'Thorough Legal Analysis’: Israel Committing Genocide

The University Network for Human Rights report also stresses that other nations are legally obligated to "refrain from recognizing Israel's breaches as legal or taking any actions that may amount to complicity."

In a Pivotal Moment in America We Cannot Retreat

Clearly, our job is not just to re-elect Biden. It’s much more than that

Texas GOP Hard-Liner Rejects Her Party’s Extremism

Courtney Gore, a Granbury ISD school board member, has disavowed the far-right platform she campaigned on after finding no evidence that students were being indoctrinated by the district’s curriculum. Her defiance has brought her backlash.

Detailing Israeli Attacks on Known Aid Worker Locations

Israeli authorities did not issue advance warnings to any of the aid organizations before the strikes, which killed or injured at least 31 aid workers and those with them. More than 250 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since the Oct. 7 assault.

Global Left Midweek – May 15, 2024

Matters of life and death

US Plan To Outsource Its Imperialism in Haiti to Kenya

The US has long outsourced meddling in Haiti to Global South countries. Recently Kenya has agreed to take over leading a US-backed multinational police intervention there — justifying its own “stabilization” mission with Pan-Africanist rhetoric.

Weight Loss Drugs Hand-in-Hand With Junk Food Industry

With drugs like Mounjaro, Wegovy, and Ozempic in the mix, new vistas of corporate exploitation have opened up.

Internet Connectivity for Millions Is About To Go Dark

The Affordable Connectivity Program is about to come to an end—unless Congress does something.

UC Workers Could Strike to Protect Student Protesters

UAW Local 4811, representing student workers from the University of California system, are holding a strike vote in response to the university’s actions against pro-Palestine protesters

Media Bits and Bytes – May 14, 2024

TikTok, AI, iPad and Black Twitter
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Culture

books

Oh Say AOC

David Klion Bookforum
This new book is a chronicle of the Democratic Party’s left flank

The Food Blogger Cooking Through Gaza’s Hunger Crisis

Sarah Aziza Bon Appetit
In a refugee camp, Hamada Shaqoura turns aid packages into pizza wraps, curry, and “Gazan style” tacos, gaining internet-wide attention. On Instagram, he offers the world a glimpse into the scarcity and ingenuity that define Palestinian survival.

poetry

Undone

Michelle Morin Canary Literary Review
South Dakota poet Michelle Morin takes a super-long view of climate change, with or without us.

books

The Illiberalism at America’s Core

Julian E. Zelizer The New Republic
A new history argues that illiberalism is not a backlash but a central feature from the founding to today.

Labor

labor

Organize the Unorganized

Benjamin Y. Fong Jacobin
A limited series podcast covering the 1930s rise of the Congress of Industrial Organizations and its legacy.

labor

More Than 400 Lab Professionals at LabCorp Win a Union

Stand Stand
The lab professionals employed by the medical lab services company, LabCorp of America, held a union election from March 1-3 where 434 workers voted to join together in a union with the Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals.

Friday nite video

video

Gaza, Gaza

Probably the most famous actor in Germany, Dieter #Hallervorden, sides with the people of Gaza and for a peaceful future for Israel

video

Smoking Is Awesome

Smoking is way more than a physical addiction; it creates a temporary problem and offers an instant solution. One drag and instantly you feel really good.