In correspondence dated 25 March 2024 the Assembly of Caribbean People called on the CARICOM leadership to strengthen ongoing regional efforts to end the blockade of Cuba, support the island in a period of difficulty caused by intensification of that blockade and demand the removal of Cuba from the spurious USA authored list of countriesContinue reading “Cuba – Resolute Caribbean Solidarity”
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‘Come out, you animals’: how the massacre at al-Shifa Hospital happened – Mondoweiss
During the massacre at al-Shifa Hospital, the Israeli army shot patients in their beds and doctors who refused to abandon the sick, separated people into groups with differently-colored bracelets, and executed hundreds of civil government employees. — Read on mondoweiss.net/2024/04/come-out-you-animals-how-the-massacre-at-al-shifa-hospital-happened/
Al-Shifa Hospital in ruins | The Electronic Intifada
Hundreds were executed, patients left to die during Israel’s two-week siege. — Read on electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/al-shifa-hospital-ruins
How Owen Jones learned to stop worrying and love Zionism | The Electronic Intifada
Israel “fundamentally different” from other settler-colonial projects, claims Guardian columnist. — Read on electronicintifada.net/content/how-owen-jones-learned-stop-worrying-and-love-zionism/34986
No War on Yemen (2024)
For years Canada has been exporting billions of dollars worth of military equipment to countries at war with Yemen. No War on Yemen (2024)
‘An international crime scene’: How the US is stoking crisis in Haiti
For 20 years, the Western countries of the ‘Core Group’ have taken over Haiti’s politics and fueled the violence now being used as a pretext for intervention. — Read on therealnews.com/an-international-crime-scene-how-the-us-is-stoking-crisis-in-haiti
Venezuela Rejects Foreign Interference in Elections, Denounces US Delegitimization Campaign – Venezuelanalysis
Caracas said Washington is leading a “circus” to undermine the July 28 vote and warned neighboring countries not to bow to the pressure. — Read on venezuelanalysis.com/news/venezuela-rejects-foreign-interference-in-elections-denounces-us-delegitimization-campaign/
San Francisco Democrats are locked in a race to the right – POLITICO
San Francisco mayoral candidate Mark Farrell said Thursday that, if elected, he will ask California to send more armed National Guard troops into downtown to fight the city’s open-air drug markets. — Read on http://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/28/san-francisco-democrats-national-guard-00149513
Laleh Khalili · Red Sea Attacks
Maritime insurance companies have increased the war risk premium on ships travelling through the Red Sea from $10,000 for a $100 million cargo ship in early September to $1 million by mid-January. — Read on http://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n04/laleh-khalili/red-sea-attacks
NATO Fighter Planes Invade Innu Territory – Open Road (1987)
“If the Canadian government gets its way, military training in Goose Bay, Labrador will soon be making life intolerable for the Indigenous people of … NATO Fighter Planes Invade Innu Territory – Open Road (1987)
Aida Rends 