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🍉Mutual Aid Fundshift for Gaza Journalist & Intl Student in Ireland!🍉 Join us to support our friend Diana* as she adjusts to her new life as an international student in Ireland. Diana is a young journalist and writer from Gaza who recently evacuated after surviving 17 months of the genocide with her family. She is now living on her own in Ireland and needs support to cover her basic needs while pursuing her studies, journalism, and continuing to support her family back in Gaza. This mutual aid fundshift will support: 🏥 Medical care 📚 School fees & supplies 🍽️ Kitchen & home goods 🍊Halal groceries Even $5 helps! Venmo to @queermikvehproject or paypal.me/queermikvehproject As we know, the support for journalists is important now more than ever! Thank you to everyone for your generosity and kindness! *Diana continues to contribute her writings to international news sites, but prefers her identity to be kept anonymous for privacy and safety. If you know of writing or translating opportunities available, please also reach out to @queermikvehproject or @nyirish4palestine with details. A note on mutual aid: @spade.dean calls mutual aid “collective coordination to meet each other’s needs, usually from an awareness that the systems we have in place are not going to meet them.” Learning, mobilizing, & solving problems together! Solidarity, not charity! Check theanarchistlibrary.org/library/dean-spade-mutual-aid to learn more! FREE GAZA! FREE PALEST!NE!

Join us in supporting our friends in Palestine with trauma-informed somatic healing classes for women & girls. Psychology Spa is a mental health clinic that provides counseling and workshops for the community in Bethlehem in the West Bank. Through the arts, theater, movement, counseling and yoga, the community continues to resist the longtime apartheid regime and military occupation, the ongoing genocide, and most recently, a massive ground invasion in the West Bank. With this mutual aid fund shift, we aim to move $5000++ to Psychology Spa to support their current programing. We are grateful to continue to be in community with PS and are committed to transformative, relational giving practices that extend beyond geographic and non-profit boundaries. We believe in the collective body and in tending to the mental and physical wellbeing of our friends in Palestine as we would our own. Thank you for your support! Free Palestine! Donate via Venmo to @queermikvehproject paypal.me/queermikvehproject

On this episode of Counterpunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Dr. Shahd Abusalama, Palestinian academic, writer, and artist, born and raised in Jabalia Refugee Camp, in northern Gaza. Shahd discusses her book, Between Reality and Documentary: A Historical Representation of Gaza Refugees in Colonial, Humanitarian and Palestinian Documentary Film, published in 2025 by Bloomsbury and SOAS Palestine Studies, and reflects on her recent book and film tour in Japan.

Unitéでは、2026年5月に展覧会「石・言葉・旗・本：パレスチナのために」を開催します。 Stones, Words, Flags, Books for Palestine Nakba Day Weekend Arts Exhibition & Events at @motomachiproject Unité Gallery Hiroshima Reclaim the Street マルグリット・ダバーイ Marguerite Dabaie @mdabaie エスラ・エル・バンナ Esraa El-Banna @e.lives0.0 ハディール・アル・スーシ Hadeel El-Sousi @hadeel_elsousi ハッサン・エルザニーン Hasan Elzaneen @hasan._elzaneen & Posters from “If Every Poster was a Stone” curated by @qrwhzgub & @palestinianyouthmovement 5月15日は「ナクバの日」です。 May 15th in Nakba Day. 会期：2026年5月15日（金）〜17日（日） 12:00–17:00 日曜日は14:00まで 会場：Unité（広島県広島市中区基町16-17-108） May 15-16 12-5pm May 17 12-2pm よろしくお願いします！

“Defiling Statues of Jesus: Israel’s Counterfeit Outrage at Cultural Vandalsim” by Dr. Binoy Kampmark — read it now on @counterpunch.media . Over 1000 mosques and several churches have already been destroyed by the IOF in Gaza and in Lebanon, but this sledgehammered Jesus on the cross provoked “moral outrage” in the Isrli government…

At long last, and after a lot of hard work and fussing, we are proud to announce the OFFICIAL LAUNCH of our NEW summer olive green Return Shirt & companion zine, NERVES CALM BUT HEARTS ABLAZE! These come together at a fixed price of £35 (+ shipping), shirts limited!! Funds will be distributed according to a 90/10 split, with the majority going to our Bi-Weekly Highlights & organisations supporting Palestinians, and the latter 10% going to an internal PAA fund to help members out with printing costs, event hosting fees, and strike support. Any unused funds in a quarter may be re-donated back to the main fundraising stream by member vote. PAA HAS NO PAID STAFF, and we will continue to post all of our receipts publicly in our transparency reports for anyone to review! Next report is almost ready, keep your eyes peeled!! We owe @carryonscreening for helping us by drawing & providing us with this design. We couldn’t be happier! As you can see, the themes of this shirt emphasise the Palestinian Right of Return, including symbolism like the famous Palestinian key, the Arabic words ‘Liberation, Return, Victory’, and Naji al-Ali’s Handhala on the right sleeve. But we didn’t want to stop there. We firmly believe that the pseudo-consumer act of solidarity fundraising, while necessary, is only the beginning. EVERY purchase of a Return Shirt comes with a 26-page zine jam-packed with the history of the Right of Return and an extended excerpt of Salman Abu-Sitta’s RETURN PLAN 2023, which you should use to start conversations, build group power, and concretely shift your world towards Palestine solidarity–in your workplace, at your schools, in your faith institutions. We must all collectively move our people towards not only liberatory ‘ideas’, but towards liberatory ACTIONS. In short: tired of haters in your community chatting shit about how full decolonisation in Palestine is impossible? Arm yourself with knowledge and GET BACK OUT THERE! As indicated above, shirts are, as always, printed in a limited run. While we certainly plan on printing more, we aren’t sure when that will be–so if you are keen, please DM us to reserve your shirt ASAP!!

🎓Introducing…. Dr. Goldschmidt !!! 🙊🥹😱✊March 23, 2026, I graduated with my PhD from the Faculty of Arts at Hiroshima City University. From 2021-2025 I was a fully funded MEXT scholar, and my last year of schooling I managed with support from YOU! My research, dissertation, my activism, my artwork, has been an act of love for my extended community and Hiroshima. I’m indebted to the professors who supported me and my ideas, despite their incoherence, despite my inability to articulate them fully in Japanese, and despite my commitment to full-time organizing for Palest!ne through this STILL ONGOING genoc!de… despite the many challenges, crises, & breakdowns, I am very proud to have completed this cycle 💖 I’ll be sharing more reflections on my paper and exhibition on my Patreon (link in bio)… but for now, I’m happy to report that my print sale in February raised $2470 to pay my tuition and I sent $466 to support my sister *Diana from Gaza doing her Master’s in Ireland 🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🏾 THANK YOU! I’ll split any graduation gifts to my Paypal rmgoldschmidt-at-gmail.com with her 🖤 Thanks to @mbgenerator who showed up as graduation witness, atelier cleanup manager, firekeeper for the ceremonial burn of my sacred accumulations, and brought me to fulfill my dream of meeting the snow monkeys in Nagano <3 She is a long time anti-z!onist inspiration and it has been a blessing to have her by my side at this time. Shoutout to all my sweet friends from the dorm, band club, the art department, it was so precious to build my life alongside so many brilliant young people! Proud auntie! 🎓 Much love to my mom who loved me & my PhD brain BS and sent me a fabulous vintage graduation dress so I wouldn’t have to worry about what to wear <3 (and thanks to @juvanasoliven for bringing it to me and making me a rad silver coconut rope ring for graduation — full circle!!!) Praise to our ancestors! Praise to this mountain that held me the past five years. Praise to the blossoms that showered us with love! Praise to all who have witnessed the unbelievable and refused to look away. To those who I have worked with, and to everyone in the struggle - our work has just begun 頑張りましょう！🌸🌸🌸🌸

💜3月8日：パンクス・アゲインスト・アパルトヘイト！国際女性デー・デモ！パレスチナ人囚人全員を解放せよ！March 8: @punksagainstapartheid Intl Working Women’s Day Tokyo! Free all Palestinian Prisoners! 💜 [Eng in Comments] 世界一混雑する駅、新宿駅にて、パンクス・アゲインスト・アパルトヘイトのコンピレーションアルバム「Under the Blade of a Zionist Nightmare」に合わせて、参加し、パフォーマンスを披露し、率直に意見を述べ、怒りを爆発させてくれた皆さんに感謝します @taro_is_mine @kannnaha によるパフォーマンス、そして @m013ichiko 、@hitujiniku88 @qtegu0419 、@nyannyanblob によるスピーチがありました。 私たちはまた、デイモン刑務所に収監されている少なくとも70人の女性囚人の釈放を求めて闘いを続けている@dismantledamon キャンペーンからの国際女性デーに向けた特別なメッセージも共有しました。パレスチナ人囚人に対する死刑が合法化されたという最近のニュースを受けて、私たちは囚人、特に女性が運動において、また地域社会のリーダーとして果たす中心的な役割を改めて認識しました。新宿駅で彼女たちの言葉を読むことができたのは光栄でした。 「パレスチナの女性は、母親であり、姉妹であり、囚人であり、殉教者であり、抵抗運動の戦士であり、ヒロインであり、揺るぎない女性であり、そして傷ついた人々です。彼女たちは抵抗運動の戦士たちを支え、最前線に立ち、祖国への愛を教える教師でもあります。彼女たちの社会的権利は、彼女たちの国家における役割の力をさらに強固なものにします。』 - ミヤサル・アル=ファキーフ @dismantledamon をフォローして、女性たちとその解放と帰還のための闘いを支援する方法の詳細をご覧ください！ 🔊サウンド・システムは@ana_fuzz さんによるものです！ありがとうございます！ ドイツ語のコールは@naminanamix さんによるものです！ありがとうございます！ @al_ne__t_gether 、@boozy_fiver 、@ysk_blistering 、@galeriademuerte 、@mbgenerator 、 @patternbasedjp さんによるサポートに心から感謝します！ そして、NOISE!デモに参加してくれた全ての人たちに感謝します！ 闘いをやめるな！ 抗議し続けろ！

Industrial robotics company, FANUC, was the only Japanese company named in the Albanese report on Israel’s “economy of genocide.” On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with members of BDS Japan Bulletin and Detroit-based Engineers Against Apartheid to understand the role that AI and FANUC robots play in the production of 155mm shells, one of the primary weapons used in the genocide in Gaza, and the complicated nature of robots as “dual-use” products — with both civilian and military application. Find it wherever you get your podcasts.

🚨イラン攻撃やめろ！広島の声 🗣️ HIROSHIMA VOICES AGAINST THE WAR ON IRAN 🚨 3月1日に行った米国によるイラン攻撃に抗議するプロテストスタンディングから、広島市民の声を引用します。 私たち広島市民は、米国とイスラエルによるイラン、レバノンへの攻撃、そしてガザ地区とヨルダン川西岸地区で続く虐殺、占領を断固として非難する。攻撃をやめろ！今すぐエスカレーションを止めろ！ 広島から核兵器反対！イラン攻撃やめろ！パレスチナを解放しろ！！！ Here are some comments from Hiroshima citizens who gathered at a protest held on March 1 against the U.S. attack on Iran. The People of Hiroshima unequivocally condemn the U.S. & Isrli attacks on Iran, Lebanon, and the ongoing genocide and occupation in Gaza and the West Bank. STOP THE ATTACKS and DEESCALATE NOW! FROM HIROSHIMA NO NUKES! NO WAR ON IRAN! FREE PALEST!NE!!!

東京サイコー！！Punks Against Apartheid: The People Have the Power! Tokyo Edition! The show was packed inside and out! Such an amazing turnout, thank you to every single person who came through! We had folks from all over Japan and the world including Peru, México, Philippines, Afghanistan, Latvia, Slovakia, Ireland, Amerikkka, and beyond! Major thanks to the whole crew at TKA4 @tka4_koenji for hosting us and to all the incredible bands for their ongoing commitment to Palestine and upholding political punk in Japan!! Punk is a MESSAGE! BLISTERING NOISE (Tokyo) @distortnoise DEATHRO (Kanagawa) @deathro_com Rezeki Muzik (Oita) @rezekimuzik SOLUTION A (Aichi) @takeshi_evolstak 珠鬼 TAMAKI (Tokyo / Hiroshima) @tamaki.punk_jp @kannnaha YuutarooO (Nagasaki) @taro_is_mine We raised a total of 175065円/$1095 in donations (not including the Palestine Shop!) + another 15200円/$95 from @rezekimuzik gigs = $1190 $505 to Gazan journalist Diana’s laptop $300 to Ahmed Family $365 to Razan’s Chuffed $20 to Friends of the Congo 📹🙏🏾@harcoza 東京サイコー！！Punks Against Apartheid: The People Have the Power! 東京編！会場は中も外も大盛況でした！本当に素晴らしい集客でした。足を運んでくださった皆さん、一人ひとりに感謝します！日本各地はもちろん、ペルー、メキシコ、フィリピン、アフガニスタン、ラトビア、スロバキア、アイルランド、アメリカ、そしてそれ以外の国々からも参加者が集まりました！ 会場を提供してくれたTKA4 @tka4_koenji のスタッフ全員、そしてパレスチナへの継続的な支援と日本における政治的パンクの維持に尽力している素晴らしいバンドの皆さんに心から感謝します！！パンクはメッセージだ！ BLISTERING NOISE (東京) DEATHRO (神奈川) Rezeki Muzik (大分) SOLUTION A (愛知) 珠鬼 TAMAKI (東京 / 広島) YuutarooO (長崎) 寄付金の総額は175,065円（パレスチナ・ショップの売上は含まない！）に加え、@rezekimuzik のライブからさらに15,200円が集まり、合計190,265円（1,190ドル）となりました ガザのジャーナリスト、ダイアナさんのノートパソコンに505ドル アーメド家に300ドル ラザンのChuffedに365ドル コンゴの友人に20ドル 寄付させていただきました 合計190,265円（1,190ドル）となりました

In this episode of Counterpunch Radio, Rebecca Maria Goldschmidt speaks with Emanuel Ovadia, a researcher and educator on radical Jewish traditions in the Southwest Asia and North Africa region. Emanuel shares stories of Muslim-Jewish relations, the politics of language, and the Jewish radical traditions outside of the typical “Ashkenormative” European or American Jewish left. Find it wherever you get your podcasts.