Tag: racial justice

Biden calls white supremacy ‘most dangerous terrorist threat’ in speech at Howard

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Biden calls white supremacy ‘most dangerous terrorist threat’ in speech at Howard

But despite some strong audience applause, Biden’s message was not entirely well-received. The crowd of graduates was dotted with students’ signs criticizing the Biden-Harris administration’s treatment of African Americans.

“A Black child was lynched yesterday!” one sign read, referencing the May 1 killing of 30-year-old Jordan Neely on a New York subway, while another student’s cap said, “Biden and Harris don’t care about Black people.”

Still another read: “Stand up, Fight Back, Black People Under Attack.”

The seventh sitting president to deliver Howard’s Commencement address, Biden received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the HBCU. Biden’s vice president, Kamala Harris, graduated from Howard.

Musk Agrees to Restore Twitter Content-Moderation Tools This Week

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Musk Agrees to Restore Twitter Content-Moderation Tools This Week

Musk made the commitment during a Zoom meeting with the heads of some of the country’s leading racial justice organizations, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Color of Change, and the Anti-Defamation League.

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Musk also asked the civil rights leaders to join his content-moderation council focused on handling speech and users on the platform, they said.

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Eisenstadt, ADL’s vice president, said her group will likely accept the invitation, though several attendees said they will hold off until they get more information about what the council will look like, how it will operate and who else will serve on it.

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Anti-Defamation League Promises a War Against Palestine and Civil Liberties

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt equates anti-Zionism to white supremacy, claiming that “anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism”

TRUTH COPS: Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation

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THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks, Freedom of Information Act requests, and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public reports — illustrate an expansive effort by the agency to influence tech platforms.

TRUTH COPS: Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation

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Disrupt The Cognitive Infrastructure

H/T: Unorthodox Truth

Bernie Sanders at RMT rally in London: Hawking the myth of a trade union revival

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US Senator Bernie Sanders was the featured speaker at a rally held August 31 by the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at London’s Congress House—headquarters of the Trades Union Congress. Billed as an event to “Save Public Transport” from Conservative government cuts, its purpose was to channel a growing wave of working class struggle behind the trade union bureaucracy and the Labour Party.

Bernie Sanders at RMT rally in London: Hawking the myth of a trade union revival

TAG 24: “ALASKA IS AN APARTHEID STATE”: INDIGENOUS ALASKANS’ LONG FIGHT FOR SOVEREIGNTY AND DECOLONIZATION

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Geneva, Switzerland – Alaska Natives have been fighting for self-determination for more than 60 years since the area became a US state through an illegitimate vote. Now, Indigenous rights’ advocates are calling on the international community to support their cause.

TAG 24: “ALASKA IS AN APARTHEID STATE”: INDIGENOUS ALASKANS’ LONG FIGHT FOR SOVEREIGNTY AND DECOLONIZATION

So, the US gets a strategic buffer zone against Russia, but Russia doesn’t get one against NATO?! 🤨