Fasting while starving, Gazans struggle to mark Ramadan

March 17, 2025
Ruwaida Kamal Amer and Ibtisam Mahdi
As Israel continues to prevent the entry of food into the Strip, Palestinians are gathering with surviving family members to observe the holiday in the rubble.

 

 Gazans light fireworks over the ruins of Khan Younis to celebrate Ramadan, with Israel’s blockade causing an ongoing electricity blackout, southern Gaza Strip, March 12, 2025. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)

Stay Silent and Stay Powerless Against Trump’s Tyranny?

March 17, 2025
Ralph Nader
There are reasons why influential or knowledgeable Americans are staying silent as the worsening fascist dictatorship of the Trumpsters and Musketeers gets more entrenched by the day. Most of these reasons are simple cover for cowardice.

Stories of Resistance: The Saint Patrick’s Battalion

March 17, 2025
Michael Fox
On St. Patrick’s Day, Mexicans celebrate in honor of the Irish battalion that defended their country against the invading United States Army in the 1840s. 

There is a wall in Mexico City with a memorial plaque for the Irish.

 

 Supporters of the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick in the streets of the Coyoacan municipality in Mexico City hold flags during a march to commemorate St. Patrick's Day, patron saint of Ireland, and to remember the Irish who fought alongside the Mexican army in 1846 against the United States. Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via Getty Images.