Political commentary and analysis pieces from the Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality. Listed here from most to least recent. You can also filter for articles of this type using the “Commentaries” category, available here or on the right-hand sidebar.

• “Solidarity with The Mapping Project and Boston BDS,” July 11, 2022
• “Statement on the Murder of Palestinian Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli Forces,” May 13, 2022
• “Statement on the 2-month ceasefire in Yemen,” issued jointly by the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality and the Movement Against War & Occupation (MAWO), April 15, 2022
• “Statement on Ukraine,” issued jointly by the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, the Odessa Solidarity Campaign and the Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice, February 28, 2022
• “Virginia Defenders’ Statement on Yemen,” January 26, 2022
• “Statement Supporting Hisham Abu Hawash and Other Palestinian Hunger Strikers,” January 6, 2022
• “Statement by the Virginia Defenders on the Taking Down of the Richmond Statue of Robert E. Lee,” September 9, 2021
• “Statement by the Virginia Defenders on the Ongoing Attacks Against the Palestinian People by the Israeli Government,” July 3, 2021
• “Defenders’ Statement on the Current Crisis in Occupied Palestine,” May 9, 2021
• “Lessons from the attack on the Capitol,” by Phil Wilayto, January 8, 2021
• “Why did Trump pardon four Blackwater war criminals and what does this mean for U.S. foreign policy?” by Phil Wilayto, December 30, 2020