During the People's Conference for Palestine, we spoke to two Palestinian doctors from Doctors Against Genocide which organizes those in the medical community in the US to form a powerful voice of opposition to the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

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#PeopleHistory | Sojourner Truth, the trailblazing abolitionist and women's rights activist, delivered her electrifying 'Ain't I a Woman?' speech on this day in 1851 at the Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.

The social determination of health and health economics are on the agenda following a report by the WHO Council on the Economics of Health for All.

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On Monday, May 27, a day after the Israeli bombing of a tent shelter which killed over 45 Palestinians and injured several others, Israeli conducted repeated attacks against one of the two remaining hospitals in Rafah.
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Today, 12,000 student workers at UCLA & UC Davis joined 2,000 already on the picket line at UCSC to fight for their right to protest for Palestine.

We spoke to Rafa, president of UAW 4811, which represents UC student workers, about this strike.
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Sana’ Daqqah, activist, journalist, and the wife of the martyred Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqah, gave a second address to the People’s Conference for Palestine on its last day, on May 26.

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At least 40 people, mostly women and children, were killed and scores of others were injured when Israel bombed a tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah late in the evening on Sunday, May 26.

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🇵🇸Read Mustafa Barghouti's address to the People's Conference for Palestine.

He stated: 'Al-Aqsa flood...actually represented a continuation of a true new kind of uprising that started in 2015 in the occupied territories. It was a continuation of the Palestinian struggle &

“They say they want to save democracy, we want to save our people. To hell with their democracy.”

After three days of idea exchange and relationship building, the People’s Conference for Palestine ended.

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🇵🇸After 3 days of idea exchange and relationship building, the People’s Conference for Palestine ended with a bold call to mobilize: surround the White House on June 8 in protest of Israel’s ongoing offensive against Rafah.

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On May 26, over 35 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes while sheltering in Rafah, with bombs dropping on hundreds of forcibly displaced families sheltering in tents.
#Gaza #Rafah
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On day 2 of the People’s Conference for Palestine in Detroit, thousands of pro-Palestine students, teachers, workers, & activists from all sectors of society met one another, and formed relationships to build the next phase in the struggle for Palestine.

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'What allows for us to retain glory and honor is that we are on the side of humanity, that we are better than them morally because we are committed to our land and the freedom of our country.'
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🇵🇸 On Day 2 of the People’s Conference for Palestine, speakers and attendees have shown that Zionism and imperialism are being challenged across all fronts of society and the movement for Palestine continues to grow stronger.

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🇵🇸 Our editor Zoe Alexandra speaking at the People's Conference for Palestine in Detroit, emphasizing the role of independent media in the struggle against imperialism, and how against all odds, Israel is losing the battle of ideas.

Mustafa Barghouti, secretary general of the Palestinian National Initiative, addressed the People’s Conference for Palestine on the role of the Palestinian diaspora in the struggle for liberation.

READ the full transcript here:
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Chinese Armed Forces and Coast Guard launched a massive joint, two-day military exercise surrounding Taiwan and its outlying islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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“Eternal glory to our martyrs, speedy recovery to our wounded, and freedom for our steadfast prisoners,” Mohammed Nabulsi, leader in the Palestinian Youth Movement opened the conference with these explicitly revolutionary invocations on May 24.
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