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Terrorism We Are Witnessing Today Comes From Imperialism

May 14, 2025 Pavan Kulkarni, People's Dispatch. Educate! Africa, Alliance of Sahel States (AES), Burkina Faso, Global South, Ibrahim Traore, Pan Africanism, Russia, Vladimir Putin

The “terrorism we are witnessing today comes from imperialism, and we are fighting it,” Burkina Faso’s charismatic president, 37-year-old Capt. Ibrahim Traoré told Vladimir Putin on May 10. The Russian president in turn assured him, “We are united by a common goal of fighting terrorism and extremism. We will continue to help the Republic in… suppressing the radical (Jihadist) groups that are still active in certain parts of Burkina Faso.” The leaders met in Moscow a day after attending the Victory Day Parade on May 9, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany by the Soviet Union in 1945.

Latin America’s Long Fight Against The US For Sovereignty

May 14, 2025 John Perry, Consortium News. Educate! Anti-Imperialism, Book Review, Cuba, George H.W. Bush, History, Latin America, Monroe Doctrine, Nicaragua, Sandinista Revolution, Sovereignty, US Imperialism, Venezuela

“An American team will win the next soccer World Cup,” a Nicaraguan boy once told me. It took me a second to realize he meant Brazil or Argentina, not the United States. Greg Grandin’s new book shows that “America” (or, in Spanish, América) was the name used for the whole hemisphere by the late 17th century. In the 18th, the great liberator Simón Bolívar set out his vision of “our America”: a New World free of colonies, made up of distinct republics living in mutual respect. He even cautiously welcomed the newly declared Monroe Doctrine as a rejection of European imperialism. Bolívar died without realizing his dream of a Pan-American international order but, Grandin argues, his ideals live on in Latin America today.

New Report Documents Disparities In Workers’ Health Care Coverage

May 14, 2025 Center for Economic and Policy Studies, Popular Resistance. Educate! Health Care, Health Insurance, Medicaid, Working Class

As Congressional Republicans weigh major cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a new research paper reveals troubling disparities in how workers obtain health insurance in the United States. The new paper from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) – A Complicated Maze: How Workers Navigate the US Health Care System – finds major gaps in the availability of employer-based insurance. The complicated public and private system that attempts to fill those gaps, however, falls short of providing universal coverage – and Congress is considering changes that threaten to end coverage for millions of workers.

Medhurst Case: Test Of A Turning Tide On Gaza

May 13, 2025 Joe Lauria, Consortium News. Educate! Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Journalists, Palestine, Richard Medhurst, War crimes

British journalist Richard Medhurst, who was arrested last year and questioned under Britain’s draconian Terrorism Act, is facing a possible “terrorism” prosecution for journalism that is highly critical of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza. The move comes amid indications that cracks are appearing in the wall of steadfast Western establishment backing for Israel no matter what outrages the Jewish state commits. Whether Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service actually recommends a prosecution of Medhurst will be a test as to how far Western leaders are willing to go to violate their own so-called democratic principles to uphold a clearly corrupt relationship with Tel Aviv.

Hamas Releases Israeli-American Captive Edan Alexander

May 13, 2025 Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. Educate! Hamas, Israel, Palestine, Trump Administration, Yemen

Israeli soldier and American citizen Edan Alexander was released today by the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, which had held him captive in Gaza since October 2023. The Israeli public broadcasting service confirmed on Monday afternoon that Alexander was handed over to the International Red Cross in the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis. Earlier in the day, an Israeli military helicopter transported several of Alexander’s family members to the Israeli Re’im military base on the outskirts of Gaza in preparation to receive the captive soldier as U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel.

Trump’s Tariffs And The New Cold War On China

May 13, 2025 Carlos Martinez, Friends of Socialist China. Educate! China, Donald Trump, New Cold War, Tariffs, Trade War

The first thing to say about the Trump administration’s tariff war is that it is primarily designed to weaken, undermine and isolate the People’s Republic of China. It’s part of a broader program of “decoupling” from China and a broader New Cold War on China – a system of hybrid warfare incorporating economic measures, diplomatic measures and propaganda measures, along with a significant military component: the deployment of hundreds of thousands of troops to the Pacific region; the US military bases in the Philippines, Guam, Okinawa, Japan, South Korea, Australia; the deployment of sophisticated weapons systems to the region; and the various attempts to create some sort of Asian NATO.

Energy Secretary Claims Trump ‘Wants To Use Force’ Against Venezuela

May 13, 2025 Alba Ciudad, Orinoco Tribune. Educate! Chevron, Donald Trump, Fox news, Trump Administration, US Imperialism, Venezuela

US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said that President Donald Trump wants to use force to compel political change in Venezuela. Wright’s remarks were made during an interview with Fox News on Sunday, May 11. “President Trump wants to use United States force, our energy independence, to force change in Venezuela,” the US regime’s energy secretary said. Using the allegation of the migration of criminal gang Tren de Aragua, which the Venezuelan government has reported is extinct, Wright added: “We need to change the situation in Venezuela, not just for Venezuelans, but for all gang members and the refugees fleeing that country, and ‘millions’ of them ending up in the United States.”

Argument For Suspending Habeas Corpus Is Legal Garbage

May 13, 2025 Marjorie Cohn, Truthout. Educate! Constitutional Rights, habeas corpus, Immigrant Rights, Immigration, Trump Administration, war on migrants

If White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is to be believed, Team Trump is poised to drive another stake through the heart of the Constitution. On May 9, Miller told reporters that the administration is considering whether to suspend the right to habeas corpus – known as “The Great Writ” – in immigration cases. Suspending habeas corpus, which allows individuals to challenge the legality of their detention in court, would be unconstitutional.

Ryan Coogler, Shedeur Sanders, Karmelo Anthony, Rodney Hinton, Jr

May 12, 2025 Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Black America, Celebrities, Police, police brutality, Police violence

Ryan Coogler, Shedeur Sanders, Karmelo Anthony, and Rodney Hinton, Jr. have all captured the collective Black imagination, although for very different reasons. A successful film director, an athlete and two Black men in the throes of a punishing legal system are all the recipients of support and love from millions of Black people. It is true that the love of a “Black face in a high place” is a problematic phenomenon, but it is also true that Black people will rally around their own. That commendable instinct seems to be reserved for individuals, and not for the masses as a whole, and therein lies a problem.

Immigrant Rights Advocates Fortify Against Threats To ‘Sanctuary State’

May 12, 2025 Mariana Martínez Barba, Scheer Post. Educate! California, Immigrant Rights, Immigration, Sanctuary Cities

San Diego-based attorney Ian Seruelo received three separate reports in March alone about local county Sheriff Kelly Martinez violating California’s immigration policy. The California Values Act, also known as Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), ensures that local law enforcement will not cooperate with immigration authorities to deport individuals. For Seruelo, the violations were an example of how the Trump administration continues to target California’s “sanctuary state” law. “There is already that atmosphere of fear in our community, very, very high. Never in my 10 years of practice have I experienced this level [of fear],” said Seruelo, who is also chair of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium, a coalition of more than 50 organizations.

How Much Longer Must Mothers In Gaza Fear Losing Their Children?

May 12, 2025 Dalia Abu Ramadan, Truthout. Educate! Gaza, Genocide, Human Rights, Israel, Israeli war crimes, Mothers Day, Palestine

This spring, with hands overflowing with tenderness, Lolo Mando Al-Qishawi — a Palestinian mother living on Yaffa Street in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in the eastern part of Gaza City — lovingly adorned her daughter in her Eid dress, her eyes reflecting the girl’s pure, uncontainable joy. But soon, those same hands, trembling with heartbreak, had to strip away the colors of celebration, wrapping her child instead in the cold, final cloth of farewell. Eid Al-Fitr was meant to be a day of blessings, but instead it turned into a haunting sorrow as a mother’s heart was shattered. How had happiness vanished so swiftly? What cruel twist of fate had stolen away her sweet, innocent girl, who had wished for nothing more than a simple, joyful Eid?

US Abandons ‘Hamas Disarmament’ Demands In Gaza Truce Talks

May 12, 2025 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Palestine, United States, West Asia

The US government has dropped its demand for Hamas to disarm as a precondition for a ceasefire in Gaza, Egyptian sources revealed to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. “US negotiators conveyed to Egyptian intermediaries that the issue of Hamas's disarmament could be addressed at a later stage, rather than being an immediate requirement for a ceasefire agreement,” the Qatari-owned news outlet reports. The unnamed source added that US President Donald Trump's “inner circle” is convinced of the “futility” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's strategy to free the captives via military pressure, believing that no military option will help save the Israeli captives in Gaza.

Jordan Arrests BDS Movement Coordinator Hamza Khader

May 12, 2025 People's Dispatch. Educate! Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), Israel, Jordan, Journalists, Palestine, Repression, State Repression

Last week, Jordanian authorities arrested Hamza Khader, the coordinator of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in Jordan, and took him to an undisclosed location for investigation. According to BDS, Khader was arrested on Tuesday, May 6, over social media posts. BDS Jordan issued a statement on Wednesday, May 7, denouncing the arrest of Khader, saying that “it constitutes a clear violation of the fundamental rights of Jordanians to freedom of opinion, freedom of speech and peaceful assembly, which are guaranteed by the Jordanian constitution and the international conventions.” The movement criticized the Jordanian authorities’ use of broadly-worded provisions of the Cybercrime Laws to crackdown on individuals, who express their solidarity with the Palestinian cause, which “represents the conscience of the vast majority of Jordanian nationals.”

Multiple Western Press Outlets Have Suddenly Pivoted Hard Against Israel

May 12, 2025 Caitlin Johnstone. Educate! Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Media, Palestine

After a year and a half of genocidal atrocities, the editorial boards of numerous British press outlets have suddenly come out hard against Israel’s onslaught in Gaza. The first drop of rain came last week from The Financial Times in a piece by the editorial board titled “The west’s shameful silence on Gaza,” which denounces the US and Europe for having “issued barely a word of condemnation” of their ally’s criminality, saying they “should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.” Then came The Economist with a piece titled “The war in Gaza must end,” which argues that Trump should pressure the Netanyahu regime for a ceasefire, saying that “The only people who benefit from continuing the war are Mr Netanyahu, who keeps his coalition intact, and his far-right allies, who dream of emptying Gaza and rebuilding Jewish settlements there.”

Grieving Black Father Avenges Son’s Slaying By Killing A Police Officer

May 11, 2025 Jon Jeter, Black Agenda Report. Educate! Accountability, Black America, Cincinnati, Ohio, Police, Police violence

Around 2:00 in the morning, a white police officer–who would later acknowledge that the unarmed teenager startled him– fatally shot Thomas once in the chest. Three days later, the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood was on fire. Thomas’ death brought to 15 the number of African American men killed by Cincinnati police officers between 1995 and 2001. In the most high-profile of these cases, police mistook Roger Owensby Jr.--a sergeant in the U.S. Army who had no criminal record—for a drug dealer, put him in a chokehold, maced, and beat him. Officers were tried and acquitted. Thomas’ killing was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back.

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