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Christian, Muslim & Jewish Arabs lived together peacefully in the region of Palestine for centuries. Jewish people were safer in Muslim majority countries than they were in Christian Europe. About 6% of Palestinians were Jewish.

It wasn't until Zionists emigrated from Europe & began ethnic cleansing/colonizing that the violence started.

Minnesota demands: Take Cuba off the U.S. ‘State Sponsors of Terrorism’ list!
By Kim DeFranco

Minneapolis, MN – On December 14 members of the Solidarity Committee on the Americas and the MN Cuba Committee rallied at Chicago and Lake Avenues to demand the U.S. government to take Cuba off the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list and continued to pressure the U.S. to end the blockade of Cuba. The people who live in the neighborhood are multinational working-class families. The people passed by cheering and waving fits in the arm in support of the people. As the rally continued, cars and trucks drove past honking loudly and continuously approving the message.

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From “Supporting Palestinian Liberation with Jewish Comedian Michael Schirtzer” @michael_schirtzer (The Cocktails & Capitalism pod.cast) Links in bio. “You cannot call yourself a feminist if right now you’re not speaking about Palestinian women giving birth with no anesthesia … because the Israeli siege on Gaza doesn’t allow medicine in” “You cannot call yourself a climate activist if you don’t know about the burning of olive trees — trees that have been there for thousands of years, that are a symbol of Palestinian life and connection to the land.” “You can’t call yourself a progressive if you vote to fund the illegal occupation of Palestine or vote to approve the funding of the Iron Dome”

Licking them boots is a Honore to some...smh

'No charges filed after police shot a Black 11-year-old who called for help, officials say'

A grand jury in Mississippi determined that there was no criminal conduct on behalf of the officer who shot and wounded an 11-year-old boy in his home who had called authorities for help.

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch says her office will take no further action against Sgt. Greg Capers, the officer who shot Aderrien Murry.

In a statement released Thursday, Fitch says her office completed its review into the May 20 incident involving Capers in Indianola, Miss., and presented it to the grand jury in Sunflower County, Miss., on Wednesday — which then handed up the decision.

"As such, no further criminal action will be taken by this Office in this matter," Fitch said.

Carlos Moore, the attorney representing the family of Aderrien Murry, told NPR that despite the grand jury's decision, the shooting was not justified and he will continue to pursue the case.

"We are committed to seeking justice for Aderrien and his family, and we will persist in our efforts to ensure accountability through the civil legal process," Moore said in a statement to NPR.

Aderrien's mother, Nakala Murry, is asking for the body camera footage from the incident to be released publicly.

"Watching that footage was nothing I was prepared for emotionally, but it was something I had to do," she said during a Wednesday press conference, Mississippi Today reports.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, which was investigating the shooting alongside the attorney general's office, did not respond to NPR's request for comment.

Capers' attorney, Michael Carr, said Capers is relieved at the decision and is "looking forward to getting back to work."

The move from the Mississippi Attorney General's Office comes nearly seven months after Murry was left seriously injured after Capers shot him in the chest responding to a 911 call that Murry had made.

Nakala Murry said she told her son to call the police after the father of one of her other children came to their home in the early hours of May 20 in an "irate" mood.

After arriving at the Murry family home, police instructed everyone inside to come out with their hands up. Nakala Murry says that's when the 11-year-old emerged from around a corner, running toward the door. Capers then opened fire, according to the family.

Following the incident, Murry suffered a collapsed lung, fractured rib and lacerated liver.

In May, his family filed a $5 million federal lawsuit, which argues that the police officers who responded to the domestic disturbance call acted in a way that was "so outrageous that it shocks the moral and legal conscience of the community."

The lawsuit names the city of Indianola along with the two police officials as defendants. The suit accuses the police department of gross negligence and reckless disregard, in addition to failing to train and supervise its officers properly.

In the suit, the family called for Capers and Indianola Police Chief Ronald Sampson to be fired, as they have repeatedly asked for body camera footage of the incident to be released.

10-Year-Old From Maryland Becomes First Black Deaf Boy to Earn Emmy Nomination Nationwide -- Keivonn Woodard, a 10-year-old boy from Bowie, Maryland, has made history as the first Black deaf actor to be nominated for an Emmy Award. He received a nomination in the category of Outstanding Guest Actor in a drama series for his role in HBO's "The Last of Us."The post-apocalyptic z...

Defending the Killing of Palestinian Children Won’t Get You Punished in Hollywood Actor Susan Sarandon is the latest target of the increasingly McCarthyite attacks on pro-Palestine figures. Supporters of Israel’s brutal war, meanwhile, can apparently say anything they want, including defending the slaughter of Palestinian civilians.

Thanks to everyone who came out for Palestine today in Harrisburg

The Names of Thousands of Neo-Nazi Music Fans Just Got Leaked Thousands of purveyors of neo-Nazi tunes just had their day ruined by a crew of enterprising Scandinavian anti-fascists.