A few prominent magazine editors and executives have been fired or pushed out for publicly criticizing Israel's actions towards Palestinians. However, thousands are coming to their defense.

I don't entirely know, and don't necessarily agree with, their specific positions. That isn't the point anyway. A free society needs to offer room for people to disagree.

Unless someone is an enemy of democracy and human rights in the US, and seriously wants to abolish them, we should accept per presence as part of our society, and argue (if we wish) the points we disagree about.

Ariel Bernstein participated as a soldier in Israel's 2014 ground invasion of Gaza. What he learned is that such invasions are no path towards peace or security -- they are mere revenge. Since then, he has worked for reconciliation and peace.

*Palestinians and Israelis are bound together in suffering. Seeking to untangle this, as the UN has, should not be seen as making excuses for HAMAS.*

Bandcamp was sold to a company that has no respect for the community it served. Someone who appreciated the site laments this.

I might have appreciaeted Bandcamp too, if its unjust practices had not excluded me from using it. To access music there required (1) running nonfree JavaScript software and (2) identifying oneself to make a payment.

I did not try to check whether Bandcamp also requires/required agreeing to an antisociaizing contract: that is, a commitment not to share copies of the music with anyone else. It wasn't crucial for me to know that, since I couldn't use the site anyway. But now I wonder -- does anyone know if Bandcamp demands a promise to be divided and ruled?

This is an example of a situation I notice from time to time. Most internet users spinelessly accept being the victim of widespread unjust practices. As a result, when they really love a site, it is quite likely that I will condemn the site for injustice to its users.

Protests and strikes against Amazon.com are planned for Nov 24.

Can anyone tell me where these plans are published?

Amazon wiped out enormous numbers of jobs through its anticompetitive practices. That is one of many reasons to refuse to buy from that company.