(2023-11-16). Reports of harsh conditions and abuse in Israeli security prisons where Palestinians are being held for social media posts. mondoweiss.net 
Jamal, a hard-working father of a big family in Haifa, has been held in Megiddo security prison for over a month after being charged with supporting terrorism for a poem he posted on Facebook.
(2023-11-17). Haifa University students face day in Israeli court over social media posts. mondoweiss.net 
Five students at Haifa University were detained this week for social media posts they made regarding October 7. Yoav Haifawi attended their court hearing to see how "state security" would be upheld.
(2023-11-16). Labor calls out Artificial Intelligence for its threat to jobs. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —Is artificial intelligence a jobs threat? Before answering that question, it's wise to define what artificial intelligence is. That's where social media, movie and TV studios and streaming videos come into the picture. In their quest to cut costs, heads of those firms are eager to implement AI. That's because it would let them …
(2023-11-16). Venezuela and Paraguay Resume Diplomatic and Consular Relations (+Petropar). orinocotribune.com The foreign minister for Venezuela, Yván Gil, has reported that the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, and the president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, have made an agreement on resuming diplomatic and consular relations between both nations. | The announcement was made this Wednesday, November 15, through a statement published via Gil's social media reporting that Venezuela and Paraguay, following talks between the nations' presidents, are resuming ties and will proceed to share the accreditations of their respective ambassadors in the coming days. | The Venezuelan statement notes "both parties have committed…
(2023-11-15). Venezuela Recovers Right to Vote at UNESCO. orinocotribune.com Venezuela recovered its right to vote in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). This was reported by the country's ambassador to the organization, Rodulfo Pérez. He highlighted that Venezuela's first vote was in defense of Palestine and in condemnation of the Israeli entity's aggression against the defenseless civilian population of Palestine. | "Justice for Palestine, cessation of aggression! 96 votes in favor, 8 votes against, 33 abstentions," wrote the Venezuelan diplomat on social media this Monday, November 13. | In January 2022, Venezuela lost its right to vote in the…
(2023-11-16). Half the staff fired after workers at Indie music platform unionize. peoplesworld.org 
OAKLAND, Calif.—In a convoluted story that's left dozens of indie music workers in limbo, workers at the artist-centric platform Bandcamp unionized with Office and Professional Employees Local 1010 and then (a) Bandcamp was sold to a new owner, SongTradr, which (b) fired half of the remaining workers, five months after the vote. And a tweet …
(2023-11-16). The Ghosts of Waco Still Haunt America. counterpunch.org 
After decades of writing about the greatest atrocity of 1993, I finally visited Waco last week. I was traveling with a friend who was hepped up on seeing Waco's most popular tourist site — Magnolia, a massive shopping complex spawned by an HGTV program on home remodeling. That venue was easy to spot thanks to
(2023-11-16). KATESHUMBWA: Kenya remains our best option for fuel. independent.co.ug 
Former Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) Commissioner Customs Dicksons C Kateshumbwa has taken to X (twitter) to weigh the options after President Yoweri Museveni pushed for the country to import fuel directly into the country and not going through Kenyan middlemen. Here is a summary of his thread, titled "Petroleum Supply Bill — Why I cautiously …
(2023-11-15). 'Economic asphyxiation': U.S. restricts food supplies in bid to strangle Cuban revolution. peoplesworld.org 
The civilian victims of U.S. war-making in Gaza—the U.S. government supplies the big weapons—are on full display right now, broadcast on television screens and Twitter feeds around the world. There's another group on the receiving end of U.S. imperialism whose plight is not being publicized very much at the moment, though, and that's the resistance …
(2023-11-16). How Osama bin Laden's viral 'Letter to America' struck a chord among Gen Z Americans. geo.tv 
Osama bin Laden wrote 'Letter to America' in 2002 to rationalise the 9/11 attack that killed thousands…
(2023-11-16). 'Why should you get to eat in peace?': Canadians slam Trudeau's Gaza stance. indybay.org The protesters can also be heard urging Trudeau to "look at us" and using phrases like "shame on you," "you fund genocides" and "you have blood on your hands" as they chased Trudeau out of the restaurant and into the street with the crowd growing impatient. Vancouver police was forced to deploy almost 100 officers after videos showing swarms of people confronting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a restaurant Tuesday night went viral. approximately 250 people surrounded a Chinatown restaurant and escorted Trudeau out of the venue.