MEE staff(2024-06-03). Tunisia bans Palestinian keffiyeh inside exam halls.middleeasteye.net Tunisia bans Palestinian keffiyeh inside exam halls | The education ministry has banned students from wearing clothing that might 'influence' them during exams, while reaffirming its support for Palestine | | Tunisians gather in Tunis on 27 May in solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel's ongoing wa…
Mohamed Mandour(2024-06-03). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war.cpj.org Since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, journalists and media across the region have faced a hostile environment that has made reporting on the war exceptionally challenging. In addition to documenting the growing tally of journalists killed and injured, CPJ's research has found multiple kinds of incidents of journalists being targeted while carrying out…
Alex Darocy(2024-06-03). Riot Cops Destroy UCSC's Gaza Solidarity Encampment and Arrest Dozens of Students.indybay.org Shortly after midnight on May 31, riot cops from multiple agencies descended on UC Santa Cruz in order to remove the Gaza Solidarity Encampment established by Students for Justice in Palestine. For the first hour of the police presence, officers cordoned off the area surrounding the encampment. Students then grouped closely together and locked arms near a blockaid they created on May 28 to prevent traffic from entering the main entrance to campus. Throughout the evening and into the morning there were hundreds of riot cops on campus.
noemail(2024-06-03). UST Acquires Endeavor to Enhance Life Sciences Digital Transformation.devdiscourse.com ALISO VIEJO, Calif. and BENGALURU, India, June 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — UST, a leading digital transformation solutions company, announced its acquisition of Endeavor Consulting Group, a global player in supply chain management and product commercialization consulting. Founded in 2006, Endeavor's expertise in life sciences and SAP Gold Partner status will significantly boost UST's capabilities.
ecns.cn(2024-06-03). Qinghai-Tibet Plateau lakes expanding rapidly.ecns.cn The area of lakes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau has expanded by over 10,000 square kilometers over the past 30 years according to researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Research Institute.
ptcnews.tv(2024-06-03). Los Angeles: 23-year-old Indian student goes missing in US.ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: The newest case in the nation as the community deals with a run of similar incidents involving students is a 23-year-old Indian student who has been missing in the US state of California since last week. Police have asked the public for assistance in finding her.Police say that on May 28, Nitheesha Kandula, a student at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), vanished from sight.John Guttierez, the Chief of Police at CSUSB, stated in a post on X on Sunday that she was last seen in Los Angeles and was reported missing on May 30. | "#MissingPersonAlert: California State University, San…
Hannah Davenport(2024-06-03). Labour has 'historic opportunity' to reverse NHS privatisation, says campaigners.leftfootforward.org Labour has been told it will have a 'historic opportunity' to reverse NHS outsourcing in its first term, if the party wins the general election. | Assuming Labour takes office on July 5, campaign group We Own It has laid out a plan for Labour not to renew private NHS contracts which are set to expire in the first term of the next government, as analysis has found a huge majority of contracts will need renewing over the next four years. | Based on an analysis of NHS contracts, data has shown that the next government will inherit 7,452 contracts, worth a total of £29.1bn, between for-profit private compan…
ecns.cn(2024-06-03). Social sciences in spotlight at Beijing forum.ecns.cn Experts and authorities gathered in Beijing on Sunday for a seminar exploring the role of social sciences in shaping modern Chinese civilization.
newarab(2024-06-03). Azmi Bishara: Biden's speech puts Netanyahu in awkward position.newarab.com There is now an American conviction that the war in Gaza must end, said Dr. Azmi Bishara, general director of the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies, following In a new interview aired Friday evening on The New Arab's affiliated Al-Araby TV, Bishara emphasized the significance of U.S. President Joe Biden's address, noting the optics of Biden presenting the Israeli initiative from the White House, and of adding his interpretation…
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Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch.(2024-05-17). University Of California Workers Vote To Authorize A Strike.popularresistance.org On May 15, United Auto Workers Local 4811, which represents 48,000 student workers across the University of California campuses, voted to authorize a strike following police and administrative repression of pro-Palestine students staging Gaza Solidarity Encampments. | Strike authorization votes took place from May 13 to May 15. Workers voted in favor of striking by a landslide of 79%. There is currently no fixed date for a strike, but the vote empowers the union's executive board to call a strike at any time. | Were Local 4811 to strike, it would be the first strike in history to be called for Palestinian liberat…
Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency.(2024-05-17). In A First, Jewish Biden Administration Staffer Resigns Over War In Gaza.popularresistance.org At first glance, the chalkboard sign looked like any of the others standing in front of Washington D.C.'s many restaurants and cafes. | But instead of advertising espresso or sandwiches, this one — across the street from a federal government building — displayed only one thing: the number of Palestinians killed in Israel's war with Hamas, along with the words "Remember the people of Gaza." | When it was taken down earlier this month after being vandalized, that number had passed 34,000 — a statistic quoted often in pro-Palestinian advocacy. But what made the blackboard different from the campus…
Lexi Lonas, The Hill.(2024-05-17). Columbia Faculty Group Passes No-Confidence Measure On President.popularresistance.org Columbia University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences approved a vote of no confidence Thursday against university President Minouche Shafik over her handling of the recent pro-Palestinian protests on campus. | The vote, organized by the school's chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), won with a 65 percent majority, though it has no real power against Shafik. | The AAUP chapter released a statement highlighting the frustrations the group has with Shafik such as agreeing during a recent congressional hearing to fire a particular faculty member and ultimately bringing in the police to cle…
Staff, Middle East Eye.(2024-05-17). South Africa Asks ICJ To Order Israel To Halt Rafah Offensive.popularresistance.org South Africa asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday to order Israel to halt its Rafah offensive, and argued that the assault posed a risk to "the very survival of Palestinians in Gaza." | South Africa's ambassador to the Netherlands, Vusi Madonsela, asked the court in his opening remarks to "do what it can to stop the genocide," which he said had "shocked the conscience of humanity." | He added that South Africa's fourth submission to the court was triggered not only by the assault on Rafah but by an intensification of the Israeli assault across Gaza in the last few days.
Camille Tinnin, Magdalen Weiss-Vopat, Waging Nonviolence.(2024-05-17). Carrying On Kent State's Legacy Of Antiwar Organizing.popularresistance.org If you grew up in Ohio, one of the first things that comes to mind when you hear "Kent State" is the saying "Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent State." If you grew up outside of Ohio, the first thing you think of when hearing "Kent State" is the shootings on May 4, 1970. And if you were present for the protest on May 4, 2024, you heard, "Kent Read, Kent Write, Kent stop funding genocide." | As graduate students (one local, the other out of state), we grew up with different perceptions of Kent State. What united us is the decision to pursue our graduate studies at Kent State due to its long history of activism and the Sc…
L. Michael Hager(2024-05-17). Some Reflections on the Campus Protests.counterpunch.org The ongoing pro-Palestinian protests at American universities are more than just youthful expressions of speech freedom. Rather they exemplify the informed views of students repulsed by the genocide in Gaza, which they see every day on television and in the social media. They are motivated by a desire to end the continuing complicity of their
aljazeera(2024-05-17). The misogyny of the anti-protest.aljazeera.com Our reaction to the students who are protesting what they see as genocide in real time speaks volumes about who we are.
Editor(2024-05-17). May 17, 2024.sitrepworld.info Cad é sin don té sin — Caladh Nua Mario Savio's Call to Arms: "Put Your Bodies Upon the Gears and Upon the Wheels" by Mike Whitney The Hill's cheap, cowardly shot at people of conscience who support Palestine, by Don Hank PalChron Day 223 — New ICJ Hearing | Abbas Blames Hamas | More Soldiers Killed, Injured 'Most Thorough Legal Analysis' Yet Concludes Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza, by Yves Smith, Jessica Corbett Israel's Brutal Rafah Invasion, Interview with Student Protestors, and More — Richard Medhurst (Video) MoA: The Al-Aqsa Flood Operation Is — Despi…
Staff(2024-05-17). Headlines for May 17, 2024.democracynow.org "We Don't Want Ships. We Want Safety": Displaced Gazans Reject U.S. Pier; U.N. Calls for Land Access, Spain Bars Ships with Weapons For Israel; 13 Foreign Ministers Warn Against Israel's Rafah Assault, "Israel's Genocide Has Reached New and Horrific Stage": South Africa Requests Urgent ICJ Intervention, Police Raid and Arrest Students at Gaza Solidarity Encampments at UC Berkeley, DePaul University, WaPo: Billionaires and Execs Urged Eric Adams to Send Police to Columbia's Gaza Encampment, SCOTUS Overrules Challenge to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, NYT: Upsi…
Alfred de Zayas(2024-05-17). A Rebellion Against Law and Civilization: Genocide and Its Accomplices.counterpunch.org Civilization is a process that progressively codifies the rules and regulations necessary for living together in peace, the process that continually engenders associations and commissions, mechanisms for monitoring and implementation of the norms. The United Nations Charter is the best rules-based order we have, a kind of world constitution that all peoples should recognize and
bwitanek(2024-05-17). Teaneck Anti-Palestinian Stakeholders on Racist Rants at May 15 Board of Ed Meeting.fightbackbetter.com From Joseph Kessler Godin claiming that Teaneck High School's decent test scores and college acceptance rates depend on its Jewish students (despite them being a very small minority of the student population), to Deborah Hartman Blaiberg openly saying "we want this district like Tenafly not like Newark", to Aviva Angel (executive member of Bergen County Jewish Action Committee aka BCJAC) shamelessly pinkwashing the Palestinian genocide, last night's Board of Ed. meeting was loaded. Albeit repulsive and painful to hear, none of it was surprising. | The situation escalated when Orly Kessler Godin and Avital Kessler…
Mohamed Mandour(2024-05-17). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war.cpj.org Since the Israel-Gaza war began on October 7, journalists and media across the region have faced a hostile environment that has made reporting on the war exceptionally challenging. In addition to documenting the growing tally of journalists killed and injured, CPJ's research has found multiple kinds of incidents of journalists being targeted while carrying out…
MEE staff(2024-05-17). US billionaires joined Whatsapp group to 'change Israel narrative'.middleeasteye.net US billionaires joined Whatsapp group to 'change Israel narrative' | Business leaders spoke to senior Israeli officials and New York mayor during Columbia encampment, according to Washington Post | | Pro-Palestinian student protestors wave a Palestinian flag on the front steps of Hamilton Hall at Col…
Urban CNY News(2024-05-17). Syracuse University Administration-Encampment Meeting.urbancny.com Syracuse University sent an email to students taking part in the protest the following represents "our response to their concerns." According to the University. | The Email ends with, "the University expects you to bring the encampment to a close." | Dear Students: | As senior staff in Syracuse University's Student Experience Division, we write to follow up on the meeting you requested with us, held on Monday (May 13). Although we have areas of disagreement, we share a concern for the ongoing loss of life on all sides in the Israel/Hamas war and recognize its impact on members of our community. | With respect…
Daniel Warner(2024-05-17). Israel as a Jewish Nation-State and Antisemitism.counterpunch.org "Judaism cannot be separated from Israel. Zionism is, simply put, the manifestation of that belief," stated a recent message from Jewish students at Columbia University. Israel's politics are closely intertwined with its religious beliefs. Since 2018, Israel legally considers itself a Jewish nation-state with no separation between religion and politics. That explains why Israelis consider
Editor(2024-05-17). Blowing Off Class of 2024: Parent's Criticism of USC's Leadership on Commencement Day.scheerpost.com By Annette Ricchiazzi / Original to ScheerPost My daughter, a fourth generation USC Trojan, graduated last Friday. It happened without incident, and she is now a USC alum. I took into the two days of events the memory of my own USC student experience, which eventually led me to be a USC employee and avid …
Martha Grevatt(2024-05-17). Cleveland: After encampment, struggle continues.workers.org Cleveland After 11 defiant days, students at Case Western Reserve University closed down their Palestine Solidarity Encampment on May 9. Activists from the Palestinian community and the progressive movement assisted in a well-organized and disciplined take-down. Nevertheless, CWRU President Eric Kaler reiterated his threats that students who participated in the . . . |
California Faculty Association(2024-05-17). CFA Members File Unfair Practice Charge Over Cal Poly Humboldt's Campus Closure.indybay.org May 9, 2024 – This week, CFA members filed an Unfair Practice Charge with California's Public Employer Employee Relations Board (PERB) over Cal Poly Humboldt administration's decision to close the campus for the remainder of the spring semester. Management took the extraordinary step of closing down the campus last month in response to students protesting the war in Gaza when other campuses around the country have remained open despite fairly large actions and police responses. At Cal Poly Humboldt, students and a faculty member occupied a campus building for several days before being forcibly removed and arreste…
Encampment for Palestine Continues(2024-05-17). Creator of Olympic Black Power Statue Encourages SJSU Students on Nakba Day.indybay.org San Jose State students continue with the pro-Palestine encampment, even after University administration has chastised them insisting they leave. On May 15, Nakba Day, a large crowd of students rallied at the encampment in front of the Olympic Black Power Statue.
Encampment for Palestine Continues(2024-05-17). Creator of Olympic Black Power Statue Encourages SJSU Students on Nakba Day.indybay.org San Jose State students continue with their pro-Palestine encampment, even after the University administration has chastised them insisting they leave. On May 15, Nakba Day, a large crowd of students rallied at the encampment in front of the Olympic Black Power Statue.
Evaggelos Vallianatos(2024-05-17). Big Oil and Civilization Don't Mix.counterpunch.org Prologue On May 10, 2024, my friend Jay Jones, emeritus professor of biology at La Verne University, invited me to see a documentary he was presenting to his students and colleagues. The documentary, The Oil Machine, was done in 2022 by BBC. It is one of the best films I have watched on the origins
UMMID(2024-05-17). Anti-Minority Hate and Venom – Has Modi's Juggernaut Backfired?ummid.com Prime Minister Modi, who relied on his own carefully crafted image and easy-flowing rhetoric, found himself in an unchartered territory facing an electorate more skeptical of his promises and less interested in his anti-minority tirades.
UMMID(2024-05-17). Maharashtra 10th, 12th Results 2024: Board Updates Date and Time.ummid.com Amidst wild speculations on the dates of Maharashtra 2024 SSC (10th) and 2024 HSC (12th) result announcement, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has issued an important update on its official website mahresult.nic.in.
UMMID(2024-05-17). GBSHSE Goa 10th Result 2024 – Direct link to check.ummid.com Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) is set to declare online the results of the GBSHSE Class 10 or SSC 2024 examination on its official as well as associate websites on Wednesday May 15, 2024.
ptcnews.tv(2024-05-17). Forbes releases '30 under 30 Asia' list: Check Indians featured on the list.ptcnews.tv '30 Under 30 Asia' list: Forbes on Thursday released its 9th edition of the "30 Under 30 Asia" list. | The list features young entrepreneurs, leaders and trailblazers under 30, who are advancing innovation and revolutionising industries across the Asia-Pacific region. Many Indian entrepreneurs from a range of industries, including technology, sustainability, logistics, and fashion, are also included in this esteemed list. Here's a list of Indians on Forbes 30 under 30 list: Healthcare and science: Karan Ahuja: Beginning in September 2024, Google research scientist Karan Ahuja will teach c…
newarab(2024-05-17). US professor praised for Gaza student protest backing.newarab.com A professor at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) has garnered praise across social media, following her rousing speech during her arrest by police forces at a The professor, who was later identified as Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, UCI's associate professor of African American Studies, was among three faculty members arrested during the police raid. | This comes…
newarab(2024-05-17). How two Yemeni women are revolutionising Taiz's food scene.newarab.com Meet Nisreen Dhirar and Faiza Haidrah who have defied gender stereotypes in Yemen by opening a restaurant in "We broke the norm that opening restaurants are for men only," Nisreen tells The New Arab. "We tried convincing society that women can also work in restaurants. There is no shame in it." | Nisreen and Faiza are university graduates, and their education armed them with the confidence to plan and execute their collectiv…
newarab(2024-05-17). The students who camped for Palestine.newarab.com Normally, when students in the United States start protests towards the end of the Spring semester, administrators try to stall. | The presidents and deans know that in May the students start to think about their summer plans and then retreat back to their homes, often far from the campus. | Then, during the long summer, which comes to end only in the early weeks of September, the students are absorbed in internships and jobs, lives of love and lives of anxiety about the precarious world that awaits them. | The high officials of the colleges and universities know that once the students return to campus, the mo…