Who is Zé Maria?
Longtime Brazilian industrial union leader and political activist faces a two-year prison sentence for speech in defense of Palestinian liberation. By PSTU – Brazil Published on May 8, 2026 and reprinted from the Workers’ Voice website. The trajectory of José Maria de Almeida, Zé Maria, is intertwined with the recent history of the Brazilian workers’ […]
The Stanford 11 Trial Raises More Questions Than Answers
Earlier this month, the criminal trial of five students from the Stanford 11 began in Santa Clara County Superior Court, following charges brought by District Attorney Jeff Rosen. The case stems from a June 2024 pro-Palestine protest in which twelve students occupied Building 10, Stanford’s president’s office, to demand divestment from Israel, financial transparency, and […]
Pro-Palestine Stanford Students Indicted with Felony Vandalism and Trespassing
In June of 2024, 12 Stanford students occupied a university building, demanding that Stanford University divest from companies, such as Palantir, linked to Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. This occurred alongside a vast country-wide movement on many university campuses calling for their own schools to divest from Israel. During the Stanford students’ occupation, University officials claimed […]
Vigil For a Free Palestine (at Johns Hopkins University)
On Monday, October 23, about 160 students, faculty, staff, and community members showed up to a student-organized vigil and speak out for Palestine at Johns Hopkins University. It was an incredibly moving event. It started with a vigil, where speakers voiced their grief, sorrow, and outrage at the long history of Israel’s colonization of Palestine, […]