2024-07-01: News Headlines

newarab (2024-07-01). Turkey arrests at least 15 protesters at Pride rally. newarab.com Turkish police detained at least 15 protesters in Police declined to comment. | The Istanbul Governor's Office said earlier on Sunday that the Pride March would not be permitted. | Turkish police blocked central Istanbul to prevent the march from taking place, shutting down metro stations and blocking traffic on the main streets.

Roger D. Harris, Popular Resistance. (2024-07-01). Trump/Biden Debate Immigration: US Foreign Policy As A Driver Is Ignored. popularresistance.org The contestants squared off in the first of the US presidential debates of 2024. Both wore identical white shirts and navy suits with American flag lapel pins. One wore a red tie; the other a blue one. There were other differences, but none quite so substantive. | The immigration issue dominated the debate. The challenger claimed that the country was being menaced by immigrants — marauding hordes of rapists, murders, and mentally ill. They were the ruination of the nation. Social Security and Medicare were jeopardized by the alien element. Immigrants endangered the jobs of blacks and Hispanics.

NorCal AntiWar Action (2024-07-01). Fill Roseville Jail with Calls. indybay.org Roseville PD violently assaulted and arrested protesters, call the South Placer County Jail to demand their freedom.

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2024-06-29: News Headlines

newarab (2024-06-29). Haredi military exemptions, Egypt blackouts, Jamaal Bowmen out. newarab.com This week on The New Arab Weekly podcast, we discuss Netanyahu's recent comments that the intensity of the war in Gaza would decrease and the recent ruling by the Israeli High Court, which said that Haredi Jews would no longer be exempt from military service. Also Egypt's fuel shortages and the intense heatwave that has lead to blackouts across the country, as well as deaths. Finally, we talk about the recent primary race in New York, which saw pro-Palestine Congressman Jamaal Bowmen lose his place on the Democratic ticket, after AIPAC spent tens of millions of dollars supporting his opponent. | Joining us to…

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2024-06-23: News Headlines

Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. (2024-06-23). Why Is A Stanford Student Reporter Still Facing Felony Charges? popularresistance.org A coalition of press freedom and First Amendment organizations have demanded that the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office abandon felony charges against a Stanford University student reporter. | Dilan Gohill, a freshman, covers student protests for the university's newspaper known as The Daily. He was arrested on June 5, along with 12 demonstrators, after they engaged in an act of civil disobedience against the Stanford's investments in companies "that provide material and logistical support to Israel's current military campaign" in Gaza. | The letter [PDF] from the coalition to the local prosecutor ind…

Rachel Fink (2024-06-23). Israeli police officer shoves journalist at anti-government protest amid rising police brutality. haaretz.com After a police officer was seen violently pushing a woman identified clearly as a journalist during a protest against Prime Minister Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv, Israel Police issued a formal statement apologizing for the incident…

Jen St. Denis, The Tyee. (2024-06-23). Arresting Reporters Is A Crude Form Of Censorship. popularresistance.org Press freedom advocates in Canada are calling on Quebec prosecutors to drop mischief charges against Savanna Craig, saying her arrest and charges are part of a larger trend across Canada. | Craig was arrested in April while covering a pro-Palestinian protest at a Scotiabank branch in Montreal for CUTV, a university television station at Concordia University. | Although she identified herself as a journalist to police and showed them her press card, she was detained along with 44 protesters. Police have now recommended mischief charges against her. | "We're very concerned about the behaviour of Montreal police tow…

albawaba (2024-06-23). Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori reveals real-life Flintstones stone age house. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Australian model Bianca Censori who is known for sparking controversy alongside her husband Kanye West made headlines after sharing a 2021 stone-age-inspired Flintstones house.What's barely known about Censori is that she has a Bachelor's and Master's degree in architecture from Melbourne University. According to Daily Mail, she worked with highly regarded architects including Switzerland's Valerio Olgiati and Belgium's Vincent Van Duysen. Kanye West's wife Bianca Censori reveals real-life Flintstones stone age house: (Bianca Censori)The project in question was designed in 2021 with Yeezy archit…

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