Author Archives: aidarends

Caribbean Sea – US Military Harassing Fisherfolk

According to reports a missile destroyer, the USS Jason Dunham, of the armada prowling the southern Caribbean, was deployed over the weekend to intercept and board the Carmen Rosa fishing vessel whose 9 person crew were legally fishing in Venezuelan sovereign waters. An official complaint has been filed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofContinue reading “Caribbean Sea – US Military Harassing Fisherfolk”

UC Berkeley turns over personal information of more than 150 students and staff to federal government | Campus | dailycal.org

UC Berkeley has provided the personal information of roughly 160 students, staff and faculty to the federal government in a directive from the UC Office of the President. — Read on http://www.dailycal.org/content/tncms/live/

Going Back to the Classroom in a Time of Repression – positions politics

As campuses reopen, academics reflect on teaching under repression, surveillance, and the ongoing U.S.-funded genocide in Gaza, calling for courage, solidarity, and genuine education. — Read on positionspolitics.org/going-back-to-the-classroom-in-a-time-of-repression/

Mike Davis, The Political Economy of Late-Imperial America, NLR I/143, January–February 1984

Conventional definitions of American post-war ‘hegemony’ have focused on the sheer preponderance of economic and military power concerted through an atomic-military monopoly, monetary sovereignty, overseas investment, and historic differentials of productivity and mass consumption. Accordingly, from a baseline in the late 1940s when the conjunction of all these . . . — Read on newleftreview.org/issues/i143/articles/mike-davis-the-political-economy-of-late-imperial-america

Caribbean – Threats to Peace

The Cuban Government strongly rejects the current deployment of United States military forces in the Caribbean Sea. This dangerous action represents a serious threat and an aggressive show of force against the sovereignty and self-determination of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean. Furthermore, it ignores the commitment of the 33 Member States of the CommunityContinue reading “Caribbean – Threats to Peace”

US trying to set fire to the Caribbean

Recent weeks have seen a dramatic increase in the United States military presence in the southern Caribbean. On 18 August,  news agencies reported that the US military build-up in the area involved 3 destroyers, more than 4,000 marines, a submarine, a reconnaissance aircraft,  a guided missile cruiser and amphibious landing troops, with further vessels reported to beContinue reading “US trying to set fire to the Caribbean”

People Like Us: Obituary for Bruce Reid | Long-Haul Mag

I was first advised to listen to Life in Abdication, and Tucker’s solo work in general, by Bruce Reid, my co-worker on the night shift at Quality Food Centers (QFC), a Kroger-owned grocery chain in the Pacific Northwest. Bruce was a devoted fan of the Velvet Underground, the type who had all the live bootlegsContinue reading “People Like Us: Obituary for Bruce Reid | Long-Haul Mag”