Israeli Apartheid

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The rights and humanity of the Palestinian people have long been ignored by the US foreign policy establishment. But following the consistent documentation and advocacy initiated by human rights activists and political organizers has made the brutality of the Israeli state unassailable. This collection organizes entries on Israel's disturbing regime and charts the efforts of socialists trying to confront it.

Organizing for Uncommitted: Justice for Palestinians on the Democratic Ballot

Alexandra Melinchok

How Maryland organizers used electoral canvassing to make voting about something more than the candidate—a tool in the fight for Palestinian liberation.

Opening Closed Eyes – a Screening of Israelism in Greenbelt

This summer, the New Deal Cafe screened a documentary on Israeli propaganda, demonstrating how two Jewish people came to challenge their Zionist upbringing.

Alexandria residents pass "People's Ceasefire" resolution

Alex Mell-Taylor

After seizing control of an Alexandria city council meeting, Northern Virginia locals introduced and passed their own resolution calling for an end to Israel's genocide.

Public speech, political inaction

Ryan Cudemus-Brunoli

On February 25th, Aaron Bushnell lit himself on fire in protesting the genocide of the Palestinian people. With his last words, he shouted “Free Palestine” three times, until collapsing into the flames around him

Reading on international law and the war against Gaza

Socialists can use a basic understanding of international rules to challenge intentional distortions of international law weaponized by the powerful.

Mass DC protest demands end to US support for Israeli apartheid

A mass protest erupted in DC on November 4th, 2023. The scale of turnout demonstrated mass desire for an end to US support for Israel's apartheid regime.

Ceasefire is a first step towards justice at home and abroad

The demand for a ceasefire is a demand for justice. It is also part of a campaign to cut spending on bombs to further fund social support at home and abroad.

Liberals respond to Israeli war crimes with linguistic slaughter

As Israel slaughters starving Palestinians in the world’s largest open-air prison, American liberals are waging a parallel war against language.

Genocide on Holy Lands

In response to attack, the Israeli government has launched a genocidal war against the Palestinians. What are the roots of this conflict?

Thoughts on Bowman, the Left, and Palestine

The controversy stirred up by Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s vote to fund Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defense system and his meeting with the repulsive Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett raises questions about the posture of the US Left towards Palestinian liberation, Zionism and anti-Semitism.

All prisoners are political, from DC to Palestine #FreeThemAll

Alexandra Melinchok

Prisons in both the US and Palestine fragment communities and deepen systemic inequalities. We must recognize that all prisoners are political and no human being deserves to be incarcerated.

DC Protests in Solidarity with Palestine

Photos from the Saturday, May 15 Nakba 73 protests in DC.

Reflections on Organizing for Palestine in the US

Israel's propaganda tactics have not changed in over a decade - but their success is fading in the face of activist resolve.

DSA National Convention 2019 Report Back

Throughout the 2019 Convention, there were many chances outside of debating resolutions and bylaws to connect with comrades across the organization, at hosted events and informal meetups.

A Green New Deal for DC

David Schwartzman

All of these Green New Deal goals will need a broad bottom-up mobilization of the residents most impacted, DC’s working class along with their allies, and must be planned and implemented by the same.

The socialist left must forge a competent and peaceful foreign policy

Caroline Debnam

Democratic socialism must create ample space for a robust peace movement in material policy platforms. Authoritarianism, war, climate change and imperialism must be confronted with conviction.

The Occupation Free DC campaign aims to end MPD program with Israeli forces

Occupation Free DC is part of a nationwide campaign led by Jewish Voice for Peace that seeks to get US law enforcement to end its “deadly exchange” with Israeli police and military.

2018: Assembly Session and Elections Intertwine in Maryland

Democrats hone their strategy for sending Governor Larry Hogan back to private life while Hogan postures for his base.

DSA National Convention 25,000 and Counting

Working through DSA's inevitable growing pains will require balancing the optimism of a mass movement with the realism of achieving "the left-wing of the possible."

Response to the April 2017 DSA Internationalism Report

DSA should reject calls to leave the Socialist International.

Social Justice and Peace in the Mid-East: Meeting with Rep Anthony Brown

A meeting with Rep. Anthony Brown reassured a leery left-wing delegation, but left some room for improvement.

McCarthyism in Maryland? Bill blacklists supporters of Palestinian human rights

Maryland lawmakers should not violate the free speech rights of their residents in order to continue a culture of impunity for violating Palestinian human rights.