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E. Wayne Ross
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Professor. Social Studies Educator. Journal Editor. American Canadian. Antifascist.
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'People are worried': Air travel from Vancouver to U.S. falls for 10 straight months

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'People are worried': Air travel from Vancouver to U.S. falls for 10 straight months
'People are worried,' said one B.C. travel agent, who had a Caribbean cruise group cancel to avoid flying into Miami. Find out more.
vancouversun.com

"A movement that once vowed to rescue higher education from ideological excesses is now perfecting and entrenching them."

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | At Harvard and Elsewhere, the New Campus Orthodoxy Is Even More Stifling
www.nytimes.com

Chilean academics fear funding cuts under new far-right leader
Incoming president pledges to slash government spending but remains quiet on other higher education issues

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/chilean...
Chilean academics fear funding cuts under new far-right leader
Incoming president pledges to slash government spending but remains quiet on other higher education issues
www.timeshighereducation.com

Iran’s students are again at the centre of nationwide unrest
Saturday night brought the news that shopkeepers in Tehran's Grand Bazaar were closing their shutters as the Iranian rial hit a record low of 1.45 million to the US dollar.

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https://wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/irans-students-are-again-at-the-centre-of-nationwide-unrest/Iran’s

Boğaziçi University protests enter their 5th year: Countless human rights violations, investigations, and dismissals.

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Boğaziçi Üniversitesi protestoları 5. yılında: Sayısız hak ihlali, soruşturmalar ve işten çıkarmalar - Medyascope
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi’nde 2021 yılında Melih Bulu’nun rektör atanmasıyla başlayan protestolar beşinci yılında. Şimdiye kadar ne oldu?
medyascope.tv

Germany: The universities' silence on right-wing extremists

Institutional silence and isolation characterize the handling of right-wing extremist incidents. At universities, those affected are often left to their own devices.

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Studie zu Rechtsradikalen an Hochschulen: Die Sprachlosigkeit der Universitäten
Institutionelle Sprachlosigkeit und Vereinzelung prägen den Umgang mit rechtsextremen Vorfällen. An Unis sind Betroffene häufig auf sich allein gestellt.
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"Venezuela is not the crisis. It is the mirror … it reflects is an empire mistaking immunity for strength, impunity for legitimacy, decadence for civilization, and drifting toward derangement while far too many, inside and outside it, remain comfortably numb."

www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/08/t...
The USA Today: a Derangement Threatening the World
Hong Kong. People around the world walked into 2026 carrying a fragile hope that this year would be better than 2025 and 2024, years defined by the
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"Venezuela is not the crisis. It is the mirror. And what it reflects is an empire mistaking immunity for strength, impunity for legitimacy, decadence for civilization, and drifting toward derangement while far too many, inside and outside it, remain comfortably numb."

The New York Times continues to prove itself as primarily interested in advancing the US Empire and when not doing that provide readers interested in global affairs with shit like this:

UNC history professor: My school is withdrawing from the world

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MSN
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

Texas A&M censors teaching Plato.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato
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Federal law enforcement shoots, kills civilian in Minneapolis: city officials
Federal law enforcement shoots, kills civilian in Minneapolis: city officials
Authorities confirmed reports on Wednesday that federal agents in Minneapolis had shot and killed a person as part of a major effort organized to capture immigrants. "Live video posted online showed a large presence of federal and local officers, yellow police tape and cars that had been in a crash," said the Associated Press. "Cmdr. Gregory Bovino of U.S. Customs and Border Protection was in the group." CNN reporter Whitney Wild said, "People here are really angry." “We are aware of a shooting involving federal law enforcement near East 34th Street and Portland Avenue. Please avoid this area,” the city government said on X. A crowd quickly gathered as people began shouting at the officers. Mayor Jacob Frey then arrived at the intersection and told gathering press that immigration agents were “causing chaos in our city.” KSTP reporters on the scene described the incident as having three shots and a car speeding off. It then crashed. Observers were filming the incident. The reporter said that it appeared that a federal agent was standing on the driver's side door. Those in the crowd told the reporter that the woman had died but the reports have not been confirmed. The Department of Homeland Security released a statement claiming the shots were "defensive" and the officer feared for his life. "Today, ICE officers in Minneapolis were conducting targeted operations when rioters began blocking ICE officers and one of these violent rioters weaponized her vehicle, attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them — an act of domestic terrorism. An ICE officer, fearing for his life, the lives of his fellow law enforcement and the safety of the public, fired defensive shots. He used his training and saved his own life and that of his fellow officers. The alleged perpetrator was hit and is deceased. The ICE officers who were hurt are expected to make full recoveries. This is the direct consequence of constant attacks and demonization of our officers by sanctuary politicians who fuel and encourage rampant assaults on our law enforcement who are facing 1,300% increase in assaults against them and an 8,000 percent increase in death threats. This is an evolving situation, and we will give the public more information as soon as it becomes available," the statement said. — (@)
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This is the video.

Based on S. Miller's comments to CNN, it seems Venezuela is NOT another Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam … Rather than "liberal imperialism" we're witnessing "imperial occupation" ... with aims of an empire of the Americas, with a corrupt emperor and a court of billionaires.

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The Wrong Question About Venezuela
The Steady State | by Steven A. Cash
substack.com
Big: Wyoming supreme court just struck down abortion ban.

And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!

Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
How Attacks Against Obamacare Turned Into Tools to Protect Abortion Access  - Bolts
Explore our ongoing Bolts series, Abortion Rights in State Constitutions. A decade ago, when conservatives were attacking President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act as government encroachment in hea...
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Rich Gibson: The Empire is Teetering! Why is There No General Strike?

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Rich Gibson: The Empire is Teetering! Why is There No General Strike? – E Wayne Ross
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That time when Venezuela’s state oil company donated free heating oil to hundreds of thousands of needy Americans for nine years.
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Ninth Annual CITGO-Venezuela Heating Oil Program to Warm Thousands of Families During Cold Winter Months
/PRNewswire/ -- CITGO Petroleum Corporation and Citizens Energy Corporation are pleased to announce the launch of the ninth annual CITGO-Venezuela Heating Oil...
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Gangster capitalism on full display ...

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NYT and WaPo Knew About Trump’s Venezuela Raid in Advance — Here’s Why They Didn’t Report It Right Away Mediaite
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NYT, WaPo Knew of Venezuela Raid in Advance: Report
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Legal experts called for Trump’s impeachment as world leaders condemned the strikes as a violation of international law.
Experts Decry Illegal Aggression After Trump Says US Captured Maduro
Legal experts called for Trump’s impeachment as world leaders condemned the strikes as a violation of international law.
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Reposted by E. Wayne Ross

The dramatic escalation in Trump's regime change efforts took place after months of strikes on boats in the waters near Venezuela.
U.S. Abducts Nicolás Maduro From Venezuela in Trump Regime Change Operation
Trump claimed early Saturday the U.S. had carried out a “large-scale strike” on Venezuela and captured the country's leader and his wife.
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