The Hudak Report (9/30/24)
News Featured On Social Media
Thursday (9/26/24)
Both Harris and Trump Cite Right-Wing Myths About Fentanyl in Border Policy - Truthout
1,200 Palestinians endure systematic torture in Israeli prisons - Al Mayadeen English
Mexico Declares Natural Reserve in Mining Extraction Zone in Quintana Roo - TeleSUR English
Carbon credit land grab dispossesses Global South communities: Report - Mongabay
Friday (9/27/24)
Kansas City Tenants Launch National Rent Strike to Demand Federal Rent Cap - Truthout
'Israel' accused of violating labor law by withholding Palestinian pay - Al Mayadeen English
African Union Must Intervene – Asylum Seekers Enlisted to Kill Palestinians in Gaza - CounterPunch
Milei Sends 53 Percent of Argentines Into Poverty - teleSUR English
Saturday (9/28/24)
At least 38 people killed, 29 missing in Nepal floods and landslides - Al Jazeera English
America Eats Its Young - The Progressive Magazine
Sunday (9/29/24)
The Empire Strikes Back - Ken Klippenstein
Prisoners Say Routine Use of Lockdowns Has Led to More Violence and Suicides - Truthout
Gov. Newsom vetoes California’s controversial AI bill, SB 1047 - TechCrunch
Fascists score big in Austrian election - Socialist Worker
Other News
North America News
To no one’s surprise, a study has come out showing that anti-trans laws cause suicides to go up among trans youth. Suicide attempts went up anywhere between 7 to 72 percent in states with such genocidal laws.
An Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, John Lowrey, is here to explain how grocery stores make larger profits from donating expiring foods rather than discounting them.
200 pages of leaked dossier are now out to show just how conspiratorial the BC Conservative Party really is.
Kamala Harris is doing her best to become friendly to crypto. Check out what she’s been doing to become seen as crypto friendly.
Violence intervention programs across America seem to be working. Unfortunately, these cities are doing what they can to make cops with guns the solution to everything again.
Ottawa and Ontario are fighting over who should be funding an elderly home for indigenous folk. Meanwhile, this home has a growing wait list and its license is set to expire next year.
World News
After years of Azerbaijan committing genocide against the Armenian people, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan says peace is “within reach”.
Another indigenous person has been killed by police in Brazil. This time, it’s Neri Ramos de Silva, a 23-year-old Guarani Kaiowá man.
In a regional court in East Africa, Congo has accused Rwanda of helping rebel forces fight Congolese military.
In Ecuador, the fires near the capital (Quito) have been put out.
Surprisingly, and thankfully, the EU is refusing to delay their new deforestation law, despite protests from many countries doing so at the behest of big business.
A strike has been called for workers at Ubisoft France. They’re going on strike over an order to return to the office and some pay demands that are not being met. These pay demands include profit sharing at 60%, the end of gender pay gap, and a higher increase of low salaries.
In Germany, VW plans to begin mass layoffs. Now, thousands of VW workers are protesting in response.
According to the UN, over three thousand have been killed in Haiti due to gang violence and over a million and a half people are experiencing “emergency-level food security”.
In Honduras, at least four people (two of them being children) are dead and tens of thousands are affected by heavy rains in the country.
Japan has chosen their next PM and he’s former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba
An international search warrant has been issued by Norwegian police for Rinson Jose. He is the founder of the company that has been linked to the supply chain that create the pagers that were used in the terrorist attacks in Lebanon. He has gone missing.
Two decades ago a man called Jared Diamond claimed that the people of Rapa Nui caused their own collapse. Now, a study has come out showing that he was wrong, and colonization was the cause of it.
The U.S. and NATO are continuing their reckless escalation against Russia. They are preparing to allow NATO weapons to be used to strike Russia. In response, Putin has threatened nuclear retaliation.
In South Africa, 17 were killed (including 15 women) in a mass shooting.
Sudan’s military has begun an offensive in Khartoum, the capital of the country, which has partially been taken over by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a rebel military group.
Opinion
As Israel Gets More Murderous, We'll Be Hearing Even More About "Antisemitism"
NYT, Guardian parrot Israel’s absurd ‘bombing to de-escalate’ framing