Gaza

For some Berkshire County demonstrators, the fight to oppose Israel’s war in Gaza has continued unabated since October 2023.

Rebecca Vilkomerson will be speaking at the Hudson Library at 3:30pm on March 22nd. The talk is titled “Community Responses to Israel’s U.S.-Supported War on Palestinians: Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Campaigns.” Rebecca was Executive Director of Jewish Voice for Peace for ten years. She will be joined for the talk by Riham Barghouti, Palestinian educator and founding member of the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI).

Jeid Ebanks is a Capital Region native who grew up in Albany's Arbor Hill neighborhood and now resides in Troy.

At a time of intense media criticism from multiple viewpoints, a national broadcast journalist spoke in Albany Sunday about changes he’d like to see.

From school sex abuse scandals to wildfires and vice-presidential visits, it was a busy year in Berkshire County headlines.

Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan recently returned from the West Coast where she participated in a three-day summit against antisemitism.

A protest and march against the conflict in Lebanon and Gaza is scheduled for this afternoon in Albany.

An interview with Western Mass Area Labor Federation President Jeff Jones.

Leftist groups opposed to the American-backed Israeli military campaign in Gaza protested Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign stop in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts Saturday. WAMC was there.

Dozens of students walked out in protest, but commencement ceremonies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst went on without much issue over the weekend. It was the latest demonstration put on by pro-Palestinian students and faculty – weeks after another ended with over 130 people arrested and university leadership under fire.