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Indigenous-Led Occupation in United States Demands City of Minneapolis Call Off Demolition

Niko Georgiades February 23, 2023 Niko Georgiades

Residents of the Minneapolis neighborhood of East Phillips and members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) started an occupation in the early morning hours of February 21 to resist the city’s plan to demolish a Superfund site, which sits atop decades of arsenic contamination. Niko Georgiades reports for Unicorn Riot.

French military in contact with the population in southern Mali / credit: Wikipedia / TM1972

The Sahel Is Jubilant As Macron Announces Berkane Occupation Ends in Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger

African Stream November 16, 2022 African Stream

People who live in the Sahel, a transitional area in Africa between the Sahara Desert and the savanna that is rich in mineral and fossil-fuel deposits, have rejoiced at French President Emmanuel Macron's announcement that the Berkhane military operation in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger has ended. African Stream reports.

Mahmoud Al-Hajj, a third-generation Palestinian resident of Ur Hanoun, outside his home / credit: Jessica Buxbaum

With Israel’s Help, Settlers Lead Building Projects in Flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah

Jessica Buxbaum November 7, 2022 Jessica Buxbaum

The threat of displacement still looms over the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah as new settler building projects could demolish existing homes and leave residents homeless within months. The plans would double the number of Israeli settlers, reports Jessica Buxbaum.

Haitians Looked to China & Russia to End UN Mandate, Renewed for 1 More Year

Julie Varughese July 18, 2022 Julie Varughese

Despite China delaying the vote to hold closed-door negotations, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously agreed Friday to renew the UN's mandate in Haiti. Since 2004, as many as 13,000 troops from around the world have served as part of the UN's peacekeeping mission. For many Haitians, the mandate is a foreign occupation, reports TF editor Julie Varughese.

Israeli military personnel push a U.S. solidarity activist / credit: Emily Glick

Displacement Looms for 1,000+ Palestinians After Israel’s Supreme Court Sides with Army

Jessica Buxbaum June 22, 2022 Jessica Buxbaum

Demonstrations—regularly met with violence from soldiers and Israeli settlers—have occurred almost weekly since Israel’s Supreme Court rejected a petition in May against the expulsion of more than 1,000 Palestinians from the rural West Bank enclave of Masafer Yatta. Jessica Buxbaum reports.

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