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Cheyenne River Sioux Chair Offers to Rip Down Mount Rushmore—”Free of Charge… By Myself If I Must”

Paris Williams — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 03:01:07 +0000

Describing the iconic South Dakota mountain carving that depicts the heads of famous U.S presidents as nothing but a monument to "our molesters," the chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Nation this week said he would willingly tear down Mount Rushmore if given the chance—with or without help—and pay for its destruction personally.

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People’s Mobilization Unites For People And Planet

Paris Williams — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 00:14:03 +0000

The People’s Mobilization to Stop the US War Machine and Save the Planet is two weeks away. The “People’s Mobe” will be held from September 20 to 23 in New York City during the United Nations General Assembly.

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Israel’s Machinery of Dispossession Has Crushed the Hopes of an Inspirational Family

Paris Williams — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 23:18:48 +0000

Israeli police forced out the Siyam family from their home in the heart of occupied East Jerusalem last week, the final chapter in their 25-year legal battle against a powerful settler organisation. The family’s defeat represented much more than just another eviction. It was intended to land a crushing blow against the hopes of some 20,000 Palestinians living in the shadow of the Old City walls and Al Aqsa mosque.

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Africa and Palestine: A Noble Legacy That Must Never Be Betrayed

Paris Williams — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 01:10:19 +0000

Palestine fell under Brtish occupation around the period that Kenya also became a British colony. Palestinians, too, fought and fell in their thousands as they employed various methods of collective resistance, but the power was transferred from the Brits to the Zionist Movement to establish the State of Israel, and the Palestinians remain oppressed through the present day. The history of colonization shared by the Kenyans and Palestinians suggests the mutual benefit of their maintaining solidarity as they continue to struggle for their freedom.

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US Imperialism from Manifest Destiny to the New American Century

Paris Williams — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 06:45:15 +0000

Roberto Sirvent and Danny Haiphong have explored the albatross of myths, legends, lies and damn lies around America’s neck in their book American Exceptionalism and American Innocence: A People’s History of Fake News—From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror.

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Israel Is Disappearing the Proof That It Oppresses Palestinians

Paris Williams — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 05:48:03 +0000

Hagar Shezaf at the Israeli newspaper of record, Haaretz [“The Land”], reveals that a secretive Israeli agency has been systematically going through the country’s archives, including local repositories, and removing and classifying documents having to do with repressive and embarrassing Israeli actions toward Palestinians and Palestinian-Israelis.

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Gaza (Documentary – Official Trailer)

Paris Williams — Wed, 03 Jul 2019 09:37:24 +0000

Gaza brings us into a unique place beyond the reach of television news reports to reveal a world rich with eloquent and resilient characters, offering us a cinematic and enriching portrait of a people attempting to lead meaningful lives against the rubble of perennial conflict.

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Palestine and Kenya: Our Historic Fight against Injustice Is One and the Same

Paris Williams — Mon, 01 Jul 2019 04:13:42 +0000

The occupation of Palestine is not a “conflict” – as the Israelis like to present it. Israel is a colonial power that is ethnically cleansing an entire indigenous population in order to legitimize and grow its colony. Submit or fight. These were the two choices facing Kenyans during their anti-colonial struggle. Like them, we Palestinians have also chosen to fight for our dignity – for ourselves and our children. We will not let our dream of freedom die.

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