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Chicago and nationwide demonstrations demand end to attacks on Palestinians
May 14, 2021Massive rally and march by thousands in the Windy City mirrored by demonstrations across the country
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Dark cloud over Ramadan as Israel intensifies attacks on Gaza
May 13, 2021Israeli cabinet authorizes intensification of attacks on Palestinian territories.
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Israel kills dozens in Gaza airstrikes, escalates land theft and Palestinian expulsions
May 11, 2021At least 26 Palestinians have been killed—including nine children and women—by Israeli military forces in just the last 24 hours.
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‘Back of the Moon’: A Noirish apartheid-era South African film
March 3, 2021Director/co-writer and Oscar nominee Angus Gibson’s Back of the Moon is another example of why I love PAFF—the Pan African Virtual Film + Arts Festival. If not for this festival film buffs like moi probably would...
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Harlem’s 1946 fight against South African starvation foreshadowed anti-apartheid struggle
February 24, 2021The fight to save Black South Africans from starvation in 1946 foreshadowed the major struggles against apartheid that would define the decades to come.
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