Daily Archives: December 30, 2024

2024-12-30: News Headlines

Robert Inlakesh (2024-12-30). BBC Exposé: Israeli Lobby and Government Collaborate in Free Speech Crackdown. mintpressnews.com Israeli lobbyists, organizations, and former intelligence operatives are actively working behind the scenes to suppress free speech, stifle debate at academic institutions, ban advocacy groups, and curtail the right to assembly. This coordinated effort has intensified during the ongoing Gaza war, with substantial complicity from Western governments and major social media platforms. | On December 17, the BBC published an

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout. (2024-12-30). Higher Education Must Champion Democracy, Not Surrender To Fascism. popularresistance.org For decades, neoliberalism has systematically attacked the welfare state, undermined public institutions and weakened the foundations of collective well-being. Shrouded in the alluring language of liberty, it transforms market principles into a dominant creed, insisting that every facet of life conform to the imperatives of profit and economic efficiency. | But in reality, neoliberalism consolidates wealth in the hands of a financial elite, celebrates ruthless individualism, promotes staggering levels of inequality, perpetuates systemic injustices like racism and militarism, and commodifies everything, leaving no…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-12-30). BBC Staffers Reveal Editor's 'Entire Job' To Whitewash Israeli War Crimes. popularresistance.org BBC editor Raffi Berg has almost complete control of the British broadcaster's online coverage of Israel's war on Gaza and is ensuring that all events are reported with a pro-Israel bias, according to a new report published on 28 December by Drop Site News. | "This guy's entire job is to water down everything that's too critical of Israel," one former BBC journalist said. | Drop Site News spoke to 13 current and former staffers who stated that the BBC's coverage consistently devalues Palestinian life, ignores Israeli atrocities, and creates a false equivalence in an entirely unbalanced conflict.

Editor (2024-12-30). Luigi Mangione's indictment is another example of the dangers of terror charges. mronline.org The indictment comes as some states expand terror laws to ensnare protesters who block "critical infrastructure."

UMMID (2024-12-30). MAH MCA CET 2025: Registration Starts, Last Date Jan 25. ummid.com The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell has started online registration for MAH MCA CET 2025 to be held for admission in Master of Computer Applications (MCA) PG course for the year 2025-26.

The Independent (2024-12-29). Ministry to assess TVET course costs in preparation for universal access. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Department of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Operations and Management (TVETOM) under the Ministry of Education is set to commence an assessment of the costs associated with each TVET course in the country. This marks the first step in the government's effort to understand the financial implications of …

October Krausch (2024-12-29). After Writing About Prison Censorship, I Got Blocked From Messaging My Sources. truthout.org A few months ago, I logged into my online Securus account to send an electronic message to a friend in a Washington State prison. To my shock, I found the word "blocked" on my account and I was not able to send any messages. The block came just a few weeks after I had published an article with Truthout on censorship inside of prisons and had sent the finished article to some of my sources over the… |

UMMID (2024-12-29). MAH MCA CET 2025: Registration Starts, Last Date Jan 25. ummid.com The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell has started online registration for MAH MCA CET 2025 to be held for admission in Master of Computer Applications (MCA) PG course for the year 2025-26.

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