Editor (2023-10-11). Palestine Letter: Israel is imposing a blackout on Gaza to hide a massacre. mronline.org Israel is slowly cutting off Gaza's communications with the outside world, because it wants to prevent us from revealing the massacres it is committing.
Staff (2023-10-11). Headlines for October 11, 2023. democracynow.org Death Toll in Israel and Gaza Tops 2,200 as Gazans Face Total Energy Blackout and No Safe Refuge, Journalists Hold Funeral Procession for Their Colleagues Killed in Attacks on Gaza, Families of Israeli Hostages Speak Out as Survivors Grapple with Hamas Attack, Biden Does Not Urge Restraint in IDF Attacks Against Gaza as New U.S. Weapons Arrive in Israel, Another 6.3-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Afghanistan, 29 People Killed in Burmese Military Attack on Refugee Camp in Kachin State, Dutch Lawmakers Move Toward Phasing Out Fossil Fuel Subsidies After Highway Blockade, World Food Programme Resumes Food Distribution…
Tareq Hajjaj (2023-10-11). Palestine Letter: Israel Is Imposing a Blackout on Gaza to Hide a Massacre. globalresearch.ca
FP Staff (2023-10-11). Sealed Gaza neighbourhoods stare at imminent blackout as Israeli airstrikes reduce region to rubble on Day 5. firstpost.com Israeli warplanes on Wednesday hammered neighbourhood after neighbourhood in the sealed-off Gaza Strip, forcing people to look for safer shelters and reducing buildings to dust and rubble, as the Israel-Palestinian War entered its fifth day. The war, which has so far claimed at least 2,200 lives on both sides, is expected to escalate and cause further damage. | Palestinians, who occupy the Gaza Strip, struggled to survive on Day 5 of the war as Israeli airstrikes wiped out entire neighbourhoods and hospitals started running out of essential medicines and supplies. Massive power outages are also expected in the ar…
FP Staff (2023-10-11). Gaza faces 'humanitarian catastrophe' as only operational power plant runs out of fuel. firstpost.com The sole operational power plant in Gaza ceased operations at 2 p.m. local time on Wednesday due to the depletion of its fuel reserves, said the head of the Palestinian enclave's energy authority. | The blackouts come as Israel has decided to block fuel shipments into the Gaza Strip as part of what the Israeli government has called a "complete siege" on the territory run by the Hamas militant group. | In response to attacks by the ruling militant group Hamas that resulted in the death of more than 1,000 civilians, Israel has imposed a comprehensive blockade on Gaza. | The Israeli government has announced its inte…
Bilal G. Morris (2023-10-10). Atlanta Cop Fired For Tasing Black Deacon To Death After Minor Car Accident. newsone.com 
Source: Joe Raedle / Getty | An Atlanta cop was fired after a decision to tase a 62-year-old Black man during a dispute over a traffic ticket that led to his death. | "Part of my job is to assess, evaluate, and adjust how this police department is carrying out its sworn missio…
Ming Cheung (2023-10-10). The Supreme Court Must Find South Carolina's Voting Map Unconstitutional. aclu.org 
Racial discrimination exists in many forms. It can be as violent and overt as police brutality or as subtle as lines drawn on a voting map. In the latter case, the act may seem innocuous or technical, but the impact is significant. | Just look at what happened in January 2022. Ahead of the midterm elections, South Carolina's majority-white and majority-Republican Legislature redrew Congressional District 1 (CD 1) to maintain political power. But it purposefully targeted Black communities to do so. Mapmakers unnecessarily moved thousands of Black voters out of the district in textbook racial sorting. | But the…
Climate activist Jay Larbalestier was resentenced on October 4, after police were found to have provided false information in his arrest at a climate protest in April last year, reports Susan Price.
