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Apr 10, 2024 | radiofree.org | Syris Valentine

Young people have for generations signed their names in history’s ledger as agents of change. James Monroe and Alexander Hamilton celebrated their 25th birthdays during the Revolutionary War. Nearly two centuries later, college-age Black men and women mobilized for the rights they had been denied since the nation’s founding. The youth of today have seized the baton passed to them by their elders.

Jan 3, 2024 | radiofree.org | M. Reza Behnam

Long before South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice on 29 December 2023 over its genocidal war on Gaza, its iconic anti-apartheid leader, Nelson Mandela, who came to embody the struggle for justice worldwide; stated, “Palestine was the greatest moral issue of our time.”  Three decades have passed since Mandela expressed those sentiments.  They remain as relevant today as they were then.  Perhaps more so.

Jan 2, 2024 | radiofree.org | Negin Farsad

A statement’s effect is murky. Who should be making statements, and at what point does the "statement" become moot? This content originally appeared on The Progressive — A voice for peace, social justice, and the common good and was authored by Negin Farsad.

Dec 29, 2023 | radiofree.org | Daniel Beaumont

Until October 7 events in Gaza for the past nine years rarely made the headlines even in Israel. Some event would make Hamas fire some missiles into Israel and Israeli jets would respond by dropping bombs many times more destructive on ‘select military sites’ in Gaza. All of this was regarded as so unremarkable that the Israeli military referred to it as, “mowing the lawn.” Israel’s allies, The US, Britain, France and Germany also took little notice of these events.

Dec 29, 2023 | radiofree.org | Ruby Lott-Lavigna

From new immigration laws to the Covid inquiry’s module on vaccines, 2024 is more than just a year to head to the polls This content originally appeared on openDemocracy RSS and was authored by Ruby Lott-Lavigna.