INAUGURAL JOINT STATEMENT
The Hague Group, January 31, 2025— Read on thehaguegroup.org/
heart to heart
come rest my heart?
i’ll heal you if you heal me
hold my hand it’s close to my heart see
i am so
tired and
my heart
so weary
buh bump
buh bump
this world is scary
i want to always love you
i want always heal you
please hold my hand
i’ll hold yours too
or heart to heart
Borderlessness Must Be Our Future – Public Books
Since the 1970s, nations have built at least 63 border walls and 2,000 concentration camps euphemistically called “immigrant detention centers.”
— Read on www.publicbooks.org/borderlessness-must-be-our-future/
Biden administration marked by migrant deaths and disappearances
The Biden administration leaves a sprawling and well-resourced deportation machine to Donald Trump, who is promising mass expulsion
— Read on prismreports.org/2025/01/15/biden-immigration-migrant-deaths/
Bob Perkins, a legend of jazz radio at WRTI and beyond, dies at 91 | WRTI
A beloved fixture on the airwaves in Philadelphia, including a 25-year tenure at WRTI, Bob Perkins died on Jan. 19. He was 91.
— Read on www.wrti.org/arts-desk/2025-01-19/bob-perkins-a-legend-of-jazz-radio-at-wrti-and-beyond-dies-at-91
British Military Collaboration Report — British Palestinian Committee
A new report from the British Palestinian Committee (BPC) lays bare the extent of the UK’s military involvement in the Israeli assault on Gaza – a campaign of violence that, exactly one year ago, led the the International Court of Justice to warn of genocide.
— Read on britpalcommittee.co.uk/uk-israel-military-collaboration
Switzerland deports EI’s Ali Abunimah | The Electronic Intifada
Human rights experts condemn detention of prominent Palestinian journalist.
— Read on electronicintifada.net/content/switzerland-deports-eis-ali-abunimah/50337
AFBF President Zippy Duvall Urges Congress to Act on Ag Labor, Farm Bill and Tax Reform
Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, told his members Sunday that Congress will have to respond this year to the various issues affecting farmers. Duvall pressed for action on the farm bill, agricultural labor, trade and tax cuts.
— Read on www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2025/01/26/afbf-president-zippy-duvall-urges-ag
The Shock of Recognition (J. Sakai) – Kersplebedeb
Fascism has shown that it can gather mass support. In many nations the far right, including fascism, has become a popular oppositional force to the new globalized imperialism. In many countries the far right has replaced the left as the main political opposition . It doesn’t get more critical than this. This stands the old leftist notion about fascism on its head. It isn’t just about some other country. Without a serious revolutionary analysis of fascism we can’t understand, locate or combat it right here.
— Read on kersplebedeb.com/posts/the-shock-of-recognition/
EI’s Ali Abunimah arrested in Switzerland | The Electronic Intifada
Prominent journalist detained amid crackdown on Palestine speech in the West.
— Read on electronicintifada.net/content/eis-ali-abunimah-arrested-switzerland/50333