I interviewed rights activist @MaungZarni about the parallels and contrasts between the Rohingya and Palestinian genocide cases now pending before the CIJ_ICJ & what both cases say about the politics behind the #Genocide Convention. #Gaza Genocide #Gaza progressive.org/latest/with-re…

An interview with human rights activist Maung Zarni.
'What we are seeing is rather unprincipled state behaviors, on the part of the veto power holders at the Security Council.'
Michelle Z Chen #genocide #gaza #palestine #myanmar

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Shocking footage shows several officers at Washington University St. Louis beating a professor, slamming him, and dragging his limp body.
SIUE history professor Steve Tamari is reportedly hospitalized with broken ribs and a broken hand.
One doctor told him he's lucky to be alive.

Packed house at #labornotes2024 panel on unions seizing the moment with Michelle Z Chen Sara Nelson Daniel Vicente of UAW Region 9 and Greg Iwinksi of Writers Guild of America East . Most packed and energetic I’ve ever seen this conference, labor organizing seems pretty popular right now

My labor history student from 2022 was suspended because he stood up for Palestine and against genocide The Coalition for Mutual Liberation instagram.com/p/C6brartLml0/…

'The union’s statement explained its action as an act of solidarity, condemning a war in which “women and children have been blown to pieces. Parents were unable to recognize their children killed by bombs exploding everywhere.”' jacobin.com/2024/02/india-…

More coverage of the Indian dockworker union’s refusal to move arms to Israel. They stated “our union members have collectively decided to refuse to handle all types of weaponised cargo to Israel”

We need more dockworkers unions to follow India, Barcelona and Belgium dock unions

I wrote about my parents' store and the next generation of Asian American communities.

In 1971, Pearl River Mart opened in NYC's Chinatown. Open City fellow Michelle Z Chen, whose family runs the store, describes its evolution from a Maoist dry-goods business to a space for Asian American culture in #TheMargins . 🥭Pearl River Mart

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We are super excited about this symposium in NYC on Jan 18, co-organised with Kriangsak Teera-Hong (prev. Teerakowitkajorn) Stephanie Luce and featuring Youbin Kang Alex Han Muhammad Ridha Lisa Xu 🌹 Michelle Z Chen, Zoë West and more!

This is one of the three “safe zones” designated by Israel and urged civilians to evacuate to, it has just been bombed. It takes a special kind of sick mind to continue supporting Israel.

“Thank you for walking through neighborhoods with your terrorist scarf.”

A Harvard graduate student wearing a keffiyeh, was subjected to Islamophobic harassment on campus by Eve Gerber, wife of Jason Furman, professor at Harvard's Kennedy School and a former Obama Admin advisor.

Say his name: Abdel Kareem Oudeh. Murdered in an airstrike, he is the 87th (!) journalist killed by US-Israel in just 66 days. By comparison, 63 journalists were killed in the Vietnam War over two decades & 69 in WW II (1939-45). إِنَّا ِلِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ

Fellow Europeans, Italians, Germans: after the Holocaust, we should instinctively know that Genocide starts with dehumanizing the Other.

If Israel's current attack agst Palestinians doesnt prompt our strong reaction, the darkest page of our recent history has taught us nothing.

israel killed more people today than any day of the war so far. the genocide is speeding up. all hands on deck, friends. if you haven't jumped in yet please do. we need you.

I do not feel that staying alive has any meaning anymore.

Hisham, Kinnan, and Tahseen, all Palestinian students, were shot while speaking Arabic and wearing the same keffiyehs that I wear. The dehumanizing rhetoric repeated by our elected officials is inciting violence against Palestinians and it must stop.

I am proud that the UAW International Union is calling for a ceasefire in Israel and Palestine. From opposing fascism in WWII to mobilizing against apartheid South Africa and the CONTRA war, the UAW has consistently stood for justice across the globe..