Daily Archives: May 16, 2024

2024-05-16: News Headlines

Wyatt Reed, The Grayzone. (2024-05-16). Meet The Violent Zionist Agitators Los Angeles Police Haven't Arrested. popularresistance.org On April 30, thirty people were injured when a mob of Zionist hooligans savagely assaulted the pro-Palestine UCLA encampment shortly before midnight. For over three hours, local and campus police stood down as the masked thugs assaulted students, journalists, and even officers of the law with fireworks volleys, pepper spray, and metal pipes. Though multiple attackers have been identified by community members on social media, to date there have been no arrests of pro-Israel goons. | The Grayzone has obtained a dossier composed by anonymous sleuths claiming involvement with the UCLA student protests which apparentl…

Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report. (2024-05-16). Imperialist Weaponry And Shifting Alliances In The Sahel. popularresistance.org $95 billion in supplemental defense spending aimed at furthering the interests of the United States in various geopolitical regions of the world was recently passed by the legislative branches of the government. | These actions speak volumes on the actual priorities of Congress and the administration of President Joe Biden. | During the course of the first Biden administration, the Congress failed to pass pieces of legislation which were promised during the 2020 presidential campaign such as the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, among many others. Inflation remains a serious…

Caitlyn Clark, Labor Notes. (2024-05-16). Unions Support Student Protestors Against Administrators And Police. popularresistance.org As campus protests—and violent police repression—continue to roll across the country, some unions are getting involved. | More than 2,700 protesters have been arrested on 64 college campuses since the initial arrests at Columbia University in New York on April 18. Encampments have appeared at 184 campuses worldwide. The protesting students are calling for full disclosure of their universities' finances and divestment from all financial ties to weapons manufacturers and Israel's war on Gaza. | Unionized academic workers are demanding decision-making power over their work and what it's used for. For ins…

California Faculty Association (2024-05-16). CFA Members File Unfair Practice Charge Over Cal Poly Humboldt's Campus Closure. indybay.org May 9, 2024 – This week, CFA members filed an Unfair Practice Charge with California's Public Employer Employee Relations Board (PERB) over Cal Poly Humboldt administration's decision to close the campus for the remainder of the spring semester. Management took the extraordinary step of closing down the campus last month in response to students protesting the war in Gaza when other campuses around the country have remained open despite fairly large actions and police responses. At Cal Poly Humboldt, students and a faculty member occupied a campus building for several days before being forcibly removed and arreste…

albawaba (2024-05-16). NGOs warn of shutting down Musk's Starlink in Sudan. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Starlink, the Internet constellation owned by billionaire and tech whale Elon Musk, announced ceasing services in Sudan, causing more than 100 NGOs in the war-wrecked country to raise the alarm, noting that such a move will be a form of "collective punishment" for the people of Sudan. Sudan has been battling a widespread telecommunications blackout for several months, with many aid agencies relying on Starlink to operate during the humanitarian crisis, which the UN has warned is the greatest in decades.t.co/nxIldgXrPC— Stine (@StineMencl) presstv.ir (2024-05-16). US campus protests continue despite mass arrests. presstv.ir Pro-Palestine encampments at US universities continue to grow, exposing the widespread hypocrisy, violence and pro-imperialist sentiment at US institutions of higher learning.

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