En Israel practican un deporte que consiste en gasear con spray pimienta a trabajadores extranjeros y luego subirlo a las redes, al parecer es muy divertido y genera muchas risas.
I say this with the utmost seriousness as a scholar of international political economy: the rules-based international order is dead.
At the UN General Assembly, Trump, in very casual language, talks about annihilating another country. The room stays quiet. No collective protest. No formal objection.
And this goes far beyond rhetoric.
The US *has* bombed Iran, in clear violation of international law.
The US *has* kidnapped Venezuela's head of state and is in the process of looting the country's natural resources, in clear violation of international law.
The US *has* tightened its blockade on Cuba, in clear violation of international law.
Then there is, of course, the genocide in Gaza, for which the US has provided unconditional support.
After World War II, the US was one of the primary architects of a system meant to encourage global cooperation. But the US has consistently broken that system's rules to advance its imperial interests.
The system has therefore lost all its legitimacy.
Imagine we discovered a basement crammed with 100 crated animals, filthy from living in their own waste, maniacally chewing the bars of their crates in a hopeless attempt to escape.
We then learned their owner had cut off parts of their bodies — teeth, tails, testicles — with a blunt knife and no pain relief.
We'd call him a sadist, a psychopath, a monster. We'd prosecute him for felony animal cruelty.
Now imagine he called his basement a farm and added thousands more animals in worse conditions.
We'd call him a pork producer. And we'd grant him legal immunity from our animal cruelty laws.
Last Thursday in Chicago, Glenn Greenwald received the Excellence in Journalism Award at this year's Integrity Media ceremony, hosted by @aaronjmate.
He also received Integrity's Courage in Journalism Award on behalf of the world's whistleblowers. Watch his acceptance speech here:
Old rule (in smug Bill Maher voice):
When a Palestinian kills a uniformed Israeli soldier enforcing a military occupation, it is terrorism
When a uniformed Israeli soldier bombs a Palestinian refugee camp with 2000 lb bombs, Israel has the right to defend itself
I will NEVER fly @British_Airways ever again. Absolute WORST Airline EVER.
They have left me stranded in Seattle with my elderly, injured father who is in a wheelchair and needs medical care. Our @British_Airways flight in from London was 1 hour delayed. Because my dad is in a wheelchair, he needs assistance off the plane and through the airport, this means we were last off. We then had to get our luggage, go through passport control and customs and when we finally made it to the counter to drop our bags, we were told it was too late, we missed our flight. Many other passengers also missed their flight.
But when I called British Airways to get us on the next flight out, they claimed since we had 1.5 hours to connect, they owed us nothing. 1.5 hours in a huge airport with wheelchair assistance needed and an elderly injured man who just got out of the hospital, and they are leaving us stranded telling us to fork over more money for a flight home.
Oh and this is ON TOP of us being stranded in Heathrow for 8 hours on our flight TO London. The wheelchair assist was late, it took over 1 hour for us to get off the plane. Because of this, we missed our connecting flight. The next one was 8 hours later. I asked if they could at least put us in a lounge since my father is older and in a wheelchair. They refused. They gave us no compensation or refunds.
I don't know how any of this is even legal.
THEY DELETED MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL!
We need your help to reboot live-streaming
Friends,
My YouTube channel was deleted on September 18th.
I was in Russia as an election observer, and I had just given an anti-imperialist speech to the World Public Assembly when I got back to my hotel room to see messages from people wondering why all my videos were gone.
I have had this channel since 2008. I started it when I debated a classmate about “socialism vs. capitalism” at Baldwin-Wallace, when Barack Obama was contending with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries. After 18 years, the channel and all of its videos were suddenly gone.
I need your help!
If you support anti-imperialist voices and oppose this kind of censorship, I urgently need you to send this letter and the accompanying video to everyone you can. I need you to subscribe to the Center for Political Innovation YouTube channel and set a notification for our next upcoming livestream on Monday, September 28th at 9 p.m. Eastern.
We need to rebuild my social media audience QUICKLY! Do not let the algorithm drive me into obscurity.
We don’t know exactly why this happened or what the official reason was. The only reason given by YouTube was its policy regarding “violent extremist or criminal organizations.”
This could be related to the way I have discussed the conflict in Yemen, including writing a book on the history of AnsarAllah (Houthis) and describing them as an anti-colonial liberation movement. It could be my interview with Viktor Bout from prison, a Russian who was falsely charged with various crimes before finally being able to go home to his family due to a prisoner exchange. It could be my support for and coverage of protests for Dr. Hak Ja Han, an advocate of peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula who is currently imprisoned in South Korea on bribery charges that her supporters dispute.
Whatever specifically triggered the decision, I am not just some random person on YouTube. I have met with multiple heads of state. I spoke directly with Russian President Putin in 2024. I had an exclusive, face-to-face sit-down interview with Ebrahim Raisi in 2023. I lead an organization of anti-imperialist activists, a growing community of resistance and network of activists called the Center for Political Innovation. I risked my life in 2015 on a humanitarian mission with the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran, trying to bring medical aid to Yemen through the Saudi blockade.
We are not going to be silenced. I am not going to back down now because I never do.
We need all hands on deck! It is urgent that everyone step up to the plate and help us reboot the nightly livestreams that not only provide updates on global news and insights about history, spirituality, and economics, but also provide hope and community to thousands of people who tune in for nightly broadcasts.
We know the game they are playing. Do not let our enemies in Silicon Valley and the intelligence agencies select who gets to be a voice for anti-imperialism and who does not.
I know we are winning. The new, rising BRICS economy and the global anti-colonial movement are in the ascendant, and the Wall Street monopolists and Pentagon hawks are getting desperate because they know they are losing.
So right now, I am asking everyone who supports our work to do two things:
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We need to rebuild quickly. Please do not let the algorithm drive us into obscurity.
We are winning! Our community is marching forward!
Best,
Caleb
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@KaceeRAllen@neanne_derthal There needs to be criminal penalties for any public servant that violates the constitutional rights of citizens. Why aren’t more people calling for this?
@I_Am_JohnCullen N publicly denying it right away was to garner all the attention towards ISR while the ppl ultimately responsible stay hidden in the shadows. Not saying THEY weren't involved, but like another well-known historical event they weren't the masterminds.
If anyone sees this, I would like to humbly ask for prayers that my new medication works.
My cancer has spread to much of my skin and to my right breast post mastectomy.
It’s very scary.
The doctors don’t think it’s operable or curable now, but trying to hold the cancer at bay
@GunnyP1775@KINGBOOZLER07@ericadamsfornyc Such racism for a so-called Christian. You goons do know the mayor was in junior high at the time? Should we associate you with crimes committed by Christians?
@RandPaul Didn’t you propose an amendment to cut humanitarian aid to suffering Palestinians on mere allegations by Israeli officials after Israeli war crimes were exposed at the ICJ?