At BC’s Simon Fraser University, a vote on motions to condemn Israel’s destruction of Gaza’s educational institutions and divest from weapons companies were hacked and manipulated. Since then, 13 genocide supporters have sued, claiming that the motions shouldn’t have been allowed to be put to a vote.
Meanwhile, Canada’s press is smearing the documentary Russians at War in service of continuing creating consent to go to war with Russia.
In surprising but rather good news, a US judge has said that students are allowed to host a vigil for Gaza on October 7.
Thanks to the Supreme Court trampling on the rights of queer people, Colorado will now be paying $1.5M to a web designer who actively oppresses queer people.
Speaking of people who want to oppress the queer population: an Ohio woman claims that she’s being oppressed for being straight and the Supreme Court is listening to her.
Officials tried covering up sexual and physical abuse of foster children at Aunt Martha’s Integrated Care Center. Now, Illinois lawmakers want a comprehensive audit.
It took about a year, but the New Yorker and Condé Nast unions have come out finally to condemn the killing of journalists in Gaza.

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There are calls to protect the Amazon for its archaeological riches.
In Bosnia, at least 19 were killed by flash floods and landslides.
78 were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a ferry capsized.
The Dominican Republic continues to be anti-immigrant and racist as they are now planning to expel tens of thousands of Haitians (including black Dominicans who “look Haitian”).
There will be a vote in England on whether assisted dying should be legalized or not.
The EU’s top court confirmed a ruling that cancelled trade deals with Morocco that exported fish and farm products to the EU from the disputed Western Sahara region.
A gang attack in Haiti left 70 dead (including 10 women and 3 infants) along with 45 houses and 34 vehicles being set on fire.
At least 28 Maoists were killed by security forces in India.
Indonesia, once again, is resorting to displacing indigenous peoples, using the military to do so.
Israel has killed 28 health workers in just 48 hours in Lebanon, according WHO.
Kenya continues to crack down on immigrants, this time by requiring refugees and immigrants to surrender their passports within 30 days.
In Pakistan, six soldiers were killed in a clash with Islamist militants. The affiliation of these militants is not known.

The Hudak Report (10/7/24)