al-monitor.com (2024-04-30). Israel braces for ICC warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant 
Israel is preparing for the International Criminal Court in the Hague to issue arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior members of his cabinet over alleged war crimes in Gaza. | | Israeli authorities estimate that warrants for Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Israeli military chief Herzi Halevi could be issued as early as later this week…
theprint.in (2024-04-30). Israel fears ICC preparing to issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu, govt officials on war chargesIsraeli officials believe that the International Criminal Court is preparing to issue arrest warrants for senior government officials on charges related to the ongoing war with Hamas, The New York Times reported, citing five Israeli and foreign officials. | | The Israeli officials believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's name will be included in a warrant, the report said.
(2024-04-30). US To Buy $1.6 Billion in Ukrainian-Made Weapons for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The US will purchase $1.6 billion in Ukrainian-made weapons for Ukraine, The Defense Post reported on Monday. The $1.6 billion is included in a $6 billion tranche of weapons the US announced on April 26. The arms will be provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which allows the US to purchase weapons for …
(2024-04-30). Under Israeli Pressure, Guinea Bissau Moves To Withdraw Flotilla Flags. popularresistance.org Istanbul, Türkiye: On Thursday afternoon, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition was contacted by the Guinea Bissau International Ships Registry (GBISR), requesting an inspection of our lead ship — Akdenez. This was a highly unusual request as our ship had already passed all required inspections; nevertheless, we agreed. The inspector arrived on Thursday evening. On Friday afternoon, before the inspection was completed, the GBISR, in a blatantly political move, informed the Freedom Flotilla Coalition that it had withdrawn the Guinea Bissau flag from two of the Freedom Flotilla's ships.
(2024-04-30). US condemns International Criminal Court investigation of Israeli war criminals. wsws.org ICC prosecutors have interviewed medical personnel at Shifa and Nasser hospitals, where Israeli forces reportedly carried out summary executions and dumped bodies in mass graves.
(2024-04-30). URGENT: Don't Punish Nicaragua for Defending Gaza. dissidentvoice.org Dear Friend We need your help to push out this petition (see below), urging the US Senate to Vote No on S1881 — a bill that will place additional unilateral coercive measures/sanctions on Nicaragua. This Bill moved in the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee after Nicaragua argued at the International Court of Justice to defend the …
(2024-04-30). Netanyahu Vows To Invade Rafah 'With or Without' a Hostage Deal. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Tuesday that Israel will invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah "with or without" a hostage deal with Hamas, a threat that could derail fragile ceasefire negotiations. "The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question," Netanyahu told …
(2024-04-30). Israel's Smotrich Calls for 'Total Annihilation' of Rafah, Other Cities in Gaza. news.antiwar.com Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday called for the "total annihilation" of Rafah and other cities in the Gaza Strip. "There are no half measures. Rafah, Deir al-Balah, Nuseirat — total annihilation. 'You will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven' — there's no place under heaven," Smotrich said. Smotrich's reference to …
(2024-04-30). The Israel-US game plan for Gaza is staring us in the face. dissidentvoice.org 
One does not need to be a fortune-teller to understand that the Israel-US game plan for Gaza runs something like this: 1. In public, Biden appears "tough" on Netanyahu, urging him not to "invade" Rafah and pressuring him to allow more "humanitarian aid" into Gaza. 2. But already the White House is preparing the ground …
(2024-04-30). oPt: A ground operation in Rafah will be nothing short of a tragedy beyond words – Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator. reliefweb.int 
Country: occupied Palestinian territory | Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs | Please refer to the attached file. | (New York, 30 April 2024) After almost seven months of brutal hostilities that have killed tens of thousands of people and maimed tens of thousands more, Gaza is bracing for even more suffering and misery. | The world has been appealing to the Israeli authorities for weeks to spare Rafah, but a ground operation there is on the immediate horizon. | For the hundreds of thousands of people who have fled to Gaza's southernmost point to escape disease, famine, mass grave…
(2024-04-30). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 206: No Plan To Ensure Civilian Safety. popularresistance.org The Gaza-based Palestinian health ministry announced that the remaining hospitals in the Gaza Strip received 183 Palestinians who were killed in Israeli strikes since Monday, while 350 others were wounded. | Meanwhile, local media sources reported that Israeli forces conducted air strikes and artillery shellings across the strip over the week, including of family homes, residential neighborhoods, and the vicinity of a school used as a refuge by displaced families in Gaza City. | On Monday, Israeli media outlets reported that at least three Israeli soldiers were killed and 11 were wounded in combat against Palesti…
(2024-04-30). We need to strike for Palestine: why UAW 4811 matters. mondoweiss.net 
In the years to come, we will need the strike as a tool for collective action to confront the challenges that face us. But right now, Palestine needs us, and that means we need to support reformers in the upcoming UAW 4811 Triennial Elections.
(2024-04-30). Meet the 'homegrown violent extremism' researcher behind the crackdown on pro-Palestinian students at USC. mondoweiss.net 
Erroll Southers is a top USC administrator facing demands to resign after canceling a valedictorian commencement speech and cracking down on protestors. He has also produced research labeling identifying with Palestinians as a sign of radicalization.
(2024-04-30). The Campus Movement and Academic Self-Management. itsgoingdown.org A look at the university as a historical site of conflict and in the current wave of struggle in solidarity with Palestine by IGD contributor Scott Campbell. As Israel's brutal genocide against the Palestinian people and Palestine itself continues past the 200-day mark, students around the so-called United States have risen up and are carrying…
(2024-04-30). Breaking: ICJ rules that Germany can continue Israel arms sales despite genocide. skwawkbox.org 
International Court of Justice reject Germany's attempts to strike out case but refuses by 15 votes to 1 to issue emergency measures banning weapons sales The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has refused Nicaragua's request for a provisional order banning Germany from exporting weapons to Israel, despite its earlier ruling that Israel is 'plausibly' committing …
(2024-04-30). Academic arrested for "statements against Zionism" as Israel intensifies anti-genocide crackdown. wsws.org In her 60s, she was strip-searched, handcuffed so tightly it caused pain, denied access to food, water and medication for several hours, and held overnight in a cold cell without adequate clothing or blankets, conditions her lawyers described as "terrible" and designed to humiliate.
(2024-04-30). Gaza Shows Us The Difference Between Evil Autocracies And Free Democracies. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | We're always hearing international conflicts framed as a battle between Free Democracies and Evil Autocracies. What is the difference between a Free Democracy and an Evil Autocracy? Well, let's look at the situation in Gaza to help us understand the distinction. | In Evil Autocracies the leaders commit genocide for hateful and racist reasons, whereas in Free Democracies the leaders commit genocide for noble and righteous reasons. | In Evil Autocracies the police are summoned to break up student protests in order to ensure the safety of the governmen…
(2024-04-30). Apr 30, 2024. sitrepworld.info 
Op. 6, Thy Bridal Chamber — St.Petersburg Chamber Choir "Have You No Sense of Decency?" by Michael Hudson If this isn't full-bore tyranny, what is? by Don Hank Artificial Intelligence: The End of the World Guaranteed, by Alexander Dugin An End to the Restraints of Law, by Oliver Boyd-Barrett Options for a new strategy towards NATO, by Declan Hayes Gaza Shows Us The Difference Between Evil Autocracies And Free Democracies, by Caitlin Johnstone The Interlocking of Strategic Paradigms, by Alastair Crooke Gaza Campus Protestors: by Yves Smith, Michael Hudson The Algebra of Genocide — C…
(2024-04-30). Gaza Shows Us The Difference Between Evil Autocracies And Free Democracies. caitlinjohnstone.com.au We're always hearing international conflicts framed as a battle between Free Democracies and Evil Autocracies. What is the difference between a Free Democracy and an Evil Autocracy? Well, let's look at the situation in Gaza to help us understand the distinction. | In Evil Autocracies the leaders commit genocide for hateful and racist reasons, whereas in Free Democracies the leaders commit genocide…
(2024-04-30). Roughed Up for Protesting Genocide at the White House Correspondents Dinner. youtube.com 
Rania Khalek will be joined by Codepink's Medea Benjamin for a special live episode of Dispatches to discuss the corporate media's complicity in the US-funded genocide in Gaza and her recent disruption of the White House Correspondents Dinner, where she and other activists were roughed up by police.
(2024-04-30). Northwestern University encampment organizers end anti-genocide protest, provoking widespread opposition: "I hope the other encampments do not follow suit" wsws.org On Monday afternoon, organizers of the student encampment at Northwestern University (NU) in the north suburb of Chicago reached an agreement behind closed doors with the university administration and shut down the protest against the genocide in Gaza.
(2024-04-30). This is not what democracy looks like. Mnar Adley. thealtworld.com People are revolting against Biden's so-called rules-based order which is re-arming Israel, an out-of-control apartheid state openly committing genocide in Gaza…
(2024-04-30). ICJ Declines Nicaragua's Request for Provisional Measures Against Germany. libya360.wordpress.com While the court declined ordering provisional measures, it did not dismiss the case against Germany for complicity in Israel's genocide. ALLEGED BREACHES OF CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS IN RESPECT OF THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY (NICARAGUA v. GERMANY) REQUEST FOR THE INDICATION OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES ORDER FULL TEXT OF THE ORDER ICJ PRESS RELEASE Nicaragua's Position on…
(2024-04-30). Sri Lanka: Hands off US university students! Mobilise the working class in defense of all those protesting against genocide! wsws.org We call on all students at Sri Lankan universities and higher education institutions, and the working class, to defend protesting US students and to oppose the Netanyahu government's genocidal military operation in Gaza.
(2024-04-30). Florida Governor DeSantis signs new law mandating teaching the "evils of communism" to children as young as five. wsws.org As anti-genocide student protests sweep the country DeSantis is injecting anti-communist propaganda into all grades throughout the state's public schools.
(2024-04-30). Protesting Students Re-Seize Lawn — Protest Size Growing! UT Austin April 29. fightbackbetter.com 
Incredible sights at UT Austin as the growing protest marches against retreating (and mace wielding) cops, to retake the south lawn they were forced from earlier. Protests will not stop until UT divests from all interests in Israel. Hartzell and Abbot can't intimidate us. PREVIOUSLY: | The tensions mount and the US is invoking fascist repressive measures against the unstoppable anti-genocide mov…
(2024-04-30). Australian media campaign to shut down protests against Israeli genocide. wsws.org Murdoch's Australian blatantly sought to link a Sydney University anti-genocide encampment to a witch hunt against seven Islamic teenagers arrested last week on flimsy "terrorism" charges.
(2024-04-30). Australia: Gold Coast Gaza rally hears socialist anti-war perspective. wsws.org Led by young workers and Middle Eastern families, more than 100 people rallied and marched through Surfers Paradise on Saturday to denounce the intensifying Israeli genocide in Gaza and the Albanese Labor government's support for it.
(2024-04-30). Northwestern University Agrees to Full Disclosure of Israeli Investments. truthout.org Following a five-day encampment by student protesters at Northwestern University, the administration has pledged to disclose its holdings in companies that support Israeli apartheid and outlined a potential pathway for divestment from those investments. "First and foremost, we want to keep focus on what has brought us together: the call for Palestinian liberation and an end to genocide and ethnic… |
(2024-04-30). Israeli Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov on Campus Protests, Weaponizing Antisemitism & Silencing Dissent. democracynow.org 
As Biden administration and U.S. college and university administrators increasingly accuse peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters on school campuses of antisemitism, we speak with Brown University professor of Holocaust and genocide studies Omer Bartov, who visited the student Gaza solidarity encampment at UPenn alongside fellow Israeli historian Raz Segal. "There was absolutely no sign of any violence, of any antisemitism at all," says Bartov, who warns antisemitism is being used to silence speech about Israel. "There's politics, and there's prejudice. And if we don't make a dist…
(2024-04-30). How surgeons remotely assisted their colleagues in Gaza. therealnews.com 
Seven months of brutal Israeli genocide in Gaza have obliterated the local healthcare system, as the IDF has repeatedly targeted and destroyed hospitals and clinics in its military operations. When healthcare infrastructure was still standing, Gaza's healthcare workers faced the challenge of treating grave injuries requiring specialist care. To get around this issue, surgeons around the world have remotely coached their colleagues in Gaza, using messaging services like Whatsapp to lend their expertise in the treatment of particularly severe injuries. Surgeons Osaid Alser and Simon Fitzgerald join The Marc S…
counterpunch.org (2024-04-29). Campus Activism for Gaza Ignites 
Clair | | Students at more than 40 universities and colleges in the United States and around the world have lit a fire under the Palestine solidarity movement by setting up encampments on their campuses. They are demanding that their universities end their complicity with Israel's genocide in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine more broadly.
(2024-04-30). Medea Benjamin Arrested for Disrupting "Defense" Secretary Austin in House Armed Services Committee Hearing. commondreams.org Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, was arrested this morning for disrupting testimony from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the 2025 budget request. During the hearing, Benjamin voiced her opposition to the United State's support for the genocide in Gaza, calling it illegal, immoral, and disgraceful. She directly …
(2024-04-30). Australia: Gold Coast Gaza rally hears socialist anti-war perspective. wsws.org Led by young workers and Middle Eastern families, more than 100 people rallied and marched through Surfers Paradise on Saturday to denounce the intensifying Israeli genocide in Gaza and the Australian Labor government's support for it.
(2024-04-30). Cable News Viewers Have a Skewed Attitude Toward Gaza War, Survey Finds. theintercept.com 
This article was originally published as a newsletter from Ryan Grim. Americans who get their news primarily from cable are the only people who believe that Israel is not committing a genocide in Gaza, according to a The survey puts numbers on trends t…
(2024-04-30). Smears must not deter students from acting against genocide. electronicintifada.net Pro-Israel group portrays protests as anti-Semitic.
(2024-04-30). Intervention in Gaza. dissidentvoice.org Is there a point at which the genocide in Gaza becomes egregious enough to provoke other countries to directly intervene in the Gaza Strip to prevent further genocide? Can Israel exterminate the entire population without anyone stopping them? This is not a rhetorical question. Intervention is not merely judgments by the International Court of Justice …
(2024-04-30). Gender transition law, Nicaragua sues Germany over genocide, Iranian attacks on Israel and Schrà∂der's 80th birthday. uwidata.com UWI presents the recent social and political developments in Germany with a selection from the prominent German press. Gender transition law "Self-Determination Act", submitted to the parliament by the government on August 23, 2023, was accepted by the majority of votes. The law, which came into force on April 12 made gender change. Every adult …
(2024-04-30). The US Student Intifada: Palestine's New Soft Power Leverage. libya360.wordpress.com Mohamad Hasan Sweidan An unprecedented wave of US student protests in support of Gaza has dismantled Israeli soft power and handed it to Palestinians. On 18 April, students at Columbia University in New York initiated a sit-in on the campus lawn, protesting the Ivy League institution's ongoing financial links to companies connected to Israel's occupation of Palestine…
(2024-04-30). In Gaza Protest, Columbia Students Occupy Hamilton Hall, Site of Historic 1968 Takeover. democracynow.org 
Columbia University students began occupying Hamilton Hall shortly after midnight Tuesday as the university moved to suspend students who joined Gaza solidarity protests, and renamed it Hind's Hall, after Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israeli soldiers in Gaza in January. We look at how it was 56 years ago today, on April 30, 1968, that the hall was also the site of the historic student occupation by students who renamed the building "Nat Turner Hall at Malcolm X University." We feature an archival newsreel about the 1968 occupation and our interviews with campus activists o…
(2024-04-30). Pro-Palestine Protesters Occupy University Hall After Columbia Refuses to Divest. truthout.org Columbia University's pro-Palestine protesters took over a building on campus, known as Hamilton Hall, early on Tuesday morning, after university administrators threatened students in a solidarity encampment and said that the university "will not divest from Israel" in a statement on Monday. Students occupying the building have dubbed the building "Hind's Hall" after Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old girl… |
(2024-04-30). "We Don't Want to Trade in the Blood of Palestinians": Voices of Students & Profs at Columbia Protest. democracynow.org 
Nearly 300 peaceful protesters were arrested over the weekend as student-led Gaza solidarity encampments across U.S. university and college campuses face an intensifying crackdown. Democracy Now! spoke with Columbia University professors and students Monday as they were threatened with suspension but voted to continue the Gaza Solidarity Encampment, which began almost two weeks ago. "Hundreds of our students have been disciplined in the past six months on unfair premises," said Sueda Polat, a Columbia student organizer who is studying human rights. "We are willing to put a lot on the line for th…
(2024-04-30). Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Activists Blocked From Sailing To Gaza But Vow To Keep Trying To Break Siege. progressivehub.net AMY GOODMAN AND HUWAIDA ARRAF | DEMOCRACY NOW!
(2024-04-29). Ministry opposed to U.S. infringing on sovereignty. ecns.cn Beijing urged Washington on Monday not to implement the negative China-related content in a foreign aid package that was recently signed into law by United States President Joe Biden, and it vowed to take resolute and strong measures "if the U.S. insists on going ahead with it".
(2024-04-30). Gaza: 47 Palestinians killed, 61 injured by Israeli bombings last 24 hrs. muslimnews.co.uk By Abdul Adil Gaza City, (AA, Wafa, Al Jazeera): At least 47 more Palestinians were killed and 61 others injured over the last 24 hours, as Israel continues its onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory's Health Ministry said on Tuesday. "The Israeli occupation (forces) committed five massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, …
(2024-04-30). Headlines for April 30, 2024. democracynow.org Columbia Students Occupy Hamilton Hall After School Suspends Students over Gaza Encampment, 100 Arrested at UT Austin Encampment as Campus Protests over Gaza Continue to Spread, Hamas Criticizes Blinken After He Claimed Israel Made "Extraordinarily Generous" Ceasefire Proposal, Palestinians Worry Negotiations Are in Vain as Israel Continues to Attack Gaza, Coalition of Lawyers Call on Biden to Halt Military Aid to Israel, Biden Administration Claims ICC Can't Prosecute Israel for War Crimes, Journalism Professors Urge New York Times to Conduct Review of Reporting on Oct. 7 Attack, Russia Strikes…
(2024-04-30). Nord Stream Insurers Refusal to Pony Up For Damages to Sabotaged Pipeline Is Based on Dubious Legal Grounds, According to International Law Scholar. covertactionmagazine.com Lloyd's of London and Bermuda-based Arch Insurance deny the ‚Ǩ400 million claim by Nord Stream AG, arguing their policies do not provide coverage for the 2022 underwater explosions that ruptured the natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea because the damage was inflicted by "a government." But "the defendants' argument is prima facie irrelevant," says …
(2024-04-30). The Steady Slide Towards Tyranny: How Freedom Dies from A to Z. dissidentvoice.org 
The American governmental scheme is sliding ever closer towards a pervasive authoritarianism. The American people, the permanent underclass in America, have allowed themselves to be so distracted and divided that they have failed to notice the building blocks of tyranny being laid down right under their noses by the architects of the Deep State. This …
(2024-04-30). Anzac and the Pageantry of Deception. dissidentvoice.org On April 25, along Melbourne's arterial Swanston Street, the military parade can be witnessed with its bannered, medalled upholstery, crowds lost in metals, ribbons and commemorative decor. Many, up on their feet since the dawn service, keen to show the decorations that say: "I turned up". Service personnel, marked by a sprig of rosemary. The …
(2024-04-30). The Stupidity of It All. dissidentvoice.org House of Representatives legislation that includes "$60 billion for Kyiv, $26 billion for Israel and humanitarian aid for civilians in conflict zones, including Gaza, and $8 billion for the Indo-Pacific region," informs the world of the stupidity of it all — from Kyiv to Taiwan, dumbness governs fate. Examine each appropriation, one at a time. …
(2024-04-30). Unbecoming American: The Fourth Dimension. dissidentvoice.org 
Stories, Histories, Fantasies and Desire Essentially there are three standard scripts for the history of the United States of America. They partly overlap, exposing or concealing contradictions. They are taught or staged in schools, in homes, at work, on the playground and in the workplace. They are taught all over the world, too. The USA …
(2024-04-30). US implicated as Israeli impunity nears its end. electronicintifada.net Netanyahu government spreads rumors of imminent arrest warrants.
(2024-04-30). Escaping death but losing everything. electronicintifada.net Israel has destroyed our home.
(2024-04-30). In Netanyahu's warped mind, committing war crimes is Israel's right. thealtworld.com According to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "The court established to prevent atrocities like the Nazi Holocaust against the Jewish people is now targeting the one state of the Jewish people." That's not true. Zionism created an exclusive Jewish state dependent upon the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, while exploiting the Jewish faith and people in the process. What the International Criminal Court is, or should be, concerned with, are Israel's war crimes, which are perpetuated as a result of the Zionist colonial ideology that underpins the state. | The possible ICC indictments would be related to O…
(2024-04-30). Report: Yemen's Houthis Restarted Attacks After Examining US 'Incentives'. news.antiwar.com Yemen's Houthis restarted attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden last week after examining "incentives" put forward by the US, according to a report from The National, a UAE state-owned newspaper. At the beginning of April, Tim Lenderking, the US special envoy for Yemen, said the US was considering "diplomacy" …
(2024-04-30). Opposition parties slam Macron's idea to boost European defence with French nuclear weapons. infobrics.org Macron is eroding Charles de Gaulle's legacy of French sovereignty.
(2024-04-30). How can Kremlin respond to EU/NATO's massive hybrid war against Russia. infobrics.org In the last 10-15 years, NATO and EU, its geopolitical pendant, established institutions tasked with conducting hybrid war against Russia. And just like the world's most aggressive military alliance poses as a "defensive organization", these institutions serve the purpose of "cyber and disinfo defense". In reality, nothing could be further from true. Namely, NATO established what is officially known as Centers of Excellence (COEs) that are given various tasks. Officially, there are 28 of them, although, in reality, there could be several times more, particularly as the EU itself has similar institutions with over…
(2024-04-30). US deliberately provokes crisis on European continent. infobrics.org Washington caused an energy crisis and fomented chaos and social problems in European countries.
(2024-04-30). Moral double standards in the West when looking at Ukraine and Israel. infobrics.org The conflict in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East are currently the two biggest geopolitical hotspots in the world.
(2024-04-30). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org Since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, journalists and media across the region have faced a hostile environment that has made reporting on the war exceptionally challenging. In addition to documenting the growing tally of journalists killed and injured, CPJ's research has found multiple kinds of incidents of journalists being targeted while carrying out…
(2024-04-30). Scholar: Why Is Israel Targeting the Families of Those It Already Killed? truthout.org An Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Friday killed the eldest daughter and the infant grandson of the prominent Palestinian poet and past Democracy Now! guest Refaat Alareer, who himself was killed in an Israeli airstrike in December. Shaima Refaat Alareer was killed along with her husband and 2-month-old son while sheltering in the building of international relief charity Global Communities. |
(2024-04-30). Israel's Anti-UNRWA Campaign Falls Flat. progressivehub.net BINOY KAMPMARK | GREENLEFT…
(2024-04-30). Months After Israel Killed Gaza Poet Refaat Alareer, His Daughter & Infant Grandson Die in Airstrike. democracynow.org 
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Friday killed the eldest daughter and the infant grandson of the prominent Palestinian poet and past Democracy Now! guest Refaat Alareer, who himself was killed in an Israeli airstrike in December. Shaima Refaat Alareer was killed along with her husband and 2-month-old son while sheltering in the building of international relief charity Global Communities. Shaima had recently lamented on Facebook that her father never got to meet his grandson, writing, "I never imagined that I would lose you early even before you see him." "Why is the state of Israel and its…
(2024-04-30). Students Sue After CUNY Folds to Backlash Against Muslim Commencement Speakers. truthout.org In May 2023, months before the October 7 Hamas attacks would spark Israel's gruesome retaliation against Gaza, Fatima Mousa Mohammed gave a fiery commencement speech at the graduation ceremony for the famously progressive law school at the City University of New York (CUNY). An immigrant from Yemen and the second Muslim woman elected by fellow students to speak at commencement… |
(2024-04-30). Elites in the Global North are scared to talk about Palestine. canadiandimension.com 
A banner reading "UCLA Says Free Palestine" adorns the encampment walls at Royce Quad at the University of California, Los Angeles on April 25, 2024, Westwood, California. Photo courtesy Santa Monica Mirror. | Israeli bombs continue to fall on Gaza, killing Palestinian civilians with abandon. Al Jazeera published a
(2024-04-30). Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war. cpj.org Editor's notes: The list below is CPJ's most recent and preliminary account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will not include all of these casualties until we have completed further investigations into the circumstances surrounding them. For more information, read our FAQ. The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since…
(2024-04-30). United States: The students' movement for Palestine needs everyone. links.org.au 
All across the country, students are rising up against Israel's genocidal war. Caitlyn Clark provides a report from the week in New York City, plus how to bring in organized labor.
(2024-04-30). As ICC Interviews Gaza Hospital Staff, US Threatens Against Prosecuting Israeli Officials for War Crimes. libya360.wordpress.com The Cradle Gaza's two largest hospitals, Al-Shifa and Al-Nasser, have witnessed brutal Israeli attacks throughout the war International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors have held meetings with the staff of Gaza's two largest hospitals, Al-Shifa Hospital in the north of the strip and Al-Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Yunis. Two unnamed sources told Reuters on…
(2024-04-30). Billions More For Israel, TikTok Ban For You: Congress Prioritizes War & Censorship of Its Critics. thealtworld.com The House and Senate just passed a $95 billion bill to reinforce the U.S. war machine and ban the social media app where its critics are loudest. The legislation attached the measure to ban TikTok with more funding for Israel's Gaza onslaught, the stalling war in Ukraine, and for Taiwan to pump up a Cold War with China. | Amanda Yee, a Journalist and the Managing Editor of Liberation News analyzes why there is broad consensus in Congress for the expansion of censorship and the U.S. war machine but for little else.
(2024-04-30). Iraq: Monthly Action Points (MAP) for the Security Council: May 2024. reliefweb.int 
Countries: Iraq, Israel, occupied Palestinian territory, South Sudan | Source: NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security | Please refer to the attached file. | Iraq | In Iraq, political violence and hate speech have placed diverse women human rights defenders and women's groups at risk of targeted violence and hate campaigns due to their work, including over the past year by a rapidly growing anti-gender movement. The NGO Directorate is continuing to target civil society organizations that work on women's rights and gender | issues, and continues to enforce the Communications and Media Commission (CMC)…
(2024-04-30). CEPR Sanctions Watch April 2024. cepr.net 
In this edition of Sanctions Watch, covering April 2024: International Crisis Group urges negotiations, economic concessions, with Afghan government; Constituent groups and faith leaders urge SFRC Chair Ben Cardin to help end the embargo of Cuba; Congress passes slew of legislation tightening sanctions on Iran following retaliatory attack on Israel; US, Russia offer competing visions …
(2024-04-30). College encampments spread across the U.S. as calls for divestment from Israel grow. themaad.org
(2024-04-30). U Illinois — Chicago: Police Confiscating Protester Water — Israeli Styled Siege Tactic? fightbackbetter.com Looking for more details. |
(2024-04-30). 'The university fears us because of how little we fear them': Michigan Gaza encampment organizers demand university divest from Israel. therealnews.com 
At this very moment, a student-led grassroots movement is spreading throughout the country, with
(2024-04-30). Amnesty International: Israel Repeatedly Committed War Crimes With US Weapons. truthout.org Amnesty International USA has called on the U.S. to immediately suspend weapons transfers to Israeli forces in a new report finding that Israel has repeatedly committed egregious violations of international law using U.S.-made weapons fired on Gaza and beyond. The report finds that, over the past seven months, Israeli forces have used U.S. weapons like JDAMs, small diameter bombs and white… |
(2024-04-30). Reese Reports — The Zionist Death Grip On The United States Government. expose-news.com When Netanyahu demanded that the protests against Israel be stopped, the US government complied because our members of Congress have all been bought and paid for with tax dollars given to the American Israeli Political Action Committee, known as AIPAC. AIPAC openly brags about this on their official website, because they don't have to…
(2024-04-30). On the Inherent Anti-Semitism of Zionism and the Recuperation of Jewish Struggle by the West. itsgoingdown.org
(2024-04-30). Why We Must Support the UArizona Student Encampment. itsgoingdown.org Reflection on the importance of supporting the growing anti-war movement. Before a reader jumps to any preconditioned presumption, I'll qualify as such: I was raised in a relatively conservative Jewish household. I am a longtime Sonoran Desert dweller, I earned three degrees at the University of Arizona ('13, '16, '21), and my doctoral dissertation focused…
(2024-04-30). A Report Back from the ASU Liberated Zone. itsgoingdown.org 
(2024-04-30). July 28 Presidential Elections: CNE Publishes Preliminary Electoral Registry. orinocotribune.com In accordance with the schedule for Venezuela's presidential elections scheduled for July 28, the Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) published the preliminary electoral registry, | As of Monday, April 29, Venezuelans who processed their registration or updated their records in the electoral registry can review the CNE website in order to verify if their data, contained in the preliminary electoral registry for the presidential election, is correct. | If they do not find their record or if there are issues in the registry, users will have from April 30 to May 14 to request corrections or update requests.
(2024-04-30). Edmundo González Urrutia's Missteps. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Apr 29, 2024 | The presentation to society of Edmundo González Urrutia, the Unitary Platform (PUD) candidate for the Venezuelan presidential elections of July 28, has been loaded with forced euphoria by the media seeking to cover up its weaknesses and communication failures in the first stage of the race. | In the beginning, the 74-year-old candidate has had an intense interview schedule, which has been interrupted by medical appointments that the former diplomat has undergone due to his advanced age. This could be considered his first misstep since he has not hidden his fatigue and the co…
(2024-04-30). Tarek William Saab: 66 Detainees in PDVSA-Crypto Plot (+Rafael Ramirez). orinocotribune.com The attorney general of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, reported that with the progress of the second phase of the investigations into the PDVSA-crypto corruption plot, 12 people have been arrested thus far in 2024, raising the total number to 66. | During an interview with the Globovisión television station, Saab highlighted that the second phase of the investigation will be more impactful than the first. During the second phase, which began in April, former ministers Tareck El Aissami, Simón Zerpa, and businessman Samark López have been arrested. | "This second phase is as shocking or more so than the first beca…
(2024-04-30). Borges, Ocariz, López, and Vecchio Part of the PDVSA-Crypto Plot (+Washington Link). orinocotribune.com Former Venezuelan minister for petroleum and leader of the PDVSA-Crypto corruption plot, Tareck El Aissami, was an ally of the fugitives Leopoldo López and Julio Borges. This was disclosed this Monday, April 29, by the Attorney General of Venezuela, Tarek William Saab, when revealing audios where the businessman Samark López, involved in the plot and already arrested, had phone conversations with right-wing spokespersons serving as intermediaries of the White House. | According to the head of the Public Ministry, Samark López, El Aissami's "financial operator" was former so-called president Juan Guaidó's liaison…
(2024-04-30). Worse Than You Can Imagine. orinocotribune.com By Craig — Apr 27, 2024 | Governments cannot take big decisions extremely quickly except in the most extreme of circumstances. There are mechanisms in all states that consider policy decisions, weigh them up, involve the various departments of the state whose activities are affected by that decision, and arrive at a conclusion, though not necessarily a good one. | The decision to stop aid funding to UNRWA was not taken by numerous Western states in a single day. | In the UK, several different government ministries had to coordinate. Even within only a single ministry, the FCDO, views would have to be coordin…
(2024-04-30). Hundreds March in Philadelphia To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal. orinocotribune.com 
By Stephen Millies — Apr 27, 2024 | Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Philadelphia on April 24 to demand freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal. That day the world-renowned political prisoner turned 70 years old. | Mumia Abu-Jamal has spent over 42 years in prison, including 29 years on death row, for a crime he didn't commit. He was framed for the 1981 killing of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. | People gathered on the south side of Philadelphia's City Hall in front of the statue of Octavius Catto. The Black educator and freedom fighter was assassinated by a racist in 1871 when Catto was 3…
(2024-04-30). PFLP Warns British Troops in Gaza Would Be 'Legitimate Target'. orinocotribune.com A BBC report stated British troops may be deployed to drive trucks delivering aid from the port being built by US troops on Gaza's coast | Britain troops deployed to Gaza or its coast will be treated as occupying forces and will be legitimate targets for resistance, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) warned on 28 April. | The warning follows a BBC
(2024-04-30). Call To Action For Julian Assange. popularresistance.org Assange's legal team has the right to challenge the credibility and validity of the U.S. assurances filed on February 24, 2024. The U.S. would then have a right to reply to Assange's legal submissions to the court, which will hold a hearing on May 20, 2024, to determine whether or not to accept the U.S. assurances. | If the court does, Assange can be put on a plane to the U.S. theoretically that day. If not Assange would be granted a full appeal against the Home Office's 2022 order to extradite him. | We are calling for a MAYDAY FOR JULIAN. This is an action you can do from the comfort of your home. All we are as…
(2024-04-30). Eco-Collapse Hasn't Happened Yet, But You Can See It Coming. popularresistance.org Something must be up. Otherwise, why would scientists keep sending us those scary warnings? There has been a steady stream of them in the past few years, including "World Scientists' Warning of a Climate Emergency" (signed by 15,000 of them), "Scientists' Warning Against the Society of Waste," "Scientists' Warning of an Imperiled Ocean," "Scientists' Warning on Technology," "Scientists' Warning on Affluence," "Climate Change and the Threat to Civilization," and even "The Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future." | Clearly, there's big trouble ahead and we won't be able to say that no one saw it coming. In fact, a…
(2024-04-30). Venezuela Hosts World Gathering To Unite The Left For A Social Alternative. popularresistance.org From April 18 to 20, more than 500 activists from around the world gathered in Caracas, Venezuela for the "World Gathering for a Social Alternative." The meeting was convened by the Simon Bolivar Institute and the ALBA Movement, and it was followed by an ALBA-TCP leaders summit, which included the ten ALBA countries and Honduras. Clearing the FOG speaks with Carlos Ron, president of the Simon Bolivar Institute, about the urgency of the gathering, what will come out of it and the next steps. Ron shared the progress Venezuela has made under the Bolivarian Revolution, the retaliation against Venezuela primarily by t…
(2024-04-30). Fediverse Model Offers Social Media A Second Chance. popularresistance.org The problems with the big social media platforms are well known: the concentration of ownership, the lack of control or privacy, the ability to spread misinformation, and more. Despite these and other problems, however, "their use is still practically compulsory in order to advertise a person's work or spread urgent news." | The result is that many businesses (worker co-ops included) continue to use the major platforms even if they run counter to many of their values. But an alternative does exist: the Fediverse. | The Fediverse, as Jakob Sitter Midttun writes, is an ensemble of interconnected — yet indepen…
(2024-04-30). London Luton Airport Hit With Greenwashing Complaint. popularresistance.org Eight climate groups have asked the UK advertising watchdog to assess whether environmental claims in recent Luton Airport ads are misleading the public. | In the complaint, filed with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in April, Ad Free Cities, Badvertising, Stay Grounded and other organizations contend that the adverts omit key information regarding the airport's significant environmental harms. | The ads state that the proposed expansion of Luton Airport would be "stopped in its tracks" if it misses its "environmental limits".
(2024-04-30). Ray McGovern: Exceptionalism—An Infantile Disorder. scheerpost.com 
Ray came to Washington from his native Bronx in the early Sixties as an Army infantry/intelligence officer and then served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. Ray's duties included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President's Daily Brief, which …
(2024-04-30). He Rebuilt His Life After Prison. Then He Was Deported for a 23-Year-Old Drug Conviction. scheerpost.com 
(2024-04-30). Google Fired Us for Protesting Its Complicity in the War on Gaza. But We Won't Be Silenced. scheerpost.com 
(2024-04-30). Patrick Lawrence: This Isn't Fascism. scheerpost.com 
(2024-04-30). Trump Offers Alarming Details on How He'd Govern If Elected President Again. truthout.org A new report details how former President Donald Trump would continue to flout democratic norms and descend deeper into authoritarianism if given a second chance to serve in the White House. According to a newly published Time magazine article, the former president intends to institute an "imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world" if he's elected again this fall in… |
(2024-04-30). Trump Slapped With Fines, Warning of Jail Time If He Keeps Violating Gag Order. truthout.org New York Justice Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing the trial regarding former President Donald Trump allegedly concealing "hush money" payments in an illegal manner, has ruled that Trump violated terms of his gag order and fined him thousands of dollars for doing so. Within his order, Merchan ruled that Trump was in contempt of court for issuing nine statements, on his social media site Truth… |
(2024-04-30). Vermont Farmworkers Go to Amsterdam to Fight for "Milk With Dignity" truthout.org The Vermont farmworkers organization, Migrant Justice, scored an enormous victory in 2017 when it forced Ben & Jerry's to join its fair labor program, Milk with Dignity. That program guarantees better wages and working conditions for workers on farms in its dairy supply chain. On the heels of this breakthrough, Migrant Justice launched a new struggle in 2019 to get the supermarket chain, Hannaford… |
(2024-04-30). Top UN Human Rights Official Raises Alarm Over Repression of Student Protests. truthout.org Top UN human rights officials are expressing alarm over the recent wave of violent repression by university administrators against the student protests for Palestinian liberation that have swept the U.S., raising concerns that protesters' rights to free speech and assembly are being violated. A statement on Tuesday said that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, the UN's top human… |
(2024-04-30). 4th Circuit Rules Against States Discriminating Against Trans Patients. truthout.org On Monday, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that state-based health care systems in North Carolina and West Virginia that prevent transgender and nonbinary people from attaining gender-affirming care were unconstitutional barriers to their needs. The en banc ruling, in which the entire circuit court takes part, stops a discriminatory Medicaid regulation in West Virginia from being… |
(2024-04-30). Photojournalist Violently Arrested at Texas Campus Protest Faces Felony Charge. truthout.org A photojournalist who was violently arrested while covering a pro-Palestine student protest at the University of Texas at Austin last week is reportedly being charged with felony assault on an officer, a charge that press freedom advocates condemned as an obvious attempt to intimidate reporters. Citing court documents, a local NBC affiliate reported Monday that FOX 7 journalist Carlos Sanchez… |
(2024-04-30). Trump Says He Would Let States Prosecute Anyone Who Violates an Abortion Ban. truthout.org Former U.S. President Donald Trump said in an interview published Tuesday that if reelected in November, he would allow states to monitor women's pregnancies and prosecute anyone who violates an abortion ban. That position, said one leading reproductive rights organization, underscores the grave threat the presumptive GOP nominee poses to fundamental freedoms. "There is zero doubt in my mind that… |
(2024-04-30). The Biden Administration Is Reportedly Moving to Reclassify Marijuana. truthout.org Marijuana is finally on track to be reclassified as a less dangerous drug by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday. The proposed reclassification must still be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget, but it would recognize that cannabis has medical uses and less potential for abuse compared to harder drugs. |
(2024-04-30). oPt: Press Conference at UN Geneva by UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini: Transcript of Introductory Remarks. reliefweb.int Country: occupied Palestinian territory | Source: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East | 30 April 2024 | I had a longer Member State briefing than expected this morning. What I suggest to do now is to share one or two latest developments on the ground, but also to share with you some of the messages I have shared with the Member States and also to comment on the review, Catherine Colonna's report, and maybe also a little update on the OIOS report. | When it comes to the situation on the ground, I mean, basically, our colleagues are telling us that there is an extraordinarily deep…
(2024-04-30). On 70th birthday, Mumia Abu-Jamal honors Palestinian resistance. workers.org 
Philadelphia Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal turned 70 on April 24. This important life milestone was observed in Philadelphia with the delivery of petitions containing thousands of signatures, collected in France, to District Attorney Larry Krasner and to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. They demanded that this innocent man be released to . . . |
(2024-04-30). Behind repression of campus occupations — Follow the money. workers.org 
In December 2023, Daniel Diermeier, chancellor of Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, wrote: "Universities are, by design, where we come to debate and probe the questions that matter to us most. And our explorations are richest and most fruitful when they are informed by a wide range of viewpoints." Pure hogwash. . . . |
(2024-04-30). Houston: We will free Mumia! workers.org 
Houston The love for and solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal could hardly be contained in the auditorium of the S.H.A.P.E. Community Center on Sunday, April 28, as activists gathered to celebrate Mumia's 70th birthday. S.H.A.P.E. stands for Self-Help for African People through Education. Bunchy Crear, leading Black Panther in Oakland, California, . . . |
(2024-04-30). Mumia Abu-Jamal speaks at CCNY Gaza Solidarity Encampment. workers.org 
Political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal gave the following telephone message to the City College of New York Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Friday, April 26. CCNY students celebrate the withdrawal of campus security from the Palestine Solidarity Encampment, New York City, April 25, 2024. WW Photo: Brenda Ryan I urge you, I . . . |
(2024-04-30). Anzac and the Pageantry of Deception. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2024-04-30). Pro-Ukrainian Map Shows Russian Gains West of Avdeevka over Past 15 Days. thealtworld.com Even LIVE UA Map is showing significant Russian gains along the line of contact in the Donbass region over the past month, in particular over the last 15 days it admits Russian forces have secured more towns along critical Ukrainian lines of communications. | Red line indicates the LOC as of April 12, 2024. | Russia is applying pressure along the entire front and exploiting where Ukrainian defenses are wavering. | It is impossible to predict where Russian forces will gain ground and how long it will take for Russia to secure specific towns and regions because factors affecting the outcome change daily including f…
(2024-04-30). April Jobs Preview: What to Expect in the April Jobs Report. cepr.net (The Employment Situation is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, May 3rd at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) The March jobs report showed the economy adding 303,000 jobs in the month, far more than most analysts had expected. This is more rapid than most economists consider sustainable for a labor market …
(2024-04-30). Biden's DEA Proposes to Reschedule Marijuana Rather than Decriminalize It, Advocates Say Marijuana Must Be Descheduled. commondreams.org Today, the Associated Press reported that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is proposing rescheduling marijuana from a Schedule I drug, the most restrictive class, to a Schedule III drug, a less restrictive class. Under this proposed shift, marijuana criminalization would continue at the federal level and most penalties, including those for simple possession, would continue …
(2024-04-30). Friends of the Earth Celebrates Final Federal Rule Revamping NEPA, Environmental Protections. commondreams.org Today, the White House Council on Environmental Quality announced its final rule reinstating 2020 rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act. The rule will officially restore past gutting of the nation's bedrock environmental protection law, as well as add climate change and environmental justice as factors that should formally be considered by federal agencies when …
(2024-04-30). Reproductive Freedom for All Condemns Trump's Call To Prosecute and Punish Women for An Abortion. commondreams.org In a newly released interview with TIME, Donald Trump doubled down on his extremist anti-abortion policies. Trump endorsed punishing women who get an abortion and allowing states to monitor women's pregnancies and prosecute women who get an abortion. Trump also left the door open to signing legislation that could ban IVF and stood with extremist …
(2024-04-30). Global: G7's coal power phase out must come faster to protect people on the frontline of the climate crisis. commondreams.org Responding to an agreement reached by G7 member states today to phase out all unabated coal-fired electricity generation in the first half of the 2030s, Candy Ofime, Amnesty International's Climate Justice Researcher, said: "This is not the goal for coal we need and it will not deliver climate justice. Commitments put forward by G7 members …
(2024-04-30). G7 Fail First Post COP28 Fossil Fuel Test. commondreams.org Today G7 climate, environment and energy ministers released a joint communique that falls short of carrying forward the ambition of the COP28 agreement to transition away from fossil fuels. G7 countries represent 27% of global oil and gas production, and are responsible for nearly 48% of CO2 from new oil and gas production. Oil Change …
(2024-04-30). FTC Right to Challenge Junk Patent Listings. commondreams.org Today, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sent warning letters to 10 drug manufacturers challenging the "junk listings" of more than 300 patents in the FDA Orange Book for medicines treating diabetes, weight loss, asthma, and COPD. These letters follow FTC challenges to improper Orange Book patent listings last November, which were followed by companies delisting …
(2024-04-30). White House NEPA Rule is an Important Step Toward a Just Clean Energy Future. commondreams.org Today, the Biden administration's White House Council on Environmental Quality released a final rule guiding federal decision making under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This rulemaking, which was initiated with Phase 1 in 2022, reverses Trump-era attacks on the bedrock environmental protection, as well as ensuring reviews fully and accurately consider the direct, indirect, …
(2024-04-30). Sanders Responds to FTC's Efforts to Target 'Junk' Ozempic Patents. commondreams.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, today released the following statement after Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan announced that the FTC is taking action against the bogus patents Novo Nordisk filed to keep the outrageous price of Ozempic artificially high: Let me commend the …
(2024-04-30). White House Considers Taking in Palestinian Refugees from Gaza. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration is considering taking in certain Palestinian refugees and giving them a permanent safe haven in the US, CBS News reported on Tuesday. The report said that officials across several government agencies are examining options to resettle Palestinians who have immediate family members who are American citizens or permanent residents. They are also …
(2024-04-30). Austin Says It's 'Possible' That US Troops on Gaza Pier End Up in a Shooting War. news.antiwar.com Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin acknowledged on Tuesday that it was a possibility that the 1,000 US troops deployed off the coast of Gaza as part of a project to build a pier could come under fire and said they would be able to shoot back. Austin made the comments in an exchange with Rep. …
(2024-04-30). Ukraine Attacks Crimea With US-Provided ATACMS. news.antiwar.com Russian officials said Tuesday that Ukraine targeted Crimea with US-provided Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), long-range missiles that the US secretly provided to Ukraine in March. The ATACMS the US shipped to Ukraine have a range of about 190 miles, significantly longer than anything the US has previously provided. The US sent an older version …
(2024-04-30). Surprising Truths about Naprosyn. expose-news.com First marketed in 1974, Naprosyn (aka Naproxen) is still regarded by some doctors as a wonder drug. Bizarrely, it was recently listed as one of four drugs which can slightly reduce your …
(2024-04-30). The SV40 Cancer Story Questioned — It's not a Virus, But What's the Connection to Cancer? expose-news.com It has been claimed for the last few decades that Simian Virus 40 (SV40) infections cause cancer in humans. this is mainly because the genetic sequence attributed to SV40 has been found …
(2024-04-30). Prions caused by mRNA injections may be contagious. expose-news.com Mounting research suggests a serious side effect of the covid mRNA injections could be dementia, and the prions that cause it may be contagious. Frameshifting, as we now know occurs in the …
(2024-04-30). Galloway announces WPGB will 'contest every seat' in next general election. skwawkbox.org 
Wide array of candidates includes cricketing star, former Labour councillors and Asian ex-UKIP MEP Rochdale MP George Galloway is holding a press conference in Parliament Square, at the time of writing, to announce the selection of hundreds of Workers Party (WPGB) parliamentary candidates and that WPGB plans to "contest every seat in Great Britain" at …
(2024-04-30). Students Trigger to Stop Wars? Top Universities Pro-Palestine Encampments — A Shift Towards Justice or Just Illusion? globalresearch.ca
(2024-04-30). Selected Articles: Video: COVID Nurse Whistleblower. globalresearch.ca 
By From corruption in testing to ventilator harms, death certificate distortion to discrimination of the unvaccinated and more — what she witnessed flies in the face of the pervasive …
(2024-04-30). Dangerous and Chaotic Military Escalation: How will The Kremlin Respond to the EU/NATO's "Total Hybrid War" Against Russia? globalresearch.ca
(2024-04-30). Deploying European Forces —but Not NATO— to Ukraine, "Should not be Ruled Out". Macron's Call. globalresearch.ca
(2024-04-30). France 1939—1945: From Strange Defeat to Pseudo-Liberation. globalresearch.ca
(2024-04-30). "Have You No Sense of Decency?" Congressional Hearings of University Presidents on Student Uprisings. globalresearch.ca
(2024-04-30). Another US Pilot Confirms F-16s in Ukraine Are Toast. globalresearch.ca
(2024-04-30). UNHCR Guatemala – Mixed Movements Monitoring. Executive summary – Annual report 2023. reliefweb.int 
Countries: Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), World | Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Please refer to the attached file. | The Annual Report on Mixed Movements Monitoring compiles secondary sources and data from 7,206 surveys conducted in 7 departments of Guatemala: Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, San Marcos, Huehuetenango, Petén, Izabal, and Chiquimula. These surveys were carried out by personnel from UNHCR and its partners in border areas, both entry and exit points, in Migrant and Refugee Care Centers (CAPMIRs), as well as in high transit areas. The monitoring…
(2024-04-30). Our Best Tool to Close the Digital Divide is Expiring. inequality.org
(2024-04-30). Despite UN Special Envoy's Resignation, No Sign Libya Moving Toward Elections. news.antiwar.com The recent resignation of UN Special Representative of the Secretary General in Libya, Abdoulay Bathily, came as he again repeated warnings about the lack of political will and good faith among major players. Signs are that this isn't changing after his departure. Bathily made several comments about the need for major parties to work together …
(2024-04-30). Joà£o Pedro Stédile: "Without Struggle, There is No Victory" libya360.wordpress.com Al Mayadeen Joà£o Pedro Stedile, national leader of the MST. Photo: ALBA-TCP Al Mayadeen spoke to national leader of the MST, Joà£o Pedro Stédile, about the situation of the left in Brazil and the need for a global front in defense of just causes and in the struggle against imperialism. The Latin American left is…
(2024-04-30). Argentine Defense and Southern Command. libya360.wordpress.com Guillermo Martín Caviasca Interview with General of the Argentine Army (RE) Fabian Brown, who served as director of Operational Education, director of the National Military College and director of Army Education and Rector of the Army University Institute. He is currently president of the Federation of Mutual Insurance of the Armed and Security Forces. He…
(2024-04-30). Florida to ban abortion after six weeks. peoplesdispatch.org Starting on Wednesday, May 1, Florida will ban abortions after six weeks, before most women find out they are pregnant. The ban had been signed into law back in 2022 by conservative Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, but had been met with several challenges in the state's courts. | Florida, with a population of 22 million, will now join the several states in the country with near-total abortion bans—concentrated in the poorest regions of the US. This is the latest in a string of attacks on abortion rights in the country, since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022 and women in the US were stripped of the reproduct…
(2024-04-30). Accusations and attacks mark Mexico's second presidential debate. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday April 28, the National Electoral Institute (INE) held the second debate between the candidates for the Presidency of Mexico. The questions were recorded by members of the public and displayed during the debate. | Candidates Claudia Sheinbaum, from the Morena, PT, Verde coalition "Let's Continue Making History", Xóchitl Gálvez, from the PRI, PAN, PRD coalition; and Jorge Máynez, for the Citizen Movement party, responded to citizens' questions and presented their proposals on the topics of economy and inflation, infrastructure and development, poverty and inequality, as well as the climate crisis and sust…
(2024-04-30). Measles in Chicago sparks misdirected blame against migrants. peoplesdispatch.org Amidst the measles outbreak, Chicago sees 31 cases within a migrant shelter, sparking unjust blame towards immigrants. This scenario echoes historical patterns where diseases like cholera and AIDS were wrongly attributed to immigrants…
(2024-04-30). Gaza's health workers and patients face unprecedented mental health crisis. peoplesdispatch.org "We are alive, but we are not okay," said Dr. Ruba Suliman, describing the reality faced by health workers in Gaza during a
(2024-04-30). Mali Assistance Overview – April 2024. reliefweb.int 
Countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, United States of America | Source: US Agency for International Development | Please refer to the attached file. | CONTEXT | Recurrent climatic shocks—including drought and seasonal floods—and protracted conflict continue to generate high levels of humanitarian need across Mali. According to the UN's 2024 Mali Humanitarian Response Plan, an estimated 7.1 million people in the country, or approximately 32 percent of the population, are likely to require humanitarian assistance during 2024. | Sustained armed conflict and intercommunal violence, as we…
(2024-04-30). Gender and Health in the occupied Palestinian territory 2023. reliefweb.int 
Country: occupied Palestinian territory | Sources: Health Cluster, World Health Organization | Please refer to the attached file. | Executive Summary | Gender disparities in the health system of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) are exacerbated by social norms, gender discrimination, and gender roles, especially during humanitarian and health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic or escalations. | Although efforts have been made to integrate gender analysis into humanitarian response, the focus has largely remained on traditionally perceived "women's issues" such as sexual reproductive health rights…
(2024-04-30). World: Multi-country outbreak of mpox (monkeypox) – External Situation Report 32, published 30 April 2024. reliefweb.int 
Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, World | Source: World Health Organization | Please refer to the attached file. | Report highlights | ‚Ä¢ A total of 466 new laboratory-confirmed cases of mpox and three deaths from 22 countries were reported | globally to WHO in March 2024, illustrating that low-level transmission continues across the world. The most | affected regions, ordered by number of laboratory-confirmed cases, were the WHO African Region, the | European Region, the Region of the Americas, the Western Pacific Region, and the South-East Asia Region. | ‚Ä¢ As…
(2024-04-30). Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Libya's Migrant Report: Round 51 (January- February 2024). reliefweb.int 
Countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Cà¥te d'Ivoire, Egypt, Eritrea, Ghana, Guinea, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, occupied Palestinian territory, Pakistan, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia | Source: International Organization for Migration | Please refer to the attached file. | The number of migrants in Libya has been increasing since September 2023 and stands at its highest since DTM started operating in Libya. Previously, the number of migrants in Libya had declined as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its socioeconomic impact.
(2024-04-30). El Salvador: Monitoring the Humanitarian Response – Bulletin n ∞ 3 | September – December 2023. reliefweb.int 
Countries: El Salvador, World | Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs | Please refer to the attached file. | Sector Context Information 2023 | Food Security | Recurring and adverse weather conditions often impact harvests and hamper efforts to reduce food insecurity (El Salvador is ranked 28th in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021). The El Niño is causing prolonged periods of insufficient rainfall and unfavorable conditions for harvest. There is a 90 per cent probability that the El Niño will continue into 2024 (January-April), potentially resulting in less rainfall than in 2023. Cl…
(2024-04-30). Kenya: A safe space for youth in Nairobi. reliefweb.int Country: Kenya | Source: Médecins Sans Frontières | The Dandora Youth Friendly Center in Kenya offers social support, life skills, mentorship, and career development training for young people from disadvantaged neighborhoods. | Tucked in the streets of Eastlands, an area of
(2024-04-30). Ukraine: Women's Refugee Commission: 2023 Year in Review. reliefweb.int 
Countries: Colombia, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, Sudan, Uganda, Ukraine, World | Source: Women's Refugee Commission | Please refer to the attached file. | In 2023, the main drivers of mass displacement—conflict and violence, endemic poverty, failed governance, and the climate crisis—continued to converge, pushing displacement and human suffering to historic highs. Record numbers of people were forced to flee their homes. Most were women and children. | Amid all the chaos, the Women's Refugee Commission continued to keep our focus on women and children, who tend to be forgott…
(2024-04-30). Ukraine: Partners Emergency Response to Attacks – Update #9 as of 30 April 2024 as reported to the Health Cluster. reliefweb.int 
Country: Ukraine | Sources: Health Cluster, World Health Organization | Please refer to the attached Infographic. | KEY HIGHLIGHTS | In 2024, Ukraine has experienced intensified air strikes on energy infrastructure, residential neighborhoods, hospitals, and other health care facilities. The attacks have resulted in casualties amongst health care workers, patients, and other civilians including children. | Although attacks have been reported across the country, the regions most severely affected include Dnipropetrovska, Zaporizka, Kharkivska, Odeska, Donetska, Khersonska, Sumska, and Chernihivska. | As of 30…
(2024-04-30). Yemen: Women's rights awareness and knowledge raising sessions. reliefweb.int Country: Yemen | Source: Human Access for Partnership and Development | HUMAN ACCESS, in Marib Governorate, initiated awareness-raising activities through the Protection and Livelihood Support Project "Safe Space for Women and Girls", funded by UNFPA and King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief), to promote women's rights, improve gender equality, and bring about real social change. | In Al-Jufaina area, the safe space carried out two awareness sessions, the first a community-based one on how to raise children and deal with them, targeting 12 visitors to the space. | The second session focused…
(2024-04-30). Venezuela: Situation Report, January-February 2024 (30 Apr 2024). reliefweb.int 
Country: Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs | Please refer to the attached file. | HIGHLIGHTS | As of October 2023, the humanitarian response reached 2.1 million people (51% women) with some form of assistance in 24 states in Venezuela. | As of 30 November, US$347.1 million has been mobilized for humanitarian assistance, with the Humanitarian Response Plan funded up to 48.2%. | The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators visited the state of Bolívar to learn about the progress of the humanitarian response. | The United Nations an…
(2024-04-30). Safeguard Rights of Media Professionals, Secretary-General Urges, Citing Increased Attacks on Environmental, Other Journalists, in World Press Freedom Day Message. reliefweb.int Country: World | Source: UN Secretary-General | SG/SM/22210 | Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres' message for World Press Freedom Day, observed on 3 May: | The world is going through an unprecedented environmental emergency which poses an existential threat to this and future generations. People need to know about this — and journalists and media workers have a key role in informing and educating them. | Local, national and global media outlets can highlight stories about the climate crisis, biodiversity loss and environmental injustice. Through their work, people come to understand the p…
(2024-04-30). Libya – Migrant Report Round 51 Key Findings (January – February 2024). reliefweb.int 
Countries: Chad, Egypt, Libya, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan | Source: International Organization for Migration | Please refer to the attached Infographic.
(2024-04-30). Sudan: Greater Horn of Africa | Complex Humanitarian Crisis – DG ECHO Daily Map | 30/04/2024. reliefweb.int 
Countries: Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda | Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations | Please refer to the attached Map.
(2024-04-30). Security Council: The Situation in Bosnia And Herzegovina. reliefweb.int Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina | Source: UN Security Council | 9621ST MEETING (PM) | SC/15688 | (Note: Due to the financial liquidity crisis affecting the United Nations and the resulting constraints, the full press release will be published at a later date.) | THE SITUATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | Briefings | MIROSLAV JENƒåA, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, noted both positive and worrying developments since the Security Council briefing in July 2023. He cited the European Council de…
(2024-04-30). Vera, Jacques and Me… smoothiex12.blogspot.com talking shop today. I was translating…
(2024-04-30). Paris 2024 and Berlin 1936 in the service of an impossible imperial dream. thealtworld.com 
The comparison is shocking: the organization of the Olympic Games in Paris 2024 uses propaganda tricks from those of Berlin 1936. Yet it is nevertheless possible to explain: President Emmanuel Macron, like Chancellor Adolf Hitler, is pursuing the same "New European Order" project.. Unlike his predecessor, he is going about it peacefully, but like him, he will fail because, like him, he despises the people. What's more, his project is out-dated: it no longer corresponds to the structures of the digital age. | Emmanuel Macron has never had any regard for French culture. During his first election campaign, he never…
(2024-04-30). Paris 2024 et Berlin 1936 au service d'un impossible rêve impérial. thealtworld.com 
La comparaison est choquante : l'organisation des Jeux olympiques de Paris 2024 reprend des artifices de propagande de ceux de Berlin 1936. Elle s'explique pourtant : le président Emmanuel Macron, comme le chancelier Adolf Hitler, poursuit la mise en ≈ìuvre du même projet de ´ Nouvel ordre européen ª. À la différence de celui-ci, il s'y prend de manière pacifique, mais comme lui, il échouera parce que, comme lui, il méprise les peuples. En outre, son projet est dépassé : il ne correspond plus aux structures des organisations de l'époque numérique. | Emmanuel Macron n'a jamais eu d'égard po…
(2024-04-30). Celebrating Links Across Species. tomdispatch.com He's a funny little chap: a sharp dresser with a sleek grey jacket, a white waistcoat, red shorts, and a small grey crest for a hat. With his shiny black eyes and stubby black beak, he's quite the looker. Like the chihuahua of the bird world, the tufted titmouse has no idea he's tiny. He swaggers right up to the feeder, shouldering bigger birds out of the way. A few weeks ago, I wouldn't have known a tufted titmouse from a downy woodpecker. (We have those, too, along with red-bellied woodpeckers, who really should have been named for their bright orange mohawks). This spring I decided to get to know my feathered…
(2024-04-30). Li Guangsu, Chinese astronaut, launches on his first space mission. tvbrics.com 
Crew member talks about his maiden space flight as China launches the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft…
(2024-04-30). Nearly 100 Indian companies use big data to develop artificial intelligence models. tvbrics.com 
India leads in AI and cloud innovation‚Å…
(2024-04-30). UAE and Indonesia plan to actively co-operate in organising sports events. tvbrics.com 
The two sides want to develop school and university competitions together…
(2024-04-30). 18.10% of the country's land and 6.48% of its marine environment are recognised as protected areas in Saudi Arabia. tvbrics.com 
This was stated by Mohammed Qurban, the CEO of the National Center for Wildlife…
(2024-04-30). South African olive oil industry shows significant growth potential. tvbrics.com 
The desire of people to lead a healthy lifestyle and eat right contributes to this…
(2024-04-30). Negligence in football: A claim of two halves. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
Football fans everywhere will be familiar with reckless tackles, whether from their own Sunday league experience or as followers of the professional game. But when will a tackle amount to negligence and be actionable in a civil court, such that an injured player can sue their opponent? In Episode 197 of Law Pod UK, 1COR …
(2024-04-30). Dutch foreign minister van Leeuwen demands population "get used to… civilian casualties and body bags" wsws.org In addition to the billions already allocated to Ukraine, the 2024 defence budget is expected to rise by nearly 43 percent, a war-budget that is expected to continually rise each year to reach an initial sum of ‚Ǩ21.4 billion euros, or roughly 2 percent of the Dutch GDP by 2030.
(2024-04-30). Prelude to a new imperial order? links.org.au 
Todd Gordon & Jeffery R Webber — The immediacy of the Russian invasion of Ukraine alongside the emergence of China as a potential global power has changed the debate on imperialism.
(2024-04-30). Brazil: Slave Revolt Celebration, Deadly Police Op, Bolsonaro's Issues and Marielle's Killers Arrested. unicornriot.ninja 
(2024-04-30). University of Utah Joins Gaza Solidarity Encampment Wave. unicornriot.ninja 
(2024-04-30). The new direction of the Russian economy, the Soviet example and Europe's choice. uwidata.com We bring to your attention the article by Russian economist Sergey Glazyev, in which he examines the Russian economy's struggle against Western sanctions. Glazyev's article was first published in Russian in the magazine "Zavtra". The title and subtitles in the English translation were put by UWI. Russia has restored dignity to its military, military-industrial complex …
(2024-04-30). "Fishing is no life": Heartless from Brazil, short films from Colombia, South Korea and the US. wsws.org Some writers and directors are making heartfelt films about the poor and oppressed.
(2024-04-30). FDA reports fragments of avian influenza found in US commercial milk supply. wsws.org The FDA reported last week that one in five milks samples from US retail stores contained fragments of the H5N1 bird flu that has recently infected dairy cows in the US.
(2024-04-30). Australian PM Anthony Albanese pushes anti-China campaign in Papua New Guinea. wsws.org Albanese arrived a little over 24 hours after the Chinese foreign minister left, and couched his entire visit in terms of collaboration between Australia and its then colony in World War II.
(2024-04-30). Rank-and-file meeting discusses fight against mass job losses and reduced mail service at Royal Mail. wsws.org Postal workers voiced support for building rank-and-file committees in their own workplaces: "It would certainly upset the Communication Workers Union, and their collusion with Royal Mail, if they knew masses of the workforce stood against their joint campaign."
(2024-04-30). A significant speech by a central banker. wsws.org The picture presented by the governor of the Italian central bank was of a world in which all the economic and political institutions set in place after 1945 to prevent war are breaking down.
(2024-04-30). Germany's political establishment and media accuse far-right Alternative for Germany of "lacking patriotism" wsws.org Having largely adopted the AfD's political programme on refugees and domestic policy, the federal government now wants to overtake it from the right in foreign policy.
(2024-04-30). Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stays in office after threatening to resign. wsws.org Five days earlier, Sanchez had suddenly threatened to resign, after far-right forces published unsubstantiated allegations of corruption targeting Sánchez' wife, Begoña Gómez.
(2024-04-30). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Non-contract teachers in Sao Paulo, Brazil strike against privatization, while a strike vote by Canadian rail workers at CPKC and CN is set to conclude May 1.
(2024-04-30). FAA issues new rules for air traffic controllers after runway incursion in Washington D.C. wsws.org The Federal Aviation Administration announced new working hour rules for air traffic controllers following a runway incident at Reagan National Airport on April 18 in which two jetliners came within 400 feet of each other.
(2024-04-30). Istanbul police declare de facto state of emergency against May Day celebrations. wsws.org The measures are a show of force by the Erdoğan-led state apparatus against those marking the international day of struggle of the working class.
(2024-04-30). UAW secretly agreed to remove limits on forced overtime, leading to 70 hour work weeks at Toledo Jeep. wsws.org In the "historic" 2023 contract the UAW lifted all restrictions on management's right to impose mandatory overtime, including seven-day operations.
(2024-04-30). German train drivers' union announces approval of collective agreement with Deutsche Bahn. wsws.org The German Train Drivers' Union has announced that 77 percent of its members voted in favor of accepting the collective agreement the union reached with Deutsche Bahn. The GDL provided no information on the turnout.
(2024-04-30). Australian PM Albanese pushes anti-China campaign in Papua New Guinea. wsws.org Albanese arrived a little over 24 hours after the Chinese foreign minister left, and couched his entire visit in terms of collaboration between Australia and its then colony in World War II.
(2024-04-30). RBA's next interest rate move likely to be a cut. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-04-30). Lessons From Starbucks Workers United And The Fight For $15. progressivehub.net BRIAN CALLACI | DISSENT…
(2024-04-30). Silence Is Not Consent: Resistance Is Required Today, Tomorrow And Forever. newsone.com 
(2024-04-30). Canadian churches use portion of budgets for Indigenous reparations. anabaptistworld.org In many Canadian churches today, it is common to hear a land acknowledgment at the start of a service. It's a way to recognize the First Nations who occupied the land.
(2024-04-30). Australia no place for violence against women. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-04-30). Ralph Yarl's Mother Files Civil Suit Against White Man Who Shot Teen And The HOA For Alleged Inaction. newsone.com 
A civil lawsuit has been filed on behalf of Ralph Yarl, who was shot by defendant Andrew Lester after Yarl went to the wrong house.
(2024-04-30). Petrol price to increase in May. sanews.gov.za Petrol price to increase in May | Consumers will have to reach deeper into their pockets this coming month as the price of petrol is expected to increase from Wednesday. | The price of both grades of petrol (93 ULP and LRP) and (95 ULP and LRP) is set to increase by 37 cents a litre. | This means that a litre of 95 petrol, which currently costs R25.12 in Gauteng, will now cost R25.49 cents a litre as of Wednesday. | Other consumers will breathe a slight sigh of relief as the prices of both grades of diesel, paraffin and LP Gas are expected to decrease. | The price adjustments were announced by the Department of M…
(2024-04-30). Michael Roberts: Further thoughts on the economics of imperialism. links.org.au 
Michael Roberts — Imperialism can be quantified in economic terms: it is the persistent transfer of surplus value to the rich countries from the poorest countries of the world. This process developed some 150 years or so ago and remains.
(2024-04-30). The Socialist Party of Malaysia's counter-hegemonic narrative. links.org.au 
Jeyakumar Devaraj — The PSM have come to see that Gramsci's analysis of society speaks to our predicament.
(2024-04-30). Peoples Organization for Progress, NJ Civil Rights Organizations, Expresses Support for Student Protests Across the US. fightbackbetter.com THE PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS PO BOX 22505 NEWARK, NJ 07101 973 801-0001 www.njpop.org CONTACT: LAWRENCE HAMM APRIL 30, 2024…
(2024-04-30). Beyond the binary of race and class: A Marxist Humanist perspective. mronline.org 
The emergence of a new generation of antiracist activists and theorists seeking to advance an anticapitalist agenda creates a new vantage point of reexamining how racism relates to the logic of capital. This essay explores sources in the work of Marx, twentieth century Marxists, and Frantz Fanon that can provide direction for overcoming the binary of class and race.
(2024-04-30). List of 2024 mayoral elections and who's polled to win. leftfootforward.org With days to go until the mayoral elections, how tight are the races and what should you look out for?
(2024-04-30). Mashatile calls on leaders from all sectors to build SA's economy. sanews.gov.za Mashatile calls on leaders from all sectors to build SA's economy | Leaders from all sectors of society must join hands to build a resilient economy and fight corruption, says the Deputy President, Paul Mashatile. | "We must collaborate, with each playing a distinctive part, to generate employment and boost trade and investment between our nations, the continent and the world," he told delegates during a dialogue on the role of leadership in fostering economic growth, hosted by the African United Business Confederation (AUBC). | The roundtable dialogue held on Tuesday focused on the role of leadership in economi…
(2024-04-30). Nick Burns: Student Debt in American Society. newleftreview.org The intense debate around American student loans has largely been cast in moral terms—fairness, forgiveness, desert. Nick Burns instead provides a hard-headed analysis of the political and economic interests that built a credit pyramid out of higher education.
(2024-04-30). Asian 'NATO' encircles China. mronline.org 
The U.S.-steered Aukus military alliance is cranking up hostilities by inviting Japan into the anti-China pact, writes FIONA EDWARDS of the No Cold War campaign…
(2024-04-30). Kohei Saito: Greening Marx in Japan. newleftreview.org The Japanese context of decades-long economic stagnation has helped to generate an unexpected reading of Marx as a proto-degrowth proponent. Kōhei Saitō discusses his novel synthesis of Kuruma School historical materialism, German philology and American eco-socialism.
(2024-04-30). Government creates better life during 30 years of democracy. sanews.gov.za Government creates better life during 30 years of democracy | Over the past 30 years government has empowered its citizens by implementing programmes aimed at improving their lives for the better. | As South Africa celebrates 30 years of freedom and democracy, Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa has reflected on the country's development journey and applauded government for making significant strides in improving the lives of its people, while navigating challenges that have impacted South Africa's development trajectory. | "Over the three decades, South Africa ha…
(2024-04-30). Susan Hall Campaigns with Tommy Robinson Supporting Anti-ULEZ Activist Who 'Applauds' Vandals and Believes Islamists are in Charge of Britain. bylinetimes.com The Conservative candidate for London mayor, Susan Hall has repeatedly attended protests and posed at campaign events with a prominent anti-ULEZ activist who has said that he "applauds" the criminal destruction of TfL property, and who has suggested that "Islamists" are in charge of the country and trying to "rig" the general election, Byline Times can reveal. | Hall traveled on her campaign bus on Monday to
(2024-04-30). Harvey Wasserman on the Drugs You Have to Take to Believe Nuclear Energy Is Climate-Friendly. davidswanson.org AUDIO: Talk World Radio is recorded on Zoom. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. VIDEO: This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about Nuclear energy with our guest Harvey "Sluggo" Wasserman. He is a past guest and a life-long activist who speaks, writes, and organizes widely on energy, the …
(2024-04-30). President Ramaphosa bestows National Orders. sanews.gov.za President Ramaphosa bestows National Orders | President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid homage to the South African citizens and others who received their National Orders today — calling them an invaluable part of South Africa's history. | The 32 recipients, some posthumously, were honoured and bestowed during a ceremony held at the Sefako M. Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse in Tshwane on Tuesday. | READ | The prestigious National Ord…
(2024-04-30). To the emerging political force who could change the world. mronline.org This is truly a new political fact: particularly on the issue of war, but not only, the 20-year-olds are coming back on the scene. | April 30, 2024 | Newswire…
(2024-04-30). The Law against Fascism that perpetuates authoritarianism in Venezuela. globalvoices.org 
(2024-04-30). Congress Is Trying To Stop Automatic Flight Refunds. progressivehub.net KATYA SCHWENK AND FREDDY BREWSTER | JACOBIN…
(2024-04-30). Students at Birzeit University in the Occupied West Bank refused a German Ambassador #WestBank #Gaza. youtube.com 
(2024-04-30). Middle America: A Millionaire's Bankrupt Senate Run. progressive.org It seems like Eric Hovde doesn't know why he's running for a U.S. Senate seat. His incoherent political message in a state he is out of touch with is a glimpse into a Republican Party in disarray.
(2024-04-30). On the Line: The Osage Nation v. the Koch Brothers. progressive.org An upcoming documentary details how Charles and David Koch made billions off of the Osage people's oil money.
(2024-04-29). China forging closer economic links with partners in the Gulf. ecns.cn Amid shifting global dynamics, China and the Gulf states are forging deeper economic connections, particularly in renewable energy, financial markets, and electric vehicles, experts have said.
(2024-04-30). Campus Bail Funds. fightbackbetter.com 
Click pic to support students facing repressive police charges.
(2024-04-29). Xi's Europe visit expected to bolster ties. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping's upcoming state visits to France, Serbia and Hungary are expected to open new chapters of solidarity and cooperation between China and the three European countries, while injecting fresh impetus into the nation's ties with the European Union.
(2024-04-30). International Workers' Day, 2024: Solidarity with Iranian workers, women, and youth. leftfootforward.org On International Workers' Day, 2024, we will march as a contingent on the London May Day march to express our solidarity with workers and women in Iran…
(2024-04-30). CPJ Insider: World Press Freedom Day edition. cpj.org 
(2024-04-30). Jiwei Xiao: The Novel of Details in Chinese Literary History. newleftreview.org Jiwei Xiao traces the literary modes of the xijie xiaoshuo as it has registered successive periods of social and cultural change. From its emergence in the twilight of the Ming dynasty through to contemporary panoramas of urban and rural life, lineages of a multiform poetics of detail.
(2024-04-30). University of Massachusetts — Popular University for Gaza — Cops Threatening Repression. fightbackbetter.com 
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(2024-04-30). National Orders: Heroes and heroines receive SA's highest honour. sanews.gov.za
(2024-04-30). Princeton Students Seize Building — Arrests — De-Arrests — Ultimatums and Summonses. fightbackbetter.com 
(2024-04-30). Tory plans to update NHS Constitution 'made in a parallel universe' says nurses' union. leftfootforward.org Proposals announced by the UK Government to adjust the NHS Constitution in England have been 'made in a parallel universe' to the realities of NHS workers, the UK's leading nurses' union has said. | New government plans which could see transgender people treated in separate rooms in hospitals in England have been taken apart by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), as equality organisations raised concerns about how the proposals will impact trans patients and healthcare professionals and NHS bosses accused the government of dragging the NHS into "pre-election culture wars". | Under the proposed NHS Constitutio…
(2024-04-30). Health dismisses reports of new COVID-19 variant. sanews.gov.za Health dismisses reports of new COVID-19 variant | The National Department of Health says it has noted with concern old and fake news about the COVID-19 Omicron XBB variant circulating on social media. | These fake posts further advise people to wear face masks because of an allegedly "deadly and not easy-to-detect variant". | "This is a misleading message which first resurfaced during the peak of the pandemic without a traceable source. | "We urge members of the public to be vigilant and ignore this malicious social media content whose intent is to cause unnecessary panic and confusion, especially as the countr…
(2024-04-30). Gaza, inflation, Assange … Where are the trade unions? thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. Free speech an illusion As we come together for International Workers' Day 2024, Julian Assange is suffering his twelfth year of persecution by the British legal system for the 'crime' of enabling important truths to enter the public domain. British workers have the power to end this travesty and …
(2024-04-30). House Bill 800: Why Senators Should Not Sell Louisiana (Or Any Other State) To Big Business. newsone.com 
Under House Bill 800, legislators would write a new state constitution and put it on the ballot during the 2024 presidential election with little time for Louisianians to ensure that their rights are protected.
(2024-04-30). Modi turns India from democratic giant to world's meanest society. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-04-30). CPJ urges Argentine President Javier Milei to end attacks on press freedom. cpj.org Sà£o Paulo, April 30, 2024—Argentine President Javier Milei and his administration must immediately refrain from attacking press freedom, stigmatizing journalists, and allow journalists to do their jobs freely and without restrictions, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Tuesday. During his first 100 days in office, a report by FOPEA, a local press freedom organization, found that…
(2024-04-30). 5 Safe Destinations For Black Travelers To Travel This Spring. newsone.com 
(2024-04-30). 38 years after Chernobyl disaster, 12% of Belarus's territory is still contaminated. globalvoices.org 
(2024-04-30). Michael Mann: Explaining the Irrationality of War. newleftreview.org Drawing on eight years of comparative-historical research, Michael Mann overturns accepted wisdom on the bellicosity of democracies, the economic grounds for war and the rational calculations of states in a rivalrous world system.
(2024-04-30). Meeting of solidarity with Cuba and Anti-imperialism opens. en.escambray.cu The International Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba and Anti-imperialism takes place from Tuesday to May 2, in this capital, and the western Artemisa province, an official source informed.
(2024-04-30). Berkeley's Free Palestine Encampment Draws on Legacy of Palestinian Protests. themaad.org
(2024-04-30). TSSA GS Eslamdoust 'crosses picket line' of striking union staff. skwawkbox.org 
Striking staff say union general secretary went through their picket — the cardinal sin of trade unionism. No denial from union The cardinal rule of trade unionism — the unforgivable sin, basically — is to cross a picket line set up by striking workers. Such pickets regularly see lorry drivers, rail customers, other trades and …
(2024-04-30). How the New York Times fights America's wars. mronline.org 
The New York Times is not an unbiased fount of information, but a sophisticated ideological weapon. Our goal is to unmask the Times and expose the paper for what it is: a tool of empire encased in a liberal veneer.
(2024-04-30). No-confidenced Eslamdoust again attacks, tries to bypass TSSA workers in dispute. skwawkbox.org 
Shameful conduct continues by general secretary — backed by disgraced predecessor — who has lost all confidence of workers and keeps trying to go around them to end dispute over bullying and abuse TSSA general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust — who was recommended by the union's exec despite having no relevant experience and has already lost …
(2024-04-30). Why We Desperately Need Publicly Funded and Controlled Pharmaeutical Production: An Interview With Tim Joye. lefteast.org 
(2024-04-30). Rob Lucas: From Thick to Thin. newleftreview.org Rob Lucas on Lorraine Daston, Rules. A historian of science tackles the thinning of 'rules': how paradigms to play with became regulations and algorithms to obey.
(2024-04-30). University of New Mexico — Violent Arrests 4/30. fightbackbetter.com 
(2024-04-30). Occupation at Johns Hopkins University aims to protest on behalf of Palestinians. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in Baltimore Beat on Apr. 30, 2024. It is shared here with permission. Baltimore Beat is working to confirm reports that Johns Hopkins University officials threatened to call the Baltimore City Police Department on students who remained at a protest encampment in support of the people of Palestine overnight. Organizers launched …
(2024-04-30). Remembering Gerhard Lohfink. anabaptistworld.org Gerhard Lohfink, a German Catholic New Testament scholar, died on April 2, 2024 in Ebenhausen, Germany. North American Anabaptists, including Mennonites and the Bruderhof, took interest in his work, especially his book Jesus and Community: the Social Dimension of Christian Faith. The book was published in 1982 in German and is still in print. A …
(2024-04-29). Chinese Ambassador urges U.S. to remove obstacles hindering bilateral cultural exchanges. ecns.cn In response to the U.S.' discriminatory and politically motivated actions of recent years, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Xie Feng urged the U.S. to remove obstacles hindering bilateral cultural exchanges.
(2024-04-30). Apply to cast your special vote before applications close on Friday. sanews.gov.za Apply to cast your special vote before applications close on Friday | The deadline is looming for those who wish to apply for a special vote in this year's National and Provincial Elections (NPE). | According to the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), all applications for special votes for home and voting station visits opened on 15 April 2024 and will close on Friday, 3 May 2024. | Home visits are intended for those voters who cannot travel to voting stations, while special votes at voting stations are for citizens unable to be at the voting station on Election Day. | Special voting will be conducted…
(2024-04-30). Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions – Gaza Strip: Strike for Palestine this May Day and Nakba Day. links.org.au 
This May Day and Nakba Day, we, the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions – Gaza, urgently appeal to our brothers and sisters in the international trade union movement to take a stand in solidarity with Palestine.
(2024-04-30). Peter Osborne: The Planet as Political Subject? newleftreview.org An incisive critique of the absence of the social and historical in Bruno Latour's planetary politics and Dipesh Chakrabarty's geo-biology. The political, Osborne argues, is a modality of the social, which is already a socio-natural set of relations.
(2024-04-30). Dingaan Thobela "a champion fighter who captured the hearts of the nation" sanews.gov.za Dingaan Thobela "a champion fighter who captured the hearts of the nation" | Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Zizi Kodwa has paid tribute to the late South African boxing legend Dingaan Thobela, describing him as one of the world's standout fighters. | "Thobela fought in some of the most memorable bouts, such as the fights against Tony Lopez for the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight title and against Glenn Catley to win the World Boxing Council (WBC) super-middleweight title. | "Through his success and popularity, Thobela was one of the world's standout fighters in a golden period of South African box…
(2024-04-30). Number of homeless children in England reaches record high. leftfootforward.org A record 145,800 children are now homeless in England, the government's latest quarterly homelessness stats have shown, highlighting once more the sheer scale of the housing crisis in the country. | The number of children living in temporary accommodation is now at the highest ever level recorded and up 15% on last year. | Almost 320,000 households were assessed as homeless or at risk of homelessness — also a record high, while the number of households threatened with homelessness and owed a prevention duty because of a section 21 notice is the highest on record, at 25,910 over the last year. It was only…
(2024-04-30). 1] With the approach of Summer, the flashy posters, so-called uncontroversial topics, and figureheads associated with Summer Conferences will not conceal the clear distinction between the true Salafiyyoon and others. salaficentre.com In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. The well-known elder Salafi students of knowledge will assess whether these conferences and personalities are adhering to the methodology of the Salaf concerning rectification Imam Malik [may Allah have mercy upon him] said, "The latter part of this Ummah will not be rectified …
(2024-04-30). David Cameron slammed for 'swanning around' in £42m luxury jet as Tories prepare to slash sickness benefits. leftfootforward.org The foreign secretary travelled on the hired Embraer Lineage 1000 for a five-day visit to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia last week…
(2024-04-30). Gà∂ran Therborn: The Future and the Left. newleftreview.org Gà∂ran Therborn replies to Oliver Eagleton's critique of 'The World and the Left' (NLR 137). Debates on the nature of dialectics and the triadic crisis of climate breakdown, imperial geopolitics and rising inequality. Could Bloch still be right about the grounds for rational hope?
(2024-04-30). Iranian economics reporter begins 5-month sentence in Karaj prison. cpj.org Washington, D.C., April 30, 2024—Iranian authorities must immediately release journalist Parisa Salehi from prison and cease jailing members of the press for doing their jobs by reporting on events of public interest, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. On January 24, Judge Asef Al-Hosseini, in Branch one of Karaj Revolutionary Court, sentenced Parisa Salehi, an economics reporter for the state-run financial…
(2024-04-30). David Rovics Medley, Boycott Divest Sanction and Song for Gaza — Music Break! fightbackbetter.com / | "Boycott, Sanction, and Divest" and "Song for Gaza" video medley
(2024-04-30). UNC Chapel — 30 Arrests — Students Walk Out. fightbackbetter.com 
Click pic to read WRAL report. | The WRAL report does not provide any perspectives from the students — only the police and university view. Several photos and a video are included in the WRAL report. | Seeking more details — please provide to Editor@FightBackBetter.com .
(2024-04-30). Iraqi Kurdish journalist Guhdar Zebari is free from prison, but not from threats. Doja Daoud 
(2024-04-30). Capping student visas to curb net migration could create chaos. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-04-30). The problem with forcing people back to the office? All the carbon emissions. grist.org 
(2024-04-30). Terry Eagleton: Modern Joyce. newleftreview.org Terry Eagleton on Luke Gibbons, James Joyce and the Irish Revolution. Rereading of Ulysses as a saturnine blow for the Irish independence struggle.
(2024-04-30). Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner Faces Calls to Quit Over Police Uniform Stunt and Social Media Posts. bylinetimes.com A prominent Police and Crime Commissioner faces a raft of complaints following a string of controversial social media posts and a potential breach of his own office's rules against politicising the force. | A letter to CEO Chief Constable Andy Marsh of the College of Policing, by Andrew Martin of the local Luton Neighbourhood Watch and seen by Byline Times, details serious concerns regarding the conduct of PCC Festus Akinbusoye. | Last week, Mr Akinbusoye was found by the Bedfordshire Police and Crime Panel (PCP), which monitors his conduct, to have failed to uphold the Nolan Principles, which are core ethic…
(2024-04-30). Portland State U Cancels Classes Due to Library Takeover. fightbackbetter.com
(2024-04-30). Occupation at Johns Hopkins University aims to protest on behalf of Palestinians. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Activists and organizers who set up an encampment at Johns Hopkins University said that school officials threatened to call the police on them if they didn't leave last night. They said that school officials also threatened them with academic sanctions. | "We have been clear that the consequences of violating our policies and creating unsafe conditions include acade…
(2024-04-30). Cuban journalist questioned about social media posts, jailed. cpj.org Miami, April 30, 2024—Cuban authorities must immediately and unconditionally release jailed local freelance journalist José Luis Tan Estrada and allow reporters to work without fear of reprisal, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Tuesday. On April 26, Tan was arrested in the Cuban capital of Havana and has since been detained in the Villa…
(2024-04-30). TikTok ban: How American civil liberties are under attack. mronline.org 
Prohibition on the popular video-sharing app would suppress narratives from marginalised communities, including pro-Palestine voices.
(2024-04-30). Reproductive justice is an international human rights framework, so why are groups getting pushback for supporting Palestine? themaad.org
(2024-04-30). CPJ Insider: World Press Freedom Day edition. cpj.org May 3 marks World Press Freedom Day Press freedom is your freedom. This year, as half the world heads to the polls, as protest movements grow, and as climate risks intensify, we need journalists and journalism more than ever. Keeping journalists safe ensures that we can make informed decisions in a rapidly changing world. We…
(2024-04-30). Condolences for black business visionary, Dr Sam Motsuenyane. sanews.gov.za Condolences for black business visionary, Dr Sam Motsuenyane | President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to revered black business pioneer, Dr Sam Motsuenyane, who has died at the age of 97. | Motsuenyane was the co-founder of the pivotal National African Federated Chamber of Commerce (NAFCOC) and played a leading role in the establishment of African Bank — both at the height of apartheid. | "The passing of Dr Sam Motsuenyane 60 years after the establishment of NAFCOC is a profound reminder of the breadth, durability and longevity of his vision and passion for self-reliance and development. | "The remarkab…
(2024-04-30). Xavier University Set To Become 5th HBCU With A Medical School. newsone.com 
Source: laddawan punna / Getty | A small historically Black college in New Orleans is making big moves for the future of the University. | MORE: The Xavier Ochsner College…
(2024-04-30). 24 MPs sign motion calling to reconsider two-child benefits limit. leftfootforward.org A motion signed by 24 MPs has called on the two-child limit to be reconsidered while expressing disbelief that the government has not assessed the correlation between child poverty and the Tories benefit cap as new research came to light. | Tabled by Labour MP Mary Kelly Foy, the Early Day Motion highlighted research from the End Child Poverty Coalition which revealed how some of the most vulnerable families are those hardest hit by the two-child limit. | Introduced in April 2017 by the Tories supposedly as an incentive to get parents into work, the policy prevents households from claiming universal credit or…
(2024-04-30). Judith Suminwa Tuluka, the DRC's first woman prime minister. globalvoices.org 
(2024-04-30). 'Where are those 40 hospitals?': Tory Health Secretary in car crash interview over failed election pledge. leftfootforward.org 'I know it was a number of years ago and I know it was under a previous leadership, but where are those 40 hospitals?'
(2024-04-30). Deputy President Mashatile applauds efforts to keep the lights on. sanews.gov.za Deputy President Mashatile applauds efforts to keep the lights on | Deputy President Paul Mashatile has applauded the Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa's leadership in striving to find solutions to power cuts and increasing energy availability. | "It is commendable that we have had four consecutive weeks without power interruptions. We equally commend the Eskom team as led by Mr Dan Morakane in this regard," he said on Tuesday. | Deputy President Mashatile made the comments this morning at a dialogue on the role of leadership in fostering economic growth. The session…
(2024-04-30). Lorna Finlayson: On Lesser Evilism. newleftreview.org The standard argument for backing hawkish centre-left parties remains the 'lesser evil'. Lorna Finlayson interrogates that line of reasoning and the assumptions on which it rests: crude consequentialism, narrow minded electoralism and covering up the realities of Starmer's Labour.
(2024-04-30). The Heat: U.S. Politics. america.cgtn.com 
(2024-04-30). CPJ, MENA Rights Group file Urgent Action to UN on disappearance of Syrian journalist in Iraqi Kurdistan. cpj.org The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the MENA Rights Group (MRG), filed an Urgent Action on April 12, 2024, to the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances, asking for the Iraqi Kurdish government to clarify the fate and whereabouts of Syrian journalist Sleman Ahmed, who was arrested in Iraqi Kurdistan on October 25, 2023. Ahmed,…
(2024-04-30). Jacob Collins: Ego-History Lessons. newleftreview.org Jacob Collins on Pierre Nora, Jeunesse and Une étrange obstination. Recollections of French intellectual life from the theorist of self-historicization.
(2024-04-29). May Day will see 144 million passenger trips – China railway network. ecns.cn China's railway network is expected to transport around 144 million passenger trips during the eight-day May Day holiday travel rush, which kicked off on Monday, according to China State Railway Group, the national railway operator.
(2024-04-29). AI data training supported by domestic chips, supercomputers. ecns.cn China is making progress in leveraging supercomputers and domestic artificial intelligence chips for the training of AI data, as it copes with the restrictions imposed by the United States on exports of U.S. company Nvidia's most advanced AI chips to the country.
(2024-04-29). More international trips expected during May Day holiday. ecns.cn More international trips are expected at the Beijing Daxing International Airport during the upcoming May Day holiday, with more cross-border routes opened.
(2024-04-30). Eco-Collapse Hasn't Happened Yet. fpif.org
(2024-04-30). Cal Poly Humboldt- News and Information from Inside Building Occupation — Cops Threaten Arrests and Violence — Protesters Prepare Resistance. fightbackbetter.com 
Click pic to read more on Insta Cal Poly has announced switch to remote for rest of semester in response…
(2024-04-30). Iraqi Kurdish journalist Guhdar Zebari is free from prison, but not from threats. cpj.org On February 17, 2024, Iraqi Kurdish journalist Guhdar Zebari was released from prison, concluding a three-and-a-half year legal saga that saw him convicted on anti-state and other charges in retaliation for his work. Zebari is one the so-called "Badinan prisoners" — a group of journalists and activists from the ethnic Badinani group who were arrested…
(2024-04-30). Celebrity-Run Children's Care Home Accused Of 'Misleading' Public As it Faces Threat of Permanent Closure. bylinetimes.com Ofsted is considering permanently closing a children's care home owned by reality TV star Ampika Pickston and funded by her billionaire West Ham owner fiancé David Sullivan amid complaints the company is "misleading" the public into believing it has been allowed to re-open and is "providing a good service". | With
(2024-04-30). Trump Fined Multiple Violations Of Gag Order; Judge Says Jail Is Likely Next. newsone.com 
Source: Michael M. Santiago / Getty | Donald J. Trump was finally held in contempt of court today, Merchan issued the in…
(2024-04-30). °Manos fuera del heroico levantamiento estudiantil en solidaridad con Gaza! workers.org 
°Resistirse a la represión policial está justificado! Workers World apoya plenamente el heroico levantamiento estudiantil estadounidense que ha proliferado en forma de campamentos de solidaridad en Gaza. Este levantamiento nacional fue provocado el 17 de abril, Día de los Prisioneros Palestinos, por estudiantes de la Universidad de Columbia en Harlem, . . . |
(2024-04-30). Bolivia y Colombia buscan nuevos horizontes dentro de la red BRICS. globalizacion.ca Los beneficios geoeconómicos de la adhesión de Bolivia y Colombia a los BRICS+ son muchos, ya que conduciría a un aumento del comercio, la inversión y el intercambio de conocimientos dentro del bloque, al tiempo que fomentaría la innovación y…
(2024-04-30). Burkina Faso: Évaluation thématique sur les dynamiques de déplacements dans les provinces de la Kompienga et de la Tapoa Février, 2024. reliefweb.int 
Countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger | Source: REACH Initiative | Please refer to the attached file. | MESSAGES CLÉS | ‚Ä¢ Une nette baisse voire inexistance des déplacements de population au cours des 3 mois précédant la collecte, expliquée par des restrictions de mouvements. | ‚Ä¢ Les populations se déplaàßaient principalement vers les pays voisins (principalement le Bénin et le Togo) ainsi que vers les villes de la Kompienga et de Fada N'Gourma. | ‚Ä¢ Les menaces de violence envers la population étaient la raison principale des déplacements, suivie pa…
(2024-04-30). Stratégies de gouvernance britanniques: sectes religieuses. thealtworld.com La Grande-Bretagne a une longue histoire de création de réseaux d'agents secrets, de subversion d'autres pays et de création de mouvements par procuration. La religion y joue un rà¥le non négligeable, car Londres doit tenir compte de l'identité religieuse des communautés et des peuples où elle mène ses opérations d'influence. | En Angleterre même, il existe de nombreuses sectes qui interprètent la Bible et les enseignements chrétiens à leur manière. C'est ainsi que sont apparus les Seekers (chercheurs), les Diggers (creuseurs), les Ranters (bavards), les Quakers (trembleurs), les Brownistes (d'après le nom du…
(2024-04-30). Como los de Berlín, en 1936, los Juegos Olímpicos de París 2024, están al servicio de un imposible sueño imperial. thealtworld.com La afirmación puede parecer chocante, pero lo cierto es que la organización de los próximos Juegos Olímpicos …
(2024-04-30). ACNUR Guatemala – Monitoreo de Movimientos Mixtos. Resumen ejecutivo – Informe Anual 2023. reliefweb.int 
Countries: Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), World | Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Please refer to the attached file. | El Informe Anual de Monitoreo de Movimientos Mixtos es la recopilación de fuentes secundarias y de 7.206 encuestas llevadas a cabo en 7 departamentos del país: Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, San Marcos, Huehuetenango, Petén, Izabal y Chiquimula. Las encuestas se realizaron en zonas de frontera, tanto de ingreso como de salida, en los Centros de Atención a Personas Migrantes y Refugiadas (CAPMIRs) así como en áreas de alto tránsito. El fin de…
(2024-04-30). Hamas Mulls Egypt's Ceasefire Proposal as Netanyahu Escalates Rhetoric. english.almanar.com.lb 
Hamas negotiations delegation left Cairo in order to return early Wednesday with an official response to the Egyptian ceasefire proposal. The Israeli enemy, meanwhile, rejected to send a delegation to Cairo talks before receiving the final response of the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas. The Zionist also affirmed that the war cabinet's session, which was scheduled …
(2024-04-30). Islamic Resistance fighters target a gathering of Israeli soldiers inside Metula site, inflicting confirmed losses: statement. english.almanar.com.lb 
(2024-04-30). Zionist opposition chief: 'Israel' has turned to be a hostage taken by irresponsible, crazy people. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-04-30). Israeli media: 3 anti-tank missiles were fired from Lebanon at Metula. english.almanar.com.lb 
(2024-04-30). Israeli Channel 13 reports one settler was injured in a shooting attack in Beersheba. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-04-30). Islamic Resistance fighters strike Al-Radar site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with missiles, hitting it directly: statement. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-04-30). Al-Manar reporter: Missiles hit Al-Radar site in occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-04-30). Hezbollah fighters target two buildings housing enemy soldiers in Metula settlements, destroying both of them: statement. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-04-30). Lebanon: Fire erupts inside a restaurant, leaves 8 deaths and two injuries. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-04-30). Hezbollah fighters fire guided missiles at a Merkava tank bombarding Lebanese villages and civilians from Metula site, destroying it and killing or injuring all its crew: statement. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-04-30). David Pyne's Peace Proposal for the Middle East. sonar21.com 
Nima has asked me to debate David Pyne on his recent substack piece,
(2024-04-29). WHO's International Health Regulations: The intent of the newly released draft remains unchanged. expose-news.com Less than a month before the intended vote, the proposed changes to the International Health Regulations and the draft Pandemic Agreement are still being negotiated. On 16 April, a new draft of …
(2024-04-29). Tuesday 4/30: Community Ready Corps: Community Service Week. indybay.org Oakland | Tuesday, April 30, 12 – 4 PM 106 and McArthur…