✊🏽🇵🇸Tens of thousands defied the NYPD crackdown & took to the streets of NYC for International Workers’ Day to say the students, artists, doctors, nurses, lawyers, teachers, & workers across sectors stand with Palestine & demand an end to US backing of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Hundreds of students, professors, and community members were beaten and arrested by police officers on the night of April 30, 2024 in New York City.

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'May Day is OUR day! May Day is a day for the people. It's the day that we celebrate those who build the world and make all the wealth.'

Listen to Vijay Prashad speaking from the steps of the Marx Memorial Library in London.

🇵🇸 “We are alive, but we are not okay,” said Dr. Ruba Suliman, describing the reality faced by health workers in Gaza during a conversation with Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

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This week Vijay Prashad & Zoe Alexandra
discussed the student Palestine solidarity protests in the US, mass graves at Gaza hospitals, & more...
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🚨🇵🇸 NYPD HAVE BROKEN INTO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS TO VIOLENTLY EVICT STUDENTS FROM THE GAZA SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT
The violent police raid comes after students occupied a building on campus.

Students across the world vow to continue their struggle in spite of heavy repression

The debate organized by the National Electoral Institute was held five weeks ahead of Mexico’s presidential elections.

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Amidst the measles outbreak, Chicago sees 31 cases within a migrant shelter, sparking unjust blame towards immigrants. This scenario echoes historical patterns where diseases like cholera and AIDS were wrongly attributed to immigrants.
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In an interview with the pan-Arab channel Al Mayadeen, the economist and popular leader João Pedro Stedile addressed the scenario of the left in Brazil and the need for international coordination in defense of just causes and in the struggle against imperialism.
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Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union SUCCESSFULLY STOPPED the US Ambassador from visiting their university in solidarity with Palestine and in protest of US imperialist policies.

On April 29, National Students for Justice in Palestine urged faculty, academic workers, and graduate students to join the students by “withholding their labor from institutions that are invested in genocide,” taking up a grading strike.
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Negotiations surrounding the Pandemic Treaty continue as the deadline for endorsing the new mechanism approaches. However, the version under discussion fails to address critical issues pertaining to health equity.
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#ColumbiaUniversity administrators threatened students at the #Gaza solidarity encampment with mass suspension & eviction. In response, thousands mobilized both within the university campus & outside

The student movement for Gaza has spread like wildfire in the US & worldwide.

The April 2024 TriconArt Bulletin, explores how art becomes a collective expression of resistance in Palestine, and over the 40-year existence of the MST in Brazil.
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