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[ad_1] From Lax v. CUNY, decided in 2024 by N.Y. trial court judge Gina Abadi, and just affirmed Wednesday in a short opinion by the N.Y. intermediate appellate court:  Plaintiffs are observant Jewish professors at Kingsborough Community College (Kingsborough), which is part of CUNY [City University of New York]. Defendant Professional Staff Congress (the Union) is the labor union for the faculty. Defendant the New Caucus of the Professional Staff Congress (New Caucus) is a political party of the Union. [Defendants] Wetzel and Perea were professors at Kingsborough and members of the New Caucus. On February 26, 2021, plaintiffs filed…

[ad_1] As Israel loses popular support, the Israeli-intelligence sharing provision in the now-stalled Pentagon 2027 authorization bill ensures a seamless flow of support for an increasingly unpopular proxy, writes Nuvpreet Kalra.  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signing the Pentagon guest book in July 2025. (DoD /Alexander Kubitza) By Nuvpreet KalraCommon Dreams In June, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote to Republican Rep. Marlin Stutzman of California, saying that “the time has now arrived [for Israel] to move from aid recipient to partner” with the United States. On Sunday, on Fox News, Netanyahu again repeated the proposal to move “from aid…

[ad_1] Image by Fauzan. Class warfare continues to be waged incessantly. And that war’s offensives continue to be more intense. In just the past year, the world’s working people have seen more attacks on the rights of free speech and assembly, more attacks on civil liberties, more arrests and imprisonments, more refusals to engage in collective bargaining with unions and more technology used to monitor, discipline and silence workers. None of this is new, but it is getting worse. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has issued its 2026 Global Rights Index report, and as has been the case in…

[ad_1] Our Neighbors Are Rethinking Income Tax. How About It, Illinois? [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] California local governments of every size are crying poor as they struggle with budget shortfalls amid what many officials predictably call a “perfect storm” of troubling economic news, including the end of COVID-19 funds that had propped up their budgets for a few years. As ABC News reported, “From rising costs to slowing revenue, local governments are now being forced to make difficult financial decisions as they work to balance their budgets.” The “difficult financial decisions” caused me to laugh out loud given that, well, local government officials’ idea of a tough decision always comes down to one or…

[ad_1] Jonathan Cook Substack While the public is encouraged to blame immigrants, Muslims, the left, or ‘Israel haters’, the UK state is racing to erect a scaffolding of control to protect itself before we wake up to the deception When is it possible to declare that a society has moved from liberal democracy, however imperfectly realised, to authoritarian rule? Is there a moment when it is suddenly obvious the change has occurred? Does authoritarianism announce its arrival? Or is it a process that gradually unfolds, where restraints on executive power are dismantled piece by piece until the tide cannot…

[ad_1] The indictment of Raul Castro is the latest in a string of escalations aimed at building pretext for a U.S. invasion of the island nation. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Why Iran Is Returning to War [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] The Grayzone “Just because someone is reentering the country does not mean their constitutional rights evaporate,” declared ADC President Jenin Younes. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) filed a time-sensitive motion in the Eastern District of Virginia’s federal court on behalf of journalist Max Blumenthal, seeking the immediate return of two smartphones unlawfully seized and retained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The motion argues that CBP’s warrantless seizure and continued retention of Blumenthal’s phones violate the First and Fourth Amendments and the Privacy Protection Act. It seeks the immediate return of both devices and all information or copies obtained from them…

[ad_1] Gloriosa victoria, mural by Diego Rivera “They will try to tell us that democracy, international law, human rights, and human dignity exist and are alive and well; that the genocide against the Palestinian people was merely an aberration, an exception within the global democratic oasis . . . – Mexican journalist Sasi Alejandre “Latin America has experienced the same tactics of state terrorism that Palestine faces at the hands of regimes armed, trained and advised by Israel.” –Jack McGrath, Washington Report On Middle East Affairs There might never even have been an Israel without arms shipments from the Somoza…