In a troubling blow to public access, a US appeals court sided with big publishers, erasing half a million books from the Internet Archive’s lending library. This case isn’t just about books; it’s also about who controls the digital commons. https://t.co/BxyYzEyOx3
Bari Weiss is heir to a long tradition of Jewish conservatives who are startled and concerned when they figure out their allies are Nazis https://t.co/TAbASXSloz
“Should we need to mobilize again, we will come back stronger, because we have to," said an organizer at Trinity College Dublin who helped secure an agreement with the school to divest from Israel. "We owe it to the Palestinian people.”
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Shocking how little antisemitism there actually is among most Palestinians in the middle of a genocide & apartheid done in our name as Jews. Also the disproportionate smearing of them when few of us would hold post WWII Jews to the same standard for hating Germans and Polish.
Four weeks ago, Israeli forces shot an American teacher who was in the West Bank to defend Palestinians and protest illegal settler activity.
The shooting was met with silence by the US.
Now, settlers have attacked two more Americans — hospitalizing them.https://t.co/wAJxl2UohX
I was off today. @Timcast , can you confirm that it was, in fact, your father who called into @majorityfm today? Thanks in advance and once again condolences on having so so much money dumped in your lap by foreign agents. Hope you’re ok.
In a major win for higher education workers, UAW members at Cornell University have voted by 77% to ratify a new four-year contract securing wage increases of up to 25.4%, a groundbreaking first-time cost of living allowance increase, and the elimination of the two-tier wage system.
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In Florida, many prisoners work with no pay as the state charges $50 a day for their incarceration. "All of this is possible because of the exception of the 13th amendment that allows slavery to be used as criminal punishment even today.” https://t.co/hK4OiN2XNy