Category Archives: Newsletter and Updates

Thirteen individuals, including 12 protesters and a Daily reporter, were charged with felony burglary after being detained by police on Wednesday. Students were suspended and banned from campus for the rest of the quarter. — Read on stanforddaily.com/2024/06/07/protesters-who-occupied-presidents-office-receive-felony-charges/

The inhuman savagery of Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza has shocked the conscience of millions of people around the world, including in the Caribbean. From a policy of deliberate starvation and blocking access to water to bombing hospitals and ambulances, even going so far as killing thousands of children, Israel’s crimes have hadContinue reading “CARICOM – Call to Break Diplomatic Relations with Apartheid Israel”

Over 50 pro-Palestine protesters entered the president’s office in Main Quad at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning. They barricaded themselves in the building and told The Daily they intend to stay until the University meets demands, or they are forcibly removed. — Read on stanforddaily.com/2024/06/05/pro-palestine-protesters-occupy-presidents-office/

After seven dead, 600 injured, 7,000 unemployed, and an estimated €1 billion in damage, “what more is needed” to convince Emmanuel Macron to drop his reform? — Read on http://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2024/06/05/new-caledonia-insecurity-persists-as-radicals-continue-to-orchestrate-the-crisis_6673787_5.html

The members of the Hatuey group represent the true people of the United States, simple, hard-working and supportive, said Fernando González, president of ICAP, today in the delivery of medicines and supplies for Cuban children with cancer. — Read on http://www.hatueyproject.org/news/hatuey-groups-solidarity-for-cuban-children-with-cancer-highlighted/

The main request from local Congolese leaders is for allies around the globe to help build a global constituency to amplify frontline voices and solutions and support the courageous and dignified organizing taking place on the frontlines to achieve a #FreeCongo. — Read on friendsofthecongo.org/campaigns/

Report back from Durham, North Carolina on recent autonomous march in solidarity with Palestine. — Read on itsgoingdown.org/durham-nc-autonomous-march-in-solidarity-with-palestine-targets-jail-and-google-offices/

San Francisco rewards police for retiring early and we may, soon, also reward them for working late —while paying them for both, one on top of the other.  — Read on missionlocal.org/2024/06/san-francisco-pension-police-firefighter-drop/

A longstanding relationship between the Oregon Food Bank and several local Jewish organizations has seemingly fractured after the former released a statement on the war [on Palestine]… In a letter issued Friday, the Jewish organizations — which include five synagogues and multiple nonprofits — said they would withhold any financial support for the Oregon FoodContinue reading “Jewish orgs pull support from Oregon Food Bank over Gaza war statement – OPB”

In response, it is essential to consider more internationalist and justice-oriented proposals that square decarbonization with the need to minimize mining-induced harm and privilege robust popular access to land. — Read on blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2024/05/30/to-address-the-root-causes-of-climate-change-we-should-pay-attention-to-the-earthwork-of-a-silenced-global-majority/