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May

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Meta Removes Hundreds of Fake Accounts Set Up by Israeli Firm

Foto: cortesía Democracy Now! Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has removed a network of hundreds of fake accounts tied to an Israeli company that posted AI-generated comments to defend Israel’s assault on Gaza and to amplify claims of antisemitism on college campuses. Some of the fake accounts…

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29

May

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Gasoline down                   

By Isaac Cohen* Memorial Day weekend in the United States marks the start of the summer and therefore of increased driving, which it usually meant increased demand and higher gasoline prices. This year, contrary to this expectation, the price of gasoline has gone down defying several supposedly inevitable forecasts. For…

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28

May

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Spain, Norway and Ireland Formalize Recognition of Palestinian State

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! European heads of state are facing ever louder calls to join Spain, Norway and Ireland in recognizing Palestinian statehood after Sunday’s attack on Rafah. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez spoke earlier today ahead of Spain’s official recognition process in a cabinet meeting. Prime Minister Pedro…

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27

May

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Pulitzer Winner Nathan Thrall on Gaza, Israel’s “System of Domination” and U.S. Complicity

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! In Part 1 of our Memorial Day special broadcast, we speak with Jerusalem-based journalist and author Nathan Thrall, who was recently awarded the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for his book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy. Thrall discusses…

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May

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Northwestern Professor Steven Thrasher: You Are Being Lied to About Pro-Palestine Protests on Campus

Photo Facebook The presidents of UCLA, Northwestern and Rutgers universities were questioned Thursday on Capitol Hill about pro-Palestine protests on campus Thursday, the fourth time in six months that the Republican-led House Education Committee has summoned school leaders to Washington over accusations of antisemitism. Lawmakers reserved their heaviest questioning for…

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22

May

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Dow 40K                         

Photo: Money.com By Isaac Cohen* For the first time in 128 years, last Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 40,000 points, responding to the positive news that the consumer price index, excluding volatile food and fuel, decreased to 3.5 percent in April from a year earlier, slightly less…

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21

May

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Funeral Proceedings Begin in Iran for Pres. Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian

Photo: courtesy of Democracy Now! In Iran, funeral ceremonies have begun for Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash Sunday along with Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and several other Iranian officials and crew. Thousands of mourners gathered today in the city of Tabriz for a procession.…

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14

May

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Commodities II                  

Photo Yahoo By Isaac Cohen* The World Bank released, by the end of last month, the quarterly report on the outlook for commodity markets, forecasting a softening in prices both this and next year, but still above the levels reached before the pandemic.  https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41280 Perhaps one of the most astonishing events…

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13

May

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Senate Candidate Larry Hamm on ’70s Anti-Apartheid Protests at Princeton and Voting “Uncommitted” in NJ

Foto Google Larry Hamm is chair of the People’s Organization for Progress and a Princeton alumnus who took part in protests at the school in the 1970s to call for divestment from apartheid South Africa. He visited the Princeton student encampment earlier this week and says he is “really proud…

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May

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Less jobs                                 

Photo: informationstation.org By Isaac Cohen* After defying a policy characterized as “restrictive” by the central bank, the labor market in the United States slowed down from the creation of over 300,000 new jobs in March, to 175,000 in April, also below the monthly average of 247,000 new jobs created throughout…

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