‘Lemmygrad’s resident expert on fascism’ — GrainEater, 2024
‘The political desperadoes and ignoramuses, who say they would “Rather be Dead than Red”, should be told that no one will stop them from committing suicide, but they have no right to provoke a third world war.’ — Morris Kominsky, 1970
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Neocolonial tank runs over a literal hornets’ nest, twelve war criminals require medical attention as a result (nitter.poast.org)
“An IDF tank from the southern division of the Gaza Division ran over the hornets’ nest, during an operation in the buffer zone in the south of the Gaza Strip, near the border fence in the Nirim area. Following the trampling of the nest, a huge amount of wasps came out and stung the warriors. The injured were evacuated to...
Nakba commemorated in Seattle (www.workers.org)
On May 11, in downtown Seattle, 2,000 demonstrators marched and rallied to remember Nakba Day, chanting: “From the River to the Sea, Palestine is almost Free!”...
Most of the earth supports a Palestinian state (www.workers.org)
Only nine countries — led by the U.S. and [Zionism’s neocolony] — voted against full membership for Palestine, with 25 countries abstaining. Only two Latin American countries and none of the African members voted no or abstained. The 143 countries that backed Palestine contain the vast majority of the world’s people and...
Police attack dismantles UPenn encampment (www.workers.org)
Workers World spoke with encampment participant Nada Anusi, one of the students arrested May 10, who said: “On Friday morning, at about 5:30 am, we were woken from our sleep by the police with only two minutes left to gather our things and leave. While we anticipated a raid, especially in the early morning when community...
CEO of Palantir: “If we lose the intellectual debate, you will not be able to deploy any army in the West, ever.” (www.workers.org)
Far exceeding the accumulated endowments are funds directly pumped into universities by the Department of Defense. These research and development grants dominate the budget of entire departments, especially in STEM — science, technology, engineering, mathematics — fields....
360,000 flee Rafah due to neocolonial strikes: UNRWA (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
How the fuck did they all escape? No, seriously, the report doesn’t explain. Did they somehow manage to escape Gaza? Did they return north? I am utterly baffled right now.
Chinese President Xi remembers bomb victims on visit to Belgrade, Serbia (www.workers.org)
China’s President Xi Jinping was expected in the Serbian capital on Tuesday evening [May 7] to mark the 25th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Beijing’s embassy in Belgrade. “We must not forget that NATO brazenly bombed the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia 25 years ago,” said Xi in a statement published in his name by the...
*New York Times*’s awful reporting on Brazil predictably used by GOP to attack democracy there (fair.org)
It may be news to the Republicans who cited the Times in their report on “censorship,” but Brazil’s legal system has all kinds of significant differences from that of the US. It may not be standard practice in Brazil for an investigation judge to rule on the results of his own investigation, but the Times didn’t think it...
Eurasian coot with chicks (upload.wikimedia.org)
Repression against Palestinians and their supporters has been worsening in recent months (www.workers.org)
The latest of these politically motivated charges happened a few days ago in Vancouver, BC, where Charlotte Kates, the international coordinator of Samidoun, was briefly detained and charged with alleged “hate speech” offenses. She was released on the outrageous condition that she does not attend any “protests, rallies or...
Bronx, New York: Marchers deliver protest letter to Rep. Ritchie Torres (www.workers.org)
The second part took place when the activists and health care workers marched to Fordham Plaza for a rally, where they were joined by Neturei Karta, an anti-Zionist Jewish organization, which has been a regular presence at Palestine solidarity protests in this city. A Fordham University student who was arrested at a student...
Reproductive rights activists resist Florida’s abortion ban (www.workers.org)
Across the state, reproductive rights activists have been mobilizing, marching, rallying and petitioning since the ban was first proposed. The “Rally to Stop the Six-Week Abortion Ban” drew 2,000 people to Lake Eola Park in Orlando on April 13 to kick off the “Yes on 4” campaign geared to getting passage of Amendment 4...
How cops cleared New York City encampments (www.workers.org)
Even before they had finished with their mass arrests at Columbia, the cops sent significant numbers a mile or so north to CCNY. When they had what they considered enough force, they started to sweep the CCNY campus, arresting 179 people both on and off the campus. (Columbia Spectator, May 1) According to a May 1 morning press...
Police floor and arrest Jewish professor at pro-Palestine protest (www.jta.org)
Annelise Orleck, a 65-year-old Jewish professor at Dartmouth University, was floored twice by aggressive police officers who took away her phone while she was standing with pro-Palestinian student activists....
Case Western Reserve students maintain week-long encampment (www.workers.org)
In the next few hours, the entire sidewalk was covered with chalked slogans, voicing solidarity with Palestine and demanding CWRU divest from […] apartheid. Other comments drew links with “Stop Cop City!” in Atlanta and the fight against capitalism in general....
Hamas responds to Zionist attack on Rafah crossing (www.workers.org)
We highly appreciate the stance of our brothers in the Arab Republic of Egypt in condemning the occupation’s bombing and occupation of the Rafah crossing, and we value their rejection of the occupation’s request to open the crossing under these conditions, insisting on the previous mechanism. We affirm that the Rafah...
Capitalist media scorn Gaza protesters for recognizing that corporate reporters aren’t their friends (fair.org)
I was at Columbia hours before the police came in and liberated Hamilton Hall from its occupiers. Unlike protesters of the past, who were usually eager to share with others what they thought and why, these demonstrators would generally not speak or make eye contact with members of the press, or, as they say, “corporate...
German towns and cities with a history of medieval pogroms were likelier to support Fascism (academic.oup.com)
cross‐posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/691946...
Three U.S. wars threaten World War Three: $95 billion targets Palestine, Iran, Russia and China (www.workers.org)
A majority of the supplemental package is $61 billion to Ukraine to prop up a collapsing [neo]fascist régime that is so mired in corruption that huge amounts of equipment are pirated and resold on arrival....
Penn for Palestine encampment still going strong (www.workers.org)
The university hosted the Penn Relay races over the weekend, so it was unlikely the administration would use Philadelphia police against students on campus just blocks from Franklin Field, where high school athletes and their families were gathered....
Gazan students are grateful for the pro-Palestinian protests in U.S. universities (www.workers.org)
From here in Gaza, we see you and salute you. Your actions and activism matter, especially in the heart of the empire, in the United States. As members of Congress agree to provide $26 billion in additional weapons to bomb our people and continue the Zionist-U.S. genocide, you are taking meaningful action to shut down the war...
The Fascists directly killed 15,000–50,000 Ethiopians with chemical weapons (www.almendron.com)
cross‐posted from: lemmygrad.ml/post/3815069...
German police shut down Palestine Congress in Berlin (www.workers.org)
Within minutes, the Berlin police stormed the conference and forced the 250 attendees to disband. The police shut off the building’s electricity and demanded that the organizers stop livestreaming on their phones. Protests erupted in the surrounding streets, and riot police blocked and encircled the protest with vehicles. Many...
Hamas leader salutes U.S. student protests (www.workers.org)
The Biden administration, complicit in the brutal war on our Palestinian people, does not want to acknowledge that it faces a U.S. public that has discovered the truth about the Nazi entity and has sided with human values, deciding to stand on the right side of history. Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders, and their...
Danish communists: ‘Palestine has the right to live and the right to fight!’ (www.workers.org)
After the conclusion of the 7th Congress, the Danish Communist Party will continue its pressure on politicians and stockholders to end their support for the state [occupying Palestine]. We will increase our struggle for a ceasefire now, for a release of detainees and hostages now and for humanitarian aid to reach the needy now....