On April 15, Chicago police aggressively prevented marchers during the worldwide A15 day of action. Organizers say the repression was a message from the city ahead of the upcoming Democratic National Convention in August.
Activists shut down Woodward MPC manufacturing facility in Niles, Illinois, on Wednesday, February 7, to protest the company’s role in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Activists are camped outside Antony Blinken’s home to bring the call for a Gaza ceasefire directly to the Secretary of State’s doorstep. The protest is part of an escalating wave of protest directed squarely at the Biden administration.
Three activists are facing possible decades in prison for taking non-violent direct action against an Israeli military company. As other movements challenging systems of power have shown us, these charges are just a first step in state repression.
The huge antiwar protest for Palestine at New York’s Grand Central Station was the kind of media event that the mainstream press should eagerly cover. They ignored it.
500 people, including two dozen Rabbis, were arrested in Washington, DC on Wednesday as thousands of Jewish activists and allies demanded a Gaza ceasefire.
Palestine Action US will shut down weapons companies in the US that are arming Israel’s genocide of Palestine.
Members of the CJNV delegation to Palestine didn’t just come to observe and document. They engaged in direct actions, participating in shutting down highways and attending protests.
Israel controls by detention and drone, a colonial inheritance passed down from Britain. Today, Palestine Action is committed to shutting it down by taking on Elbit Systems in the UK as Israel’s largest private weapons manufacturer.
Eight members of the direct action organization Palestine Action are facing trial on October 10th for charges that could lead to 38 years in prison. Co-Founders Huda Ammori and Richard Barnard write that this latest wave of repression is a sign their activism is working: “Every instance of state repression we’ve faced to date has been for one simple reason: Palestine Action has disrupted the smooth functioning of a business built on bloodshed.”