The news comes a month after FRONTLINE and El Faro released a documentary on Bukele’s dealings with El Salvador’s gangs. — Read on http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/salvadoran-news-outlet-el-faro-bukele-frozen-assets/
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‘Hondurasgate,’ the alleged US and Israeli interference plot to destabilize Mexico and other progressive governments | International | EL PAÍS English
A leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of Claudia Sheinbaum, Lula, and Gustavo Petro — Read on english.elpais.com/international/2026-05-07/hondurasgate-the-alleged-us-and-israeli-interference-plot-to-destabilize-mexico-and-other-progressive-governments.html
Red May Theses | Heatwave
Drawing on the examples of the Paris Commune and 20th century workers’ councils—’the only new invention of the communist movement in the 20th century’—Bernes distills their successes and failures into a description of communism that is at once abstract and practical — Read on heatwavemag.info/magazine/issue02/red-may-theses/
Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired? | Race | The Guardian
The school’s $100m project to examine its slave ownership in Antigua is mired in controversy as academics allege obstruction — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/18/harvard-university-antigua-slavery-history
Poetry in the face of history: Letter to an Israeli soldier | MadaMasr
Under what conditions could a confrontation between poetry and history yield to the defeat of history? And what is it in poetry that could defeat history? Is it the simple act of bearing witness? The deep, sharp gaze? The pressing quest to embody experience? Or is it the desperate attempt at making meaning? We don’tContinue reading “Poetry in the face of history: Letter to an Israeli soldier | MadaMasr”
Seattle activist Kai Sorem killed by Philippine military
Community members held a vigil on Saturday night to mourn the killing of 26-year-old Seattle activist Kai Sorem by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Sorem was a longtime Filipina American youth organizer in South Seattle and her shocking death sparked cries for justice and accountability. — Read on gossipguy.net/seattle-activist-kai-sorem-killed-by-philippine-military/
When Black Writers Were Public Enemy No. 1 – POLITICO Magazine
Decades before today’s tensions between black communities and the police, J. Edgar Hoover’s ghostreaders targeted literary legends as dangerous dissidents. — Read on http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/04/fbi-black-writers-117512/
Who is paint bombing Oakland’s Flock cameras?
Some of OPD’s license plate readers have been vandalized with paint. The vandalism coincides with a nationwide pushback against surveillance. — Read on oaklandside.org/2026/04/24/who-is-paint-bombing-oaklands-flock-cameras/
Recruitment flyers for controversial Jewish group spotted in Queens — Queens Daily Eagle
Flyers calling for recruits to join a far-right Jewish group once dubbed a terrorist organization by the FBI were recently spotted in Queens, plastered to a parking meter across the street from the office of the borough’s top cop. — Read on queenseagle.com/all/2026/4/26/recruitment-flyers-for-controversial-jewish-group-spotted-in-queens
Central Valley big-game hunter trampled to death by elephants
Ernie Dosio, a prominent wine grower in the Lodi area and a well-known member of the big-game hunting community, was killed in Africa last week. — Read on http://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/lodi-big-game-hunter-killed-22224929.php
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