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Israel Bombs Humanitarian Aid Flotilla On Way To Gaza
A ship carrying supplies bound for the Gaza Strip was attacked by Israeli drones in international waters on Friday, according to the activist group that organized the flotilla. The vessel reportedly took at least one direct hit to its hull and sustained damage from fire, forcing its crew to issue an urgent call for help.
US gov’t-linked firm is source of exit poll claiming Venezuelan opposition won election

Venezuela’s opposition and US media outlets claim there was fraud in the July 28 election based on an exit poll done by US government-linked firm Edison Research, which works with CIA-linked US state propaganda organs and was active in Ukraine, Georgia, and Iraq.
US gov’t-linked firm is source of exit poll claiming Venezuelan opposition won election
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The US government funds election observers and exit polls for regime change
All of my recent posts about the 2024 Venezuelan presidential election are linked below:
As predicted: violence by the far-right Venezuelan opposition breaks out across Caracas
The voices of prostitution survivors must be heard – including at the UN
Is the United Nations finally recognising that the sex trade is a form of exploitation and a breach of human rights? LUBA FEIN welcomes a new report which suggests that might be the case.
The voices of prostitution survivors must be heard – including at the UN (archived)
Evo Morales leads a road block in Bolivia against his disqualification as a presidential candidate
Highlights: Supporters of Evo Morales have cut off the routes in his bastion, the coca-growing area of Chapare, for an indefinite period of time. They demand that the judges of the high courts, including those of the TCP who made it impossible for Morales to run again, resign from their positions. President Luis Arce said that he has “reasons to be alert and on the alert.” The demand of those mobilized echoes an international concern. The popular election of magistrates is a Bolivian innovation, introduced by the 2009 Constitution.
Evo Morales leads a road block in Bolivia against his disqualification as a presidential candidate
Craig Murray seeks UN protection in Switzerland against British police-state persecution
Former diplomat-turned-whistleblower Craig Murray is in Switzerland, appealing for United Nations (UN) protection after British police informed the human rights activist that he is the subject of a counter-terrorism investigation.
Craig Murray seeks UN protection in Switzerland against British police-state persecution
My message to Kim Kardashian: Tell Biden to not drop 2 atomic bombs on Armenia, don’t use Armenia!
OIC, resistance groups condemn Israeli forces’ strip-search of Palestinian women as UN urges investigation
The United Nations has called for an investigation into the forced stripping of five Palestinian women by Israeli soldiers during a raid on their home in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil as the move also draws condemnation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
OIC, resistance groups condemn Israeli forces’ strip-search of Palestinian women as UN urges investigation
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‘Most victims don’t speak up’: Israeli soldiers ‘regularly’ strip-search Palestinian women
Knives Are Out Again for Those Advocating For Peace on the Korean Peninsula
The knives are out again for those advocating for peace on the Korean Peninsula. Almost eight years to the day, I wrote “The Knives are Out For Those Who Challenge Militarization of the Korean Peninsula,” about Washington Beltway pundits and those on the payroll of organizations and corporations that make money out of the U.S. bureaucracy’s need for an enemy. These groups had focused their outrage and diatribes at Women Cross DMZ for organizing the 2015 trip to North and South Korea and daring to challenge the status quo of US policy toward North Korea.
Knives Are Out Again for Those Advocating For Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Israel does not have a right to self-defense for its occupation
Israel’s “right to defend itself” is invoked constantly by its supporters, but international law says Israel cannot simultaneously occupy Palestinian land and attack it as a “foreign” threat, or treat those resisting as enemy combatants.
Israel does not have a right to self-defense for its occupation
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