Category Archives: Newsletter and Updates

”I’m compelled to speak, not as a composer this time, but as a citizen alarmed by the role Microsoft is playing in a very different kind of composition: one that leads to surveillance, violence, and destruction in Palestine.” — Read on http://www.brooklynvegan.com/brian-eno-calls-for-microsoft-to-cut-ties-with-israel-donating-his-windows-95-startup-chime-fee-to-gaza-victims/

Mac DeMarco, John Carroll Kirby, and others celebrate Matthew Urango ahead of the artist and activist’s posthumous final album. — Read on daily.bandcamp.com/features/cola-boyy-quit-to-play-chess-interview

The merger of Cigna and Humana, America’s fifth- and sixth-largest for-profit health insurers, would create a monster middleman to ‘compete’ with the undisputed giant, UnitedHealth. — Read on prospect.org/health/2023-12-01-euthanize-this-merger/

While shutting down dozens of corporate crime probes, the Trump DOJ seems to have jump-started a forever investigation into the mega-insurer’s billing practices. — Read on prospect.org/health/2025-03-07-did-luigi-save-unitedhealth-case/

A Guardian investigation finds insurer quietly paid facilities that helped it gain Medicare enrollees and reduce hospitalizations. Whistleblowers allege harm to residents — Read on http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/21/unitedhealth-nursing-homes-payments-hospital-transfers

The retired colonel’s tenure as ambassador to El Salvador lasted less than two years, but it was enough for him to forge a personal friendship with President Nayib Bukele. During the country’s civil war in the 1980s, he led combat and counterinsurgency operations — Read on english.elpais.com/usa/2024-12-12/the-salvadoran-trail-of-ronald-johnson-trumps-man-for-mexico.html

Exposing the fabricated identity of Corrina Gould and the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, this article documents how land and funding meant for Ohlone people have been diverted away from the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe—the only historically and legally recognized Ohlone tribal government in the East Bay. — Read on nativehistoryproject.org/post/articles/corrina-gould-the-myth-of-lisjan-and-the-erosion-of-tribal-sovereignty/

Participants in the occupation of the engineering building at the University of Washington explore their motivations and recount the events in detail. — Read on crimethinc.com/2025/05/09/the-occupation-of-the-shaban-al-dalou-building-a-report-back-from-the-university-of-washington

The University of Washington reported pro-Palestinian protesters caused more than $1 million in damage to the university’s Interdisciplinary Engineering Building during a violent demonstration Monday night. — Read on komonews.com/news/local/university-of-washington-protest-pro-palestinian-uw-million-damages-interdisciplinary-engineering-building-super-uw-occupation-shaban-al-dalou-gaza-boeing-funding-federal-government-spd-police