Author Archives: aidarends

Walid Daqqa Is Still Here

“So, I always say, because he is an exception, the things that come from him — the impact and the legacy he leaves behind — are truly exceptional as well.” — Read on http://www.thekeymagazine.com/p/walid-daqqa-sanaa-salameh-palestine-prisons-ticket-seller

Posted byaidarendsJuly 17, 2026Posted inLit Review, Newsletter and UpdatesLeave a comment on Walid Daqqa Is Still Here

Elon Musk, the Trillionaire: The SpaceX IPO and the Terminal Crisis of Finance Capitalism | Pambazuka News

Campbell critically assesses the development of the world’s first trillionaire following the largest initial public offering (IPO) in history as a reflection of the deepening crisis of finance capitalism, which has become a brake on real socioeconomic development and continues to starve the real economy of productive industrial investment. — Read on pambazuka.org/Musk-the-Trillionaire

Posted byaidarendsJuly 17, 2026Posted inLit Review, Newsletter and UpdatesLeave a comment on Elon Musk, the Trillionaire: The SpaceX IPO and the Terminal Crisis of Finance Capitalism | Pambazuka News

Homeland Empire • EQUATOR

Trump’s real innovation has been to marry the archaic geopolitics of a settler empire to the modern legal frameworks devised by his liberal predecessors. What distinguishes his latest regime is its effort to reimagine and remake the borders of American state power, collapsing the foreign and the domestic in a single domain of impunity: callContinue reading “Homeland Empire • EQUATOR”

Posted byaidarendsJuly 15, 2026Posted inNewsletter and UpdatesLeave a comment on Homeland Empire • EQUATOR

Mexico files criminal complaints in US over migrant deaths in custody | Reuters

Mexico has begun filing criminal complaints with state prosecutors in the United States over ‌the deaths of its citizens in U.S. immigration custody and during enforcement operations, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexico-files-criminal-complains-us-over-migrant-deaths-custody-2026-07-14/

Posted byaidarendsJuly 14, 2026Posted inNewsletter and UpdatesLeave a comment on Mexico files criminal complaints in US over migrant deaths in custody | Reuters

[Oakland] At Committees This Week, 7/14/2026

[Oakland] At Committees This Week, 7/14/2026 — Read on oakland-observer.ghost.io/at-committees-this-week-7-14-2026/

Posted byaidarendsJuly 13, 2026Posted inNewsletter and UpdatesLeave a comment on [Oakland] At Committees This Week, 7/14/2026

Berkeley City Council to vote on removing Black Lives Matter-era tear gas ban | Law and Justice | dailycal.org

The Berkeley City Council will vote on whether to reinstate the Berkeley Police Department’s ability to use tear gas in its July 14 meeting. The recommendation, authored by District 1 — Read on http://www.dailycal.org/content/tncms/live/

Posted byaidarendsJuly 13, 2026Posted inNewsletter and UpdatesLeave a comment on Berkeley City Council to vote on removing Black Lives Matter-era tear gas ban | Law and Justice | dailycal.org

Reparations – Litigating to Avoid Justice

Posted byaidarendsJuly 13, 2026Posted inNewsletter and UpdatesLeave a comment on Reparations – Litigating to Avoid Justice

CrimethInc. : No Way Home: An Anarchist Ex-Prisoner’s Response to Fire Ant Movement Defense

A statement from Eric King, an anarchist and former political prisoner who spent nearly a decade behind bars, in response to the statement from Fire Ant Movement Defense. — Read on crimethinc.com/2026/07/11/no-way-home-an-anarchist-ex-prisoners-response-to-fire-ant-movement-defense