After an 11-day war that killed more than 240 Palestinians and 12 Israelis, a fragile ceasefire between the right-wing government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Islamist Hamas militants that rule Gaza took hold early Friday morning. Activists inside Israel—Jewish and Arab alike—hailed the cessation of open fighting but said the conditions for a permanent peace are still […]
Demand action against Israeli attack on Gaza
By International Commission The Young Communist League USA strongly and unequivocally condemns the violence by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people. The capitalist world stays silent in the face of the many crimes being committed by the Israeli regime, but we must speak up. These crimes are numerous and range from the eviction of Palestinians from their homes based […]
Supreme Court tackles student free speech in social media age
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court’s nine justices descended recently from their legal ivory tower, so to speak, to tackle a free speech case important to at least 50 million students—and their schools and parents, too. That’s how many students are in K-12 public schools, ruled by administrators and local school boards. And that’s at least how many could be affected by […]