HAPPENING NOW: @AbbyMartin, students from Reed College walkout & more are staging sit-in outside @SenJeffMerkley’s Portland office, after they preemptively shut down building. Police arriving, arrests imminent. #CeasefireNow #ShutItDown4Palestine NOW: Last video from @AbbyMartin as police approach the sit-in at @SenJeffMerkley’s office over his support for genocide in Gaza. #ShutItDown4Palestine

20 years after the invasion of Iraq ⬇️

5 Lessons from the Post-9/11 Warpath ::

No. 1 // THEY WILL LIE ABOUT WHY 20 years after the invasion of Iraq ⬇️

5 Lessons from the Post-9/11 Warpath ::

No. 2 // THEY WILL UNLEASH WAR CRIMES

Trump is again campaigning on being “the anti-war choice.” What happened after he was elected on their rhetoric in 2016? We did several episodes documenting it while he was in office. It was bad: Trump dramatically escalated the wars in Iraq & Syria, with catastrophic civilian death tolls:

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NEW // Under the cover of pre-dawn darkness, Native Hawaiians surprised @USNavy gates to protest against pollution of the island's water––with a pledge to escalate if Navy doesn't #ShutDownRedHill.

We were there: A heartfelt Thank You to all the kānaka maoli water & land protectors who took the time to share your stories with us––and we were especially honored & grateful for being allowed to join you at this powerful and moving action.

New #RedHill video dropping today from our trip to the disaster ⏳📂 Sorry problem with video defiantly dropping tomorrow morning :)

This is the missile (JDAM) that is most of the $735 Million worth of weapons @JoeBiden is rushing to Israel to be used in one of the most densely-populated cities on earth. JDAMs are kits that convert free-falling bombs into “guided” munitions, and can be equipped on bombs even larger than the ones in this video.

Watch @AbbyMartin interview Israelis in West Jerusalem.

It's not just ultra-religious, extremist settlers who use the language of genocide against Palestinians.

[Full video: ] Their official government spokespeople don’t speak much differently than this on US media:

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In support of #SaveSheikhJarrah we have permanently removed the paywall from our feature documentary ‘Gaza Fights For Freedom.’ We hope it helps educate more people about the terrible crimes against Palestinians & builds broader solidarity with their cause We planned on removing the paywall once we recouped the cost of making the film, but decided the content is more important. If you’d like to contribute to this project, donate to our Patreon [link in bio] or via PayPal at PayPal.me/empirefiles

Thread of our most important work on Palestine—must-watch episodes for #PalestineDay: beginning with the untold history When @AbbyMartin asked random Israelis in Jerusalem about Palestinians, she got disturbing responses:

Appreciation Thread: Meet our dedicated team who made #GazaFightsForFreedom possible through tireless, extremely difficult (and often dangerous) work! Of course we have Director @AbbyMartin & Producer @MikePrysner, who wrote the film together, contributes to editing and obsessed over every second of the film (maybe a little too much) 😊