by ELENI BALAKRISHNAN MAY 20, 2024 (MissionLocal.org) A mural depicting Palestinian resistance against approaching helicopters and tanks, painted on a Mission Street wall at Cortland Avenue, was defaced this week, with keffiyeh-clad faces scratched out and “Fuck Hamas” sprayed across it. It is the fifth time this specific mural has been… Continue reading
20 MAY 2024/SF NEWS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) The high-speed rail expansion connecting the Caltrain station at Fourth and King streets to the Salesforce Transit Center just got a major boost, as the Federal Transit Administration just kicked down $3.4 billion to make the project a reality. We noted in our photoset of… Continue reading
Margaret Talbot/The New Yorker Donald Trump. (photo: MSNBC) 20 may 24 (RSN.org) Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, G.O.P. efforts to ban abortion have backfired with voters in many states—and they could do so again in November. In the nearly two years since the Supreme Court eliminated a constitutional right… Continue reading
Moira Donegan/Guardian UK Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts. (photo: Getty Images) 20 may 24 (RSN.org) The upside-down flag at Samuel Alito’s house after the Capitol attack reveals how disgraceful our supreme court has become These people can’t help themselves. Last week, the New York Times revealed that during the… Continue reading
Katie Halper • May 20, 2024 U.S. media and politicians have spoken out ad nauseam about the alleged anti-semitism on display at ceasefire protests. Not only do they fail to distinguish between antizionism (which is not antisemitism) and antisemitism, but they refuse to cover the the violence and hate speech… Continue reading
The New York Times has astonished its readers by publishing a long indictment of a subject it has purposely ignored for years: “Jewish terrorism” against Palestinians. BY JAMES NORTH MAY 19, 2024 16 (mondoweiss.net) ISRAELI SETTLER ATTACKS PALESTINIAN WOMAN IN JERUSALEM’S OLD CITY DURING THE ‘JERUSALEM DAY’ FLAG MARCH, MAY 29, 2022. THE… Continue reading
Pro-Palestinian activists from the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign participate in the National March for Palestine on May 18, 2024, in Dublin, Ireland. (Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Organizers held rallies in the U.S., Europe, and Asia to mark Nakba Day and condemn Israel’s bombing and starvation of Palestinian civilians…. Continue reading
By Sam Whiting May 17, 2024 (SFChronicie.com) Shown here in 2010 at his beloved Cafe Flore, Strange de Jim, the alter ego of Jim Riffe, invented his nom de plume upon arrival from West Virginia and carved out an identity as a secret purveyor of clever jokes and observations.Adam Lau/Special to the Chronicle… Continue reading
