‘Lemmygrad’s resident expert on fascism’ — GrainEater, 2024
‘The political desperadoes and ignoramuses, who say they would “Rather be Dead than Red”, should be told that no one will stop them from committing suicide, but they have no right to provoke a third world war.’ — Morris Kominsky, 1970
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Palestinian youth movement in Gaza: ‘Time for revolutionary escalation of the global Intifada’ (www.workers.org)
Today we turn to high school students all over the world to participate widely in the struggles and activities of the university student movement, organizing demonstrations, sit-ins and vigils, writing petitions and letters and organizing educational days about the Palestinian struggle and the goals of the Palestinian people for...
To fool the people, capitalism promises to be what communism actually is. (lemmygrad.ml)
Bad Hasbara theme song (yewtu.be)
The world’s most moral podcast: מַה שְּׁלוֹמְךָ, b—...
Hamas condemns Zionism’s régime, U.S. for Rafah massacre (www.workers.org)
The massacres of the occupation continue in Rafah, Jabalia, and Gaza, the latest being the burning of tents around the UNRWA [United Nations Relief and Works Agency] headquarters, where U.S. bombs and missiles of hatred and terrorism targeted thousands of our people, most of whom were children, women, patients, and elderly,...
The least nazi defending terf (hexbear.net)
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Wait, so they don't do genocides during the Sabbath? (hexbear.net)
Liberals proving OP's point (lemmy.ml)
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My precious landlords 😩😩😩😩😩 (lemmygrad.ml)
Chew a Jew (lemmygrad.ml)
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Texas GOP tries to argue that the Rio Grande is simultaneously nothing and also super important (apnews.com)
In a hearing before the 5th Circuit court of appeals, lawyers on behalf of Texas tried to argue both that the giant buoys the state has deployed in the Rio Grande are necessary to ward off an “invasion” of immigrants, and that the Rio Grande is more of a creek than a river—because if it is “navigable” then the federal...
Imprisoned workers sue to abolish neoslavery in Alabama’s prisons (www.workers.org)
“We chose to file this case on May 1, in solidarity with workers around the world, because ending forced prison labor in ADOC isn’t just about stopping the state’s extractive profiteering from the labor of Black people — both inside and outside of prisons. It’s also about eliminating the control that forced prison...
Germany deports seven Ukrainian soldiers for wearing symbols too obviously linked to the Third Reich (web.archive.org)
Germany deported seven Ukrainian soldiers who were training in the country on Thursday over their use of Nazi symbols, Kommersant reported. According to the report, the training of the Ukrainian soldiers was immediately halted after some were found to be wearing Nazi symbols....
Neocolonial tank runs over a literal hornets’ nest, twelve war criminals require medical attention as a result (nitter.poast.org)
“An IDF tank from the southern division of the Gaza Division ran over the hornets’ nest, during an operation in the buffer zone in the south of the Gaza Strip, near the border fence in the Nirim area. Following the trampling of the nest, a huge amount of wasps came out and stung the warriors. The injured were evacuated to...
Nakba commemorated in Seattle (www.workers.org)
On May 11, in downtown Seattle, 2,000 demonstrators marched and rallied to remember Nakba Day, chanting: “From the River to the Sea, Palestine is almost Free!”...
Most of the earth supports a Palestinian state (www.workers.org)
Only nine countries — led by the U.S. and [Zionism’s neocolony] — voted against full membership for Palestine, with 25 countries abstaining. Only two Latin American countries and none of the African members voted no or abstained. The 143 countries that backed Palestine contain the vast majority of the world’s people and...
Police attack dismantles UPenn encampment (www.workers.org)
Workers World spoke with encampment participant Nada Anusi, one of the students arrested May 10, who said: “On Friday morning, at about 5:30 am, we were woken from our sleep by the police with only two minutes left to gather our things and leave. While we anticipated a raid, especially in the early morning when community...
CEO of Palantir: “If we lose the intellectual debate, you will not be able to deploy any army in the West, ever.” (www.workers.org)
Far exceeding the accumulated endowments are funds directly pumped into universities by the Department of Defense. These research and development grants dominate the budget of entire departments, especially in STEM — science, technology, engineering, mathematics — fields....
360,000 flee Rafah due to neocolonial strikes: UNRWA (www.middleeastmonitor.com)
How the fuck did they all escape? No, seriously, the report doesn’t explain. Did they somehow manage to escape Gaza? Did they return north? I am utterly baffled right now.
Chinese President Xi remembers bomb victims on visit to Belgrade, Serbia (www.workers.org)
China’s President Xi Jinping was expected in the Serbian capital on Tuesday evening [May 7] to mark the 25th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Beijing’s embassy in Belgrade. “We must not forget that NATO brazenly bombed the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia 25 years ago,” said Xi in a statement published in his name by the...
*New York Times*’s awful reporting on Brazil predictably used by GOP to attack democracy there (fair.org)
It may be news to the Republicans who cited the Times in their report on “censorship,” but Brazil’s legal system has all kinds of significant differences from that of the US. It may not be standard practice in Brazil for an investigation judge to rule on the results of his own investigation, but the Times didn’t think it...
Eurasian coot with chicks (upload.wikimedia.org)
Bronx, New York: Marchers deliver protest letter to Rep. Ritchie Torres (www.workers.org)
The second part took place when the activists and health care workers marched to Fordham Plaza for a rally, where they were joined by Neturei Karta, an anti-Zionist Jewish organization, which has been a regular presence at Palestine solidarity protests in this city. A Fordham University student who was arrested at a student...
Reproductive rights activists resist Florida’s abortion ban (www.workers.org)
Across the state, reproductive rights activists have been mobilizing, marching, rallying and petitioning since the ban was first proposed. The “Rally to Stop the Six-Week Abortion Ban” drew 2,000 people to Lake Eola Park in Orlando on April 13 to kick off the “Yes on 4” campaign geared to getting passage of Amendment 4...
Repression against Palestinians and their supporters has been worsening in recent months (www.workers.org)
The latest of these politically motivated charges happened a few days ago in Vancouver, BC, where Charlotte Kates, the international coordinator of Samidoun, was briefly detained and charged with alleged “hate speech” offenses. She was released on the outrageous condition that she does not attend any “protests, rallies or...