palestinian Benefit at The Bur Oak
Good people of Madison, are you ready to raise funds for those who are trapped…
The Freedom Flotilla’s Voyage to Break Israel’s Siege
Peace activists aim to sail through the military blockade of Gaza. BY SAURAV SARKAR APRIL 18,…
Can AIPAC’s millions oust the Squad?
As a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project cannot support or oppose specific…
A humanitarian catastrophe
The U.S. calls on Israel to prevent civilian casualties while continuing to supply weapons for…
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Radha Surya, Znet, March 22, 2024
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DAVE ZIRIN, THE NATION, MARCH 11, 2024
Tell Pocan No More Military Aid to Israel
CALL Pocan’s offices and insist on a pledge not to vote for any further military…
Over 100,000 voted Uncommitted in the Michigan Democratic Presidential Primary
Biden’s 2020 margin over Trump in Michigan was 150,000 votes. The Uncommitted vote in the…
Shawn Fain: “We Cannot Bomb Our Way to Peace”
At a press conference in D.C. on December 14, UAW president Shawn Fain called for…
Meet Aida Touma-Sliman, Palestinian Knesset Member
DEMOCRACY NOW!, DECEMBER 28, 2023
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The president’s approach to Gaza has been a moral and political catastrophe that has made…
