Day: July 1, 2020

Democrats call for aid cut to Israel over annexation

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Democrats call for aid cut to Israel over annexation

Four women in the US Congress say that if Israel proceeds with further annexation plans in the occupied West Bank it would “lay the groundwork for Israel becoming an apartheid state.”

Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Betty McCollum and Pramila Jayapal are making the claim in a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that they are circulating for signature among colleagues.

According to Politico, the letter has been signed by nine more lawmakers including Senator Bernie Sanders.

Although the letter overlooks the current apartheid reality, it is not typical for US lawmakers to refer to Israeli apartheid at all.

BlackRock’s rise reveals the dark direction of monopoly capitalism

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

BlackRock’s rise reveals the dark direction of monopoly capitalism

BlackRock has emerged as the top player in this brutal late-stage neoliberal order, a “vampire squid” that profits from the intensifying exploitation of the proletariat and the overall decay of society. The fact that it’s now the central part of American capitalism has exposed our system for what it is: a plutocracy that’s slowly imploding in on itself and feeding off of the resulting carnage.