4.26
FAIR
WaPo Lets Bigots Frame School Culture War Conversation…Again
by Olivia Riggio
*Makes you wonder if these schmenges will make an exception for the Post when they rail against “the liberal media”, don’t it just?
https://fair.org/home/wapo-lets-bigots-frame-school-culture-war-conversationagain
Acknowledging the Horrors of Gaza—Without Wanting to End Them
By Gregory Shupak
*The “serious minded” MO for the corpress is to construct a logically fallacious and morally incoherent narrative, then propose “solutions” within a framework where two plus two will never add up to four.
https://fair.org/home/acknowledging-the-horrors-of-gaza-without-wanting-to-end-them
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Institute for Public Accuracy
University Protests
https://accuracy.org/release/university-protests
UAW Launching Union Wave?
*New blood
Union flood?
https://accuracy.org/release/uaw-launching-union-wave
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Democracy Now!
Atlanta Police Violently Arrest Emory Students & Faculty to Clear Gaza Solidarity Encampment
*Where is the saintly Senator Reverend Warnock in all this?
Probably out beating the bushes for Butcher Biden
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/26/emory_protests
“People Are Going to Die”: Supreme Court Case on Idaho Abortion Ban Threatens ER Care Across U.S.
*The only connection Barrett has with “gobsmacked” is what she did to reproductive rights by voting to overturn Roe.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/26/scotus_abortion
“The Supreme Court Is a Product of Minority Rule”: Author Ari Berman on America’s Undemocratic System
*Berman makes no mention of the DNCistas’ role in all this, of how their fealty to wealthy donors and the corps they run has made plain that true change through electoral politics as currently constructed is impossible.
They too have no love for democracy, but only seek to maintain a facade of it.
And I’d like to hear why he thinks Wisconsin, where I live, is some shining example of democracy on the march, when we have a joke of a Democratic governor, who constantly seeks “compromise” with the MAGAmites controlling the legislature, and a state party, who take their marching orders from the DC spinmeisters. Any “citizens’ movement” here is joined at the hip to them, and thus nothing transformational is occurring ’round these parts.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/26/ari_berman
Bodies Recovered at Mass Graves in Nasser Hospital Bear Signs of Torture, Mutilation & Execution
*Zionia and its enablers want to bury the truth, along with the bodies
Don’t let them
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/25/gaza_mass_graves_war_crimes
Hundreds Arrested: Students Across U.S. Protest for Palestine as Campus Crackdown Intensifies
*I was glad to hear the Jackson State murders mentioned. They’ve always been treated as a footnote by the “history custodians”, and it’s painfully obvious why that’s been the case.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/25/student_protests_us_campuses_gaza_war
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister: Deliberate U.S. Policy of “Destroying Cuban Economy” Drives Migration
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/24/carlos_fernandez_de_cossio
Pro-Palestinian Campus Encampments Spread Nationwide Amid Mass Arrests at Columbia, NYU & Yale
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/23/columbia_university_joseph_slaughter
Juan González Reflects on Historic 1968 Columbia Protests & Crackdown on Gaza Solidarity Encampment
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/23/antiwar_protests_gaza
Labor Organizer Jane McAlevey on UAW’s Astounding Victory in VW Tennessee & Her Fight Against Cancer
*I hope the faith she has in Fain is justified, but until the UAW and unions in general cease being appendages of the Democratic Party, her dream for workers in the US will never come true.
The party ain’t their ally, and you don’t pimp for your oppressors, smiling face or not.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/23/jane_mcalevey_uaw_volkswagen_us_labor
4.22
Why They Hate Us: Anti-Zionism in the Jewish Community
Foundational beliefs about Israel are not actually being threatened by anti-Zionist Jews—the beliefs are being threatened by Israel having stripped itself of the liberal veneer with which it has covered its true nature
by Alan Wagmanhttps://www.commondreams.org/opinion/anti-zionism-in-jewish-community
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Indigenous Brazilians Lament Lula’s Unfulfilled Land Demarcation Promises
“This is revolting for us Indigenous peoples to have had so much faith in the government’s commitments to our rights and the demarcation of our territories,” said one Indigenous leader
by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Common Dreams
*This is why it is folly to align oneself with gummints, of any stripe.
Our allegiance should be to principles, and the people who honestly stand for them.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/lula-indigenous-rights
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FAIR
‘A Monopoly on the Bomb Would Be a Catastrophe for the World’:
CounterSpin interview with Dave Lindorff on Spy for No Country
by Janine Jackson
The McCarthyist Attack on Gaza Protests Threatens Free Thought for All
by Ari Paul
*Isn’t it obvious that, as more young folks reject the dominant narrative on so many issues, those in power are seeking to squelch their access to ideas that challenge that power?
This isn’t just a reactionary attack. The DNCistas may pay lip service to “justice”, but their actions and inaction speak far louder, and on Zionia, even that facade isn’t troubled with.
https://fair.org/home/the-mccarthyist-attack-on-gaza-protests-threatens-free-thought-for-all
‘I Knew They Had Fabricated a False Narrative’:
Interview with Estela Aranha on ‘Twitter Files Brazil’
by Brian Mier
https://fair.org/home/i-knew-they-had-fabricated-a-false-narrative
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Democracy Now!
Historic Gaza Protests at Columbia U. Enter Day 6; Campus Protests Spread Across Country
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/22/solidarity_encampment
“No Due Process”: Columbia Prof. Mamdani Slams Arrests & Suspension of Students at Gaza Protests
*Liberals scream about the MAGAmites’ intent to “destroy higher education”
But are determined to do it themselves in service to the Zionites.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/22/columbia_university
“Collective Punishment”: As Gaza Assault Continues, Israel Ramps Up Violence in Occupied West Bank
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/22/west_bank
“Enormous Expansion of the Law”: James Bamford on FISA Extension, U.S.-Israel Data Sharing
*”Sav[ag]ing democracy”
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/22/section_702
The New McCarthyism: Congress Grills Columbia Univ. President Amid Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/18/columbia_university_israel_palestine
4.17
The Real News Network
Iran’s Retaliatory Attack on Israel Is More than Just ‘Military Theater’
Inflated claims of Israel’s remarkable military success in thwarting Iran’s strikes ignores the fact that Iran was deliberately restrained to avoid regional war, while the strikes forced Israel to give away its defensive positions
by Mondoweiss Palestine Bureau
https://therealnews.com/irans-retaliatory-attack-on-israel-is-more-than-just-military-theater
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Race-Based Kidney Tests
https://accuracy.org/release/race-based-kidney-tests
Government Compelling Private Universities to “Pledge of Allegiance” to Israel; Universities Disciplined Students for Rallies
https://accuracy.org/release/government-compelling-private-universities-to-pledge-of-allegiance-to-israel-universities-disciplined-students-for-rallies
“Terrifying” “Make Everyone A Spy” Amendment Provokes Outrage
*The Secret Policemen have a ball
https://accuracy.org/release/terrifying-make-everyone-a-spy-amendment-provokes-outrage
NSA, Palantir “Feed Israel’s Killing Machine in Gaza”
https://accuracy.org/release/nsa-palantir-feed-israels-killing-machine-in-gaza
“Iran’s Attack and Prospects for Regional War”
*There’s plenty to excoriate Iran for beyond the West’s perpetual propaganda, but thank somebody’s god its leadership can act like the adults in a room full of foolhardy psychopaths.
https://accuracy.org/release/irans-attack-and-prospects-for-regional-war
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Democracy Now!
One Year into War, Sudan Wracked by World’s Largest Displacement and Hunger Crises
*Whatever the US says, it will do what best serves empire, and any “incorporation” of civil society in the peace process will be geared toward cooptation of those groups, which I hope they are aware of.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/17/sudan_1_year_khalid_mustafa_medani
No Tech for Apartheid: Google Workers Arrested for Protesting Company’s $1.2B Contract with Israel
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/17/no_tech_for_apartheid_google_israel
Can UAW Unionize the South? Volkswagen Tennessee Vote Could Change U.S. Labor Landscape
*As long as major unions remain an appendage of the Democratic Party, the DNCistas will ignore – or punish – anything that doesn’t jibe with their agenda.
As long as they play that game, they’ll never win the one they claim to care about.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/17/hamilton_nolan_us_labor_the_hammer
Under Cover of War in Gaza, Assault on West Bank Intensifies: Palestinian Journalist Dalia Hatuqa
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/16/west_bank_update
“Council of War”: Walden Bello on Biden’s Trilateral Summit with Philippines & Japan to Contain China
*The US is the Sherwin-Williams of geopolitics
“Cover the Earth
In Blood”
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/12/philippines_us
“A Stalemate and Attritional Grind”: Journalist Luke Mogelson on 2 Years of Russia’s War in Ukraine
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/12/ukraine_russia
Israeli Scholar Neve Gordon on Israeli Mass Surveillance in Gaza & the Use of AI to Kill Palestinians
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/12/neve_gordon_2
4.11
5 Things to Know About the Global Land Rush and How to Stop It
A recent gathering in Colombia, organized by the Land Deal Politics Initiative, was an important moment to assess the current state of play and ready strategies to face the current and impending onslaught of land grabs
by Salena Tramel
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/5-things-global-land-rush
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When the War on Terror Met Conservation
“Project tenBoma” a program of the International Fund for Animal Welfare that ran from 2015 to 2020, exemplified how military intelligence operations found their way into anti-poaching efforts
by Peter Corkeron
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/war-on-terror-conservation
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FAIR
Musk Is Consistent in His Opposition to Internet Democracy
by Ari Paul
https://fair.org/home/musk-is-consistent-in-his-opposition-to-internet-democracy
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Hamas: A “Golem” that Emerged from Israel’s “Divide and Rule” Strategy
https://accuracy.org/release/hamas-a-golem-that-emerged-from-israels-divide-and-rule-strategy
Is Air Force Hunger Striker Forced Back to Base After Confronting Top Brass About Illegal Policies?
https://accuracy.org/release/is-air-force-hunger-striker-forced-back-to-base-after-confronting-top-brass-about-illegal-policies
Challenges to the U.S. and Germany for “Facilitating Genocide”
https://accuracy.org/release/challenges-to-the-u-s-and-germany-for-facilitating-genocide
What’s Getting Missed in Project 2025?
*In the midst of Biden’s baleful badness, never lose sight of the other side of this catastrophic coin
https://accuracy.org/release/whats-getting-missed-in-project-2025
Democracy Now!
As Arizona Reinstates 1864 Abortion Ban, Doctors & Organizers Fight Back to Preserve Access
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/11/arizona_1864_abortion_ban
Arizona Supreme Court Revives 1864 Abortion Ban Passed Before Women Could Even Vote
*Of course, the DNCistas won’t listen, and will simply grandstand on this issue, doing as little as possible to avoid being labeled “radical” unless pro choice folks make it goddamn clear that won’t cut it with them.
Many will, but will Planned Parenthood et alia follow suit, or behave as the appendages of the party that they’ve always been?
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/10/amy_littlefield_arizona_abortion_law
Israel’s Ultimate Goal Is to Make Gaza Unfit for Human Habitation: Middle East Analyst Mouin Rabbani
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/10/mouin_rabbani_gaza_biden_netanyahu
Road to Famine: Israeli Law Prof. Neve Gordon on Israel’s History of Weaponizing Food Access in Gaza
*Feast of weaponry
Famine of humanity
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/4/neve_gordon_israel_palestine_hunger_gaza
4.3
DoorDash and Uber Using Customers as Pawns to Punish Workers—Don’t Fall for It
Why Seattle’s City Council should reject calls to repeal or weaken PAY UP! policies protecting app-based workers.
by Sally Dworak-Fisher
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/seattle-protect-app-workers
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The Real News Network
Hamas: How Israel Created its Own Nemesis
By shutting the door to any peaceful resolution and leaving no other option for Palestinians, Israel created its own nemesis in Hamas
by Chris Hedges
https://therealnews.com/hamas-how-israel-created-its-own-nemesis
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FAIR
New Doc Traces Alex Jones’ Footprints on Our Post-Truth Landscape
by Kit O’Connell
https://fair.org/home/new-doc-traces-alex-jones-footprints-on-our-post-truth-landscape
Fox News Border Stats Distort Immigration Reality
by Phillip HoSang
https://fair.org/home/fox-news-border-stats-distort-immigration-reality
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Israel Targets Children, Aid Workers; Escalates Attacks in Syria
https://accuracy.org/release/israel-targets-children-aid-workers-escalates-attacks-in-syria
Far-Right Extremism in Brazil
*Taking a right turn into a deadly dystopia
https://accuracy.org/release/far-right-extremism-in-brazil
New World Court Order Against Israel: Could Uniting for Peace Stop Israel’s Assault?
https://accuracy.org/release/new-world-court-order-against-israel-could-uniting-for-peace-stop-israels-assault
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Democracy Now!
Haitians Resist Foreign Intervention as U.S. Pushes for Unelected “Transition Council” to Rule Island
*Important, if inconclusive, intel
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/3/haiti_crisis_pierre_ives
Active-Duty U.S. Airman, Inspired by Aaron Bushnell, on Hunger Strike Outside White House over Gaza
*There was no “tragedy of Aaron Bushnell”
He certainly didn’t see it as such.
It was in *response* to the tragedy of a genocide
And good on Larry for sussing that, and taking a courageous and principled stand against it.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/2/hunger_strike
Building Bridges, Not Walls: Immigrant Communities Honor Six Workers Killed in Key Bridge Collapse
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/29/baltimore_bridge_workers_found