Media analysis:
April: NYT and WSJ Vilify Student Organizers
This article is part of the Press on Palestine series, an initiative by Palestine Square. It includes selections from April 2024. Press on Palestine highlights bias in mainstream American reporting on Palestinian and Arab-Israeli affairs.
Reportage:
Billions for Israel, but no aid for Americans fleeing Middle East conflicts
Over the past year, the US government has prioritised aid and evacuations for Israeli citizens, leaving Americans in Lebanon and Gaza feeling stranded and unsupported.
For a few dollars and reduced sentences, inmates toil in LA firefighting
TRT World meets incarcerated individuals helping in the firefighting mission. Some are happy to contribute but others call it exploitation and "modern-day slavery."
Puerto Rico's fight for self-determination revs up after latest US election
Support for independence is growing amid increasing economic hardship and resentment over decades of US oversight.
American duo put on trial for praying against Gaza genocide
Peace activists Kathy Boylan and Art Laffin were arrested in March for holding a prayer vigil, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
US Senate hearing exposes deep bias as Arab activist faces vile attacks
During hearing on rise in hate crimes, Republican Senator John Kennedy tells Maya Berry, Executive Director of the Arab American Institute, she "should hide her head in a bag," an expression epitomising hostile atmosphere of hearing.
Scores gather at White House to condemn Israel’s assault on Lebanon
Protesters and activists brave inclement weather to voice their opposition to Israel’s efforts to reduce life in Palestine and Lebanon to sheer violence.
Essays/Reviews:
The Architect of Symmetry - a review of Snow by Orhan Pamuk
In New Caledonia, a collectivity of the French Republic, a mainland political ploy to subvert the indigenous Kanak people’s right to self-determination faced waves of protest in the summer of 2024. With liberal international institutions failing to enforce meaningful solutions, the Melanesian island’s struggle for liberation parallels global indigenous movements for sovereignty and exposes the settler-colonial logic of displacement and democratic dilution.
