i saw a coyote cross the ocean road
two black kitties in the abandoned field
in a comradely way you said
we disagree but soon we be red
orange blue banana smoothie
we had a time didn’t we
List of Nazi war criminals in Canada might not be released | Ottawa Citizen
Large numbers of soldiers from a Ukrainian Waffen SS division fled to Canada after the war.
— Read on ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/releasing-names-alleged-nazi-war-criminals-canada-could-embarrass-federal-government-bureaucrats
Why AI Can Push You to Make the Wrong Decision at Work
Automation bias is the tendency to be less vigilant when a process is automated. But can we effectively check ourselves against AI before making a wrong decision?
— Read on www.brainfacts.org/neuroscience-in-society/tech-and-the-brain/2024/why-ai-can-push-you-to-make-the-wrong-decision-at-work-090324
U.S. universities spent the summer strategizing to suppress student activism. Here is their plan. – Mondoweiss
Schools across the U.S. have altered policies and even landscapes in an attempt to make a repeat of last spring’s Palestine protests impossible. The result is a far-reaching war on free expression and the increased militarization of higher education.
— Read on mondoweiss.net/2024/09/u-s-universities-spent-the-summer-strategizing-to-suppress-student-activism-here-is-their-plan/
Let America Be Your Periphery – Steve Salaita
We’re a year into unspeakable brutality, so let’s keep it simple: there is no electoral solution to the problem of Zionist genocide. If anything useful comes about in the United States, then it will be at cross-purposes with all these silly dreams of American redemption.
— Read on stevesalaita.com/let-america-be-your-periphery/
What American Fascism Has Already Looked Like
Settler colonialism, and class collaboration more generally, have been the motor of the roots of fascism in the United States; once a culture based upon genocide against the Indigenous was established alongside a culture of slavery based upon expropriation of certain “racialized” groups, then it could, and does, continue to serve as a kind of political precondition; it serves as an exemplar of what can be done with full-throated, full-blooded fascism.
— Read on www.peacelandbread.org/post/what-american-fascism-has-already-looked-like
Food Sovereignty in a Palestinian Economy of Resistance | Al-Shabaka
Fathi Nimer traces the origins of food sovereignty and the challenges Palestinians face today to effectively put the framework into practice.
— Read on al-shabaka.org/briefs/food-sovereignty-in-a-palestinian-economy-of-resistance/
Is Your Local Police Department Using Fusus AI-Enabled Cameras? Find Out Here
404 Media has obtained a new dataset which shows the spread of Fusus cameras across the country. Check the map to see if your local law enforcement agency has signed up.
— Read on www.404media.co/fusus-ai-cameras-map-local-police/
Rodney – Marxism and African Liberation
When one is asked to speak on the relevance of Marxism to Africa at this particular time, one is being asked to involve oneself in an historical debate, an ongoing debate in this country, particularly among the black population. It is a debate which has heightened over the last year, and from my own observations, it is being waged in a large number of places across this country.
— Read on www.marxists.org/subject/africa/rodney-walter/works/marxismandafrica.htm
Unburdened by Palestine: Shedding Black liberalism for anti-imperialism – Mondoweiss
Liberals are demanding that Black people in the U.S. put aside our long tradition of anti-imperialism to support Kamala Harris and sacrifice Palestine in the process.
— Read on mondoweiss.net/2024/08/unburdened-by-palestine-shedding-black-liberalism-for-anti-imperialism/