midwesternmarx (2023-05-18). April 29, 2023 – Cornel West: The Limits of Neo-Pragmatism and the Quest for a Democratic Philosophy By: Anthony Monteiro & Saturday Free School. midwesternmarx.com We are publishing a transcript of Dr. Anthony Monteiro's opening remarks from the Saturday Free School's April 29, 2023 session Continuing Hegel's Science of Logic. The Free School meets every Saturday at 10: 30 AM, and is streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. Good morning to everybody. We are going to go back to Hegel, but it's always useful to contextualize the reading of a text like this, and to keep the text itself and our reading of it gro …

Miko Peled (2023-05-18). Unveiling a Dark History: Nakba's Tragedy Continues Unabated after 75 Years. mintpressnews.com Even with all the protests and mentions of Nakba Day on social media, commemorating this horrific, sad event is nowhere near where it ought to be. Arguably one of the darkest and most awful chapters in the long history of Palestine, the Nakba needs to be fully commemorated in every capital in the world. | The politicization of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the consequent installment of an apartheid regime to govern it is such that few countries dare even to mention these crimes against humanity. | The full scope of the Nakba, a combination of several crimes against humanity, is yet to be understood. | To…

Staff (2023-05-18). Venezuela's Anti-Blockade Deputy Minister: Capriles is the 'Shadow Interim President'. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Vice Minister for Anti-Blockade Policies William Castillo referred to the opposition pre-candidate for the Justice First party (Primero Justicia, PJ), Henrique Capriles, as the new "shadow interim president" who the economic powers of Washington and London utilize to justify the robbery of Venezuela's resources. | On his social media accounts, Castillo pointed out that the United States and the United Kingdom need someone that they can consider as the head of a parallel government so that they can recognize an alternative to the democratically elected president, Nicolás Maduro of the United Socialist P…

Staff (2023-05-18). Honduras Anti-Corruption Reform Disturbs Washington. orinocotribune.com The foreign minister of Honduras, Eduardo Enrique Reina, told the undersecretary for affairs of the western hemisphere for the US Department of State, Brian A. Nichols, that he is "surprised" by Washington's opposition of the legal reforms made in Honduras to combat public and private corruption. | "Mr. Nichols, it is surprising that the US opposes all the legal reforms to combat public-private corruption presented in a sovereign state by President Xiomara Castro," Reina wrote this Wednesday, May 17, via social media, "such as energy laws, the tax justice project, and the elimination of ZEDEs [Employment and Econ…

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). Montana first state in U.S. to ban TikTok. ecns.cn Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed a bill Wednesday banning TikTok in the state, making it the first state in the United States to ban the social media app completely.

Ann Brown (2023-05-17). Top Sports Journalist Michael Wilborn: My Son Can't Buy Ja Morant's Shoes Due To Promotion Of Wannabe Gangsta Lifestyle. moguldom.com The latest gun-flashing incident involving basketball player Ja Morant has upset many; veteran sports reporter Michael Wilborn, for one, has had enough. National Basketball Association star Morant, who plays for the Memphis Grizzlies, was suspended another time after a video surfaced recently on social media showing the star guard holding a gun. The latest video …

Michael Fox (2023-05-17). Families of the detained see echoes of dictatorial past in El Salvador's gang crackdown. therealnews.com El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is a millennial social media sensation, who has ruled with an iron fist over the last year, instituting a state of exception and locking up 65,000 suspected gang members. For much of the country, his policies have been an overwhelming success, slashing crime rates like never seen. But, thousands of family members of the detained say their loved ones are innocent. On May 1, they led a huge International Workers Day march against the government. Their stories, and the signs they carry, are eerily reminiscent. In the 1970s and '80s, 30,000 innocent civilians were detained,…

Unicorn Riot (2023-05-18). 'Cop City' Panel Member Posted Slurs Online, Archived Tweets Indicate. unicornriot.ninja

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-17). U.S. Virgin Islands Issues Subpoena: We Want To Talk To Elon Musk About Jeffrey Epstein. moguldom.com The U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed Twitter owner Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase, which it has accused of helping enable the sexual abuse of girls by pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, who died in jail in 2021 while awaiting trial. The largest investment bank in the world by revenue, JP Morgan was sued …

teleSUR (2023-05-17). 4 Missing Children Found Alive After Plane Crash In Colombia. telesurenglish.net Colombian authorities found alive the four children who were missing after a light aircraft crashed in the jungles of southern Colombia on May 1. | RELATED: | "After arduous search efforts by our Military Forces, we have found alive the 4 children who had disappeared due to the plane crash in Guaviare. A joy for the country," Colombian President Gustavo Petro said via Twitter. | On May 1, the Cessna 206 light aircraft, operated by Vialine Char…

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Ice tea turning into hot niche as thirst season arrives. ecns.cn Summer is here, and people are meeting up to drink more ice tea — served with ice and dry ice — in the afternoons, setting off a consumption trend that has gone viral on social media platforms.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Social media accounts closed for fake news. ecns.cn More than 107,000 online accounts have been shut down in the past month for falsely representing news anchors or press agencies, as part of China's latest efforts to eliminate fake news and rumor-mongering.

Staff (2023-05-16). A Neo-Nazi Working in Congress: Aide to Rep. Gosar Pledged Loyalty to White Supremacist Nick Fuentes. democracynow.org We look at a newly confirmed direct connection between a white supremacist leader and a staffer for one of Trump's staunchest supporters in Congress. The digital director for right-wing Arizona Congressmember Paul Gosar has been revealed as a prominent follower of neo-Nazi online influencer Nick Fuentes. Gosar himself is linked to organizers of the January 6 insurrection and was censured for posting an animated video on social media where he murdered Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacked President Biden. We speak with Talking Points Memo reporter Hunter Walker about his exclusive report, whic…

ecns.cn (2023-05-16). AI-generated songs raise concerns over infringement. ecns.cn Singaporean singer Stefanie Sun has become a trending topic on Chinese social media platforms once again — not for a new album or concert, but for an artificial intelligence version of her voice.

Michael Veronda Hazou, In These Times. (2023-05-17). Last Year Was The Deadliest For Palestinians In Almost Two Decades. popularresistance.org The year 2022 was the deadliest on record for Palestinians in the West Bank since 2005, which marked the end of the Second Intifada and was also when the United Nations began systematically recording deaths. | This year could be much worse. | On April 4, Mariam Barghouti, senior Palestine correspondent for Mondoweiss, announced on Twitter: "üö®üö®üö®BREAKING: there's a full fledged slaughter happening in Palestine. Three months. 95 Palestinians killed since January." | About two weeks earlier, Barghouti had tweeted: "88 killed…

teleSUR (2023-05-16). Colombian VP Marquez Meets With Kenyan President. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Kenya's President William Ruto and Colombian Vice President Francia Marquez held a meeting in Nairobi to enhance the participation of her country in the African Union (AU). | RELATED: | "President Ruto assured that his country is committed to Colombia having a more active and dynamic participation in the AU," Marquez tweeted. | On this regard, for instance, Ruto confirmed that Kenya will work with Colombia to enhance its c…

Staff (2023-05-16). Selección cubana de fútbol confirma amistoso contra Uruguay en junio. cubadebate.cu La Federación Cubana de Fútbol anunció este martes que el partido contra los charrúas será en el Estado Centenario (sede de la primera Copa Mundial de Fútbol) el 20 de junio. El partido contra Chile, que se disputará el 11 de junio en el Estadio Ester Roa Rebolledo, fue confirmado el 11 de mayo en la cuenta de la selección cubana en Twitter.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-05-16). Presidente turco dice confiar en victoria en balotaje electoral. twitter.com El mandatario celebró su victoria en la primera vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales "a pesar de la ingeniería política de la oposición y de EE. UU."