(2024-05-01). Students push for divestment from military-industrial complex. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-05-01). Democratic Party's College Group Backs Pro-Palestine Protests, Criticizes Biden. news.antiwar.com The College Democrats of America, the official college outreach arm of the Democratic National Committee, has come out strongly in support of students at college campuses across the country protesting against the US-backed Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. "This past week, we witnessed heroic actions on the part of students around the country to …
(2024-05-01). Day 208 roundtable: Debunking new 7 October "mass rapes" hoax; Israel insists on Rafah invasion. electronicintifada.net News report with Nora Barrows-Friedman (01: 44); Ali Abunimah debunks new "mass rapes" hoax (25: 19); Journalist and teacher Donya Abu Sitta reports from Gaza (01: 26: 10); Jon Elmer analyzes latest resistance videos from Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen (01: 40: 46); Group discussion on Rafah and US campuses (02: 24: 18).
(2024-05-01). Absurdity and Criminality: Netanyahu Says Israel Will Invade Rafah "With or Without a Deal" globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). Headlines for May 1, 2024. democracynow.org NYPD Raid Columbia & City College, Arresting 200+ Pro-Palestinian Protesters, Pro-Israel Counterprotesters Violently Attack Student Encampment at UCLA, U.N. Decries Widening Police Crackdown on Student Protests in U.S., Netanyahu Vows to Invade Rafah With or Without a Ceasefire Deal, ICJ Refuses to Order Germany to Halt Exporting Arms to Israel, Career Diplomat Resigns from State Department over Biden's Gaza Policy, Haiti's Transitional Council Picks Little-Known Ex-Sports Minister to Be New PM, Judge Holds Trump in Contempt of Court, Fines Him $9,000 for Violating Gag Order, "It Depends":…
(2024-05-01). NYPD clears Columbia student occupation, arrests hundreds across the city. mondoweiss.net 
New York police arrested a total of 282 Palestine protesters across the city in what appeared to be a coordinated attack by the city government on student protest encampments.
(2024-05-01). Pro-Israel groups vs. student democracy at McGill. mondoweiss.net 
Liberal MP Anthony Housefather is clamoring for the violent suppression of McGill students protesting Israel's genocide in Gaza. It is an odious escalation in the Israel lobby's bid to suppress democracy at the prestigious university.
(2024-05-01). University Of Utah Joins Gaza Solidarity Encampment Wave. popularresistance.org Salt Lake City, UT — Students at the University of Utah joined the wave of campus protests demanding that their school, which has close ties with weapons manufacturers, divest from Israel and condemn the genocide in Gaza. | Under the gaze of a multi-agency police response, over 300 protesters and students joined by faculty rallied at the admin building, marched to Presidents' Circle and started an occupation by setting up tents. | "Netanyahu, you cant hide, we charge you with genocide!" chanted the anti-genocide students. The students declared the university renamed as the People's University.
(2024-05-01). Violence erupts as pro-genocide mob assaults peaceful pro-Gaza students. skwawkbox.org 
Reality of who is violent cuts across 'mainstream' and pro-Israel propaganda — but media 'both-sides' the one-sided racist attack The propaganda of pro-Israel groups and 'mainstream' media was again exposed last night after a pro-Israel mob of around one hundred mounted an assault on University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) students protesting peacefully against Israel's …
(2024-05-01). Support Students or Support Genocide. davidswanson.org May day! May day! We raised young people to believe that genocide was wrong. We told them they had the right to free speech and assembly. We told them that lots of wars were somehow not genocidal (pay no attention to the millions of dark-skinned corpses behind the curtain, children) and that those wars even …
(2024-05-01). Stephen Kapos: Holocaust Survivor "against Genocide in Gaza & conflating Jewishness with Zionism, which does nothing but increase antisemitism" — Message to Students: 'Keep Doing What You Are Doing!'. fightbackbetter.com Holocaust Survivor Message to US Campus Protesters: | This survivor of the Holocaust is against Genocide in Gaza & conflating Jewishness with Zionism, which does nothing but increase antisemitism. | Your protests are so persistent, large and global that eventually the Western…
(2024-05-01). We Stand with the Students Protesting the Slaughter in Gaza. ips-dc.org The vast majority of Americans support a ceasefire in Israel's war on Gaza, where the International Court of Justice has ruled there's a real risk of genocide. That sentiment is especially strongly held by young people, who favored a ceasefire by a Even many traditionally pro-Israel politicians have come to embrace that view. Yet the Biden administration has remained steadfastly supportive of Israel's government — and Congress just passed a massive new military aid package for the country, in…
(2024-05-01). Our Unions Can Turn the Tide for the Campus Palestine Revolt. truthout.org Right now, the biggest student revolt of this century is rocking the country, denouncing the genocide of Palestinians and calling for divestment from Israel and an end to the war on Gaza. The repression has been bipartisan and savage. College administrators are calling in heavily armed police of Democrat-controlled cities to drag away hundreds of students and faculty, for the crime of sitting on a… |
(2024-05-01). For Chinese at Columbia University, pro-Palestinian protests evoke sympathy and fear. scmp.com Decision whether to take part in demonstrations fraught with concerns as 'it is already precarious to be Chinese in the US in these times', says one.
(2024-05-01). Israel-Gaza war: New York police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University. scmp.com Dozens of helmeted police flooded Columbia University's campus in the heart of New York City to evict a building occupied by pro-Palestinian student protesters and detain demonstrators.
(2024-05-01). NYPD Clears Out Pro-Palestine Protests at Columbia University. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday nighyt, New York Police Department (NYPD) stormed Columbia University's Hamilton Hall to evict pro-Palestinian students stationed there. | RELATED: | The plan of Irruption arises because the authorities of the Columbia University, granted total authorization to intervene in any place of the Campus. | Protesters stormed Hamilton Hall in the early hours of Tuesday morning, shortly after the rectory began suspending college students…
(2024-05-01). 300+ Arrested in Police Raids on Columbia and CCNY to Clear Gaza Encampments. truthout.org New York police in full riot gear stormed Columbia University and the City College of New York Tuesday night, arresting over 300 students to break up Gaza solidarity encampments on the two campuses. The police raid began at the request of Columbia President Minouche Shafik, who has also asked the police to remain a presence on campus until at least May 17 to ensure solidarity encampments are not… |
(2024-05-01). Juan González, Veteran of '68 Columbia Strike, Condemns University Leaders' Silence on Gaza Slaughter. democracynow.org 
Tuesday's raid on Columbia University came 56 years to the day that police raided Hamilton Hall, arresting 700 students protesting racism and the Vietnam War. Democracy Now! co-host Juan González, who was a student leader at the historic 1968 protest, says the violent crackdown on Columbia University and other campuses across the United States has refocused national attention on "an unjust war," carried out by Israel with U.S. backing. "No commencement in America will occur in the next month where the war in Gaza is not a burning issue," he says. He adds that the more diverse makeup…
(2024-05-01). Police enter Columbia University Campus, deploy tear gas at occupying protesters. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: Amid escalating tensions, law enforcement officers from the New York Police Department's Strategic Response Group swarmed Columbia University's campus, aiming to disperse pro-Palestine demonstrators who had taken over the historic Hamilton Hall.In a bid to quell the occupation, officers arrested numerous protesters after entering the university grounds. The move came following stern warnings from university authorities, who threatened expulsion for those involved in the anti-Israel occupation of Hamilton Hall, a site deeply entwined with student activism.After a tense operation lasting over an hou…
(2024-05-01). Campus Crackdown: 300+ Arrested in Police Raids on Columbia & CCNY to Clear Gaza Encampments. democracynow.org 
New York police in full riot gear stormed Columbia University and the City College of New York Tuesday night, arresting over 300 students to break up Gaza solidarity encampments on the two campuses. The police raid began at the request of Columbia President Minouche Shafik, who has also asked the police to remain a presence on campus until at least May 17 to ensure solidarity encampments are not reestablished before the end of the term. Police also raided CUNY after the administration made a similar call for the police to enter campus. Democracy Now! was on the streets outside Columbia on Tuesday night and spoke…
(2024-05-01). University Investments: Divesting from the Military-Industrial Complex. dissidentvoice.org The rage and protest against Israel's campaign in Gaza, ongoing since the October 7 attacks by Hamas, has stirred student activity across a number of US university campuses and beyond. Echoes of the Vietnam anti-war protests are being cited. The docile consumers of education are being prodded and found interested. University administrators and managers are, …
(2024-05-01). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org Since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, journalists and media across the region have faced a hostile environment that has made reporting on the war exceptionally challenging. In addition to documenting the growing tally of journalists killed and injured, CPJ's research has found multiple kinds of incidents of journalists being targeted while carrying out…
(2024-05-01). Selected Articles: Students Trigger to Stop Wars? Top Universities Pro-Palestine Encampments — A Shift Towards Justice or Just Illusion? globalresearch.ca 
By What if the so-called student movement, the ICC "attempt" to arrest top Israeli officials including the …
(2024-05-01). American campuses erupt in protests over Gaza, drawing harsh police response and national outrage. nationofchange.org As students across the U.S. demand university divestment and an end to military aid for Israel, aggressive crackdowns raise alarms about civil liberties.
(2024-05-01). US' Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Rallies Proves Iran's Righteous Policy: Leader. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said the US government's complicity in the Israeli regime's atrocities and its violent crackdown on the pro-Palestine students proved that Iran is rightfully opposed to and pessimistic about the US.
(2024-05-01). Israel Uses Foreign Mercenaries in Gaza. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). Pro-Israel Mob Attacks Students in Violent Assault on Encampment at UCLA. truthout.org A pro-Israel mob violently attacked a Gaza solidarity encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles overnight Tuesday, hurling fireworks at the structure and beating demonstrators as campus security and city police stood by. Los Angeles Times higher education journalist Teresa Watanabe reported that members of the pro-Israel mob used explicitly genocidal language as they ripped down… |
(2024-05-01). What Are 'Food Barons' And Why Should You Care? popularresistance.org I've known Austin Frerick since 2019, when he was a researcher at the Open Markets Institute. After he became a fellow at Yale's Thurmond Arnold Project, another anti-monopoly thinktank, we collaborated to report a feature for Vox on "The Hog Barons." He's gone on to expand this idea to a full book, titled Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry, that provides a portrait of our food system through stories of its oligarchs. Austin enlisted me for some editorial consultation while the book was under contract, and today I asked him a few questions about the book and how it helps us unders…
(2024-05-01). Dispatch From The Rutgers Encampment For Palestine. popularresistance.org "There is only one solution, intifada revolution!" "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" and "Gaza children, don't you cry! The students here are at your side!" and "Whose streets? Our streets! Whose campus? Our campus!" We chant. | Another encampment for Palestine has started. | This one's at Rutgers University's New Brunswick campus where I'm an adjunct teacher. We marched across campus and took the streets. I was chanting next to one of my students, when we saw each other we were both grinning ear to ear.
(2024-05-01). Eurozone Economic Growth Reached Very Low Levels in Q1 2024. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the European statistical office Eurostat confirmed that both the Eurozone and European Union's (EU) economies expanded by 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the previous quarter. | RELATED: | In the fourth quarter of 2023, gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 0.1 percent in the euro area and remained stable in the EU. | Germany and France, Europe's two largest economies, experienced grow…
(2024-05-01). Penn for Palestine encampment still going strong. workers.org 
Philadelphia Joining around 80 college campuses across the United States, University of Pennsylvania students, faculty and staff established a Penn for Palestine encampment on the campus April 25 to demand: the administration disclose what companies they have invested billions of endowment funds in and that they divest from any that . . . |
(2024-05-01). University Investments: Divesting from the Military-Industrial Complex. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). States of the Unions: The 'Where' of the US Labor Movement. cepr.net In 2023, the share of US workers who were members of a union continued to hover at 10 percent. The union membership rate in the public sector (32.5 percent) was more than five times the rate in the private sector (6.0 percent). However, these summary membership statistics conceal substantial geographic variation in US union membership …
(2024-05-01). USC Grad Student Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against University over Arrests. democracynow.org 
As protests continue on campuses across North America, we go to the University of Southern California, where the union representing about 3,000 graduate student workers at USC has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the school to end campus militarization and drop charges against students and faculty. The "rampant violence that they inflicted on our workers" violates the National Labor Relations Act, says Margaret Davis, president of UAW Local 872. "It was a clear act of retaliation because people were engaging in pro-Palestinian free speech, which they have a right to."…
(2024-05-01). All mRNA injections, including cancer vaccines, may accelerate the development of cancer. expose-news.com Four days ago, The Guardian reported that there was "excitement among patients and researchers" in the UK as "personalised mRNA vaccines" for cancer entered their phase 3 trial. On Monday, In Your …
(2024-05-01). Irish Villagers Attacked and Pepper Sprayed by Police. Conflict Over Hundreds of 'Unvetted Migrant' Centres Being Planted Throughout Ireland and the UK. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). Turbo Cancer: Cholangiocarcinoma in 20 and 30 Year Olds. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). The Subjugation of Humanity to Machines. Dr. T. P. Wilkinson. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). Key Ingredient in Pfizer and Moderna COVID Shots Aids Cancer Development, New Study Shows. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). War and Peace "Made in America": Adolph Hitler is "The Torchbearer of Democracy" in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). History: What You Need to Know About May Day. International Workers Day. globalresearch.ca First published in 2010. | The legacy of the late Leo Panitch lives. | For more than 100 years, May Day has symbolized the common struggles of workers around the globe. Why is it largely ignored in North America? The answer lies …
(2024-05-01). The mRNA Vaccine Jab: Genocidal Projects and Degrees of Complicity. "Disease X" is Looming. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). As the Tide Turns Towards Justice for Palestine, Where Does the Palestinian Diaspora Stand? globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z in America. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). Why India and the Global South Should Firmly Reject the Technology of Genetically Modified Insects. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). More Evidence Showing Vitamin D Combats Cancer. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). The Kiev Regime Must Not Get Away with It. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). Secretary of State Blinken Barfs U.S. Hubris All Over Beijing Officials. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). Ireland's Protests and Colour Revolutions — A Contrast in Reactions. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). Global Research Wants to Hear From You! globalresearch.ca Is Global Research among your sources of daily news and analyses? | In an era of media disinformation, our focus has essentially been to center on the "unspoken truth". In our
(2024-05-01). "Unyielding" Story of Military Anthrax Vaccine Debacle. globalresearch.ca
(2024-05-01). Cuban president expresses solidarity with US university demonstrators. plenglish.com Havana, May 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Wednesday expressed his solidarity with the students of the United States, who have participated in pro-Palestinian marches in higher education institutions.
(2024-05-01). I've Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged. theintercept.com 
When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York.
(2024-05-01). Chinese scientist, who released COVID-19 sequence, returns to lab following protest. ptcnews.tv PTC news Desk: Zhang Yongzhen, the pioneering scientist credited with publishing the initial sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China, has been granted permission to re-enter his laboratory following a high-profile sit-in protest staged outside the facility.In a Weibo post published just after midnight on Wednesday, Zhang announced that the medical center housing his lab had tentatively agreed to allow him and his team to resume their research activities. "Now, team members can enter and leave the laboratory freely," Zhang stated, indicating a positive step forward in resolving the dispute. He further mentioned o…
(2024-05-01). This spring, DC-area students are planting native flowers — and activating 'the solarpunk imagination'. grist.org 
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(2024-05-01). Turkey's Exports to Iran Surpass $800 Million in Q1 2024. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) announced that the country has exported more than $800 million in products to Iran in the first quarter of 2024, showing a 16% hike compared to the same period last year.
(2024-05-01). Rob Lucas: From Thick to Thin. newleftreview.org Rob Lucas on Lorraine Daston, Rules. A historian of science tackles the thinning of 'rules': how paradigms to play with became regulations and algorithms to obey.
(2024-05-01). CPJ calls on authorities to allow journalists to safely cover US campus protests. cpj.org Washington, D.C., May 1, 2024— With tensions over pro-Palestinian protests escalating on college campuses across the United States, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on university authorities and law enforcement agencies to allow reporters to freely cover the demonstrations. "Journalists — including student journalists who have been thrust into a national spotlight to cover stories…
(2024-05-01). UK Students Begin New Wave Of Protests Against Gaza War After US Arrests. progressivehub.net SALLY WEALE | THE GUARDIAN…
(2024-05-01). Michael Mann: Explaining the Irrationality of War. newleftreview.org Drawing on eight years of comparative-historical research, Michael Mann overturns accepted wisdom on the bellicosity of democracies, the economic grounds for war and the rational calculations of states in a rivalrous world system.
(2024-05-01). Nick Burns: Student Debt in American Society. newleftreview.org The intense debate around American student loans has largely been cast in moral terms—fairness, forgiveness, desert. Nick Burns instead provides a hard-headed analysis of the political and economic interests that built a credit pyramid out of higher education.
(2024-05-01). Os Estados Unidos provocam deliberadamente crises no continente europeu. globalresearch.ca As relaàßàµes entre os EUA e a UE nos últimos anos, notavelmente após o início da operaàßà£o militar especial russa na Ucrânia, têm sido verdadeiramente negativas para os europeus. Parece cada vez mais claro que Washington nà£o vê os Estados …
(2024-05-01). What happened when pro-Israelis attacked UCLA Gaza protest?>. newarab.com 
Pro-Israel supporters have launched a series of violent attacks on pro-Palestinian The attacks erupted on Wednesday before dawn shortly after the expansion of UCLA's pro-Palestine protest camp, established last Thursday, CNN reported. | Rival pro-Israel group members had become increasingly violent and confrontational, according to UCLA student newspaper Daily Bruin, which reporte…
(2024-05-01). US-inspired university Gaza war protests spread to Jordan. newarab.com 
US campus pro-Palestine protests have inspired university students in the In Jordan, students at several universities on Tuesday organised in support of Gaza, following a call from the group Student Forum to close ranks with "What is happen…
(2024-05-01). University students protest for Palestine in Lebanon. newarab.com 
Hundreds of students gathered at university campuses in Students, alumni and other Lebanese gathered at campuses in the capital Beirut and elsewhere on Tuesday, waving Palestinian flags and posters demanding their universities <...
(2024-05-01). University students protest for Palestine in Lebanon. newarab.com Hundreds of students gathered at university campuses in It was the country's first coordinated university protests over the Gaza war. | Students, alumni and other Lebanese gathered at campuses in the capital Beirut and elsewhere on Tuesday, waving Palestinian flags and posters demanding…
(2024-05-01). Police enter barricaded Columbia building amid Gaza protests. newarab.com 
Dozens of helmeted police marched on to AFP journalists could see police climbing up to the second story of Hamilton Hall from a laddered truck and disappear inside, as student newspaper the Columbia Spectator said arrests were being made. | Hami…
(2024-05-01). NYC police storm Columbia University as violent clashes erupt at California University. presstv.ir Hundreds of police officers in riot gear arrest pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University, clearing the campus and encampments.
(2024-05-01). US police enter Columbia University to clear pro-Palestinian protesters. presstv.ir Columbia University on Tuesday threatened academic expulsion of students who took over a campus building, as tensions between authorities and anti-war activists intensified.
(2024-05-01). Anti-Israel protests in US: UN rights chief 'troubled' by police brutality. presstv.ir Volker Turk says the US police actions "appear disproportionate in their impacts."
(2024-05-01). Inspired by demos in US, students in Lebanon protest for Gaza. presstv.ir They were inspired by similar demonstrations taking American and European campuses by storm.
(2024-05-01). Displaced Gazans thank US students for their support. presstv.ir Displaced Gazans write graffiti on their tents, thanking US students for their support.
(2024-05-01). Iran's Shiraz University to grant scholarships to expelled pro-Palestine students in US. presstv.ir The head of Shiraz University in Iran says the academic institution is ready to grant scholarships to the students expelled for pro-Palestine demonstrations in the United States and Europe.
Israel 'undoubtedly' committing genocide says Holocaust scholar Amos Goldberg | Israeli researcher from Hebrew University argues that what is happening in Gaza does not need to resemble the Holocaust to qualify as genocide | | A baby cries in a damaged house at the site of an Israeli strike in Rafa…
Students at more than 40 universities and colleges in the United States and around the world have lit a fire under the Palestine solidarity movement by setting up encampments on their campuses. They are demanding that their universities end their complicity with Israel's genocide in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine more broadly. While the first and 
A new film about the once-thriving Palestinian city of Lyd, now known as the Israeli city Lod and home to Ben Gurion Airport, has begun screening in the United States. The film is a "science fiction documentary" that depicts the Palestinian city both with and without the 1948 Nakba, when over 750,000 Palestinians were driven from their homes and villages. In Lyd, Israeli soldiers massacred hundreds of Palestinians in Dahmash Mosque during their takeover of the city. "We use the story of Lyd to symbolize the story of the Nakba, the Palestinian Nakba, the demolition and expulsion of over 600 villa…
Tension comes between students of City College of New York and police as the students camp on the campus and take part in Gaza protest against Israeli attacks in New York City on April 25, 2024. | Source: Anadolu / Getty | Over the weekend, members of the white supremacist group 
Interrogations of university leaders spearheaded by conservative congressional representatives. Calls from right-wing senators for troops to intervene in campus demonstrations. Hundreds of student and faculty arrests, with nonviolent dissenters thrown to the ground, tear-gassed and tased. We've been here before. In my book "Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America," 
Ten years ago the black middle classes, of which I am part, were still in the mood to celebrate Freedom Day. For many of us our lives are fundamentally different to those of our parents and we enjoy opportunities and lifestyles of which they could only dream. But today even the black middle classes are disillusioned. The collapse of public services and infrastructure means that education, health care, security, electricity and now even water are increasingly privately sourced by those with the means placing even well-paid professionals under severe financial stress. The middle class is awash in debt and fearful o…
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The United Auto Workers recently scored the largest union victory in decades in the South. Their success at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant could be a turning point for labor in a region long known for governmental hostility to unions. The next test will be a UAW election scheduled for the week of May 13 at …
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NAIROBI, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenya has postponed by a week the scheduled schools reopening to May 6 due to devastating flooding which is being experienced across the country. Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said on Monday that they have received data that some schools had been adversely affected by the ongoing flooding. Machogu said …
Authors' Note: This is not a critique of party policy, organization, leadership, or history. It is meant to learn from our past to inform our future. | The party has been in a serious rebuilding phase, building a new party in this new socialist moment amidst an imperialist crisis and fascist danger in the country. These crises and the reality of which we live in, where the social movements are, and the level of class and socialist consciousness, shape how we approach our work while using the science of the working class, Marxism-Leninism. | The Communist Party of the United States, throughout its history, has…
An independent researcher argues that Venezuela is undergoing an agroecological transition.
One Palestinian man, Abu Youssef Hamad, who has fled to