I think it would become more difficult for Hezbollah but at least to my ignorant mind the idea that they will be completely cut off from any access to weapons sounds too pessimistic. Some people here are already spelling the end of Hezbollah is a bit too premature.
I want to read The Origins of Capitalism by Ellen Meiksins Wood one day, heard it’s good.
I read it very recently and I would say it’s really excellent and a must-read. It’s also easy to read I think.
Here Jeremy Scahill says he is no longer a member of Hamas: https://twitter.com/jeremyscahill/status/1864000895752589504
Thank you! If you also have some article/source I would appreciate (but I can search also things myself, based on your information).
Do you have any sources on Sudan? I am interested to read more, especially related to US/western involvement but can’t find much information.
An update on the dutch education protests (mentioned here by @Beetle@hexbear.net ): In the end student unions and the youth wings of the socialist party and the communist party said they would go anyway to the protest. The police (that yesterday said they couldn’t guarantee the safety) said today that they will facilitate the protest so there was no ban. The labor unions still asked people not to go. In the end around 3-4k people gathered (mostly students and some university employees), which I think was very good given the circumstances. Some universities decided to host local protest on campuses (but as far as I can tell those were small). The university staff and unions are calling for another protest on the 25th of November.
Yes the budget cuts are massive, for context (for people not in the Netherlands) the cuts amounts to about the total budget of 1-1.5 big dutch universities (the country has in total 20 universities). The police of course waited for the last moment to not let any organizing party any leeway to plan something else. The unions are completely pathetic, immediately rolled over.
I was talking to my friend about music, mentioned an artist (that she didn’t know about) and showed her a song on my computer. 5 minutes later her video app on her phone was suggesting songs from that artist. It’s completely ubiquitous, I operate under the assumption that I am always listened to.