Jen Marlowe
The Nation
Seattle, WA, United States
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Israel’s Mizrahi Activists Are Fighting the Racist Nation-State Law
Echoing the country’s Black Panther movement of the early 1970s, they’re challenging the false binary of Arab vs. Jew, which the law strengthens. → Read More
The Palestine marathon
A window into occupation and survival in a less than Holy land → Read More
The Palestine Marathon
As a journalist runs through Palestine, she reflects on her own freedom of movement—a right denied to the very people who live there. → Read More
The Palestine Marathon – Countercurrents
A Window Into Occupation and Survival in a Less Than Holy Land I never intended to run a marathon, but when I realized that I would be on hand for the 2019 Palestine Marathon, I registered. I did so in solidarity with the goals of the aptly named Right to Movement, the global running community founded in 2013 to organize the[Read More...] → Read More
In Gaza and Beyond, Freedom of Movement Should Be an Inalienable Right
The right to freedom of movement should be inextricably linked to the right to be safe in one’s own home. → Read More
Water Protectors Take Action to Keep Pipeline Out of Marginalized Communities
An encampment of protesters in Louisiana is resisting the crude oil industry. → Read More
Water Protectors Take Action to Keep Pipeline Out of Black and Indigenous Communities
An encampment of protesters in Louisiana is resisting the crude oil industry, whose environmental disasters disproportionately affect the poor and people of color. → Read More
Water Protectors Take Action to Keep Pipeline Out of Black and Indigenous Communities by Jen Marlowe —
An encampment of protesters in Louisiana is resisting the crude oil industry, whose environmental disasters disproportionately affect the poor and people of color. → Read More
The Great Return March and the women of Gaza
Why Palestine’s feminists are fighting on two fronts → Read More
For Palestinian Feminists, Liberation Has Two Meanings
New coalitions of women are shaping the future of activism and gender equality in the Gaza Strip. → Read More
After Nearly 45 Years of Incarceration, Herman Bell Wins Parole
Herman Bell, a former member of the Black Panther Party, was granted parole after serving nearly 45 years and having been previously denied seven times. → Read More
The Execution That Birthed a Movement
Troy Davis' death at the hands of the state on Sept. 21, 2011, transformed Occupy and kindled Black Lives Matter. → Read More
1 Teen, 6 Cops, 1 Bullet and 5 Years of a Black Family Screaming for Justice
In a just world, Ramarley Graham would be celebrating his 24th birthday today. But in 2012, New York City police followed him home from a bodega, kicked in his door and killed him in front of his grandmother and little brother. We go inside his family's five-year battle for some form of police accountability. → Read More
1 Teen, 6 Cops, 1 Bullet and 5 Years of a Black Family Screaming for Justice
In a just world, Ramarley Graham would be celebrating his 24th birthday today. But in 2012, New York City police followed him home from a bodega, kicked in his door and killed him in front of his grandmother and little brother. We go inside his family's five-year battle for some form of police accountability. → Read More
A Racial-Justice Argument Against Killing Dylann Roof
On Wednesday, January 11, white supremacist Dylann Roof was sentenced to death for the mass murder he perpetrated on June 17, 2015, taking the lives of nine innocent black parishioners at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. → Read More
Waging Life in a War Zone
From Gaza's colorful neighborhood to its underground theater, resistance is an art. → Read More
Waging life in a war zone
From Gaza’s colorful neighborhood to its underground theater, resistance is an art. → Read More
Waging Life in a War Zone by Jen Marlowe —
From Gaza’s colorful neighborhood to its underground theater, resistance is an art. → Read More
What a Week of Extremist Violence Reveals About Israel
The murders of baby Ali Dawabsheh in Duma and 16-year-old Shira Banki at Jerusalem's gay pride cannot be separated from the state's violence toward Palestinians. → Read More
Gaza’s Mental-Health Crisis and the Trauma of Permanent War
“The Jews shot me.” I was eating breakfast with 3-year-old Ibrahim Awajah in February 2015, in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahia, when he made this proclamation. His father, Kamal Awajah, saw the surprise on my face. → Read More