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It’s the genocide, stupid

The DNC finally released its long-awaited autopsy of Kamala Harris's failed presidential campaign, and it doesn't mention Gaza. The Democratic leadership’s refusal to acknowledge the party's shift on Israel could spell another defeat in 2028.

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u/MondoweissOfficial — 1 day ago

The Progressive: Rats, Ruins, and the Theft of Tranquility

From Nour Abo Aisha in The Progressive magazine:

>As I walked along the shore, the same sea that offered me a temporary refuge felt like a silent witness to a collective grief that is only now beginning to surface. The women that I talked to in the camp aren’t just fighting rats. They are fighting the realization of everything we have lost. In these moments of relative quiet, the true weight of the damage becomes clear. It is not just in the rubble of our homes but in the exhausted eyes of mothers who, after surviving the bombs, now find themselves defending their children’s sleep against the ruins of a broken world.

Read more: https://progressive.org/latest/rats-ruins-and-the-theft-of-tranquility-aboaisha-20260511/

u/MondoweissOfficial — 11 days ago

From Shireen Abu Akleh to Amal Khalil, the killer is the same

Four years ago today, Shireen Abu Akleh was assassinated by an Israeli soldier. Since then, Israel has killed more than 275 journalists in Gaza and Lebanon. The world that let Shireen's killer walk free made all of this possible.

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u/MondoweissOfficial — 12 days ago

Officials and activists are working to overturn Illinois’s anti-BDS law. Could their campaign become a national model?

Activists and lawmakers in Illinois are pushing to repeal the state's anti-BDS law, the nation's first such law. The campaign could serve as a model for more than 30 states that have since adopted anti-BDS laws.

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u/MondoweissOfficial — 12 days ago

🇮🇷 Trump knows he lost the Iran war, and is now desperate to find a way out

Recent U.S. moves indicate that Donald Trump has finally recognized the disastrous mistake he made by listening to Benjamin Netanyahu and launching the war on Iran. Now he is looking to cut a deal, but Israel won't make it easy.

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u/MondoweissOfficial — 12 days ago

Israel used the Nakba not only to steal land, but Palestinians’ financial wealth too

The Israeli dispossession of Palestinian property in 1948 did not only include homes and lands. Many also lost access to bank accounts and other wealth. Today that stolen property is estimated to be worth over one hundred billion dollars.

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u/MondoweissOfficial — 13 days ago

Fatal Friendships: Gulf monarchies and the price of American patronage

For decades, Gulf rulers mistook access to America for influence, but now, with the Iran war, they finally see they are viewed as disposable on the front lines of the U.S. empire.

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u/MondoweissOfficial — 14 days ago