May 2022 Archives

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middleeasteye.net (2025-12-22). Tucker Carlson named 'Antisemite of the Year' for opposing Israel's genocide in Gaza StopAntisemitism announced the designation on Sunday, accusing Carlson of hostility towards Israel after he used his podcast and media appearances to criticise the war and the political influence of pro-Israel lobbying groups in Washington.

english.palinfo.com (2025-12-22). Gaza: 1,500 children need medical treatment aboard head of the health ministry's information unit, said that the ministry had to suspend a large number of its operations due to a severe shortage of medicines and vital medical supplies.

npr.org (2025-12-22). Lawmakers threaten Attorney General Bondi with contempt over incomplete Epstein files Two lawmakers are threatening a seldom-used congressional sanction against the Department of Justice over what they say is a failure to release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a deadline set in law.

2025-12-22: Thomas Massie EVISCERATES Trump Admin For Not Releasing Full Epstein Files!

The Jimmy Dore Show

aljazeera.com (2025-12-21). Netanyahu finally announces October 7 inquiry: Why are Israelis furious?The news that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be heading the inquiry into his own government's failings ahead of the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, has drawn sharp criticism from many across Israel.

aljazeera.com (2025-12-20). Trump says US has launched large-scale attacks on ISIL in Syria US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says attacks are 'a declaration of vengeance', and 'lots' of fighters have been killed.

AIC.org (2025-12-20). Whistleblower Report Reveals USCIS Is Circumventing Court Order on Immigrants' Access to their Records A whistleblower report published today in Government Executive shows how U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is circumventing a court order that requires the agency to provide immigrants with their immigration records within the legal timelines.
The revelations state that USCIS has adopted certain practices leading the agency to reject thousands of requests for Alien Files, or A-Files, under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that would have been processed in the past.

theatlantic.com (2025-12-20). A Nakedly Imperialistic President The conflict with Venezuela will probably play out differently than the Iraq War did—perhaps better, perhaps worse. But the moral basis upon which it is being waged is most certainly worse.

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Monthly Archives: May 2022

2022-05-01: Revolutionary Blackout’s Historic Anti-Imperialist Summit

All Day Live and Replays (Parts 1, 2, 3)

ANTI-IMPERIALIST SUMMIT DAY 3 (May 1st, 2022)
Dr. Gerald Horne, Dr. Vijay Prashad, Israel/Palestine

ANTI IMPERIALIST SUMMIT DAY 2
Jimmy Dore, Caleb Maupin, Ethopia and Brazil panel

ANTI-IMPERIALIST SUMMIT DAY 1: Part 2
Ben Norton, Danny Haiphong, MCSC Network, What is Imperialism

ANTI-IMPERIALIST SUMMIT DAY 1: Part 1
Aaron Mate, Jill Stein, Ben Norton, Danny Haiphong

Includes Discussions of Nuclear War

Posted by Revolutionary Blackout.

msf.org.uk (2025-12-22). Eight ways you helped us save lives in 2025 This year, Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontiéres UK) teams have been working in unimaginably challenging conditions to deliver crucial medical care. Thanks to your support, we've been able to move fast in response to rapidly-evolving crises and be there for people who continue to suffer long after the headlines stop.

theintercept.com (2025-12-22). Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Will Control TikTok Under New Deal Users need to revolt against what will very likely be an even more widespread effort to censor voices critical of Israel.

counterpunch.org (2025-12-22). US Blockades Venezuela in a War Still Searching for an Official Rationale In our Donald-in-Wonderland world, the US is at war with Venezuela while still grasping for a public rationale. The horrific human toll is real – over a 100,000 fatalities from illegal sanctions and over a hundred from more recent "kinetic strikes." Yet the officially stated justification for the US empire's escalating offensive remains elusive.

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Features and Commentary

usatoday.com (2025-12-20). Venezuela did not steal our oil. It's a Trump fabricationVenezuela did not "take U.S. oil": Venezuela nationalized its oil industry in 1976, and subsequent disputes have involved the treatment and compensation of foreign companies' investments and operating rights — not the seizure of U.S. government-owned oil.

theintercept.com (2025-12-20). StopAntisemitism Takes Credit for Getting Hundreds Fired. A Music Teacher Is Suing. Known for targeting celebrities like Ms. Rachel, the pro-Israel blacklist also goes after private individuals who post in solidarity with Palestine.

theatlantic.com (2025-12-20). 'They're Delusional If They Think This Is Going to Go Away' The Trump administration's release of the long-awaited Epstein files didn't provide what survivors were looking for.

buzzfeed.com (2025-12-20). Trump Claims Venezuela Stole US Oil, Reactions Once again, people are shaking their heads in disbelief over something Donald Trump said. This time, it's due to his recent comments on Venezuela.

counterpunch.org (2025-12-20). The Classroom as a Battleground: Italy's Students Rise Against Genocide While the Italian government actively supports the geopolitical machinery enabling the genocide in Gaza, a different kind of politics is being forged in the corridors of the nation's historic licei (high schools).

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