The Hudak Report (9/12/24)
News Featured On Social Media
Monday (9/09/24)
For Israeli Protesters, Palestine Might as Well Not Exist - The Nation
CIA Director Dishes - Ken Klippenstein
Ayşenur Was My Friend. Nothing Can Justify Her Murder by an Israeli Soldier - Zeteo
Tuesday (9/10/24)
US not probing killing of its citizen Aysenur Eygi in West Bank: Officials - Al Jazeera English
Exclusive: ‘Israel' asked US to exclude permanent ceasefire - Al Mayadeen English
Former UN official says news outlets could face penalties for slanted Gaza coverage - People’s World
Americans Lost $5.6B to Cryptocurrency Fraud Last Year: FBI - WhoWhatWhy
Wednesday (9/11/24)
Utah social media law requiring age verification blocked by judge - The Verge
US will not restrict any military funding to Egypt - CNN
Other News
North America News
Unionized Boeing employees are revolting after their union, IAM, announces a sellout deal they made with Boeing.
UCLA is doing everything they can to ensure anti-genocide students and employees are silenced with their new oppressive rules.
In northern British Columbia, First Nations groups are fighting back against a planned pipeline.
The NDP in Manitoba is continuing the agenda conservatives began with promises of being “tough on crime”, regressive tax cuts, and ignoring unions.
Over 70 sanitation workers in Anne Arundel County, Maryland have gone on strike demanding better working conditions, better wages, and protective gear.
Canada’s genocidal actions towards indigenous people continue as the federal government is looking to have concerns from indigenous children’s advocates dismissed. The advocates claim that the federal program for indigenous children’s health, Jordan's Principle, is being mismanaged and is failing to be timely in giving children the healthcare they need.
The NYPD has thrown out hundreds of complaints of police misconduct without even looking at them.
World News
Documents supposedly claiming Hamas were taking Israeli captives outside Gaza have been proven to be fake.
Germany continues its slide to the far-right as it now is tightening the borders to crack down on “irregular migration”.
A Tanzanian opposition figure was abducted and then killed with beatings and getting doused with acid.
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former PM who fled to India after being ousted in a U.S. supported coup, may be getting extradited back to Bangladesh to face charges of carrying out “massacres”.
Israel has struck another “safe zone”, this time it’s the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza. At least 19 were killed.
To no one’s surprise, Israel won’t allow the ICC to investigate the Mawasi massacre.
Israel also killed 14 Palestinians from an attack on a school.
A UN convoy heading to northern Gaza to help polio vaccination efforts was attacked by Israeli tanks, bulldozers, and soldiers.
In India, the government has turned off the internet for five days in Manipur due to ethnic violence between the Hindu majority Meitei and Christian minority Kukis.
In Venezuela, Maduro announced a new community-based agricultural project that’s based on indigenous practices.
Police in Australia brutally repressed and arrested anti-war protesters who were protesting an arms fair.
Leftist supported judicial reforms which make it so that judges are elected by popular vote have been approved in the Senate in Mexico. Meanwhile, conservatives who oppose the reforms, stormed the Senate to try to halt the approval of the bill.
Workers at Kenya’s largest airport went on strike and called it off after one day due to accepting a deal to return to work.
In Jordan, the Islamic Action Front made huge gains in Parliament due to their staunch pro-Hamas and anti-Israel stance.
Cambodia’s carbon credit issuer, REDD+, has been allowed to issue carbon credits again after 14-month pause due to abuse of civilians caused by it. Activists claim the issues that forced the pause have not been addressed.
Opinion
Yasmin Curzi de Mendonça at The Conversation breaks down why Elon’s fight against Brazil is much more than just a personal spat.
Jean Sovon (translated by Laura Marie) talks in Global Voices about queer rights in Côte d'Ivoire and how legally queer folk may have protection, but socially they are persecuted.
William M. Arkin, who edits Ken Klippenstein’s newsletter, has written an op-ed on how America’s obsession with fact-checking is harming the country.
Anna’s Take
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, an American citizen, was killed by Israel last week. She was peacefully protesting in the West Bank when an Israeli sniper shot her. Snipers don't accidentally kill someone. They have to be actively targeted. That said, both Israel and Biden want you to believe that it wasn't intentional. Israel said this: “The inquiry found that it is highly likely that she was hit indirectly and unintentionally by [Israeli military] fire which was not aimed at her, but aimed at the key instigator of the riot." In other words: "Don't worry, we weren't trying to kill her, we were trying to kill a different peaceful protester" as if that's supposed to make things better. Biden said: "Apparently it was an accident, ricocheted off the ground and just got hit by accident. I'm working that out now."
Biden doesn't care. Israel can kill American civilians with impunity. Nothing will be done, heck, even said. He won't even go through the motions of pretending he cares and condemning Israel. This is how little our ruling class cares about our lives. Committing genocide is more important than protecting American lives. Our ruling class has decided that American lives are so unimportant that they can get killed off just so another foreign country can carry out a genocide thanks to our tax dollars. If a foreign army is allowed to kill Americans with zero repercussions, what makes you think Americans here at home matter?
Our lives are meaningless to the ruling class. Both Republicans and Democrats. Neither care about us nor are they looking out for us. Biden doesn't care about you. Kamala doesn't care about you. Walz doesn't care about you. Trump doesn't care about you. Vance doesn't care about you. No one in Congress cares about you. A genocide carried out because of our tax dollars wouldn't be happening if they were capable of caring about others. Our government would end the flow of money to Israel if they cared even one bit about Americans getting killed by a foreign army. They would spend less on the military and cops and more on healthcare. They wouldn't be joining corporations in busting unions.
Only we, the working class, will ever be capable of caring about each other. Only we can do what's best for us. If we want a government that works for us, that can only happen through mass direct action, which will only happen once unions are strong again. Unionize. If you are unionized, radicalize those around you and support other unionization efforts. Only together by flexing our collective muscle will we be able to have a system in place that values our lives.