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Newsletter 5.15.18

Added 2018-05-15 22:35:05 +0000 UTC

Hi all,

Thanks so much for your support as always. Here's this week's newsletter!

Also: reminder of our live show May 25 in Brooklyn ICYMI.

--- Adam, Florence, and Nima

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These Statistics Show Why Gazans Are Risking Their Lives To Protest Israel - Sasha Kramer, In These Times (5/14/18)

What life is like for those living in Gaza, by the numbers.

CNN’s Iran Fearmongering Would Make More Sense Coming Directly From Pentagon - Adam Johnson, FAIR (5/9/18)

Longtime Pentagon stenographer Barbara Starr lays down Trump administration and IDF propaganda demonizing Iran a mere hours before Israel escalates their bombing campaign against them inside Syria.

The LAPD Has a New Surveillance Formula, Powered by Palantir - George Joseph, Injustice Today (5/8/18)

CIA-created Palantir continues it’s predictable trajectory of terribleness, this time by helping out one of the countries most violent police departments.

Serfdom in the Magic Kingdom: Disney Workers Rise Up Against Poverty Wages - Bryce Covert, In These Times (5/14/18)

The happiest place on earth pays so little that some of its workers are homeless.

Good News at Last - John Carl Baker, Jacobin (5/11/18)

Baker picks up on a thread discussed by Tim Shorrock and Adam over the past few weeks: Why is the US media so negative about the Korean peace summit and the South Koreans so optimistic?

Black Activist Jailed For His Facebook Posts Speaks Out About Secret FBI Surveillance - Sam Levin, The Guardian (5/11/18)

Rakem Balogun spoke out against police brutality––now he is believed to be the first prosecuted under a secretive effort to track so-called ‘black identity extremists’.

The Stakes of the Great Return March - Greg Shupak, Jacobin (5/14/18)

Former Citations guest Greg Shupak breaks down the history of why Palestinians are marching and why Israel––like other colonial powers––seeks total humiliation.

How Are Palestinians Reacting to the U.S. Embassy In Jerusalem and Violence in Gaza? - Noura Erakat, CBSN (5/14/18)

If you watch one interview about the recent events in Gaza watch (former Citations Needed guest) Noura Erakat shoot down the inane questions CBS throws at her.