States and companies must end arms transfers to Israel immediately or risk responsibility for human rights violations: UN experts | OHCHR

The transfer of weapons and ammunition to Israel may constitute serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian laws and risk State complicity in international crimes, possibly including genocide, UN experts said today, reiterating their demand to stop transfers immediately.

In line with recent calls from the Human Rights Council and the independent UN experts to States to cease the sale, transfer and diversion of arms, munitions and other military equipment to Israel, arms manufacturers supplying Israel – including BAE Systems, Boeing, Caterpillar, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Oshkosh, Rheinmetall AG, Rolls-Royce Power Systems, RTX, and ThyssenKrupp – should also end transfers, even if they are executed under existing export licenses.

— Read on www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/06/states-and-companies-must-end-arms-transfers-israel-immediately-or-risk

Gleb Pavlovsky, Putin’s World Outlook, NLR 88, July–August 2014

Former Kremlin advisor and election manager offers a unique account of the Russian leader’s ideological formation and worldview. A Soviet-realist analysis of the failings of the USSR and the actual motivations of the capitalist states.
— Read on newleftreview.org/issues/ii88/articles/gleb-pavlovsky-putin-s-world-outlook

The New York War Crimes | “All the Consent That’s Fit to Manufacture”

The pretense that The New York Times is in any way separated from the centers of power is ludicrous. It simply reports mechanically whatever Admiral Kirby or [White House Press Secretary] Karine Jean-Pierre, or the other spokespersons for the state want reported. That is the story. There’s no criticism. There’s no context. There’s no pushback. It is a mouthpiece for the state in a way that is similar to Pravda but with the difference that with Pravda there was no pretense.
— Read on newyorkwarcrimes.com/a-continuous-series-of-insults-to-our-understanding

It Is a Racial-Religious War: Organizing and a 1492 Transnational Movement Framing – Social Text

As pan-Africanist revolutionary Kwame Ture noted: “Our people who have never seen religion as the opium of the masses. That of course coming directly out of the European culture…[for Africans] religion & revolution go hand in hand…If one is truly religious, one must be revolutionary!”
— Read on socialtextjournal.org/periscope_article/it-is-a-racial-religious-war-organizing-and-a-1492-transnational-movement-framing-are-missing-in-pro-palestinian-mobilizations/

EU-funded Egyptian forces ‘rounding up and deporting Sudanese refugees’ | Global development | The Guardian

The Egyptian authorities have used EU-funded security forces in a campaign of mass arrests and forcible deportations against refugees from the Sudan war, according to a human rights group report.

— Read on www.theguardian.com/global-development/article/2024/jun/19/eu-funded-egyptian-forces-arresting-deporting-sudanese-refugees-amnesty

Bird flu outbreak at dairy farms continue to raise concerns about virus spreading | PBS News

The H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, is spreading among dairy cows. It’s been found in over 85 herds across 12 states and at least three farm workers have been sickened. While public health officials say the risk to humans remains low, concerns are growing. William Brangham discussed the threat with Rick Bright, former head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
— Read on www.pbs.org/newshour/show/bird-flu-outbreak-at-dairy-farms-continue-to-raise-concerns-about-virus-spreading

Noam Chomsky and the Compatible Left, Part I | Popaganda

Noam Chomsky recently took to the pages of The Intercept to give his blessing to the US military’s occupation of Syria, solidifying his support for the Pentagon after years of having done so in slightly more anguished terms. As far as the occupation, the only concession to what might once have been considered “Leftist” values…
— Read on web.archive.org/web/20191115230624/https://lorenzoae.wordpress.com/2019/03/04/noam-chomsky-and-the-compatible-left-part-i/