The move is alarming California activists who worry they could be placed in the ordinance’s crosshairs for helping their homeless neighbors.
— Read on calmatters.org/housing/homelessness/2025/02/fremont-ordinance-aid-abet/
2/1/2025 SWC press release
Columbia University proposes cutting incoming PhD cohorts in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences by up to 65%, according to faculty sources. Columbia University’s austerity measure furthers its ongoing divestment from its educational mission to maximize revenue from fossil fuels, military weapons, and Columbia’s real estate empire.
Ukraine’s military urges tough response after attacks on draft officers | Reuters
Ukraine’s army chief condemned a spate of violent attacks on draft officers, rallying in defence of a national call-up effort that has fuelled anger among some Ukrainians and struggled to generate sufficient frontline manpower.
— Read on www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-military-urges-tough-response-after-attacks-draft-officers-2025-02-03/
Inaugural Joint Statement of the Hague Group
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
Aida Rends 