Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation was ultimately a religious act, one that radically delineates good and evil and calls us to resist.
Chris Hedges: Aaron Bushnell’s Divine Violence
Category: Protest
Arab Americans Can Help Defeat Both Biden & Trump
Aaron Bushnell burned himself alive for a free Palestine, writes Sam Husseini. Voters should do the work of pairing up from across the political spectrum to halt the genocidal duopoly.
Killing Oneself to Try to Stop a War
In the wake of Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation, Ann Wright recalls other suicides committed in protest against U.S. policies, including by five Americans opposed to the U.S. war in Vietnam.
Caitlin Johnstone: He Burned Himself Alive to Turn Eyes to Gaza
We each have own our personal response to Israel’s incineration of Gaza. This was Aaron Bushnell’s.
Long Retrial Wait for UK’s ‘Elbit Six’
Members of Palestine Action, a group targeting an Israeli arms maker’s U.K. operations, will take the stand once again in June 2025, Anita Mureithi reports.
US Supreme Court Defends Free Speech on Palestine
The dismissal marks the third consecutive time a federal court has dismissed the Jewish National Fund’s case against the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
WATCH: Anti-Genocide Protestors Arrested at US Capitol
U.S. Capitol police arrested demonstrators calling for the end of U.S. support for Israel’s genocide on Monday.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Banality of Propaganda
The annals of the awful art — Hitler’s, Mussolini’s, Japan’s and America’s during World War II — show that it does not have to be sophisticated. The Israeli president’s display of Mein Kampf just proved that again.
Chris Hedges: Why Mass Movements Fail
The wave of global popular protests that erupted in 2010 and lasted a decade were extinguished, meaning new tactics and strategies are required, as Vincent Bevins explains in his book If We Burn.
Reviving the 1970s Hope of Youth
A global “disengagement” rate of over 70 percent among young people will not be fixed by “skills training” or “social entrepreneurship,” writes Vijay Prashad.