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Hundreds Arrested: Students Across U.S. Protest for Palestine as Campus Crackdown Intensifies
Student protests calling for university divestment from Israel and the U.S. arms industry have rocked campuses from coast to coast. The nonviolent protests, which have been characterized as “antisemitic” for their criticism of Israel, have been met with an intensifying police crackdown as university administrators threaten academic discipline and arrests. On Wednesday, local and state troopers violently arrested dozens at the University of Texas at Austin. Meanwhile, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson visited Columbia University in New York City, the site of a high-profile student encampment and one of the first to be met with police action, where he called on university president Minouche Shafik to resign. We hear from two Jewish students involved in protests at their schools. Joshua Sklar, a graduate student at the University of Texas at Austin and an organizer with Jewish Voice of Peace Austin, says concern over campus antisemitism is insincere, and that, in fact, “The people who are being targeted are Muslim students, Arab students, and especially Palestinian students.” Sklar and Sarah King, a member of Columbia University Apartheid Divest who was arrested at the campus’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, also point out that a large percentage of protesters are Jewish anti-Zionists concerned about their safety from state repression. “The threat is really coming from Columbia University, which has set the police on hundreds of its students who are entrusted to its care,” says King. |
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Amnesty International: Global Breakdown of Int'l Law Amid Flagrant War Crimes in Gaza & Beyond
Amnesty International has released its annual report assessing human rights in 155 countries. The report highlights Israel’s assault on Gaza with evidence of war crimes continuing to mount, as well as U.S. failures to denounce rights violations committed by Israel. It also points to Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine, and the rise of authoritarianism and massive rights violations in Sudan, Ethiopia and Myanmar. We speak to Agnès Callamard, the organization’s secretary general, who warns “the international system is on the brink of collapse” and decries the failure of rights mechanisms and Israel’s top ally, the United States, to rein in its “unprecedented” assault on Gaza. |
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Bodies Recovered at Mass Graves in Nasser Hospital Bear Signs of Torture, Mutilation & Execution
At least 320 bodies have been discovered buried in a mass grave at the destroyed Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, just weeks after a similar mass grave containing up to 400 bodies was discovered amid the ruins of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Some of the bodies, which include children, medical staff and patients, appear to have been executed or buried alive. Meanwhile, Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza as its assault of the beleaguered enclave surpasses 200 days. “Every single body that is being unearthed, you find tens of people rushing for the sake of identifying whether those are their relatives,” says Akram al-Satarri, a journalist based in Gaza. “Some of the people were tied. Some of the people had medical accessories on their hands, like the cannulas. And when they were unearthed from the ground, it was apparent that they were buried alive. Some people were tortured. Some of the bodies were extremely mutilated, which means that those bodies, some of their organs were taken by the Israeli occupation.” |
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Headlines for April 25, 2024
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The Stand (Washington Labor News)
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Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect
AFL-CIO report finds that workers of color are dying on the job at increasingly higher rates. Black workers’ job fatality rate is the highest it’s been in nearly 15 years. Latino workers continue to face the greatest risk of dying on the job than all other workers. WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 25, 2024) — Ahead of […] The post Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect appeared first on The STAND. |
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Ramen Fest back at Spokane Buddhist Temple - The Spokesman Review
Ramen Fest back at Spokane Buddhist Temple The Spokesman Review
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Rangers, Mariners nursing injuries entering series finale
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The Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners could be short-handed when they play the rubber match of their three-game series Thursday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.
Rangers shortstop Corey Seager left a 5-1 victory against Seattle in the seventh inning Wednesday with a left shin contusion after getting hit by a pitch.
Seager got nailed on one hop by an 0-2 pitch from Mariners reli
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Seahawks 2024 NFL Draft Preview
Everything you need to know to get ready for the 2024 NFL Draft John Boyle The 2024 NFL Draft gets underway Thursday in Detroit, with the Seahawks scheduled to make their first selection with the No. 16 overall pick, barring, of course, a trade. And with the draft almost here, we here at Seahawks.com put together your one-stop shop of Seahawks draft information to help you get ready for the team's 15th draft un |
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Updates: Overshown, Stephens have big 'opportunity'
DallasCowboys.com Don't miss any of the action with our daily updates: news, notes and more throughout the Cowboys' regular season. Presented by Blockchain.com DeMarvion Overshown #35 LB Height: 6-2 Weight: 220 lbs College: Texas 1:00 pm - DeMarvion Overshown has a chance of outplaying his 2023 third-round pick status, while tight end John Stephens Jr. effectively went f |
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Man accused of shooting Tacoma boxing legend arrested - MyNorthwest
Man accused of shooting Tacoma boxing legend arrested MyNorthwest
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