EDITORS—Netanyahu’s address to Congress was indeed the spark for a huge rally, which the police tried hard to dampen, without success. This Washington DC march communicated the disgust of tens of thousands of people against the presence of war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu and the repugnant servile reception accorded him by the US Congress and media. The rally reflected a wide distribution of opinion, from students to labor unions to ordinary unaffiliated citizens. Jewish activists were prominent in the rally (especially JVP, Jewish Voice for Peace), many orthodox anti-Zionists, and other groups and denominations. Netanyahu, true to the official propaganda script, called the protesters “useful idiots of Iran.”
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Caleb Maupin on CENSORED Kamala Book & More, Russ STRIKES BACK At Acolyte Frenzy, Olympics GET WEIRD
4 minutes readEDITORS—On this stream: Political analyst and author Caleb Maupin joins to discuss his censored book on Kamala Harris – Russ debut’s his star wars themed video essay “Russ Strikes Back” – Controversial opening ceremony act in the style of the last super – and more.
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Omali Yeshitela on the STRUGGLE To Start the Uhuru Movement
4 minutes readEDITORS—Due Dissidence interviews the legendary founder and current chairman of the African People’s Socialist Party, Omali Yeshitela, who the US state has been persecuting for decades. Omani describes his struggle, and the manner in which the US ruling class has sought to eliminate him and his organisation as a factor in US politics.
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LARRY JOHNSON—Most of the Western media leaped on this story as further proof of the depravity of Hezbollah, while ignoring Israel’s routine bombing and killing of Palestinian children in Gaza and the West Bank. NPR, to its credit, did acknowledge Israel’s bombing of a school in Gaza earlier that same day.
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‘Street girlfriends’ in China sell no-sex companionship, hugs, kisses from market stalls
14 minutes readEDITORS—Young women were reportedly observed selling hugs, kisses and their company from street stalls, reigniting widespread social media discourse about the paid companionship economy.
Next to a subway station in Shenzhen, a young woman set up a stall with a sign that read, “One yuan (14 US cents) for a hug, 10 yuan for a kiss, 15 yuan to watch a film together.”
Two other women set up stalls in a pedestrian street square, with signs reading, “20 yuan (US$2.8) to help with household chores, 40 yuan per hour to drink with you.”
Mainland reports suggest that some of them can earn 100 yuan in a single outing. Opinions about the street girlfriends are mixed on mainland social media.