'Communists should have largeness of mind and should be staunch and active, looking upon the interests of the revolution as their very life and subordinating their personal interests to those of the revolution; always and everywhere they should adhere to principle and wage a tireless struggle against all incorrect ideas and actions, so as to consolidate the collective life of the Party and strengthen the ties between the Party and the masses; they should be more concerned about the Party and the masses than about any private person, and more concerned about others than about themselves. Only thus can they be considered Communists.' Mao Zedong
At a pre-march labor rally, Christina Marie Sabio Hilo of New York State Nurses Association fired up the crowd: “I’m not only a nurse, I’m a mother. Children are being murdered in Gaza. And they want you to believe these sham elections are the real story, while children are dying!”
Silence! A poem for those mocked and gaslighted for decrying the genocide of the Palestinian people.
By Helen Shafie
At her October 25 rally in Houston, Kamala Harris told pro-Palestine protestors to leave her rally and “rally down the street.” Shortly thereafter, during the same rally, she said that her campaign is the one for “freedom and democracy.” Her response to demonstrators, mirrored by our news media, have repeatedly mocked Americans who decry the genocide of the Palestinian people.
Silence!
Sit nicely and be Genocided.
Don’t you know it’s is a privilege for you to be here?
Don’t you know we allowed you?
Don’t you know we made you?
And you dare speak!
Silence!
I’m speaking!
Sit nicely and stop raising your hand.
Sit nicely and stop interrupting us.
Don’t you know we are working hard?
To get through our checklist for the day.
We have 3 checkboxes for you.
Ok we will give you one million.
For your Palestinians
Sit nicely while we check them:
Die
dying
almost dead
dead again
Silence!
We will not allow you to report, post or repost.
We will fire you, and not hire you.
We will track your devices.
We will face-recognize you.
We will deport you.
Silence!
We have arms to sell.
We have pockets to line.
We have senators and congressmen to elect and elevate.
We have senators and congressmen to defeat and displace.
“Bill Clinton’s racist and ahistorical remarks were meant to justify the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land. The Harris campaign is doing itself no favors attaching itself to that kind of hateful rhetoric,” the Institute for Middle East Understanding Policy Project told HuffPost.
The martyrdom of the prominent leaders Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe, along with a group of field commanders, is a heavy loss. However, the will to resist is unbreakable, and the response will be will be proportionate to the crime.
Popular Front mourns the martyrs Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine mourned in a statement the prominent leaders of Hezbollah, Ibrahim Aqil and Ahmed Wehbe along with a group of field commanders who were martyred due to a treacherous zionist bombardment that targeted Dahiye (the southern suburb of Beirut) yesterday.
The Popular Front extended its deepest condolences and sympathies to the brotherly Lebanese people and to the members of Hezbollah and its Secretary-General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, for the martyrdom of the group of leaders and civilian martyrs, wishing a speedy recovery for the wounded.
The Front expressed its full solidarity with the brotherly Lebanon and its valiant resistance, which has lost prominent symbols among its fighters and leaders of Hezbollah, who left significant marks in the struggle against the zionist enemy over many years. The great martyr leader Ibrahim Aqil, who led and participated in numerous battles that drained the zionist enemy, played a pivotal role in the Al-Aqsa Flood battle, which changed the rules of engagement in support of Gaza. As for the prominent martyr leader Ahmed Wehbe, he played an important role in leading the Radwan Force on the support fronts, taking responsibility for training and preparing fighters for decisive battles, which contributed to enhancing the qualitative capabilities of the resistance.
The two martyrs, leaders Aqil and Wehbe, alongside the martyr leader Fouad Shukr, represented bright symbols in enhancing the resistance’s capabilities at all levels in recent months. They played a leading role in the field of qualitative military operations and in strengthening the strategic and tactical capabilities of Hezbollah during the Al-Aqsa Flood battle.
The martyr leader Ibrahim Aqil had distinguished confrontations not only with the zionist enemy but also with the American enemy. He played a prominent role in countering American forces in Lebanon, participating in the famous attack on the American Marines, which led to their withdrawal from Lebanon after the explosion that shook the American presence in the region. This was a pivotal event in the course of the resistance.
This new zionist massacre, which resulted from a coordinated planning and execution between the American administration and the zionist entity, falls within a deliberate escalatory policy aimed at targeting infrastructure, civilian facilities, and innocent civilians, in a failed attempt to subdue the resistance, break its resolve, and weaken its popular support. However, they are mistaken if they believe that targeting the leaders will undermine the will of the resistance or weaken the steadfastness of our people.
The loss of these great symbols is a profound loss, but the resistance has always proven its ability to compensate for its losses. Its will does not waver in the face of challenges and the escalation of zionist crimes.
We firmly believe that the martyrdom of the leaders, despite its severity, cannot break the will of the resistance or weaken its determination. Rather, their pure blood will remain a fuel to ignite the fronts supporting Gaza from Lebanon and other arenas, strengthening the resolve of the fighters to confront the enemy by all possible means.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters marched to the National Constitution Center on Wednesday night, demonstrating near the building for around two hours while the presidential debate took place inside.
The protest was organized by the Philly Palestine Coalition, a group involved with the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Penn’s campus last spring. Numerous Penn students and faculty, as well as participants from the encampment, were present at the demonstration around the NCC.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched on the streets in Philadelphia ahead of the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, demanding a cease-fire and an end to U.S. aid to Israel.
The following solidarity message was given over the phone by former Black Panther and political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal to the participants in the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the City College of New York on April 26.
It is a wonderful thing that you have decided not to be silent, and decided to speak out against the repression that you see with your own eyes. So you are part of something massive, and you are part of something that is on the right side of history.
