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b'Ana Maria Archila is a longtime immigrant rights leader and Co-Executive Director of the Center for Popular Democracy, one of the largest community organizing networks in the country, with 54 affiliate organizations in 32 states and Puerto Rico. She is running for Lt. Gov. in the June 28 Democratic primary with NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams who is running for Governor.\\n\\nThe Lt. Governor\\u2019s race was blown wide open last week when now-former Lt. Gov Brian Benjamin resigned following his indictment on federal corruption charges. Under New York election law, there\\u2019s only a slim chance that Gov. Kathy Hochul can have Benjamin removed from the ballot and replaced with someone more to her liking. This unexpected turn of events has brought a surge of endorsements to Archila in the past week and greatly increased the chances of an unabashedly left candidate winning statewide office in New York for the first time in decades, if ever.\\n__________\\nNerdeen Kiswani is a is the founder and chair of the NYC-based group, Within Our Lifetime - United for Palestine, a community organization revitalizing the revolutionary spirit of the Palestinians in exile in pursuit of liberation. Through WOL, Nerdeen has organized around the Palestinian cause nationwide and worldwide, building solidarity with oppressed peoples fighting for liberation. Nerdeen is in her third year at CUNY school of Law, where she is the president of Students for Justice in Palestine.\\n\\nUpdates on what has been going on recently in Gaza with amped up attacks on the holy Al-Aqsa mosque as well as with the NYC Palestinian community as Nakba day approaches.'