In 1958 the assistant headmaster did the Bible reading at the morning assembly of the Karachi Grammar School (Pakistan), founded in 1848 by the Church of England.[1] The reading from Acts 17:23 concerned St. Paul’s declaration upon seeing the Athenian monument to an unknown God. “What you worship but do not know—this is what I…
Editor’s Note: This piece was first published March 6, 2024 by The Electronic Intifada It’s 8 pm in Gaza, Palestine right now, the end of my fourth day in Rafah and the first moment I’ve had to sit in a quiet place to reflect. I’ve tried to take notes, photos, mental images, but this moment…
Editor’s note: Here we share a Telegram statement from the Palestinian resistance. In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful Our steadfast Palestinian people; The Arab & Islamic nations; The free peoples worldwide and those who advocate for freedom, justice and human dignity: In light of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the…
Editor’s note: This interview was conducted by the 161 Crew. The situation in Gaza Strip is getting more catastrophic every day. In our attempt to better understand the situation in the region, we made an interview with an Israeli anarchist. We talk about the modern anarchist movement, the Israeli occupation of Palestine, resistance against it…
Editor’s note: We share here a media guide produced in Palestine by the Resistance News Network. “Never spread the occupation’s propaganda, and do not contribute to instilling a sense of defeat. This must be focused on, for soon we will start talking about a massive invasion in Beit Lahia and Al-Nusseirat, for example. Never spread…
Put an End to Sexual Abuse in Prisons Justice for Khalique Brewer! Call Monday and Tuesday, August 7–8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. There is a war on children in the United States. No, it’s not just the waves of anti-trans legislation that seek to deny gender-affirming healthcare and criminalize transition, nor is it confined to the…
Editor’s note: This piece was written by some abolitionists and published in zine form by Haters. Around here we’ve got our very own movement-killers, a.k.a. “Movement Leaders.” Mapping the Terrain Within the general context of The Movement™, abolition—whether through “Defund OPD,” policy campaigns, transformative justice, and policing alternatives—has become inescapable within Oakland’s left-progressive-liberal continuum. “We…
Editor’s note: for Black August 2022 we share both a facsimile PDF as well as a transcription of Safiya Bukhari‘s 1981 pamphlet Lest We Forget, which she wrote and published while incarcerated at the Virginia Correctional Center for Women. Introduction Constantly people of color are confronted with the reality that death is our ever-present companion.…
April 7, 2022 To Governor Gretchen Whitmer, State Police Director Colonel Joseph Gafper, and DHHS Deputy Director David Knezek: We are greatly alarmed that Michigan State police are being sent to target and harass Rev. Edward Pinkney, the noted community activist in Benton Harbor, Michigan. On March 25, 2022 Sgt. Hayward of the Paw Paw…
[Submitted by Friends of H.H.] We can all take a deep breath, avert our gaze, and rest easy. Washtenaw County now has a progressive prosecutor—Eli Savit, whose platform claims that (1) coercive plea bargaining, (2) over-prosecution, (3) prolonged pre-trial detentions, (4) aggressive prosecution of drug possession charges, and (5) racial inequity are things of the…
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