Violence

Palestinians light torches during a protest against attacks by Israeli police with tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades on Palestinians at Masjid al-Aqsa, in Nablus, West Bank on May 11, 2021 [Mamoun Wazwaz/Anadolu Agency]

Palestinians Have A Right To Defend Themselves

May 18, 2021 Asa Winstanley, Middle East Monitor. Educate! colonization, Israel, Palestine, Violence

The scenes we've been witnessing on our screens coming out of occupied Palestine this week are unprecedented. What has been happening is a unified national uprising of the entire Palestinian people against Israeli ethnic cleansing, apartheid and aggression. Resisting colonial fragmentation of their body politic, Palestinians from all segments of the people have risen up with one voice: enough. We are one people. In Jerusalem, in Gaza, in the West Bank. And also in the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948: in Jaffa, in Acre, in Haifa in Lydda. It begun in Jerusalem last month, with the intensifying campaign of expulsions against the Palestinians in the Sheikh Jarrar neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, and increased international attention on the plight of the people there.

Israel’s Pogroms In Jerusalem Could Spark The Destruction Of al-Aqsa

May 15, 2021 Miko Peled, Mintpress News. Educate! Israel, Palestinians, Violence, Zionism

As the holy month of Ramadan comes to a close, it is becoming clear that the violence against Palestinians in Jerusalem has been ramped up in a coordinated effort by the Israeli government, the Jerusalem municipality, the Israeli police, and violent Zionist gangs. These latest events must be seen in the larger context of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in general, and of Jerusalem in particular. They should also be seen in the context of internal Israeli politics. Jerusalem is burning and Israeli politicians go on about their business of mud-slinging as if this was not their problem and not a single one thinks anything is wrong with the way the Israeli authorities are handling the situation.

Israel Is Killing Women And Children In Gaza

May 15, 2021 Maureen Clare Murphy, Electronic Intifada. Educate! Human Rights, Israel, Palestinians, Violence

Women and children account for nearly half of the more than 120 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Monday, according to Al-Mezan, a human rights group in the territory. This contradicts Israel’s claims that it is targeting Hamas infrastructure and making great efforts to avoid harming civilians. The death toll will likely climb higher as bodies are recovered from the rubble of the buildings that were “destroyed over their residents’ heads,” the rights group stated on Friday. Al-Mezan and the London-based Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights said on Friday that like it did in 2014, Israel was targeting family homes, resulting in civilian casualties.

Colombians Continue To Resist As National Strike Completes 15 Days

May 15, 2021 Peoples Dispatch. Resist! Colombia, Human Rights, Ivan Duque, Violence

Since April 28, hundreds of thousands of Colombians have been organizing and mobilizing across the country as a part of the national strike against the far-right government of President Ivan Duque and his neoliberal policies. The national strike was called for by the trade unions, social organizations and left-wing political parties against the Sustainable Solidarity Bill, a tax reform bill presented by the national government that sought to finance the fiscal deficit incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic from the pockets of the working class. After five days of massive protests, Duque announced the withdrawal of the bill. However, Colombians have remained on the streets demanding that the government address the broader issues facing the country.

Global Resistance: End The Nakba Now!

May 14, 2021 Progressive International. Resist! International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, Violence

Palestine is under siege. Since Monday, Israeli airstrikes have hammered Gaza without relief, decimating homes, workplaces and media offices. As of Thursday, Israel had killed over 109 Palestinians, including 27 children, as the number of wounded soared to 580. A ground invasion is now underway. Earlier in the week, Israel launched a vicious campaign of ethnic cleansing in occupied East Jerusalem, instituting a plan to forcibly evict some 2,000 Palestinians from the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Al-Bustan. As residents rose up to defend their lives, livelihoods, and homes, the Israeli state responded with brutality, attacking the Palestinian people in the streets and in their places of worship. The violent dispossession of the Palestinian people is not new.

Israel’s Violence Shows Why Now Is The Time For BDS

May 14, 2021 Hamza Ali Shah, Tribune Magazine. Strategize! BDS, Israel, Occupation, Palestine, Violence

On the day that Israel was carrying out its remorseless pummelling of the Gaza Strip, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was using his Queen’s Speech to announce a series of laws for the next year. Included in Johnson’s list were measures to disrupt the global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against the state of Israel by banning public bodies from launching their own boycott campaigns. The planned reform would seek to ‘ensure a coherent approach to foreign relations’ by stopping public bodies from ‘imposing their own approach or views via boycott, divestment or sanctions campaigns.’ In announcing the proposal, the government displayed its deep-rooted disdain for the Palestinian cause. In fact, Johnson himself once dismissed those who express solidarity with Palestinian people as ‘corduroy-jacketed, snaggle-toothed, lefty academics’.

Over 215 Injuries Among Palestinian Worshipers At Al-Aqsa Mosque

May 10, 2021 Quds News Network. Resist! Israeli Apartheid, Palestinian rights, Religion, Violence

Occupied Jerusalem - The Red Crescent said that the number of injuries among Palestinian worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque has increased to reach more than 215, including 135 cases that were hospitalized and 4 in critical condition. Most of the injuries were to the face and eyes, as the occupation forces have been firing rubber-coated metal bullets and stun grenades at the worshipers, the Red Crescent said. Several worshipers are also trapped in the Qibali prayer room at Al-Aqsa Mosque, as the Israeli forces prevented them from going to the courtyards of the mosque, and attacked them with tear gas canisters.

Navajo Nation: Missing And Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day

May 6, 2021 Native News Online. Resist! Indigenous Women, MMIWG2S, Navajo nation, Violence

Window Rock, AZ - Honoring and remembering missing and murdered Indigenous persons on the Navajo Nation, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez and Vice President Myron Lizer signed a proclamation recognizing May 5, 2021, as "Navajo Nation Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples Awareness Day.” The leaders were joined by their respective wives, First Lady Phefelia Nez, and Second Lady Dottie Lizer, at the Navajo Nation Veterans Memorial Park in Window Rock, Ariz. Also in attendance were the 24th Navajo Nation Council’s Sexual Assault Prevention Subcommittee Chair Amber Kanazbah Crotty, Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin Parrish, and the Albuquerque Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Field Office.

Advocates Welcome DOJ Hate Crimes Charges In Ahmaud Arbery Killing

April 29, 2021 Brett Wilkins, Commondreams. Educate! Ahmaud Arbery, Department of Justice, Hate Crime, Violence

Racial justice advocates welcomed Wednesday's announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that three men imprisoned in Georgia on murder and other charges in connection with the death of unarmed Black man Ahmaud Arbery last February also have been charged with federal hate crimes and attempted kidnapping. According to a DOJ statement, Travis McMichael, his father Gregory McMichael, and William 'Roddie' Bryan "were each charged with one count of interference with rights and with one count of attempted kidnapping." "Travis and Gregory McMichael were also charged with one count each of using, carrying, and brandishing—and in Travis's case, discharging—a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence," the statement added.

Gun Violence Starts At The Top

April 22, 2021 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! American genocide, Guns, Mass Murder, Violence

Mass shootings happen with appalling regularity in the United States. It is bad enough that recent shootings took place in Atlanta, Boulder, and Indianapolis, but the horror is always followed by the same useless faux debates. Half the population wants to limit gun ownership, the other half doesn’t and continues a gun buying spree to prove their point. Politicians pretend to take action, victims are mourned, thoughts and prayers are uttered, and the cycle repeats itself with the next awful event. What very few people dare to discuss is how these acts are connected with U.S. history and with the state in its current form. This country exists as a result of genocides and terrorism. The indigenous inhabitants were attacked with wars and disease and the survivors were driven from their ancestral lands.

Pandemic Discrimination Against Asian Americans Has Long Roots

April 16, 2021 Saurav Sarkar, Labor Notes. Educate! Asian American, Labor, Racism, Violence

“I have pepper spray and I hold it every time I’m alone right now in case I see someone that is really frightening,” said New York City teacher Annie Tan, who is Chinese American. By February 2020, friends of hers had already been verbally harassed on the subway. One had been deliberately coughed on. Another was too scared to take the train anymore. Many Asian Americans and Asian immigrants are experiencing similar incidents. A neighbor pointed to her and said “China virus,” said Ah Ying, a homecare worker in San Francisco who immigrated years ago from Taishan, China. A physical assault on an Asian American occurred near where she lives. Ah Ying has told her daughter to restrict her activities outside the home.

Israel Settler Violence Against Palestinians Rising Drastically

April 16, 2021 Middle East Monitor. Educate! Israeli Apartheid, Palestinians, United Nations, Violence

UN human rights experts have warned that violent attacks against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank, including physical assaults and property demolitions carried out by Israeli settlers, have increased drastically in recent months. More than 210 violent incidents by settlers were recorded during the first three months of 2021, including one Palestinian death, the report said. In all of 2020, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) documented 771 incidents of settler violence, which caused injuries to 133 Palestinians, mostly in the areas of Hebron, Jerusalem, Nablus and Ramallah. They also documented deliberate damage caused to 9,646 trees and 184 vehicles.

Colombia: Over 3,600 Indigenous Rights Violations In The First Months Of 2021

April 9, 2021 Ellys Segura, Diaspora Tribune. Educate! Colombia, Indigenous Peoples, Peace Agreement, Violence

The recent upsurge in state and right-wing violence has left all of Colombia reeling, but Indigenous communities have been particularly affected by it. This is evident from recent data published in a report by the Human Rights Observatory of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC). The report revealed that between January 1st and March 9th of this year, a span of little more than two months, over 3674 Indigenous people in Colombia registered human rights violations. An ONIC press release summarized the harsh realities of the conditions Indigenous people face in the country; “The displacement caused by the armed conflict in Colombia has claimed the lives of thousands of our Indigenous brothers and sisters that have been killed or have fallen in the crossfire.

The Answer To Anti-Asian Racism Is Not More Policing

March 30, 2021 Kayla Hui, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Asian Americans, Police, Racism, Violence

This past year of the pandemic has seen a horrifying uptick in anti-Asian violence and hate crimes in the U.S., many targeting the elderly. From Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year old Thai man who was knocked to the ground, to Noel Quintana, a 61-year old Filipino man who was slashed in the face, many Asian elders have been assaulted and attacked since the pandemic’s onset. Asian people, especially Chinese folks have been subjected to verbal and physical violence—much of which has been fueled by Trump’s anti-Asian rhetoric pertaining to COVID-19’s origins. Racial epithets such as “kung flu” and “Chinese virus” have only exacerbated the situation. While some people have donated or raised awareness, others have expressed their grief by calling on more policing as a means for justice.

On Contact: Deep American Roots Of The Atlanta Shootings

March 28, 2021 Chris Hedges, RT. Resistance Report Asian Americans, Atlanta, Racism, Violence

On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses with journalist and writer May Jeong the deep American roots of the Atlanta shootings. May Jeong’s op-ed, ‘The Deep American Roots of the Atlanta Shootings - The Victims Lived at the Nexus of Race, Gender and Class’, was published in the New York Times on March 19, 2021. Jeong is a writer at Vanity Fair and an Alicia Patterson fellow. She is working on a book about sex work.

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