(2024-12-12). IDF strikes Hamas members planning to take Gaza aid; Report: displaced people among killed. haaretz.com ISRAEL: IDF investigating whether drone sirens in Gaza border communities were false alarm ‚ñ GAZA: At least 28 killed in Israeli strikes, Palestinian medics say ‚ñ SYRIA: U.S. Defense Secretary Austin tells Defense Minister Katz that U.S., Israel should be in close consultation over unfolding events, Pentagon says…
(2024-12-12). Give The Gift Of Peace This Holiday! Free Simon Trinidad! popularresistance.org Known popularly as Simon Trinidad, he is a Colombian revolutionary and political prisoner of the U.S. held in the Supermax Prison in Florence, Colorado. The U.S. government extradited, held four trials, and now imprisons Trinidad under his birth name of Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera Pineda (BPO No. 27896-016). Simon Trinidad was a leader and peace negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia—People's Army (FARC-EP). Prior to that, he spent his life organizing people for progressive causes and social change, including with the Patriotic Union (UP) political party.
(2024-12-12). The fall of the Assad government in Syria. peoplesdispatch.org The surprise victory of HTS had been predicted in November by Iranian officials, who informed Assad about the weakness of the state's defenses because of the sustained Israeli attacks on Syrian army positions, of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and of the war in Ukraine.
(2024-12-12). Hong Kong unearths 30 rocks of dinosaur bone fossils. ecns.cn About 30 rocks containing dinosaur bone fossils were unearthed at Port Island in Hong Kong, south China, according to the Development Bureau of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China (DEVB) on Wednesday.
(2024-12-12). Financial injustice a hindrance to Africa's development. sanews.gov.za Financial injustice a hindrance to Africa's development | The transformation of global financial institutions remains critical in addressing Africa's mounting debt challenges, as they perpetuate financial injustice, says United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres.
"The G20 must lead in delivering financial justice. Financing is fundamental ⚪ from inclusive economic growth, to supporting industrialisation and food security or addressing inequalities," Guterres said during the closing session for the Joint Sherpa-Finance and Central Banks Deputies' Meeting, held in Johannesburg, on Wednesday.
(2024-12-12). Whistleblower Daniel Hale's First Interview. popularresistance.org Welcome to Dangerous Ideas. Today, I'm excited to talk to whistleblower Daniel Hale. This is his first live interview since being released from prison and you may recall that he was the one who revealed the information that ultimately became the Drone Papers and gave so much information to the American people that we needed to know about our government and about the behavior of our government and our military. For that he received one of the harshest punishments that we've seen for a whistleblower in this country. The stat that sticks with me is that 90% of those killed by drone attacks are unintended targets, me…
(2024-12-12). Intelligence, not evidence: Knesset greenlights controversial law expanding detentions without trial. haaretz.com The stated purpose of the law passed by the Knesset — despite the Justice Ministry's opposition — was to give Israeli police additional tools in its fight against organized crime in Arab society…
(2024-12-12). SC takes suo moto cognizance of Justice Shekhar Yadav's anti-Muslim rants. ummid.com In an important move, the Supreme Court of India has taken suo moto cognizance of Allahabad High Court Judge Shekhar Yadav for his anti-Muslim rants at a VHP event.
(2024-12-12). Supreme Court: Civil Courts powerless to hear appeals from Court Martial. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court has delivered another landmark ruling indicating that Civil Courts do not have the powers or jurisdiction to hear appeals filed by soldiers tried and convicted by Military Courts. This was a unanimous decision delivered on Wednesday by five Supreme Court Justices, led by Professor Lillian Tibatemwa, in …
(2024-12-12). El Salvador: New Laws Threaten Free Expression, Privacy. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Plenary session at the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, on June 1, 2023, in San Salvador, El Salvador. | ©2023 Alex Peña/Getty Images | (Washington, DC) — El Salvador's recently approved cybersecurity and data protection laws contain sweeping provisions that threaten media freedom and privacy rights, Human Rights Watch said today. El Salvador's Legislative Assembly, dominated by President Nayib Bukele's party, Nuevas Ideas (New Ideas), approved both laws on November 12, 2024. The cybersecurity law establishes a State Cybersecurity Agency (Agencia de Ciberseguridad del Es…
(2024-12-12). Matunda Ya Kwanza – California 175 preserving cultural integrity at Historic Negro Bar. indybay.org June 2022 the California State Parks Recreation Commission renamed Negro Bar to Black Miners Bar and then began a study that is ongoing. California 175 opens a broader, inclusive and transparent process with global stakeholders to celebrate California Pioneers of Pan African Ancestry (1840-1875) throughout the Great State of California.
(2024-12-12). Representatives of Russia and African states discuss creation of museum of continent's countries in Moscow. tvbrics.com 
The participants of the meeting noted the growing interest in the culture of African peoples in Russia…
(2024-12-12). The lie of Western diversity and inclusion doesn't work while committing genocide. indybay.org Ultimately, the Democratic Party is a Western liberal-supremacist institution that works for an elitist oligarchy. This is most evident in their foreign policy platform: while preaching anti-Racism, they literally aided an ethno-Supremacist European settler regime to exterminate a portion of an indigenous population. US President Joe Biden used typical Orientalist descriptions of Palestinians to claim they are driven by an "ancient desire to kill Jews", a deeply racist statement that came at a time when the people of Gaza were suffering a manufactured famine. | Kamala Harris's campaign was a bundle of contradicti…
(2024-12-12). This digital museum is exposing the Islamic State group's crimes. newarab.com 
In 2013, the The group imposed its extremist ideology on the region, using violence and intimidation to enforce its rule. Those who opposed them faced severe consequences, including imprisonment and public beheadings. | While ISIS was indeed
(2024-12-11). Applying Scale and Context to the Texas Smokehouse Creek Fire. wattsupwiththat.com The purpose of scale is to provide context. A 1 million acre wildfire is big. In the Texas panhandle, it killed two people, destroyed dozens of homes and caused nearly $5 billion in damage. Had a similar sized fire occurred in Connecticut, it would have essentially destroyed the entire state. Placing the area of the fire on a map of Connecticut is the exact opposite of using scale to provide context.