Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Black jockeys and the Kentucky Derby: A history of race and racism

https://www.wave3.com/2020/09/03/black-jockeys-kentucky-derby-history-race-racism/

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The Extreme Right is Busy: We Have to get Busier

1). “Project 2025: The Right’s Dystopian Plan to Dismantle Civil Rights and What It Means for Women: With careful planning, conservatives today are working to make their policy priorities permanent—no matter what happens in future elections”, Feb 8, 2024, Carrie N. Baker, MS Magazine, at < https://msmagazine.com/2024/02/08/project-2025-conservative-right-wing-trump-woke/ >.

2). “Presidential Administration Academy: Preparing Political Appointees to be Ready on Day One”, Project 2025: Presidential Transition Project, 2023, The Heritage Foundation, at < https://www.project2025.org/training/presidential-administration-academy/ >

3). “The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population: Behind the scenes at the first Natal Conference, where a motley alliance is throwing out the idea of winning converts to their cause and trying to make their own instead”, Apr 28, 2024, Gaby Del Valle, Politico, at < https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/04/28/natalism-conference-austin-00150338 >.

4). “Stunning police brutality will ignite a student anti-war movement in America: There is some truth to the popular protest slogan: ‘They tried to bury us, but they didn’t know we were seeds’ ”, Apr 29, 2024, Joan Donovan, The Guardian, at < https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/29/police-brutality-university-protest >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

The Supreme Court's men aren't here to protect you (Unless you're reading this, Donald Trump.) ~~ CHRIS GEIDNER APR 28

https://substack.com/redirect/2/eyJlIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubGF3ZG9yay5jb20vcC90aGUtc3VwcmVtZS1jb3VydHMtbWVuLWFyZW50LWhlcmU_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWVtYWlsLWhhbGYtcG9zdCZyPXJvdmhrJnRva2VuPWV5SjFjMlZ5WDJsa0lqbzBOalV4TURFNE5Dd2ljRzl6ZEY5cFpDSTZNVFEwTURnMU1EazBMQ0pwWVhRaU9qRTNNVFF6TXpFM05EQXNJbVY0Y0NJNk1UY3hOamt5TXpjME1Dd2lhWE56SWpvaWNIVmlMVGc1T1RnMk1pSXNJbk4xWWlJNkluQnZjM1F0Y21WaFkzUnBiMjRpZlEuTF9tbWxnUmxtMWFLbzdKdGlMd0dUQ3hvZkVpQmJ3WHlZbnZxWmExLWgwOCIsInAiOjE0NDA4NTA5NCwicyI6ODk5ODYyLCJmIjp0cnVlLCJ1Ijo0NjUxMDE4NCwiaWF0IjoxNzE0MzMxNzQwLCJleHAiOjE3MTY5MjM3NDAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0wIiwic3ViIjoibGluay1yZWRpcmVjdCJ9._u49D5EHTBFwRpMQI-fQiIyLulIwIqeOWbhtwSUgkco?

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Sikh leader's murder in Canada shines spotlight on shadowy Indian spy agency

https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230926-sikh-leader-nijjar-murder-canada-spotlight-raw-shadowy-indian-spy-agency

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Haiti Today, America Tomorrow? ~~ JOHN FEFFER

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/26/haiti-today-america-tomorrow-2/

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Arab Countries Have Israel’s Back—for Their Own Sake

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/04/18/israel-jordan-egypt-uae-saudi-iran-attack-war/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Editors%20Picks%2004182024&utm_term=editors_picks

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Questions of Sustainability: Phoenix Arizona the World’s Least Sustainable City

1). “Why 5 Million People Live in America’s Hottest City”, Feb 28, 2024, RealLifeLore, duration of video 50:16, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjQuZfkU1jI >.

2). “In Era of Drought, Phoenix Prepares for a Future Without Colorado River Water”, Feb 7, 2019, Jim Robbins, Yale 360, at < https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-phoenix-is-preparing-for-a-future-without-colorado-river-water >.

3). “Andrew Ross: Phoenix: Lessons from the World’s Least Sustainable City”, Andrew Ross Lecture, Mar 15, 2012, original source piratetvseattle@gmail.com, Internet Archive, duration of video 1:25:01 at < https://archive.org/details/scm-24678-andrewrossphoenixlessonsfromth >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Police Snipers Take Aim at Student Protesters: Shades of the EuroMaidan Events During the 2014 Coup in Kiev Ukraine

“Campus protests against Gaza genocide spread globally despite police repression”, Apr 26, 2024, Anon, World Socialist Web Site {WSWS}, at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/25/fwco-a25.html#1957436698 >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Maryland Governor Signs “Freedom to Read Act” Into Law

https://truthout.org/articles/maryland-governor-signs-freedom-to-read-act-into-law/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

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Lawsuit: Alabama Is Denying Prisoners Parole to Lease Their Labor to Meatpackers, McDonalds

https://inthesetimes.com/article/alabama-slavery-prison-labor-incarcerated-company-exploit-capitalism-lawsuit?link_id=7&can_id=6116ca33763503c65b77bb3be6082932&source=email-messages-from-our-movements-2&email_referrer=email_2294675&email_subject=trumps-conservative-playbook-is-already-being-implemented

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Protests and Outrage Grows over Israeli Attacks, and U.S. Support for those Attacks, On the Palestinians in Gaza and The West Bank

1), “Hundreds arrested and assaulted by US police as protests against Gaza genocide expand on college campuses”, Apr 25, 2024 Updated 9 hours ago, featuring Live updates (probably to be continued later today April 26, 2024), Anon, World Socialist Web Site (WSWS), at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/04/25/fwco-a25.html >.

2). “ 'The Actual Dictatorship Beneath the Shell of US Democracy': As Seen in the Repression and Smearing of Campus Protests and More”, Apr 25, 2024, Paul Street, The Paul Street Report, at < https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/the-actual-dictatorship-beneath-the >.

3). “Waves of Campus Protests Against the U.S.-Backed Israeli War of Genocide Continue… and Spread”,

Apr 24, 2024, Wecome to the Revolution, at < https://revcom.us/en/waves-campus-protests-against-us-backed-israeli-war-genocide-continue-and-spread >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Over 100 students arrested in California, Texas as Gaza protests intensify

https://youtu.be/72MD5L2ulWI?si=OF5KfoZeZmdhoUoV

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CHUCK BERRY (1926-2017) ~~ Music Friday for Class strugglers

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/berry-charles-edward-anderson-chuck-1926/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Wide Ranging John Mearsheimer Interview

“John Mearsheimer: What’s Behind Biden’s Blank Check Support for Israel?”, Mar 21, 2024, Gita Wirjawan interviews John Mearsheimer, Endgame episode #179 (Luminaries), at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39_bpaaio1U >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Actual Revolution vs. Revenge, Identitarianism, and "Our Enemy's Enemy is Our Friend" ~~ Paul Street

https://open.substack.com/pub/paulstreet/p/actual-revolution-vs-revenge-identitarianism?r=nsdhl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&comments=true

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The Ongoing Crisis of American Empire: The Three Foreign Policy Debacles and the Erosion of the Bases of Imperialist Power

1). “The American Empire in (Ultimate?) Crisis: The Decline and Fall of It All?”, (“Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Living in a Quagmire World”), Mar 12, 2024, Alfred McCoy, TomDispatch, at < https://tomdispatch.com/the-american-empire-in-ultimate-crisis/ >.

2). “U.S. Weakness and the Struggle for Hegemony”, Nov 01, 2019, Immanuel Wallerstein, Monthly Review, Volume 71, Issue 06, at < https://monthlyreview.org/2019/11/01/u-s-weakness-and-the-struggle-for-hegemony-2/ >

3). “ 'China most likely to win war against US over Taiwan': Niall Ferguson: Ferguson said China is spending a huge amount of money on defence and that its navy is already the biggest in the world”, Updated Jan 17, 2024, Saurabh Sharma, Niall Ferguson interviewed by Rahul Kanwal & Kalli Purie, Business Today, duration of video 28:33, at < https://www.businesstoday.in/wef-2024/story/china-most-likely-to-win-war-against-us-over-taiwan-niall-ferguson-at-wef2024-413626-2024-01-16 >.

4). “The First Battle of the Next War: Wargaming a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan”, Jan 9, 2023, Mark F. Cancian, Matthew Cancian, & Eric Heginbotham, CSIS (Center for Stategic and International Studies), Duration of video 2:23, at < https://www.csis.org/analysis/first-battle next-war-wargaming-chinese-invasion-taiwan >. With link to comoplete165 page CSIS report at < https://csis-website-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fspublic/publication/230109_Cancian_FirstBattle_NextWar.pdf >.

5). “COMAC Explained: China’s Boeing”, May 2, 2021, Asianometry, ( {COMAC}: Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China), duration of video 16:50, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3R1xQzs3E >.

6). “The Boeing 787: Broken Dreams l Al Jazeera Investigations”, Sep 10, 2014, Will Jordan Reporter, Al Jazeera English, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvkEpstd9os >.

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I Am a Jewish Student at Columbia. Don’t Believe What You’re Being Told About ‘Campus Antisemitism’ ~~ JONATHAN BEN-MENACHEM

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=2325511&post_id=143899407&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTQzODk5NDA3LCJpYXQiOjE3MTM5MDE0ODcsImV4cCI6MTcxNjQ5MzQ4NywiaXNzIjoicHViLTIzMjU1MTEiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.R8hc64ZMf-jMhNluXAf_NUE2H8xdIHpGd8uoLtRxrDo

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Ethical alternatives: brands to buy from if you boycott Israeli apartheid

https://youtu.be/-Hkjnv1LJ7I?si=tQ0FMeX-K5wiKArA

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Do African Problems Really Have African Solutions? ~~ Anne Lauder, Hilary Matfess

https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/do-african-problems-really-have-african-solutions?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Unveiling the Actual, Shocking Driver of Crime in America

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=302288&post_id=143868415&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTQzODY4NDE1LCJpYXQiOjE3MTM4ODAwMzAsImV4cCI6MTcxNjQ3MjAzMCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTMwMjI4OCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.D2Ci9Ahbfv3cQIW6XQbnSLcAlQ7GRu8cpGBRbzJ9ASQ

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Global Military Spending Reached an All-Time High Last Year at $2.4 Trillion

https://truthout.org/articles/global-military-spending-reached-an-all-time-high-last-year-at-2-4-trillion/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

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Anti-abortion states are targeting an emergency healthcare law. Will the supreme court side with them? ~~ Jessica Glenza Sun 21 Apr 2024 07.00 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2024/apr/21/emtala-supreme-court-abortion

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Ongoing Imperial Crises: The Internal Struggles Continue Unabated

1). “Democrats Say They Have a Winning Hand on Abortion but Outside Groups Won’t Let Them Play It: Leading abortion rights groups have been pressuring Democrats to keep quiet on repealing the Comstock Act even though some think it could be a “Dobbs redux.” “I feel like I’m taking crazy pills,” one House Democratic aide said”, Apr 18, 2024, Oriana González, NOTUS, at < https://www.notus.org/congress/comstock-repeal-planned-parenthood-aclu-democrats >.

2). “The Conservative Plan to Ban Abortion Without Congress: Anti-abortion advocates hope a Republican president will enforce a series of laws from the 1800s that will 'result in the end of abortion in every single state in America' ”, Jan 19, 2024, Oriana González, NOTUS, at < https://www.notus.org/policy/the-conservative-plan-to-ban-abortion-without-congress

3). “The Conservative Plan to Ban AbortionBallot Measure in Missouri: 'Decline to sign' and other nonsense meant to confuse, unnerve, and terrorize volunteers gathering signatures”, Apr 21, 2024, Jess Piper, The View from Rural Missouri by Jess Piper, at < https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/intimidation-strategies-and-the-abortion >.

4). “You Don't Like It? Move: Advice I have been given by both trolls and extremely well-meaning folks”, Apr 18, 2024, Jess Piper, The View from Rural Missouri by Jess Piper, at < https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/just-move >.

5). “What We've Become - Living and Dying in a Country of Arms”, First Broadcast on Apr 14, 2024, Jonathan M. Metzl M.D. (Director Vanderbilt University-Center for Medicine, Health, and Society) discusses gun violence and its role in U.S. Right-Wing politics with Beth Simone Noveck (Professor Northeastern University-School of Law), C-Span Book TV, duration of video 105:51, at < https://www.c-span.org/video/?533349-1/what-living-dying-country-arms >.

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

What are you eating? | Climate & Capitalism

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2024/04/22/what-are-you-eating/

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Ongoing Imperial Crises: Israel Launches their Promised Retaliatory Stike Against Iran

1). “Middle East crisis live: No plan for immediate retaliation against Israel, senior Iranian official says after blasts reported near Isfahan”, Apr 19, 2024, Vivian Ho (now), Amy Sedghi and Reged Ahmad (earlier), The Guardian, at < https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/19/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-iran-israel-today-explosions-isfahan#top-of-blog >.

2). “Israel has mounted airstrikes on Iran, US confirms, as Tehran plays down attack: Iranian official indicates no ‘immediate’ plan for retaliation after explosions reported in sky over Isfahan and Tabriz”, Apr 19, 2024, Peter Beaumont in Jerusalem and Julian Borger in Washington, The Guardian, at < https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/israel-iran-airtstrikes-ifsahan-tabriz-drones-explosions >.

3). “US calls for calm after officials say Israeli missile strikes Iran: Now playing video Israeli Missile Strikes Iran, US says from BBC News: Israeli Missile Strikes Iran, US says”, Live, Apr 19, 2024, Barbara Tasch, James Harness & Sophie Abdulla, BBC News, at < https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-68830092?src_origin=BBCS_BBC >

4). “Global South Takes Israel to Court, While West Targets Those Who Say ‘Free Palestine’ ”, Apr 18, 2024, Eugene Puryear interviews Sevim Dağdelen (leftist member of the Bundestag), and Jodi Dean (a professor, prominent political theorist, and author, has been suspended from her teaching duties at Hobart and William Smith Colleges over the essay she wrote in support of Palestinian liberation ), BreakThrough News, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGLr0y8Yu0g >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

“Yeah Capitalism Is Bad…But What Can We Do?”

https://youtu.be/2aLzDHAvehI?si=ywHxJUHuzOKs_yTr

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Some Working Class Music Paul Street Music Friday for Class Strugglers

https://paulstreet.substack.com/p/some-working-class-music?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

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The billionaire ‘nepo baby’ boom

https://redflag.org.au/article/the-billionaire-nepo-baby-boom

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Abortion and Reproductive Healthcare Rights, the Destruction of Public Schools, and the Capitalist Push to Bring Back Child Labor: These are all Related Parts of the Ruling Class Agenda for U.S. Society

1). “Abortion, Every Day (4.17.24): Arizona GOP wants to launch a fake ballot measure”, Apr 18, 2024, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-every-day-41724 >.

2). “Defunding Schools -- Rolling Back Child Labor Laws and Reproductive Rights: Milton Friedman, libertarians, and reproductive healthcare cranks...”, Apr 08, 2024, Jess Piper, The View from Rural Missouri by Jess Piper, at < https://jesspiper.substack.com/p/defunding-schools-rolling-back-child >.

3). “Kids at work: States try to ease child labor laws at behest of industry: Bills doing away with work permits and extending working hours for teens 16 and older have cleared legislative committees in Missouri”, Apr 7, 2023, Ariana Figueroa, Missouri Independent, at < https://missouriindependent.com/2023/04/07/kids-at-work-states-try-to-ease-child-labor-laws-at-behest-of-industry/ >

4). “Abortion in Missouri: A look at key claims in the ‘decline to sign’ effort”, Apr 19, 2024, Alyse Pfeil, St. Louis Post Dispatch, includes at the bottom of the article 3 videos, of Republican Candidates for the Missouri Governorship, and one radio ad from a Forced-Birth organization, spouting typical lies about the Abortion Rights Initiative that will appear on the ballot in the November General Election, at < https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/abortion-in-missouri-a-look-at-the-decline-to-sign-campaign-s-key-claims/article_f30379a0-f392-11ee-b7d6-6396dd207710.html >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Atlantic Mirrors ~~ Samuel Rubinstein

https://www.fusionaier.org/post/atlantic-mirrors

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The Iron Dome is global – and so is the resistance - Red Pepper

https://www.redpepper.org.uk/global-politics/palestine-middle-east/the-iron-dome-is-global-and-so-is-the-resistance/

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Ultra-Right Fascist Senator from Arkansas tries to Whip up Vigilante Actions.

1). “Cotton Urges Citizens to Forcibly Confront Pro-Palestinian Protesters”, Updated Tue, 16 April 2024, Robert Jimison, New York Times, (reposted at Yahoo News), at < https://sg.news.yahoo.com/cotton-urges-citizens-forcibly-confront-172433420.html >

2). “Tom Cotton Says In Arkansas, Pro-Palestinian Protestors Holding Up Traffic Would 'Have Their Skin Ripped Off': Way to de-escalate a situation, dude”, Apr 16, 2024, Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, at < https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a60511822/tom-cotton-palestine-protestors/ >

3). “Republican senator Tom Cotton calls for vigilantism to break up Gaza protests: Outcry as Cotton says those inconvenienced by protesters blocking roads and airports should ‘take matters into own hands’ ”, Apr 16, 2024, Erum Salam, The Guardian, at < https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/16/tom-cotton-gaza-protesters >

4). “Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt traffic at Golden Gate Bridge, O’Hare airport and other sites across US”, Apr 16, 2024, Joe Sutton and Steve Almasy, CNN, at < https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/16/us/pro-palestinian-protests-golden-gate-us-gaza-war/index.html >

5). “Sen. Tom Cotton on anti-Israel protests: This is a 'revolting display of moral equivalence': Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says it is 'time to put an end to this nonsense' on 'America Reports.' ”, Apr 15, 2024, Fox News, duration of video 4:46, at < https://www.foxnews.com/video/6350977761112 >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

How American Policing Became So Violent ~~ JEFFREY ADLER

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/16/how-american-policing-became-so-violent/

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The Silicon Valley/Venture Capital Pentagon ~~ Spencer Ackerman

https://www.forever-wars.com/r/ef14a5f2?m=b656041a-c61a-4a6b-910d-7d396ec2db1f

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So You’ve Got a Crank Politician in the Family ~~ JILL LAWRENCE

https://newrepublic.com/article/180715/kennedys-suddenly-working-destroy-rfk-jrs-spoiler-bid?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily

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Anti-Christian sells Bible for 60 bucks

https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=423996&post_id=143625287&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTQzNjI1Mjg3LCJpYXQiOjE3MTMyNzY1MTgsImV4cCI6MTcxNTg2ODUxOCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQyMzk5NiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.IDhT32cieyPVpJhQP2CBLaDZ2Q0BSA68HsQNu_ZsxkQ

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“British Justice”? Hundreds of Subpostmasters Ask, What’s That? ~~ KENNETH SURIN

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/04/16/british-justice-hundreds-of-subposmasters-ask-whats-that/

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Industrial Agriculture: Lessons from North Korea ~~ Zhun Xu

https://monthlyreview.org/2024/03/01/industrial-agriculture-lessons-from-north-korea/

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The Ongoing Crisis of the U.S. Empire

1). “Notes from the Editors: April 2024 (Volume 75, Number 11)”, Apr 01, 2024, The Editors, Monthly Review, First 5 Paragraphs of “Notes ….”, at < https://monthlyreview.org/2024/04/01/mr-075-11-2024-04_0/ >

2). “The Premises of the Diplomatic Mission Shall Be Inviolable: The Fifteenth Newsletter (2024): From Israel’s bombing of Iran’s embassy in Damascus to Ecuador’s raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, leaders feel emboldened by the impunity granted by the Global North to disregard diplomatic norms and respect”, Apr 11, 2024, Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental, at < https://thetricontinental.org/newsletterissue/ecuador/ >.

3). “Israel beat Iran — for now: Iran’s Saturday attack on Israel was a military failure. But things could still get a lot worse”, Apr 15, 2024, Zack Beauchamp, Vox, at < https://www.vox.com/2024/4/15/24130346/israel-iran-attack-regional-war-april-drone-missile >

~~ recommended by dmorista ~~

Israeli Firms Are Working Overtime to Sell Stolen Palestinian Land to US Jews

https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-firms-are-working-overtime-to-sell-stolen-palestinian-land-to-us-jews/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

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A Class Analysis of the Trump-Biden Rerun ~~ RICHARD D. WOLFF

https://www.counterpunch.org/author/rwolff0998/

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Are Fascism and Liberalism Partners in Capitalist Crime?

“Gabriel Rockhill, 'Are Fascism and Liberalism Partners in Capitalist Crime?' ”, Jan 28, 2024 (this youtube posted on Apr 13, 2024) , A bit less than an hour-long Lecture by Gabriel Rockhill, followed by over an hour of Q & A, Critical Theory Workshop, Overall length of video 2:11:40, length of Rockhill's lecture about 55 minutes ending at 57:20 at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnn_bWDmizw >.

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Cash, corruption, crumbling dams — that's China's Belt and Road Initiative, 10 years in

https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/17/cash-corruption-crumbling-dams-thats-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-10-years-in

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Capitalism’s new catastrophes

https://isj.org.uk/capitalisms-new-catastrophes/

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The Silver or the Lead: How White Collar Crime Prosecutors Get Punished ~~ MATT STOLLER APR 12

https://substack.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.pb5SLmAoCaQ8FrA2DXyDzzJs_yoToVYM0ol8kcAJsbM?

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44% of all Palestinians killed by Israel since October 7 are children : Peoples Dispatch

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/04/08/44-of-all-palestinians-killed-by-israel-since-october-7-are-children/

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Nearly 9 in 10 Trans People in State Prisons Have Undergone Solitary Confinement

https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-9-in-10-trans-people-in-state-prisons-have-undergone-solitary-confinement/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons

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Keynesian Federal Military Spending Driving US Economy

Source: https://apps.bea.gov/iTable/?reqid=19&step=2&isuri=1&categories=survey#eyJhcHBpZCI6MTksInN0ZXBzIjpbMSwyLDNdLCJkYXRhIjpbWyJjYXRlZ29yaWVzIiwiU3VydmV5Il0sWyJOSVBBX1RhYmxlX0xpc3QiLCI1Il1dfQ==

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Who REALLY Controls US Foreign and even much Domestic Policy

1). “Who REALLY Controls US Foreign Policy?”, Mar 13, 2024, GDF, Duration of video 33:46, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZdpIRMZoSw >

2). “The Break-Up?: Are the United States and Israel heading toward a divorce?”, Apr 10, 2024, John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus, at < https://fpif.org/the-break-up/ >

3). “Why AIPAC is still Israel’s foreign agent”, March 26, 2024, Grant Smith (of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy), interviewed on Understanding Israel Palestine, duration of audio 29:02, the discussion with Smith begins at about 2:19, at < https://www.iheart.com/podcast/338-israel-lobby-damage-assess-107222446/ >

Tired songs, songs of hope and sadness ~~ music Friday for Class Strugglers

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Abortion Rights Developments, Presidential Politics and the Left, 2024

1). “Abortion, Every Day (4.9.24): Arizona, Florida & 2024”, Apr 09, 2024, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at < https://jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-every-day-4924 >.

2). “Breaking: Arizona to Enforce 1864 Ban: The state Supreme Court ruled in favor of a total abortion ban”, Apr 09, 2024, Jessica Valenti, Abortion, Every Day, at <https://jessica.substack.com/p/breaking-arizona-to-enforce-1864 >.

3). “How Florida and Arizona Supreme Court rulings change the abortion access map”, Apr 11, 2024, Selena Simmons-Duffin & Hilary Fung, Morning Edition (NPR), at < https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/11/1243991410/how-florida-and-arizona-supreme-court-rulings-change-the-abortion-access-map?ft=nprml&f=103537970 >.

4). “Rachel Bitecofer's tough-love lesson for Democrats: Time to fight dirty: Political scientist turned strategist sees a winning strategy. Paint the GOP as murderous, delusional fascists”, Feb 17, 2024, Rachel Bitecofer, Salon, at < https://www.salon.com/2024/02/17/rachel-bitecofers-tough-love-lesson-for-democrats-time-to-fight-dirty/ >

5). “Hit 'Em Where It Hurts - How to Save Democracy by Beating Republicans at Their Own Game: Political strategist Rachel Bitecofer offered her thoughts on how the Democrats can win over American voters and beat Republicans in 2024”, Feb 16, 2024, Alyssa Martinez interviews Rachel Bitecofer, C-Span Book TV, at < https://www.c-span.org/video/?533636-1/hit-em-hurts-save-democracy-beating-republicans-game >.

6). “Arizona’s ban spotlights the fraudulence of Trump’s “moderation” on abortion:To see what a second Trump administration would mean for reproductive rights, look to Arizona’s abortion ban, not Trump’s cheap words”, originally published on April 8, 2024 updated April 9, 2024, Eric Levitz, Vox, at < https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/4/8/24124454/trump-abortion-policy-video-truth-social >.

7). “Are young voters really embracing Donald Trump?: Plenty of data suggests Trump is making surprising gains with young Americans. The debate, explained”, April 10, 2024, Christian Paz, Vox, at < https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/24125496/young-voters-trump-biden-polling >.

8). STOP THE COUP 2025! STOP PROJECT 2025!: A public education and mobilization campaign to counter Project 2025, the conservative movement’s blueprint attack on our democracy. January 6 was just their rehearsal, Includes numerous links to material about the Project 2025 initiatives emanating from the far-right at < https://www.stopthecoup2025.org/ >

9). How Project 2025 Will Ruin YOUR Life, Current website, Andra Watkins, Includes numerous links to material about the Project 2025, at < https://project2025istheocracy.substack.com/ >.