It’s commonly argued that private groups cannot break the First Amendment, except for “entanglement” between the private entity and the government and it looks like there was, writes Sam Husseini.
Did Columbia University Violate the 1st Amendment?
Craig Murray: Worse Than You Can Imagine
The author has no doubt the Western political elite are complicit in the genocide of Palestinians at a much deeper level than the people have yet understood.
GWU Students Defy University; Continue Gaza Protest
The GWU administration had given the students until 7 p.m. Thursday to vacate the yard. They refused and were continuing their protest on Friday, reports Joe Lauria.
Chris Hedges: Revolt in the Universities
University students across the country, facing mass arrests, suspensions, evictions and expulsions are our last, best hope to halt the genocide in Gaza.
Princeton U. Police Stop Chris Hedges’ Speech on Gaza
The former New York Times Middle East bureau chief was speaking to a protest at Princeton University on Thursday when campus police came to lead him away.
Biden Increases Spying on Americans
The White House backed surveillance reauthorization that, despite a fresh record of routine abuses, expands security agencies’ spying power, writes Kevin Gosztola.
Catilin Johnstone: Quashing University Protests and Banning TikTok To Make the Kids Love Israel
UK Armed Israel Days After IDF Killed 3 UK Aid Workers
New court documents reveal that ministers David Cameron and Kemi Badenoch authorised UK arms sales to Israel right after an airstrike killed three British charity workers in Gaza, writes James McEvoy.
Analysis, Censorship, Colonialism, Disinformation, Israel, Media, Middle East, Palestine, Police Brutality, Propaganda, Protests, U.S. Congress
Vijay Prashad: Elites Afraid to Talk About Palestine
The Western political class has used all tools at its disposal to support Israel’s genocide while criminalizing solidarity.
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Assange Assurances: An Australian Response
The Australian government has been relatively quiet on the U.S. assurances on Julian Assange. CN Live! speaks to an Australian senator, lawyer and former diplomat for their views.
West Bank ‘Pogrom’ Shows Apartheid Must Go: Amnesty
The human rights group says the prolonged attacks against Palestinians underlines the need to dismantle illegal settlements and end the occupation.
Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
Türkiye is under pressure from the U.S. and Israel to block a flotilla from delivering aid and breaking the Gaza blockade, writes Medea Benjamin.
Human Rights, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, United Nations, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News, War Crimes
Israel’s Architect of Ethnic Cleansing
As Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza unfolds, the spectre of Yosef Weitz lives on, writes Stefan Moore.
Analysis, Censorship, Civil Rights, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Propaganda, Protest, U.S. Congress, Uncategorized
Edward Said Warned of Anti-Palestine McCarthyism on Campus
As students rise up across the U.S., Said’s words resonate as a scathing condemnation of the hypocrisy and corruption of liberal institutions, writes Seraj Assi.
American Empire, Colonialism, Foreign Policy, Israel, Middle East, Militarism, Palestine, U.S. Congress, Uncategorized, War Crimes
IDF Kills 18 Kids Hours After House Votes Billions to Israel
The latest strikes on the southern Gaza city bring laws governing U.S. transfers of weaponry into the spotlight, reports Jake Johnson.
American Empire, Analysis, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Uncategorized, United Arab Emirates, War Crimes
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Iran’s Strategic Patience Is Spent
Direct retaliatory strikes mark a new phase of the Islamic Republic’s conflict with Israel.
Brazil, Commentary, Israel, Palestine, U.N. General Assembly, U.N. Security Council, U.S., United Nations, Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
Vijay Prashad: Landless Brazilians & Gaza
The mass food drive for Gaza was also a campaign to contest the growth of Christian Zionism in the country and deepen ties with the Palestinian struggle.
War & Genocide on Earth Day
U.S. military aggression and imperial ambitions leave a trail of natural destruction — all under the guise of national security, writes Melissa Garriga.
Cruelty of Language — the NYT’s Leaked Gaza Memo
Ramzy Baroud responds to revelations about The New York Times “guidance” on language about the Israeli mass slaughter in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7.
RAF’s Support for Israel Stretches Concept of Self Defence
Richard Norton-Taylor looks at Britain’s latest military intervention in the most volatile region in the world.