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Our Top Stories of 2023 -- 52 Reasons to Support The Indy
Check out 52 of The Indypendent’s best articles from 2022 — one for each week of the year — as we look back at our coverage of a dizzying 12 months that saw the fall of Roe, the rise of a militant new labor movement and so much more. First, a quick but important note. We need your support. Please give what you can today. Whether it is $25, $50, $100, $200, $500, $1,000 or more, every little bit helps. You can also become a recurring monthly donor and spread your support across the entire year.
What Does it Mean to Call Israel an Apartheid State?
What does it mean to call Israel an apartheid state? The word, meaning literally “apartness,” originally referred to policies introduced in South Africa in 1948. Although presented as a path of equal but separate development of racial groups in that country, like “separate but equal” in this country, it was anything but. Under apartheid people were classified as “native,” “colored,” “Asian” or “white,” and these designations determined access to land, schools, resources, etc.
What Does It Mean To Call Israel an Apartheid State?
What Does It Mean To Call Israel an Apartheid State? Published November 1, 2023 What does it mean to call Israel an apartheid state? The word, meaning literally “apartness,” originally referred to policies introduced in South Africa in 1948. Al-though presented as a path of equal but separate development of racial groups in that country, like “separate but equal” in this country, it was anything but.
What Does It Mean To Call Israel An Apartheid State?
Above photo: Gary Martin. A step-by-step look at how apartheid was pioneered in South Africa and replicated by Israel. What does it mean to call Israel an apartheid state? The word, meaning literally “apartness,” originally referred to policies introduced in South Africa in 1948. Al-though presented as a path of equal but separate development of racial groups in that country, like “separate but equal” in this country, it was anything but.
What Does it Mean to Call Israel an Apartheid State?
What does it mean to call Israel an apartheid state? The word, meaning literally “apartness,” originally referred to policies introduced in South Africa in 1948. Al-though presented as a path of equal but separate development of racial groups in that country, like “separate but equal” in this country, it was anything but. Under apartheid people were classified as “native,” “colored,” “Asian,” or “white,” and these designations determined access to land, schools, resources, etc.
Op-Ed: My Jewish Journey: From Ardent Zionist to Standing in Solidarity with the Palestinian People
I was born in 1942 to a Jewish family while WWII was raging. My mother hated not only the Nazis, but the German people, for allowing that to happen. She never forgave them. Never would she buy or touch anything made in Germany. In 1948 the Jewish State of Israel was founded. My family were fiercely proud and supportive of what we felt was the heroic Zionist achievements in Israel. We knew nothing about Palestinians. All we knew was that Arabs hated Jews and did terrible things.
Peace Activists Criminalized While War Criminals Go Free
Above Photo: Ken Mayers and Tarak Kauff on the Shannon Airport airfield. Ellen Davidson. Shannon Two Fined 10,000 Euros. Judge Patricia Ryan sent a clear message to protesters objecting to illegal U.S. military flights through Shannon Airport today by fining the Shannon Two 10,000 euros after they were convicted of interfering with the operation, management and safety of the facility.
Op-Ed | Time to protect unregulated tenants from eviction
By Judith Goldiner and Ellen Davidson Posted on May 20, 2021 Photo via Getty Images Sign up for our PoliticsNY newsletter for the latest coverage and to stay informed about the 2021 elections in your district and across NYC After living in his apartment for ten years, “John” – a Legal Aid client and Section 8 voucher recipient who is partially blind and reliant on a portable oxygen tank to breath – was evicted from his home. His landlord’s motive in seeking his eviction?
Opinion: Albany Must Fix Rent Relief Program To Serve More NY Families In Need
‘The program’s eligibility requirements are so stringent that very few tenants actually end up qualifying. The state now runs the risk of losing the remaining available funds to the federal government if it does not distribute them by Dec. 30, as legally required by the CARES Act.’ Sadef Ali Kully Tenants rallying for rent relief this past summer.
Rest In Power, Kevin Zeese
Rest In Power, Kevin Zeese By Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance. September 7, 2020 Rest In Power, Kevin Zeese2020-09-072020-09-16https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/erd4724-e1599478837398.jpg200px200px Above photo: Kevin Zeese speaks at a rally for Chelsea Manning. By Ellen Davidson.
More rent reform now, please: Keep going to give tenants additional protections
By Judith Goldiner and Ellen Davidson New York Daily News | Jan 24, 2020 | 5:00 AM A good start; time for more. (Hans Pennink/AP) The housing reforms are working. Last June, Albany enacted historic legislation to undo decades of the real estate industry’s tight grip over New York’s housing market. Those bad old days saw the dwindling of our rent stabilization stock — by an estimated 1 million affordable units — and one reform proposal after another scuttled by landlords and their lobbyists.
3,000 Folkies Set To Descend On Montreal
Eyes can glaze over when Folk Alliance International (FAI) is mentioned. But not for long. It’s that first four-letter word—folk--- that does it. A vision of Pete Seeger threatening to pull the plug when Dylan went electric way back in 1965 at Newport might be the only one that elicits smiles from the mainstream music industry before they sink back into apathy over The Kingston Trio.
3,000 Folkies Descend On Montreal This Month
Eyes can glaze over when Folk Alliance International (FAI) is mentioned. But not for long. It’s that first four-letter word—folk--- that does it. A vision of Pete Seeger threatening to pull the plug when Dylan went electric way back in 1965 at Newport might be the only one that elicits smiles from the mainstream music industry before they sink back into apathy over The Kingston Trio.
29 Standing Rock Water Protectors Arrested During Indigenous People’s Day Protest
STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, North Dakota — Indigenous People’s Day in Oceta Sakowin began before dawn with a loudspeaker car driving through the camp urging everyone to “rise and shine; it’s a good day to protect the water.” The speaker encouraged “all my relatives” to gather at the south end of the camp on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation for a prayer to the sunrise.
#CarryTheNames 24 Hour Vigil In Grand Central Station
Above: #CarryTheNames 24 hour vigil, held January 5th and 6th at Grand Central Station in New York City. Source: Twitter Participants called it a “beautiful action” — a 24 hour vigil in Grand Central Station in New York City where people carried the names of those who have been killed in police violence. “We #CarryTheNames–reading the names and stories of some of the many killed over the years because of racism. Vinie Burrows came and read a Langston Hughes poem.
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