The conviction of Debs was a low water mark in the protection of free speech in America.

War and the slaughter of civilians have been a component of human history from the very beginning. But some progress has been made. institutions like the ICC call out even our Empire on its continuous war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Now that we have a year long genocide of the Palestinian people, Israel and its partner in crime, the United States, will do anything they can do to limit news coverage of the American Holocaust.

How can we challenge the endless US wars in the world? Cut the defense budget in half, and end the bribes paid to Congress by the weapons makers and the apartheid state of Israel.

Is there anything that the Palestinians can do to escape the genocide that the US and Israel have in store for six million of them?

Freedom Summer saw a union of Blacks and whites in America that was demanding the right to vote, and the right to be free. The combination was not to be stopped. In fact, this alliance is still alive today and on the streets.

The Palestinian people face a highly militarized state intent on wiping them out. Armed resistance is the only response possible.

This current era seems different in that so many Western countries are allied with Israel. No matter what it does to their Muslim populations.

1968 saw another campaign for poor people, this one organized by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

The resistance to the war crimes being committed against Palestinians is just organizing now. Students at our campuses have led the way with encampments and speak outs. Some labor unions are also coming on board. But we haven't reached a critical mass yet to force the Pentagon and Israel to stop their wanton murders and starvations.