The Documentary Columbia University Doesn’t Want You to See: Macklemore’s The Encampments Drops March 28

Acclaimed artist and activist Macklemore ventures beyond the music stage, lending his production prowess to the upcoming documentary The Encampments, a gripping and unflinching portrayal of the Columbia University Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Opening at the Angelika Film Center in New York on March 28, the film promises to deliver a powerful, unvarnished account of student activism, institutional crackdowns, and the international wave of solidarity that followed.

The Documentary Columbia University Doesn’t Want You to See: Macklemore’s The Encampments Drops March 28

As predicted: violence by the far-right Venezuelan opposition breaks out across Caracas

Sources; Venezuela/Iraq

The day after the Venezuelan people voted in their presidential elections, a number of seemingly coordinated protests broke out across Caracas

Venezuela’s far-right refuses to recognize electoral results, violent protests break out across Caracas

Related:

President Nicolás Maduro Denounces Violent Acts Perpetrated by the Far Right in Venezuela

He also said that they know the “operandis mode” with which the right acts, recalling that it is the one “has been used for the April 2002 coup d’état, for the first guarimba of 2004, for the actions of Capriles after the elections and for the guarimbas of 2014”.

Guarimba is a ‘protest method’ devised by Venezuelan opposition member, Robert Alonso (who collaborated with the CIA to train terrorists). It was ‘inspired’ by Gene Sharp’s book, From Dictatorship to Democracy (see my ‘front organizations’ page for more on Sharp).

2014 Venezuelan ‘protests’:

Source

Previously:

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The Washington Post already called the Venezuelan election at 5 a.m. EDT

July 28, 2024 at 5:08 a.m. EDT

Updated July 28, 2024 at 7:38 p.m. EDT|Published July 28, 2024 at 5:08 a.m. EDT

Edison Research/Edison Research Team*

National Election Pool:

NEP has relied on the Associated Press to perform vote tabulations and has contracted with Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International to “make projections and provide exit poll analysis.” 

The US has funded exit polls abroad because, state dept. officials testified, it is one of the few ways to expose and ascertain the extent of large-scale fraud. Indeed, discrepancies between exit polls and the official results have been used to successfully overturn election results in Serbia, Peru, the Republic of Georgia and, in November 2004, Ukraine [Orange Revolution].

The US government funds election observers and exit polls for regime change

US gov’t-linked firm is source of exit poll claiming Venezuelan opposition won election

Related (election observers, etc.):

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‘No More Business As Usual’: 300+ cities Shut It Down For Palestine in Global Day of Action

BreakThrough News

“No more business as usual.”

Protesters in over 300 cities protested in unison against pro-Israel corporations and institutions in a global day of action.

BT’s Kei Pritsker tracked the different protests in NYC and around the world.

The next day of action will be Nov 17, according to the initiating organizations.

‘No More Business As Usual’: 300+ cities Shut It Down For Palestine in Global Day of Action

New York Times Helps Marco Rubio Push Persecution Of Antiwar Leftists + More

Citing a recent McCarthyite smear piece by The New York Times, Senator Marco Rubio published a letter on Wednesday that he’d sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the investigation of American leftist antiwar groups, claiming they are “tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and operating with impunity in the United States.”

New York Times Helps Marco Rubio Push Persecution Of Antiwar Leftists

Time to troll Rubio, with Bible verses, on Twitter/X again!

Previously:

McCarthyism Is Back: Together We Can Stop It

Chinese-American worker and activist arrested for advocating for peace between US and China

Did Marco Rubio Bite Off More Than He Can Chew?

Alexander Ionov—Uhuru case

Eyewitness Donbas: Why the Majority Reject Ukraine’s Counter-Offensive

The Ukrainian military offensive is underway with an attempt to regain territory in the Donbas, the four regions that have been at the heart of the conflict since 2014. The only problem for Ukraine? The majority clearly want to remain part of Russia. Journalist Johnny Miller, who has been living in Donetsk, joins the show to discuss why the majority of those in Donbas do not wish to be “liberated” by Ukraine and how the Western media has stayed silent on the issue.

Eyewitness Donbas: Why the Majority Reject Ukraine’s Counter-Offensive via BreakThrough News

Katie Halper: I Was Canceled for Criticizing Israel

On Monday, September 26, I delivered a video monologue as part of my job as a rotating co-host for The Hill TV’s political commentary show, Rising. I’d been a weekly guest on the show for three years, and this was my first “Radar”—an op-ed delivered straight to the camera. It was also my last. On September 28, I was fired.

I Was Canceled for Criticizing Israel

Previously:

Hill TV Segment on Rashida Tlaib and Israel Is Censored