Analysis: 71% of Dem Voters Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians "The voters surveyed were asked to choose between a more progressive & a more moderate approach to six issues: the Israel-Palestine conflict, transgender sports policy, economic policy, healthcare, climate policy, & immigration."
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Voters Overwhelming Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians
From Israel-Palestine to economic policy, polling from Data for Progress and Zeteo shows likely primary voters prefer a more progressive approach.
 #demvoters #palestine #uspol #stoparmingisrael .
Analysis: "US Jews to Trump: Stop using Antisemitism Charges to Repress Dissent & Undermine Liberty" The Jewish Council on Public Affairs (JCPA) issued its objections to Trump's "false choice between confronting antisemitism & upholding democracy": Anti-democratic "actions do not make Jews—or any community—safer. Rather, they only make us less safe, as they bring additional sources of resentment against Jews."
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US Jews to Trump: Stop using Antisemitism Charges to Repress Dissent and Undermine Liberty
Oakland, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Featured) - On April 15, the venerable Jewish Council on Public Affairs (JCPA) issued an eloquent statem...
 #usjews #trump #resistfascism #uspol .
Analysis: "At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up to Trump" "A letter signed by more than 400 university heads offers a sharp rebuke to the bully-in-chief: "As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education.”
At Last, College Presidents Are Standing Up to Trump – Mother Jones
 #resistfascism #trump #studentprotests #uspol #ushighered .
Analysis: 71% of Dem Voters Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians "As the Democratic Party faces an identity crisis following its 2024 loss, the new data point is yet another indicator that Democratic voters want to depart from the party establishment consensus in favor of something more progressive."
EXCLUSIVE: Dem Voters Overwhelming Say US Should Cut Aid to Israel Until It Stops Attacking Civilians
From Israel-Palestine to economic policy, polling from Data for Progress and Zeteo shows likely primary voters prefer a more progressive approach.
 #demvoters #palestine #uspol #stoparmingisrael .
Long Island synagogue cancels Ben-Gvir talk It was at least the second cancellation of an event for Ben-Gvir during his first US official visit. Ben-Gvir was also heckled at a private event in New York. Ben-Gvir says top GOP members agree with him that it is necessary to bomb the food & aid depots in Gaza.
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Long Island synagogue cancels Ben-Gvir talk amid wide tensions over whether to host him - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
"He is a Jew so why not enjoy some good food with him," another synagogue president said.
 #bengvir #uspol #usenablement #GazaGenocideNotWar .
Juice Media on the Australien election Peter Dutton, the Australian leader of the opposition, has made a new election ad, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! #auspol #dutton #auselection #racism #corruption #islamophobia .
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Report: "Israeli Army Faked Gaza Tunnel Photo to Justify Military Presence" Gallant says "the supposed tunnel never existed. What was actually discovered was a shallow trench only about one meter deep. "He said the photo was used to support claims about the existence of tunnels along the corridor, to exaggerate the strategic significance of the Philadelphi Road, and ultimately to stall progress on a prisoner exchange deal." https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gallant-israeli-army-faked-gaza-tunnel-photo-to-justify-military-presence/ #israelilies #uspol #GazaGenocideNotWar .
Interview: "The Doxxing-to-Deportation Pipeline”: The Abduction & Jailing of Rümeysa Öztürk Öztürk was abducted & jailed after co-authoring an opinion piece critical of Tufts U's response to Gaza protests. Despite there being "no evidence linking her to antisemitic activities or public statements in support of terrorism", an immigration judge declared Öztürk a potential “danger to the community".
Democracy Now!
Rümeysa Öztürk: Abducted Tufts Student’s Lawyer on the “Doxxing-to-Deportation Pipeline”
A federal judge has ordered Rümeysa Öztürk to be transferred to Vermont as she seeks to challenge what her lawyers call her “unconstitutional ...
 #RĂĽmeysaĂ–ztĂĽrk #fascism #trump #uspol #racism #studentprotests .
Interview: In 1955, the anti-imperialist Indonesian leader Sukarno hosted an anti-colonialism conference of 29 nations of colour. White people were not invited. The imperialist backlash? A series of US-backed coups throughout the 60s & 70s, including a coup in Indonesia that involved the murder of a million people - names supplied by US, UK, Australia, & others. ~Vijay Prashad
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How Historic 1955 Anti-Colonial Bandung Conference Inspired New Era in Global South
This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Bandung Conference, when 29 nations from Asia and Africa gathered in Indonesia for a historic anti-colo...
 #usimperialism #uspol #bandung1955 #globalsouth #racism #whitesupremacy #uscoups .
Analysis: "Trump Harvests Autocratic Powers Planted by Bush & Cheney" In the so-called "Global War on Terror", the CIA held incommunicado & tortured captives in secret "black sites” around the world. The administration's "argument implies it can deport & incarcerate any person, including U.S. citizens, without legal consequence, so long as it does so before a court can intervene.”
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Trump Harvests Autocratic Powers Planted by Bush and Cheney
( Tomdispatch.com ) - In 2003, the Macedonian police arrested Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen vacationing in their country. They handed the unfor...
 #trump #dickcheney #fascism #uspol #blacksites #waronterror #islamophobia .