Despite organizing in an increasingly hostile and repressive environment, pro-Palestinian activism across the Commonwealth is strong, growing and adapting to ever-changing obstacles imposed by the state.
Earlier this evening, a group of about 60 people met in Monroe Park to rally against the Virginia Israel Advisory Board, which is headquartered right in downtown Richmond. VIAB is a business promotion entity, funded by Virginia taxpayer money, that works to bring Israeli businesses to the Commonwealth.
The trial of the Uhuru 3 has ended in a split verdict.
On Sept. 11, 1973, the CIA orchestrated the overthrow of Chilean President Salvador Allende, a Marxist. Then-U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger oversaw the military coup on behalf of the U.S.-owned copper mining companies Anaconda and Kennicott.
TAMPA, FL, Sept. 4 — The trial of the Uhuru 3 opened this morning at U.S. District Court in downtown Tampa,
Richmond City Council chambers were filled to capacity the night of Feb. 12, requiring an overflow room to accommodate all the attendees. It was the third general Council meeting this year and the second since members of the Richmond community proposed a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
An interesting thing has happened in the U.S. antiwar movement. After years of relatively small protests, two relatively large ones took place, both in Washington, D.C., both demanding that the U.S. government stop funding the war in Ukraine. And yet the two actions could not have been more different.
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