The authorities should be intimidating the brave and encouraging the submissive, but they are behaving like the blind Cyclops from Greek myth, unable to follow a rational strategy.

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Report suggests US and Saudi may move forward with a 'less for less' version of the Grand Bargain that includes a security agreement and nuclear cooperation...but not Saudi normalization with Israel. theguardian.com/world/2024/may…

When College students take on a big American university, what kind of power are they struggling with?
Chartbook Newsletter 279 dips a toe into the political economy of Columbia University Univ.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-27…

20th of May!

Happy Mayday, everyone. Solidarity to the brave students at Columbia. What happens next might depend on the faculty response. Solidarity to all of you too. (Art by Sandy Spieler)

Transforming the two-state solution for Palestine and Israel to meet today’s realities: a federation, something like the European Union. That’s the project of the visionary group A Land for All. May Pundak, co-executive director, explains.
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In the wake of a growing planetary uprising for justice, we dare to look forward to a world when the borders will be made meaningless, to the birth of genuinely democratic culture of communities managing their own resources for the common good
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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