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(Fucking) Macron Names Right-Wing Prime Minister, ‘Turning His Back’ On French Voters French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday named the right-wing politician Michel Barnier as prime minister, prompting outrage from a coalition of left-of-center parties that won the most seats in recent parliamentary elections and argued that the premier should be chosen from its ranks.…

Israel General Strike Israeli Forces Shot an American in the West Bank. The US Government Doesn’t Seem to Care Links, etc.

Campaign against Project Nimbus gathers steam and supporters Years of activism against Google’s complicity in Israel’s colonial violence against Palestinians have forced the multinational tech behemoth into a rigid moral impasse and exposed the hollowness of its brand. ->->-> Activists protest at Councilmember’s Highland Park home over housing deal Protesters angry over a City Council…

The new COVID vaccine is here. Why these are the best times to get immunized US Leads World in Subsidies for Ineffective Tech Fixes for Climate Crisis Among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. leads the way in spending public money on so-called climate “solutions” that have been proven to “consistently fail, overspend, or underperform,”…

French Neoliberal Macron Refuses to Hand Power to Victorious Left Coalition, New Popular Front More than 60 Ice detainees on hunger strike over inhumane living conditions People at two Geo Group facilities in California, Mesa Verde in Bakersfield, and Golden State Annex in McFarland (Kern County), protest poor food quality, medical neglect and a working…

Meet the ‘uncommitted’: How Gaza hangs over Democratic National Convention Ali Harb interviewed Democratic delegates to the convention who were part of the Uncommitted National Movement. (I know this is late. I don’t do up-to-date anything.) -> -> -> Managing Muslims: imperial Japan, Islamic policy, and Axis connections during the Second World War In the…

Poll Shows Backing Israel Arms Embargo Would Help Harris in 3 Swing States by Jessica Corbett on CommonDreams “Across all three states, 80% or more of Democrats and Independents support a permanent cease-fire and 60% or more disapprove of more weapons to Israel,” said the IMEU Policy Project. ->->-> ‘Sinking Deeper into Gazan Mud’ –…

I’m so unhappy because I lost a day of links. This video about the UK racist riots had a lot to say about community organizing and the Left: I’m not sure if there’s a Black Breadtube, but here are a few creators I sometimes watch: FD Signifier, lil bill, Kat Blaque, This is Revolution. (I…

AOC’s DNC Speech Was a Betrayal of the Gaza Movement by Kareem Elrefai Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s decision to lend her credibility to the Biden-Harris administration’s false narrative around Gaza was a stinging slap in the face. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/aoc-dnc-speech-gaza So much election drama. Lost Kinjo: Disappearing Japanese Neighborhoods California once thrived with more than 40 different Japanese American…