Supporters rally for #ProPalestinian #protesters arrested in #PortlandME

Aysia Reed,WGME
Thu, July 10th 2025

PORTLAND, Maine (WGME) -- "The #MaineCoalitionForPalestine held a rally on Thursday outside of the Cumberland County Courthouse ahead of the criminal court arraignment of pro-Palestinian protesters who were arrested in Portland in May.

"Twenty protesters, ages 22 through 87, were arrested in May for blocking Commercial Street.

"Ten of those protesters were arraigned on Thursday morning while the remaining 10 will be arraigned later this month.

"The Maine Coalition for Palestine says they were bringing attention to the #genocide in #Gaza.

"The protesters were charged with class E misdemeanors for obstructing a public way.

"One of the people taken away in handcuffs was #BobSchaible, who's in his 80s [87 to be exact].

"He says this was his first time being arrested and said he would do it all over again to inspire action to get humanitarian aid to Gaza.

" 'Congress has to take a stand. We want the Portland people, more of them, to know what is happening,' Schaible said.

"Maine Voices for Palestinian Rights Chair Abby Fuller helped organize the protest in May.

" 'We have written our congressional representatives, we've called them, we've held rallies in the streets, we've done all kinds of things -- everything we can think of. And our government has not changed its policy of support for Israel,' Fuller said.

"Fuller was also arrested and charged with obstructing a public way."

Source:
https://wgme.com/news/local/supporters-rally-for-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-in-portland-palestine-union-gaza-hamas-israel-maine-commercial-street-obstructing-a-public-way

#MaineResists #FreePalestine
#BibiIsAWarCriminal #IsraeliWarCrimes
#GazaGenocide #SilencingDissent #TrafficInterference #CriminalizingProtest #MainePol #Maine #HumanRightsViolations #HumanRights
#HumanRightsAreNeverWrong

#ZarahSultana says she is quitting #Labour to start party with #JeremyCorbyn

Sam Francis, July 3, 2025

" 'The people running Labour at the moment need to ask themselves why a young, articulate, talented, extremely dedicated #socialist feels she now has no home in the #LabourParty and has to leave.'

"Last year, Corbyn united with four other MPs elected as independents to establish an alliance in the House of Commons.

"All five of the group beat Labour candidates in July's election with their #ProPalestinian stance in constituencies with large Muslim populations.

"Speaking to ITV's Peston programme, he said he and fellow pro-#Gaza independents would 'come together' and 'there will be an alternative'.

"He said it would be based on 'peace rather than war'.

"His alliance includes MPs #ShockatAdam, #AyoubKhan, #AdnanHussain, and #IqbalMohamed."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyel9kgdvdo

Humanity check If you see this post, comment with , #FreePalestine #ProPalestinian

House education committee threatens to subpoena #BowdoinCollege over #antisemitism records

Senior #GOP officials on the committee allege that the #Maine liberal arts school failed to comply with repeated requests for documentation regarding disciplinary action taken against those involved with a campus #encampment

Read more [paywall?]: https://jewishinsider.com/2025/06/bowdoin-college-antisemitism-house-education-workforce-committee/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/Kk8Ab

Just saw a news piece about #Trump administration attacks on #BowdoinCollege because of the #ProPalestinian #Encampments. I'll look for links to the story later today.

In Trump's first term, they really tried to make #antifa into an existential threat, but it didn't take bc a) there's no pre-existing prejudice against antifa, and b) actual antifa action is thin on the ground.

But for his second term, they've settled on #ProPalestinian action as the perfect mythical villain. Most westerners are both #Islamaphobic and blindly support #Israel.

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalSucks
Refused to Raise Funds for Pro-Palestinian Causes During European Leg of Farewell Tour
We love to see it! Refused to Raise Funds for Pro-Palestinian Causes During European Leg of Farewell Tour .

https://www.metalsucks.net/2025/05/31/refused-to-raise-funds-for-pro-palestinian-causes-during-european-leg-of-farewell-tour/

So, allegedly, #EliasRodriguez had been involved in social justice causes for years and felt the need to take action. I know folks are angry and fed up, but acts like this are going to be the excuse that #Trump and #KristiNoem need to declare #ProPalestinian protestors to be labeled as "terrorism" -- with subsequent crackdowns on peaceful protest. We can't give them excuses to enforce crackdowns. Those may be coming, so save the ammo for when it's really needed. Seriously...

https://apnews.com/article/israel-embassy-jewish-museum-shooting-10307b3b1a2a337e76730736b12ebbcb

This is what happens when you don't have freedom of speech or assembly. When are the #British going to wake the fuck up and demand those rights be ensconced in your Constitution or whatever is used over there?

#Charged with a fucking #terrorism #offense/ #offence for #flying a #pro-Palestinian #flag.

What a fucking shame and #disgrace. This really makes Chuck look like a fucking asshole since all of these prosecutions are being done in his name. #UKpol #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomOfPress #FreedomOfAssembly #KingCharlesIII #Israel #GazaGenocide #PalestinianGenocide #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #FuckTheBritishPolice #ACAB

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/europe/kneecap-liam-ohanna-charged-latam-intl

Video: Inside a Plan to Shut Down Pro-Palestinian Activism

What is Project Esther? Katie J.M. Baker, a national investigative correspondent for The New York Times, explores the Heritage Foundation’s plan to shut down pro-Palestinian activism, as well as actions taken by the Trump administration that appear to mirror its goals. #Video #Plan #Shut #ProPalestinian #Activism

https://10bmnews.com/2025/05/video-inside-a-plan-to-shut-down-pro-palestinian-activism/

Pro-Palestinian Activists Demand Urgent Halt to Hostilities #World #activists #demand #halt #hostilities #ProPalestinian #urgent 
https://tinyurl.com/yumgjl7d

Remember how #AlJazeera claimed to be an empathetic, #ProPalestinian news agency? Remember how they viciously attacked Biden for supporting a two-state solution? Remember how they wailed that since Palestinians wanted peace and the two-state solution was "dead," Biden was blocking peace?

Ever stop to think that giving up on the 2-state solution actually meant just handing #Palestine over to #Netanyahu?

#Qatar funds #AlJazeera. The point was always to pull votes from Biden, cozy up to Trump.

HT @RealJournalism

#Columbia suspends over 65 students following #ProPalestinian protest in library

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/columbia-suspends-65-students-pro-palestinian-protest-library-121660701

Mob chased Brooklyn woman after mistaking her for protester at speech by Israeli security minister

by JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Updated 9:34 AM EDT, April 28, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — "A Brooklyn woman said she feared for her life as she was chased, kicked, spit at and pelted with objects by a mob of Orthodox Jewish men who mistook her as a participant in a protest against Israel’s far-right security minister.

"The assault, recorded by a bystander, unfolded Thursday near the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Crown Heights, where an appearance by Itamar Ben-Gvir set off clashes between #ProPalestinian activists and members of the neighborhood’s large Orthodox Jewish community.

"The woman, a neighborhood resident in her 30s, told The Associated Press she learned of the protest after hearing police helicopters over her apartment. She walked over to investigate around 10:30 p.m. but by then the protest had mostly dispersed. Not wanting to be filmed, she covered her face with a scarf.

" 'As soon as I pulled up my scarf, a group of 100 men came over immediately and encircled me,' said the woman, who spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because she feared for her safety.

"‘I had nowhere to go’

" 'They were shouting at me, threatening to rape me, chanting ‘death to Arabs.’ I thought the police would protect me from the mob, but they did nothing to intervene,' she said.

"As the chants grew in intensity, a lone police officer tried to escort her to safety. They were followed for blocks by hundreds of men and boys jeering in Hebrew and English.

"Video shows two of the men kicking her in the back, another hurling a traffic cone into her head and a fourth pushing a trash can into her.

" 'This is America,' one of the men can be heard saying. 'We got Israel. We got an Army now.'

"At one point, she and the police officer were nearly cornered against a building, the video shows.

" 'I felt sheer terror,' the woman recalled. 'I realized at that point that I couldn’t lead this mob of men to my home. I had nowhere to go. I didn’t know what to do. I was just terrified.'"

https://apnews.com/article/itamar-bengvir-brooklyn-mob-woman-chased-090da170e8800307c54e2520320f6a2c

Cornell University Drops Kehlani From Slope Day Over Her Pro-Palestinian Advocacy https://shinemycrown.com/cornell-university-drops-kehlani-from-slope-day-over-her-pro-palestinian-advocacy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #CornellUniversity #Kehlani #SlopeDay #ProPalestinian #CancelCulture

This is what happens when you don't have #FreedomOfSpeech or #FreedomOfAssembly!

#Germany arrests an #Irish woman for speaking #Irish at a #ProPalestinian rally outside the #IrishEmbassy in #Berlin.

In a cruel and twisted turn of events, Germany -- a Country that has intimate knowledge of #genocide -- has made it #illegal to be actually be against #genocide.

In Germany, it's illegal to be against #WarCrimes.

In Germany, it's illegal to be against #CrimesAgainstHumanity.

Frankly, at this point Germany is no different than Israel and should be shunned and boycotted just like Israel.

FUCK GERMANY.

https://www.thejournal.ie/woman-restricted-by-police-for-speaking-irish-berlin-protest-6682497-Apr2025/

#Harvard professors sue #Trump administration over funding cut threats

by Katie Cole, April 14, 2025, #WBUR

"The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration Friday over what they call an 'unlawful and unprecedented' attempt to use federal funding cuts to restrict #FreeSpeech.

"The #DepartmentOfEducation announced in late March that it would review $8.7 billion in federal grants and contacts given to Harvard, alleging that the school failed to prevent #antisemitic discrimination on campus.

"The Trump administration then unveiled a broad set of demands on April 4 the university must agree to in order to keep getting federal funding, including cutting all diversity, equity and inclusion programming, and modifying any programming and departments that 'fuel antisemitic harassment.' The administration gave Columbia University a similar set of demands in March, which the school agreed to.

"The lawsuit by the professors' group, filed in #Massachusetts federal court, alleges that the administration's federal funding review violates the #TitleVI of the #CivilRightsAct, which prohibits discrimination in programs that receive federal funds. The court filing says the law requires specific procedures to cut federal funds and that the Trump administration has not taken any of those steps.

"The group said in a press release that the administration's actions are in effort to create a chilling effect among universities and faculty to stop speech that the president does not like.

" 'Eliminating discrimination and protecting all students is important,' said Nikolas Bowie, a Harvard law professor and the secretary-treasurer of the school's #AAUP chapter, in a statement. 'But Trump is defying the Civil Rights Act, terrifying students, and illegally holding hostage grants for hospitals and scientific research so he can accomplish his real goal of punishing academics for our politics.'

"The lawsuit says that the actions by the administration have 'already caused severe and irreparable harm by halting #academic #research and #inquiry at Harvard.'

"This is the second suit that the Harvard AAUP chapter has filed against the Trump administration this year. The first was a joint suit with other chapters, including one from Columbia, over federal efforts to deport #MahmoudKhalil and students that engaged in #ProPalestinian #activism."

https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/04/14/harvard-aaup-trump-funding-cuts-lawsuit