From Dogtown to Downtown, St. Louisans Make Their Voices Heard
Richard Reilly captures another week in St. Louis activism with his photographs.
Tagged: israel/palestine
Pro-Israel Speech Code for Missouri Public Schools Passes the House
The Missouri House of Representatives passed HB 2061, a law banning most speech critical of Israel in Missouri’s public schools. It is now headed to the state Senate.
Missouri Considers Passing Legislation to Restrict Free Speech Rights in Schools Pt. 1
Missouri House Bill 2061 aims to create an official state definition of antisemitism, potentially branding critical discourse on Israel as antisemitic and restricting free speech rights in educational settings.
Genocide, Tax Evasion and Environmental Destruction: St. Louisans Protest ICL
St. Louisans gathered outside Israel Chemical Limited’s Creve Coeur offices to protest the company’s record of supplying munitions to the Israeli military.
Stacey Newman Uses Increasingly Dangerous Rhetoric
Columnist Michael Berg points out increasingly extreme comments from former State Representative Stacey Newman, who leads the Missouri Alliance Network PAC.
The Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum Doesn’t Oppose All Genocides
Columnist Michael Berg takes a critical look at the Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum’s silence over the ongoing ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
An Inconvenient Truth about Boeing and STLCC
Boeing and St. Louis Community College have built a partnership that highlights the connections between the civilian economy, local educational institutions, and America’s war machine.
Wesley Bell Town Hall Violence: Three Personal Accounts
Three attendees at the recent Wesley Bell town hall give their accounts of the event and the violence that ensued.
St. Louis Media Covers Anti-Trump Protests, Ignores Protests Over Palestine and Israel
St. Louis protests against the Trump administration’s policies are all over local media, yet protests over Gaza’s humanitarian crisis are largely ignored. This media bias obscures the reality that many St. Louisans support peace and justice for Palestinians.
St. Louis’s Establishment Jewish Organizations Are Enabling Trump’s Fascist Takeover of America, Pt. 2
The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil raises critical concerns about free speech rights in America. Part two of this OpEd examines many local Jewish groups’ seeming support for his detention, as they also work with the GOP to silence opposition to US support for Israel’s actions in Gaza and the West Bank.
