Daily Archives: May 1, 2024

2024-05-01: News Headlines

Jason Koslowski (2024-05-01). Our Unions Can Turn the Tide for the Campus Palestine Revolt. truthout.org Right now, the biggest student revolt of this century is rocking the country, denouncing the genocide of Palestinians and calling for divestment from Israel and an end to the war on Gaza. The repression has been bipartisan and savage. College administrators are calling in heavily armed police of Democrat-controlled cities to drag away hundreds of students and faculty, for the crime of sitting on a… |

SKWAWKBOX (2024-05-01). Violence erupts as pro-genocide mob assaults peaceful pro-Gaza students. skwawkbox.org Reality of who is violent cuts across 'mainstream' and pro-Israel propaganda — but media 'both-sides' the one-sided racist attack The propaganda of pro-Israel groups and 'mainstream' media was again exposed last night after a pro-Israel mob of around one hundred mounted an assault on University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) students protesting peacefully against Israel's …

(2024-05-01). Attacks, arrests, threats, censorship: The high risks of reporting the Israel-Gaza war. Mohamed Mandour

Mohamed Mandour (2024-05-01). 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…

Hannah Davenport (2024-05-01). PMQs: Rishi Sunak fact checked yet again for misleading £900 tax cut claim. leftfootforward.org The Prime Minister once again made a misleading statement during PMQs in which he claimed the government was cutting taxes by £900 for all working people, leading fact checkers to call him out. | Desperate to distract from the fact Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson He has previously ma…

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