Author Archives: aidarends

More than 1,000 march in Sackets Harbor in support of detained children, mother – syracuse.com

More than 1,000 march in Sackets Harbor in support of detained children, mother – syracuse.com — Read on http://www.syracuse.com/state/2025/04/more-than-1000-march-in-sackets-harbor-in-support-of-detained-children-mother.html

FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado – Ars Technica

A prominent computer scientist who has spent 20 years publishing academic papers on cryptography, privacy, and cybersecurity has gone incommunicado, had his professor profile, email account, and phone number removed by his employer, Indiana University, and had his homes raided by the FBI. No one knows why. — Read on arstechnica.com/security/2025/03/computer-scientist-goes-silent-after-fbi-raid-and-purging-from-university-website/

‘This fight is bigger than me, and we can’t afford to lose it’: Momodou Taal on his fight against the Trump administration – Mondoweiss

In an interview with Mondoweiss, Momodou Taal discusses the threat of deportation for his Palestine activism, Cornell’s cooperation with the government crackdown on free speech, and what is at stake in his fight against the Trump administration. — Read on mondoweiss.net/2025/03/this-fight-is-bigger-than-me-and-we-cant-afford-to-lose-it-momodou-taal-on-his-fight-against-the-trump-administration/

MEGA (From the Historical-Critical Dictionary of Marxism) – Historical Materialism

The Marx-Engels Complete Works project (Marx-Engels-Gesamtausgabe [MEGA]) faced challenges far beyond those typically encountered in the review, collection, and editorial processing of any substantial body of work. — Read on http://www.historicalmaterialism.org/article/mega-from-the-historical-critical-dictionary-of-marxism/

Los Angeles Intifada – Michigan Quarterly Review

Palestinian history is inextricably global, its locations many, and its social, cultural, and political entanglements with the world endless. The writing of Palestinian history, therefore, must necessarily attune itself to the local lives and particular struggles of refugees scattered across jurisdictions and far beyond Israel’s territorial control. — Read on sites.lsa.umich.edu/mqr/2020/10/los-angeles-intifada/

Developing Community Asset Vouchers and Rotational Labor Associations in Jackson, MS — Cooperation Jackson

Cooperation Jackson hosted Grassroots Economics in Jackson, MS from Monday, March 10th  through Thursday, March 14th. The purpose of this encounter was to set up our own Mutual Exchange and Rotational Labor Association (ROLA) system in Jackson.  — Read on cooperationjackson.org/blog/creatingcommunityassetvouchersinjacksonms