WSU student encampment for Palestine By Monica Isaac In November of 2010, University students in Dublin descended upon the city center to protest bloated registration fees and cuts to essential school funds. Nearly 40,000 students […]
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Decolonizing the Mind
By Monica Isaac “It is the final triumph of a system of domination when the dominated start singing its virtues.” Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o wrote this as part of a collection of essays in […]
Failure is not an option
by Monica Isaac I recently heard a clip from a speech with Journalist and Author Chris Hedges proclaiming very solemnly that we, as people living in the US empire, have failed the people of Palestine. […]
AUDRE LORDE AND PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE
In 1977, Audre Lorde wrote a series of questions entitled, “The Audre Lorde questionnaire to oneself”, adapted from The Cancer Journals. In it, she poses a few questions to herself reflecting on transformation, finding language, […]
The World Stands With Palestine
“We are millions, we are billions, we are all Palestinians!” This chant has been a rallying cry for over 42 days. It has decimated the notion that the world has sided with the apartheid state, […]
Block Cop City direct action press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, NOVEMBER 13th 2023 CONTACT: media@blockcopcity.org HUNDREDS MARCH TO COP CITY SITE FOR NON-VIOLENT ACTION, POLICE RESPOND WITH TEAR GAS AND FLASHBANGS; FOREST DEFENDERS PREVAIL: CONSTRUCTION STOPPED TODAY Press Conference and Vigil Scheduled […]
Never forget
By Monica Isaac Today I watched as a group of resolute Palestinian Children stood in front of Al-Shifa Hospital, the largest medical complex in the Gaza Strip, to hold a press conference. They pled to […]
National Council of Elders Call for Peace and Justice
As the National Council of Elders (NCOE), we aspire to a culture of peace, having learned through many years of struggle to resist the culture of violence which pervades and propels society in the United […]
A Culture of Lies: The rise and inevitable fall of Zionist propaganda
Photo by Monica Isaac As I’m writing this, 500,000 people have crowded the streets of London chanting and calling for an immediate ceasefire. They are far from alone. An overwhelming response from the world has […]
End the Occupation Now!
Over the last 11 days, over 2 million people in Gaza have been under siege by The Israeli State. The number of deaths are rising every day and presently hover around 3,000 Palestinians, mainly […]
Holding Down The Fort
Kate Levy first produced an abridged version of this film in 2016. The Senior Housing Preservation-Detroit Coalition presented my early 6-minute cut to a working group of business leaders and advocates whose mission was to […]
Stop Line 3 Treaty People Gathering in northern Minnesota
Our Michigan contingent arrived at the Treaty People Gathering in northern Minnesota on Saturday June 5th. We were part of the multi-faith delegation organized by Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light, GreenFaith, and others. In the […]
Detroit Youth: Perceptions of the Police
One year after the death of George Floyd, who was brutally killed by a police officer, we are airing this multifaceted social justice program in partnership with the Detroit Coalition for Police Transparency and Accountability […]
protect the great lakes evict Enbridge
We arrived late in the evening on the 12th of May in Mackinaw City. Events to shut down line 5 were already underway. We had driven from the Marathon oil refinery in Detroit after holding […]
