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Roads blocked as thousands protest in US against Israel’s attack on Gaza
Thousands of people held protests across the US on Monday condemning Israel’s attack on Gaza, shutting down airports and disrupting traffic in major cities from New York to San Francisco. A portion of the Kennedy Expressway into Chicago O’Hare international airport, one of the US’s busiest, was blocked off by protesters calling for an end to the violence. NBC Chicago reported that some travelers were seen getting out of their cars and walking along the highway to the airport. The Chicago aviation department said the protests caused substantial flight delays. Many protesters were arrested following the incident.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/15/us-protests-roads-blocked-israel-gaza-ceasefire

US legislators renew push for additional aid to Israel after Iran attack
“Time is of the essence, and we must ensure critical aid is delivered to Israel and our other democratic allies facing threats from our adversaries around the world,” read the brief letter, which was signed mostly by Democrats but also included Republican lawmakers such as Joe Wilson, the chairman of the Middle East foreign affairs subcommittee in the House of Representatives.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/15/us-legislators-renew-push-for-additional-aid-to-israel-after-iran-attack
https://archive.is/rVS2N

20 Years Later, Abu Ghraib Torture Victims Get Their Day in Court
The case being heard in the U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Al Shimari v. CACI, was first filed in 2008 under the Alien Tort Statute—which allows non-U.S. citizens to sue for human rights abuses committed abroad—by the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) on behalf of three Iraqis. The men suffered torture directed and perpetrated by employees of CACI, a Virginia-based professional services and information technology firm hired in 2003 by the Bush administration as translators and interrogators in Iraq during the illegal U.S.-led invasion and occupation.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/caci-abu-ghraib-2667775308

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to involuntarily commit some defendants judged incompetent for trial
Tennessee’s Republican-led Legislature unanimously passed a bill Monday that would involuntarily commit certain criminal defendants for inpatient treatment and temporarily remove their gun rights if they are ruled incompetent to stand trial due to intellectual disability or mental illness.
https://apnews.com/article/tennessee-involuntary-commitment-bill-approved-republicans-e84081060736ae502dbcc3e085c8381f

Hawaii is "on the verge of a greater catastrophe," locals say, as water crisis continues
Despite being surrounded by seemingly endless ocean, freshwater on Oahu, the third-largest of Hawaii's six major islands, is not easily accessible. The island relies on an underground aquifer for its water supply.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hawaii-water-crisis-climate-change/

Microsoft Pitched OpenAI’s DALL-E as Battlefield Tool for U.S. Military
The Microsoft presentation deck, titled “Generative AI with DoD Data,” provides a general breakdown of how the Pentagon can make use of OpenAI’s machine learning tools, including the immensely popular ChatGPT text generator and DALL-E image creator, for tasks ranging from document analysis to machine maintenance. (Microsoft invested $10 billion in the ascendant machine learning startup last year, and the two businesses have become tightly intertwined.
https://theintercept.com/2024/04/10/microsoft-openai-dalle-ai-military-use/
https://archive.is/md5JP

Sudanese CP, Sudan: One Year in War
As the war approaches its first anniversary, it rages on relentlessly with no sign of resolution. Each passing day deepens the suffering endured by the Sudanese people. Recent weeks have seen a marked escalation in the conflict, characterized by both sides acquiring more sophisticated weaponry from their respective allies. The Burhan faction has bolstered its arsenal with advanced drones from Iran, along with new tanks, artillery, and helicopters supplied by Turkey. Ukrainian special forces are actively supporting the army in its clashes against the RSF (Rapid Support Forces) and the Russian Wanger PMC (Private Military Company). Meanwhile, the RSF militia continues to receive substantial military backing from the UAE via Chad and the Central African Republic. Its ranks are swelling with recruits from Mali, Niger, and factions loyal to General Hafter in Libya. This overt foreign military intervention is dangerously escalating the conflict, transforming it into a proxy war.
http://www.solidnet.org/article/Sudanese-CP-Sudan-One-Year-in-War/

Britain’s crumbling infrastructure: The capitalists are running out of road
‘A stitch in time saves nine’, so the old saying goes. Now, after years of avoiding essential repairs and maintenance, the fabric of Britain’s infrastructure is beginning to unravel. Last year it was revealed how the lives of thousands of children are at risk from collapsing schools, due to the use of cheap crumbly concrete. But it turns out that tackling dodgy concrete and making schools safe is merely a pricey starter on a very costly bill when it comes to patching-up broken Britain. The cost of fixing-up the 600 or so schools with this bubbly concrete is estimated to be over £150m. Yet billions more is needed for the 700,000 pupils who go to school in buildings that need ‘major rebuilding or refurbishment’. The Department of Education estimates that it needs £5.3bn a year just to maintain school buildings and mitigate the ‘most serious risks’. But it was given just £3.1bn by the Treasury last year. Clearly maths is not the Tory government’s strongest subject. This is dwarfed by the costs of fixing Britain’s hospitals. NHS England put the bill for essential repairs of the hospital estate at nearly £12bn last year, yet received only a fraction of this money. It’s as if the Tories think they can cure cancer with an aspirin.
https://communist.red/britains-crumbling-infrastructure-the-capitalists-are-running-out-of-road/

A Biden Envoy to the Pacific Had Major Conflicts of Interest
When Biden’s presidential envoy Joseph Yun landed in the Marshall Islands in June 2022, he took every precaution. Everyone involved wore teal N95 masks. Yun kept his distance from his Marshallese hosts, who exchanged handmade gifts without physical contact, the US military base’s newspaper Kwajalein Hourglass reported. Concerns around COVID-19 had delayed Yun’s trip and related negotiations over pacts with the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau — strategic islands in the Pacific where the United States and China are vying for military dominance. But the Biden administration has been less cautious about the ethical quandary presented by Yun’s role. At the same time that Yun was the United States’ chief negotiator in the Pacific, he was also listed as a senior adviser to the Asia Group, an ultraconnected Washington consulting firm composed of former government leaders who advise major corporations and military contractors. He led talks that are likely to deliver a lucrative advantage to the consulting firm where he currently works and the powerful defense contractor it represents in the Pacific.
https://jacobin.com/2024/04/joseph-yun-asia-group-pacific-diplomacy

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>>1825685
>Protesters rally, lawmakers brawl as Georgia debates 'foreign agent' bill
Can someone explain to me the Georgian lib position on how this is a "Russian" bill? I'm guessing protecting your country from Western spooks make you pro Kremlin in Georgia?

>>1825841
Western glowops can fund vastly more NGO's than the Russians can, which makes it "anti-western" by defacto.

>>1825841
Actual Churkoid here
nobody actually knows what this bill will do everyone is just riled up because EU forces have been non stop shitting on us to take away our candidate status if we accept the law or whatever the fuck
basically its just teenagers dissatisfied with the government getting a reason to throw molotovs at the parlament and pretend to do a revolution

thx news anon.

>>1826157
Cute :3