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NYTs Calls Trump Strategy in South America "Pragmatic" There is nothing “pragmatic” about engaging in a conflict where only one side, the United States, is armed, and the factual basis for the conflict is created  out of whole cloth.  It wasn’t pragmatic ...

`The current campaign against Venezuela is reminiscent of the phony argument regarding weapons of mass destruction that was used to justify the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Two decades later, U.S. military forces remain in Iraq.' www.counterpunch.org/2025/11/24/n...

General Strike: Statement of Solidarity with the Italian Trade Unions. From US – International Union of Electrical Workers:

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Do words such as solutions or combat reflect understanding? We are so keen on solutions, so keen on combat, so keen on bending reality to our will.

`...AI-driven solutions that align with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and combat climate change...'
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Gaza’s Looming Cancer Epidemic A week after the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, a large explosion incinerated a parking lot near the busy Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, killing more than 470 people. It was a horrifying,

Cancer deaths from environmental devastation and the decimation of healthcare will likely continue long after bombs are dropped in Gaza, writes Joshua Frank, citing our research. tomdispatch.com/gazas-loomin...

`Every bus rider who gets pushed to fly or drive increases the carbon emissions of their trip by four to five times. We cannot afford to add more cars to our roads or emissions to our air.'

Lifeline for Palestine Join Lifeline for Palestine to end the genocide now. Register for our webinar to learn more and spread awareness. Lifeline for Palestine Uniting For Peace Resolution

Demands to the UN: lifelineforpalestine.com#:~:text=urge...

Every single day ICE agents are threatening people and terrorizing communities.

We’ve seen ICE pepper spray babies, disappear US citizens, slam distraught mothers and fathers to the ground—now they’re terrorizing St. Paul.

ICE is out of control and should be abolished.

Buddhist monks on national peace walk injured in Liberty County crash Police said a truck struck a vehicle that was escorting the group of monks on a peace walk across the country.

Buddhist monks on a peace walk taken to hospital after truck hits the group.
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Truth just put its shoes on.

Another COP already? Surely you’ve all worked this out by now? | First Dog on the Moon Wait … I’m hearing you have worked it out you’re just not doing it

Another COP already? Surely you’ve all worked this out by now?
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

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Dockerworker strikes in solidarity with Gaza have a long legacy Since dockworkers operate at a crucial “choke point” in the military supply chain to Israel, their boycotts are a powerful form of solidarity with Gaza.

Since dockworkers operate at a crucial “choke point” in the military supply chain to Israel, their recent boycotts are a powerful form of solidarity with Gaza.

We should NOT be selling weapons to one of the worst human rights abusers in the world.

This should be a no-brainer.

MBS should be held responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi — not welcomed at the White House to celebrate a multibillion-dollar arms package deal.

The Harvard Crimson Throughout the seven months of correspondence reviewed by The Crimson, Summers and Epstein referred to the woman Summers was pursuing in some messages by the code name "peril" but never used her name in messages directly describing the relationship. On at least two occasions, the two men discussed Jin's emails to Summers, which he forwarded to Epstein. In later messages, the two men appeared to joke about the probability that Summers would have sex with the woman, apparently Jin.

gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

It was a great pleasure to work with Sarah Bachman (artist, at left) and Michelle Markel (co-author, center) on the launch of our children’s book, *Fearless Benjamin* (Lay) at the Abington Quaker Meeting House Tuesday evening. Special thanks to Loretta Maguire Fox and Lee Hall!

Yes!

Meanspiritedness never only affects somebody else.

What the US can learn from South Koreans who stopped an authoritarian power-grab wagingnonviolence.org/2025/02/less...

Will AI mean the end of call centres? Some commentators predict artificial intelligence is about to replace most customer support jobs.

I feel sorry for us.

`So the AI was trained to show more sympathy, especially when a customer has a problem.'

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Catchy slogan: #20splenty

BBC leaders resigned for misrepresenting Trump, but not for misrepresenting Corbyn The head of the BBC, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, have been forced to resign after misrepresenting Donald Trump.

BBC leaders resigned for misrepresenting Trump, but not for misrepresenting Corbyn
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“Labor & Art” in Homestead, Pennsylvania | LAWCHA I am a historian who studied with David Montgomery at the University of Pittsburgh in the mid-1970s, a tumultuous time in labor and working-class history.

Ron Schatz wrote an excellent piece about the exhibition "Labor and Art," made from art in the collection of dear friends, Joe and Delsa White. In the Bost Building, 623 East 8th Ave., Homestead, PA, until Dec. 23, MWF 10 am - 12 noon and by appointment. Check it out!

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Palestine Action supporters to be given just 36 minutes in kangaroo court to plead their case When the UK government decided grannies who oppose genocide should be treated as terrorists, it was clear it was criminalising dissent to protect Israel.

`Using non-violence to prevent violence is terrorism now. The people who are carrying out the violence said so.'
— @councilestatemedia.uk.web.brid.gy

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Trump considering regime change war in New York after voters make the wrong choice New Yorkers have caused dismay and bemusement in the White House after forgetting how democracy is supposed to work.

Trump considering regime change war in New York after voters make the wrong choice — @normalisland.co.uk
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Sen. Shaheen: I had a meeting with some constituents last Friday. One was a small business owner who had cancer. He said, 'If I didn't have that insurance through the ACA, I would not have gotten my cancer treated, and I would be dead by now.' That's what this fight is about.

Is World Vegan Day Still Relevant? | Lee Hall Get more from Lee Hall on Patreon

Not only did Donald Watson eschew the famous-person mantle, but Donald actually did not take credit (sorry, Wikipedia) for coining the word vegan.
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The Academia website sends me an email message saying AI has turned one of my academic papers critiquing violent deer control into... a comic?

Another day, another unsolicited and nonsensical AI innovation. The Academia website sends me an email message saying AI has turned one of my academic papers critiquing violent deer control into... a comic?