Award-winning NYU Langone Health nurse Hesen Jabr was fired in May 2024 after expressing empathy for mothers of children slain by Israeli forces in Gaza. (Photo: Hesen Jabr/social media) NYU Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine called Hesen Jabr’s termination “a blatant attack on free speech and an appalling… Continue reading
May 31, 2024 (NYTimes.com) Here’s what we know: The proposal, sent to Hamas through negotiators, would begin with a temporary six-week cease-fire that would pave the way for negotiations to eventually end the war and rebuild Gaza. ‘It’s time for this war to end’ in Gaza, Biden says. Declaring Hamas… Continue reading
Over 2,000 Stone Age carvings could be damaged if plans for a new quarry on the Aksla mountain go ahead. Jo Lawson-Tancred May 29, 2024 The fight to protect a site filled with 6,000-year-old rock art in Norway has found major institutional backing after the International Council on Monuments and… Continue reading
By Eli Rosenberg, Dominic Fracassa Updated May 29, 2024 6:53 p.m. (SFChronicle.com) UC Santa Cruz switched to remote learning for two days after demonstrators protesting the war in Gaza shut the university’s two main entrances late Tuesday. One had reopened by midday Wednesday.Andrea Tamayo UC Santa Cruz officials said classes on Wednesday and… Continue reading
Timothy Pratt/Guardian UK Protesters at the Cop City site near Atlanta, Georgia, on 7 September 2023. (photo: Megan Varner/Reuters) 30 may 24 (RSN.org) Residents wonder what legal protections are available as police monitor them at all hours, blaring sirens and shining lights Atlanta police have been carrying out around-the-clock surveillance… Continue reading
by JOE RIVANO BARROS MAY 29, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) Mission Local is publishing a daily campaign dispatch for each of the major contenders in the mayor’s race, alternating among candidates weekly until November. This week: London Breed. Read earlier dispatches here. No incumbent mayor has lost a race in San Francisco since 1995,… Continue reading
David Masciotra/The New Republic Samuel Alito met with senators, including Ted Kennedy, after his nomination to the Supreme Court in 2005. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty) 30 may 24 (RSN.org) The Supreme Court justice’s flag controversy should come as no surprise to anyone who paid attention to his nomination hearings in 2006…. Continue reading
People react after former U.S. President Donald Trump was convicted in his criminal trial outside of Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, on May 30, 2024 (Photo: Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images) “Now it’s up to the American people to protect our democracy by holding Trump accountable at the… Continue reading
Robert Tait/Guardian UK Mike Johnson said Republicans wasted time in 2017 because Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton took them by surprise. (photo: Shutterstock) 30 may 24 (RSN.org) House speaker plans far-reaching bill including tax cuts and border security to make Trump ‘the most consequential president’ Mike Johnson, the speaker of… Continue reading
By Adrienne Fong Not back posting on a regular basis See list of Calendar of Events on Palestine from AROC: https://www.araborganizing.org/events/ If your post is about Palestine you can also list your action on the AROC calendar Many other events are listed on Indybay that might be of interest to you Please… Continue reading
