(2024-04-26). Students stand with Palestine, Palestine stands with students. peoplesdispatch.org 
"We, the students of Gaza, salute the students of Columbia University, Yale University, New York University, Rutgers University, the University of Michigan, and dozens of universities across the United States who are rising up in solidarity with Gaza and to put an end to the Zionist-US genocide against our people in Gaza," wrote the Student Frameworks Secretariat, composed of a variety of student organizations part of larger resistance groups and left parties—including but not limited to the Islamic Resistance Movement, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Islamic Jihad Movement in Pale…
(2024-04-26). Gaza Flotilla Sails While Blinken Attempts To Take Focus Off Genocide. popularresistance.org While I am in Istanbul, Türkiye with hundreds of international participants from 40 countries who are attempting to sail in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla to break the illegal Israeli naval blockade of Gaza and bring food and medicine to starving Palestinians in Gaza, the survivors of the Israeli/US genocide of Gaza, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is brazeningly attempting to divert world attention from U.S. complicity in the genocide of Gaza to China's human rights issues. | Hundreds of thousands of university students in the United States are defying the Biden administration's blatant attempt to divert…
(2024-04-26). How Africa's National Liberation Struggles Brought Democracy to Europe. dissidentvoice.org Maria Helena Vieira da Silva (Portugal), A Poesia Está Na Rua I [Poetry Is out on the Street I], 1974. Fifty years ago, on 25 April 1974, the people of Portugal took to the streets of their cities and towns in enormous numbers to overthrow the fascist dictatorship of the Estado Novo ('New State'), formally …
(2024-04-26). Dennis Kucinich on the bleak 2024 elections and how elites broke our democracy. therealnews.com 
The presidential election in November looks set to pit Donald Trump, who will most likely dismantle what is left of our decayed democracy, against Joe Biden, who is a full partner in the genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza. "This is the paradox that we're faced with," says former Representative (and current candidate to represent …
(2024-04-26). Atlanta Police Violently Arrest Emory Students & Faculty to Clear Gaza Solidarity Encampment. democracynow.org 
As a wave of student protests against Israel's war on Gaza continues to spread from coast to coast, schools and law enforcement have responded with increasing brutality to campus encampments. One of the most violent police crackdowns took place at Emory University in Atlanta on Thursday, when local and state police swept onto the campus just hours after students had set up tents on the quad in protest against Israel's war on Gaza as well as the planned police training center known as Cop City. Police used tear gas and stun guns to break up the encampment as they wrestled people to the ground, and are…
(2024-04-26). Headlines for April 26, 2024. democracynow.org USC Cancels Commencement Ceremony Amid Mounting Campus Unrest, Police Crackdown on Emory and Other Schools Won't Deter Students Protesting for Palestinian Rights, Rafah Under Incessant Israeli Attacks Ahead of Anticipated Ground Invasion, New York Court Overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 Rape Conviction, SCOTUS Hears Arguments in Trump Presidential Immunity Case, Though Resolution Could Come After Nov., David Pecker Testifies He Helped "Kill" Stories That Could Damage Trump Campaign, HRW Finds U.S.-Trained Forces in Burkina Faso "Summarily Executed" 223 People, Haiti's Une…
(2024-04-26). No, Mr. Netanyahu, It's Not Anti-Semitic to Criticize the Israeli Government's War. counterpunch.org 
No, Mr. Netanyahu. It is not antisemitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a little over six months your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians and wounded more than 77,000 people — seventy percent of whom are women and children. It is not antisemitic to point out that your bombing has completely destroyed more
(2024-04-26). Manipulation Politics: Israeli Gaslighting in the United States. counterpunch.org 
The Middle East will not be the same in the wake of 7 October 2023. More was breached on that day than the prison wall that Palestinian fighters burst through. The fantasy Israel has staged-managed, and the United States has parroted, for over seven decades has finally seen the light of day. The global community can no
(2024-04-26). Venezuela: 10 Candidates Will Compete in July 28 Presidential Elections. orinocotribune.com After the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Venezuela extended for 72 hours—from April 20 to April 23—the time period for modification of presidential candidacies, some aspirants withdrew while their political parties declared their support for some other candidate. Consequently, the number of candidates reduced from 13 to 10. The CNE is soon expected to make announcements in this regard, with the final list of candidates for the July 28 presidential elections. | Candidates who withdrew | The first aspirant to withdraw was Manuel Rosales, current governor of the state of Zulia, who had been register…
(2024-04-26). High US Fiscal Deficit Poses Risks to Global Economy. telesurenglish.net With the U.S. government showing no sign of containing its spending in an election year, economists and observers have warned that high U.S. deficit poses risks to the U.S. and global economy. | RELATED: | First Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Gita Gopinath said that while high deficits are supporting growth in the United States and globally, there is a downside. | "Along with that growth, you're gettin…
(2024-04-26). Poll Shows Majority of Americans Would Back Federal Abortion Rights Protections. truthout.org A new poll demonstrates that, in this pivotal election year, abortion rights could play a key role in determining who will win the White House and control of Congress. Several states across the country are set to hold referenda regarding abortion rights and access to the procedure. Those elections will have tremendous consequences for the states themselves, but could also motivate more supporters… |
(2024-04-26). 4 States Tell Schools to Ignore New Title IX Rules That Protect LGBTQ Students. truthout.org On Friday, the Biden administration released its final Title IX rules, which include protections for LGBTQ+ students by clarifying that Title IX forbids discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The rule change could have a significant impact as it would supersede bathroom bans and other discriminatory policies that have become increasingly common in Republican states within… |
(2024-04-26). Is Trump Tithing or Conning His Voters? Either Way, He Aims to Cover Legal Fees. truthout.org Donald Trump's first criminal trial is underway and three others are in the pipeline. The former president has more than half a billion dollars in civil penalties already accrued against him for both defaming E. Jean Carroll (whom a civil court previously found him liable for sexually assaulting) and for corrupt business practices. As a result, the GOP presidential candidate is facing huge legal… |
(2024-04-26). WSJ Reports Trump Allies Drafting Plan to Give Him Control Over Fed If Reelected. truthout.org Right-wing allies of former U.S. President Donald Trump are reportedly crafting a plan to give the executive branch control over Federal Reserve policy decisions, an effort that comes as the presumptive GOP nominee continues to signal his authoritarian intentions for a potential second term. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that former Trump administration officials and other supporters… |
(2024-04-26). David Pecker Testifies That Trump Thanked Him for Suppressing Salacious Stories. truthout.org David Pecker, the former publisher of The National Enquirer, testified on Thursday in the New York trial against former President Donald Trump, providing damning details of the scheme to "catch and kill" negative news stories for the then-GOP nominee for president in the runup to the 2016 election. The Manhattan District Attorney's office alleges that Trump and his then-fixer lawyer Michael Cohen… |
(2024-04-26). Ukraine War Funding and Failed Russian Sanctions. counterpunch.org This past weekend, April 20, 2024 the US House of Representatives passed a bill to provide Ukraine with another $61 billion in aid. Then the meassure quickly passed the Senate and was signed into law by Biden within days. The funds, however, will make little difference to the outcome of the war on the ground
(2024-04-26). Nuclear Power's Lethal, Larcenous End Game. counterpunch.org 
For the first time since 1954, no large new atomic reactors are under construction or on order in the United States. On March 1, 2024, Vogtle Unit 4 connected to the Georgia grid …years behind schedule and billions over budget. Once hyped as "too cheap to meter," America's last large light-water reactor thus forever froze
(2024-04-26). The U.S. Economy is Not What It's Cracked Up To Be. counterpunch.org 
How will Biden conceal the inflation rampaging throughout his term? The latest scheme appears to be draining the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the last drop. It's already down to 17 percent, because Biden opened the spigot when his idiotic sanctions on Russian energy back in 2022 boosted prices at the pump into the stratosphere, always a terrifying development for homo politicus. Biden tamed gas prices by emptying most of the SPR. Now he may finish it off, because no, he can't have gas prices rising before the election, not they way they did back two summers ago, when filling your tank cost almost as much as a n…
(2024-04-26). Haiti Today, America Tomorrow? counterpunch.org Haiti has descended into chaos. It's had no president or parliament — and no elections either —for eight long years. Its unelected prime minister Ariel Henry resigned recently when gang violence at the airport in Port-au-Prince made it impossible for him to return to the country after a trip to Guyana. Haiti is the poorest
(2024-04-26). Ocean Heat Pummels the Great Barrier Reef, Again. counterpunch.org 
It's never been so bad. The Great Barrier Reef, which is one of nature's most iconic mosaics of biodiversity, is on the ropes because of extreme global warming. Coral bleaching at the World Heritage-listed reef is "experiencing its worst mass bleaching event on record." (Source: Australia's Great Barrier Reef is 'Transforming' from Repeated Coral Bleaching,
(2024-04-26). Netanyahu calls for crackdown on pro-Palestine protesters in the U.S. mronline.org 
Echoing President Biden, Netanyahu labeled the demonstrations 'antisemitic'.
(2024-04-26). "People Are Going to Die": Supreme Court Case on Idaho Abortion Ban Threatens ER Care Across U.S. democracynow.org 
The Supreme Court heard arguments this week about the legality of Idaho's near-total abortion ban, which criminalizes the procedure in all circumstances unless the life of the parent is at risk. It's the first such case to reach the high court since the conservative majority overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. A key issue is whether a state ban can take precedence over the federal right to receive emergency care, including an abortion. The Biden administration argued that Idaho's law violates the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act, or EMTALA. If the justices side with Idaho, it could h…
(2024-04-26). Democracy Now! 2024-04-26 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for April 26, 2024; Atlanta Police Violently Arrest Emory Students & Faculty to Clear Gaza Solidarity Encampment; "People Are Going to Die": Supreme Court Case on Idaho Abortion Ban Threatens ER Care Across U.S.; "The Supreme Court Is a Product of Minority Rule": Author Ari Berman on America's Undemocratic System | Headlines for April 26, 2024; Atlanta Police Violently Arrest Emory Students & Faculty to Clear Gaza Solidarity Encampment; "People Are Going to Die": Supreme Court Case on Idaho Abortion Ban Threatens ER Care Across U.S.; "The Supreme Court Is a…
(2024-04-26). "The Supreme Court Is a Product of Minority Rule": Author Ari Berman on America's Undemocratic System. democracynow.org 
We speak with journalist and author Ari Berman about his new book, Minority Rule, which details how the United States has since its founding privileged the rights and interests of a small elite over the needs of the majority. He outlines how, for the first time in U.S. history, five of six conservative justices on the Supreme Court were appointed by Republican presidents who lost the popular vote, and confirmed by senators elected by a minority of Americans. Berman says the court's makeup is the product of two skewed institutions: how we elect our presidents through the Electoral College and how we appoint…
(2024-04-26). US Supreme Court justices lean towards some level of immunity in Trump case. geo.tv 
SC justices signal support for US presidents having some level of protection from criminal charges for certain acts taken in office…
(2024-04-26). US Supreme Court justices lean toward some level of immunity in Trump case. geo.tv SC justices signal support for US presidents having some level of protection from criminal charges for certain acts taken in office…
(2024-04-26). Donald Trump cares more about Melania's birthday than hush money trial. geo.tv 
Former US president pens birthday wish to former first lady…
(2024-04-26). Rahul Gandhi in the fray as India begins voting in 2nd phase of giant election. geo.tv 
With religious hatred at its peak, India began voting on Friday in the second phase of the world's biggest election…
(2024-04-26). Is Donald Trump sad amid hush money trial. geo.tv 
Trump seen golfing alone Bedminster Golf Club…
(2024-04-26). Don't be swayed by diversionary tactics, come out and vote to protect democracy: Kharge to voters. muslimmirror.com NEW DELHI : As polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections began, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday urged voters to come out and vote to protect democracy from the clutches of dictatorship. In a fervent appeal to voters, he said this is not an ordinary election and they should not be swayed …
(2024-04-26). SC dismisses pleas seeking mandatory EVM-VVPAT tally. muslimmirror.com NEW DELHI : The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a batch of petitions seeking mandatory cross-verification of the votes cast in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips. However, a bench headed by Justice Sanjiv Khanna asked the Election Commission of India to examine the suggestion if the VVPAT slips may, …
(2024-04-26). Don't be swayed by diversionary tactics, come out and vote to protect democracy: Kharge to voters. muslimmirror.com NEW DELHI : As polling for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections began, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday urged voters to come out and vote to protect democracy from the clutches of dictatorship. In a fervent appeal to voters, he said this is not an ordinary election and they should not be swayed …
(2024-04-26). Trump allies draft plans to seize control over Federal Reserve amid election campaign. nationofchange.org Emerging reports reveal a secretive push by Trump supporters to curtail the Federal Reserve's autonomy, threatening the independence of U.S. monetary policy.
(2024-04-26). Supreme urgency tests Trump's claim to immunity amid election countdown. nationofchange.org Legal experts and democracy advocates push for a swift Supreme Court decision on Trump's immunity claims, highlighting potential consequences for presidential accountability.
(2024-04-26). DPRK leader supervises multiple rocket launcher tests. plenglish.com Pyongyang, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) Workers' Party General Secretary and Chairman of the State Affairs Committee, Kim Jong Un, supervised the launching of 240-millimeter projectiles using a multiple rocket launcher made in a new modern factory.
(2024-04-26). Lebanon studies French initiative for security in the South. plenglish.com The top executive figure emphasized the issue of not implementing any proposal outside the framework of the application of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, the Lebanese government's X account disclosed. | According to Mikati, talks with French President Emmanuel Macron on his visit to Paris last week included the presidential elections, hostility in the south, the file of displaced Syrians and assistance to the army. | This Sunday, the head of the Lebanese government will receive the French foreign minister, Stéphane Séjourné, to follow up on Paris' proposals centered on the power vacuum in the presidency and…
(2024-04-26). Bolivian university students know about the real Venezuelan elections. plenglish.com La Paz, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) The electoral reality that Venezuela is living today was exposed by the ambassador of that country in Bolivia, César Trómpiz, in a master conference before students and professors of the Universidad Unión Bolivariana.
(2024-04-26). Disaster Management Reference Handbook – Lao PDR (May 2024). reliefweb.int 
Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) | Source: Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance | Please refer to the attached file. | Executive Summary | The Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) is one of the most ethnically diverse countries in Southeast Asia, with the majority of the population comprised of ethnic Lao people alongside many other minority groups who reside predominantly in the foothills and mountains. While Lao PDR still faces relatively high poverty rates, it has made incredible strides in poverty reduction since the socialist state instituted economi…
(2024-04-26). DR Congo: The President's Malaria Initiative – 18th Annual Report to Congress (April 2024). reliefweb.int 
Countries: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cà¥te d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lao People's Democratic Republic (the), Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Agency for International Development | Please refer to the attached file. | Driving Progress in the Fight to End Malaria | For Immediate Release | Office of Press…
(2024-04-26). Ukraine war funding and failed Russian sanctions. mronline.org 
Russia is extremely unlikely to fall a third time for a Biden/NATO request to 'freeze' military operations and negotiate again.
(2024-04-26). Franàßois Hollande: A caricature of social democracy. uwidata.com By Ali Rƒ±za Ta≈üdelen Ever since French President Emmanuel Macron started to engage in warmongering against Russia, one of the former French presidents, the social democrat Franàßois Hollande, has re-emerged on the scene. After reading an article by journalist Danielle Bleitrach on reseauinternational.net titled "Hollande, one of the funniest and undoubtedly despicable French presidents, gives …
(2024-04-26). How Africa's national liberation struggles brought democracy to Europe: The Seventeenth Newsletter (2024). mronline.org African liberation struggles not only won independence in their own countries; they also defeated Estado Novo colonialism, which spurred the Carnation Revolution 50 years ago.
(2024-04-26). Supreme Court hearing on Trump immunity claim debates how far US president can go in committing crimes. wsws.org Both the attorney for Trump and the Department of Justice representative agreed that the president must have broad immunity from prosecution for actions taken in his capacity as commander-in-chief.
(2024-04-26). Could a Single Word Save the January 6 Insurrectionists and Donald Trump? progressive.org Prosecuting either may rest on the Supreme Court's interpretation of the word 'otherwise.'
(2024-04-26). REPORT: Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and DRC are electoral autocracies. independent.co.ug 
Gothenburg, Sweden | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is on a long list of autocratic countries in the world, according to the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute's eighth annual Democracy Report 2024. The report says the world is almost evenly divided between 91 democracies and 88 autocracies. Nevertheless, 71% of the world's population — 5.7 billion …
(2024-04-26). The Heat: 30 Years of Democracy. america.cgtn.com 
(2024-04-26). Could a Single Word Save the January 6 Insurrectionists and Donald Trump? progressive.org Prosecuting either may rest on the Supreme Court's interpretation of the word 'otherwise.'
(2024-04-26). Biden's proposed tariffs on Chinese steel criticized. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden has proposed tripling tariffs on steel products from China, a further protectionist move that experts called a "nothingburger" and "show biz".
(2024-04-26). Columbia College overwhelmingly passes divestment referendum. columbiaspectator.com Columbia Elections Board announced that Columbia College has passed a divestment referendum by a large margin.
(2024-04-26). Lara Trump Says RNC Poll Watchers Will 'Physically Handle The Ballots,' Which They Are Not Allowed To Do. newsone.com 
RNC co-chair Lara Trump's new comments about poll watchers are consistent with American white supremacy — and crimes her father-in-law is charged with.
(2024-04-26). Nuclear Power's Lethal, Larcenous End Game. progressivehub.net HARVEY WASSERMAN | COUNTERPUNCH…
(2024-04-26). Valoran de excelente Asamblea Provincial de la UNEAC en Cienfuegos (+Foto y Audio). radiohc.cu Cienfuegos, 25 abr (RHC) En el máximo líder de la Revolución Cubana, Comandante en Jefe, Fidel Castro Ruz habrá que pensar siempre, en su diálogo necesario y oportuno con los creadores expresó Armando Carranza Valladares, Primer Secretario del Comité Provincial del Partido Comunista de Cuba en Cienfuegos.
(2024-04-26). Maestros dominicanos anuncian nuevos paros ante inacción de Gobierno. telesurtv.net Exigen que autoridades cumplan acuerdos firmados en 2023 para mejorar condiciones laborales y brindar una educación de calidad.
(2024-04-26). Acusan a aliados de Trump de intentar revertir su derrota en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Acusan a funcionarios por pretender presuntamente que el expresidente de Estados Unidos fuera "el ganador" en las elecciones de 2020.
(2024-04-26). Ex-US official: Israeli military gets 'special treatment'. newarab.com 
A former senior US official who until recently helped oversee human-rights compliance by foreign militaries receiving American military assistance said on Wednesday that he repeatedly observed Israel The allegation comes as the Biden administration faces intense pressure over…
(2024-04-26). Bernie Sanders rebuts Netanyahu over US student protests. newarab.com 
(2024-04-26). Morocco's opposition accuses tycoon PM of election fraud. newarab.com 
"We express our condemnation and denunciation of the shameful and undemocratic practices carried out by the party of the head of government, who has openly disregarded the laws by buying loy…
(2024-04-26). Trump compares US protests to 2017 white nationalist rally. newarab.com 
Trump, the Republican candidate for president in the November el…
(2024-04-25). #ECSA To build another Europe, activists from the entire continent meet in Marseille. pressenza.com From April 26 to 28, hundreds of social movement activists will converge on Marseille from all | over Europe. Associations, trade unions, NGOs and local collectives want to make the voice of | civil society heard for a social, ecological, pacifist, and democratic Europe, in contrast to the | resurgence of nationalism and authoritarianism in Europe. Workshops, conferences, concerts: | for 3 days, they will be working to unite their forces for future struggles. | What better way to counter the poison of the far right and authoritarian neoliberalism than to strengthen emancipatory alternatives at the European level?
Lecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico The United States tells the world and its citizens that it is the greatest country on the planet, where freedom and democracy reign, and where there is an American dream that gives everyone the opportunity to live flourishing "middle class" lives with white-fenced houses and two cars. For the American working masses, however, as the great critical comedian George Carlin noted, "it's called the American dream because you have to be a …
Notwithstanding all of Israel's tough talk and Biden's repeated vow to defend Israel, Israel's military campaign against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran is turning into a real debacle. And things don't look much better for the United States. The world is now in bona fide tenterhooks mode — i.e., nervously waiting for Iran's promised military retaliation for Israel's illegal bombing of Iran's Consulate in Damascus a week ago. The 1961 The premises of a diplomatic m…