At about 8:30 this evening, Virginia Commonwealth University put out an alert that a “violent protest” was taking place on the campus of the state’s largest public university.
VCU Uses Hundreds of Cops to Break Up Peaceful Protest
Richmond Highway Blockade Ups the Ante in Support for Palestine
By Phil Wilayto RICHMOND, Va., March 11 — At about 6:45 this morning, a multiracial group of nine young people chained themselves together and blocked traffic on the southbound lanes of Interstate […]
Richmonders press City Council to call for a ceasefire in Gaza
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.
In Richmond, protesters demand an end to the Israeli war on Palestinians
Despite the chilly, drizzly weather, another large crowd turned out today in Richmond for the latest in a series of major local marches in support of Palestine.
Why so much on Palestine?
In this issue of the Defender we’re devoting a lot of space to the issue of Palestine, for two reasons.
Jews & Palestinians protest racist Israeli minister in D.C.
The D.C.-Metro chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace held a protest March 12 outside a D.C. hotel where Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, an extremist settler leader, was speaking to the Israel Bonds’ leadership.
A view from the West Bank
Dr. Ali Jawhar provides his analysis of Israeli apartheid policies, Zionism, and a path to peace in Palestine in this editorial.
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