Argentina's 'starving policies'

 

 

Hundreds of thousands of Argentines have rallied against budget cuts which they say could bankrupt universities. 

It was the biggest protest yet against President Javier Milei’s economic 'shock therapy’ to reverse crippling inflation rates. 

DC Police Refuse George Washington University Request To Arrest Students

 

Student protests are growing all over the globe. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein (center) stands with students in St. Louis, Missouri at Washington University. She and others were soon brutally attack by cops and many, including Jill, were arrested.

By Joe Lauria (Consortium News)

The Washington D.C. police turned down a request by GWU president to clear out the anti-genocide encampment on campus.

From the university’s perspective, it seemed like the perfect time for the police to move in and break up the students’ anti-genocide camp:  3 a.m.

George Washington University had given the students until 7 p.m. on Thursday night to clear out. Instead more than a thousand students from other area universities and other supporters flooded the university yard, forming a circle around around the camp.

As the time advanced beyond midnight the crowd dwindled, leaving the encampment less protected.  It seemed logical that under the cover of darkness, with fewer media also present, the police would intervene, as they have on a growing number of campuses around the United States.

And that’s what the GWU president wanted.  But the Washington mayor and the police brass refused, according to The Washington Post.

“D.C. police rejected pleas from George Washington University officials to clear pro-Palestinian demonstrators out of an on-campus encampment early Friday morning, saying they worried about the optics of moving against a small number of peaceful protesters, according to two officials familiar with the talks,” the Post reported.

The newspaper said:

    “Officers had assembled around 3 a.m. and were prepared to enter the encampment, but senior leaders in the police chief’s and mayor’s office ordered them to stand down, the officials said. The demonstrators were small in number and largely peaceful, and the city officials told their university counterparts they wanted to avoid images of violent altercations between police and protesters flashing across TV screens across the country. The George Washington campus is just west of downtown Washington, five blocks from the White House.”

This is a critical moment in the way the U.S. and European establishments deal with the exploding resistance to their unconscionable support for genocide.

Either they face the stark reality that their actions are spurring fierce resistance that threatens their political survival, and thus stop arming and funding Israel, or they increase the repression against opposition, beginning with the student protestors.  These decisions will be made in these days and will have enormous repercussions.

That the Washington mayor and police chiefs showed the guts to leave the students alone reveals serious doubts creeping into official thinking. Even public officials see what Israel is doing.

Kids speak for Palestine!

 

 

Special thanks to Eric Herter for his great efforts to make this event happen - twice. 

First in Brunswick and then in Portland, Maine.

Gaza students thank U.S. protesting students

 

 

Palestinian children sent a message of thanks and gratitude to US and European university students for their solidarity with the Gaza Strip during a press conference and event held in the garden of a school turned into a shelter center in Rafah city in the Gaza Strip, which is under Israeli blockade and attacks.

 

US professor cancels students’ final project in response to crackdown on pro-Palestine protests

An assistant professor from the University of Southern California (USC) has announced the cancellation of students’ final project in response to the crackdown on pro-Palestine protests at the university.

“Our university administration decided to bring riot police onto the campus instead of tolerating anti-war, anti-genocide protests of students, many of whom have gone into considerable debt to even attend USC,” Sarah Kessler posted on X addressing her students.

“How are you supposed to take exams with LAPD helicopters loudly circling overhead,” she asked.

“I went into this line of work because I actually care about education, but I’m finding USC’s business as usual inhospitable to critical thinking and action at the moment.”      ~ Aljazeera

 

"Don't Forget Gaza" march was organized in Üsküdar, Istanbul by the Human Rights and Freedoms (IHH) Humanitarian Relief Foundation and the International Freedom Flotilla Coalition. 

The group gathered at Fıstıkağacı Metro Station and protested against Israel's attacks on Gaza. 

The participants unfurled banners reading "Cease fire now", "Open the Rafah Border Gate" and carried Turkish and Palestinian flags.

Sunday song with bonus

 

 

Americans, you're being played

 

The video is excellent.

The subject line above says it all.

The U.S. against the new 'Axis of Evil'

 

By Manlio Dinucci (Pangea Grandangolo TV, Italy)

The US Congress has approved a $95 billion bill for "aid" to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The Act was voted by a large bipartisan majority of Democrats and Republicans and provided $60.8 billion for Ukraine, $26.4 billion for Israel, and $8.1 billion for Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific region. The chairman of the Senate Armed Services, Republican Mike Rogers, said: “China, Russia, and Iran are working together in a new Axis of Evil to damage our alliances and undermine our national security.” 

President Biden, who immediately signed the Act, declared: “It's a good day for America, it's a good day for Europe and it's a good day for world peace. It will make America safer. It will make the world safer and continue America's leadership." He then added concerning Israel: “My commitment to Israel, I want to make it clear once again, is ironclad. Israel's security is paramount. I will always ensure that Israel has what it needs to defend itself from Iran and the terrorists it supports.”

This Act fuels wars and war preparations from Europe to the Middle East and East Asia against Russia, Iran, Palestine, China, and other countries, and further strengthens the US military. Of the 60 billion in "aid" to Ukraine, 48 billion finance the US Armed Forces: 23.2 billion dollars are intended to replenish US stockpiles of weapons used to arm Ukraine; $11.3 billion is earmarked for current U.S. military operations in the region; 13.8 billion dollars are intended for the purchase of advanced weapon systems, materials, and defence services. 

At the same time, the Act requires that US allies, including Italy, pay their “fair share” of the costs of war against the “new Axis of Evil.”

Webinar: “MAY 2: REMEMBER THE ODESSA MASSACRE!”

 

 

“MAY 2: REMEMBER THE ODESSA MASSACRE!”

 A webinar sponsored by the Odessa Solidarity Campaign

Thursday, May 2, noon - 1:15 pm (EST)

 

Register in advance for this webinar:

 
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XcxaoXglQragoqh1Dc9oHg

 

 

The Odessa Solidarity Campaign invites you to attend an important webinar on May 2 that will explore the true nature of the government of Ukraine and expose the myth that it is a democracy unjustly targeted in an unprovoked war.

The webinar is timely for two reasons:

First, May 2 will mark 10 years since a fascist-led mob murdered at least 42 people when it set fire to the House of Trade Unions in Odessa, Ukraine. What has become known as the Odessa Massacre took place shortly after the U.S.-backed coup that overthrew the elected president of Ukraine and replaced him with a regime anxious to ally with the U.S. and its growing global military, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO.

And second, the U.S. House of Representatives has just approved $61 billion for the U.S. proxy war with Russia, along with $26 billion for Israel to support its genocide in Gaza and billions for Taiwan, a provocative move certain to increase tensions with China.

The May 2 webinar will have four presenters, all of whom have visited Ukraine since the Odessa Massacre:

• Bruce Gagnon - Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space (Maine)
• Joe Lombardo - Coordinator, United National Antiwar Coalition (New York)
• John Parker - Leading Member, Socialist Unity Party; Coordinator, Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice (California)
• Phil Wilayto - Coordinator, Odessa Solidarity Campaign; Editor, The Virginia Defender (Virginia)

The Moderator will be:

• Alison Bodine - Representative, Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice (Vancouver)

There will also be a special presentation by a member of the Uhuru 3, leaders and supporters of the African People’s Socialist Party who have come under severe political repression for speaking out against the U.S. role in Ukraine’s war with Russia. The Uhuru 3 are scheduled to go to trial Sept. 3 in Tampa, Florida.

The May 2 webinar is being sponsored by the Odessa Solidarity Campaign and has been endorsed by:

•       Fire This Time Movement for Social Justice (Vancouver)
•       Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space 
•       Harriet Tubman Center for Social Justice (Los Angeles)
•       Mobilization Against War and Occupation (MAWO) - Vancouver
•       Socialist Unity Party.
•       United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC)
•       Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality

  

ODESSA SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN

 PO Box 23202, Richmond, VA 23223 USA - https://odessasolidaritycampaign.wordpress.com

Ph: 1-804-644-5834 - Email: DefendersFJE@hotmail.com

The Odessa Solidarity Campaign, a project of the Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality, was founded in 2016 after three U.S. antiwar activists answered a call from the Council of Mothers of May 2 for International Observers to attend the 2nd annual memorial of the Odessa Massacre, which several fascist paramilitary organizations were publicly threatening to attack. Every year since, the OSC has encouraged local actions to remember the massacre and support the Council of Mothers’ demand for a genuine international investigation into the killings, something the Ukrainian government has yet to allow.

German cops get rough in Berlin

 

 

Police in Berlin, Germany, arrest pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had camped outside German Parliament.

Economy watch: U.S. debt crisis alert!

 

U.S. even pissing off the IMF these days over incompetence of American economic decision making in Washington. Or was it all by design? Maybe Mr. Big's interests are not the same as the majority of the people?

Do something now about your debt the IMF says....the drive to increase spending should be resisted as most of it is going for warmongering. 

Cost of interest to banks on US debt is greater than 2024 spending on the Pentagon and Medicare combined. Next seven generations would be still paying that debt. Nice gift to our kids huh....

The banksters are doing well but rest of us are in the shitter. 

Let's get out while we still can.

Bruce 

Netanyahu worst lies ever exposed

 

#BenjaminNetanyahu dropped a two-minute video on X "condemning" college campus protests at #ColumbiaUniversity and other #Campus #Protest movements. 

Aaron hadn't caught wind of the statement before this interview but does a great job sharing the truth.

These are the worst lies by Netanyahu that I've ever seen.

Please share this short video so as many people as possible can see how the zionists are exposing themselves as the frauds that they are.

Bruce