Today in Labor History April 12, 1927: The Shanghai massacre of 1927 occurred on this day. Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the right-wing, nationalist Kuomintang (KMT), ordered the execution of Chinese Communist Party members in Shanghai, ending the First United Front. They killed up to 10,000 people.
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(It's almost unbearable.)
»“Many more people actually are still missing,” Dr Abubakar told reporters in Geneva. “They're believed to be under the rubble.”
Many body parts are also waiting to be identified, he said.«
With Lebanon still reeling from Israel’s devastating airstrikes on 8 April, UN humanitarians reported new fears of attacks on ambulances and looming food shortages in the south of the country on Friday.
@sahouraxo Makan Nasiri. Say his name.
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„UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk (…) called the attacks “appalling,” stating:
The scale of the killing and destruction in Lebanon today is nothing short of horrific. Such carnage, within hours of agreeing to a ceasefire with Iran, defies belief. It places enormous pressure on a fragile peace, which is so desperately needed by civilians.“
https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/04/un-castigates-massive-wave-of-israel-strikes-in-lebanon/
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… southern Lebanon from the rest of the country would lead to a humanitarian catastrophe.”
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»“For the last 2 years, the Israeli military’s deplorable violations & #warcrimes in Lebanon & Gaza have wreaked havoc on civilians, as the continued flow of arms to Israel and the silence of other countries has only emboldened the Israeli military’s #atrocities,” said R. Kaiss, Lebanon researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Cutting off …
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/04/10/lebanon-israeli-strikes-kill-hundreds-damage-vital-bridge
More than 100 Israeli strikes across Lebanon on April 8, 2026, including in densely populated neighborhoods in Beirut, killed over 300 people and damaged the last main bridge linking southern Lebanon with the rest of the country. Israeli strikes making bridge crossings over the Litani River unusable threaten to sever tens of thousands of people in southern Lebanon from access to humanitarian aid, food, and health care.
Un massacre. Voilà comment résumer ce qu'il s'est passé mercredi 8 avril 2026 au Liban.Au premier jour du cessez-le-feu entre l’Iran et les Etats-unis, l’armée israélienne a mené 100 frappes en 10...
Today In Labor History April 9, 1948: The Irgun and Lehi Zionist paramilitary slaughtered over 100 Palestinians in the Deir Yassin massacre, near Jerusalem. Many of the victims were women and children. Rape and mutilation were also alleged. It was part of the Nakba and expulsion of Palestinians from Palestine. As news of the massacre spread, it sparked terror among Palestinians throughout the region, convincing many to flee their homes. It also strengthened the resolve of Arab governments to attack, which they did a few weeks later, sparking the Arab-Israeli War of 1948. Menachim Begin was leader of the Irgun at the time. He went on to found the Likud Party and he became prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983. Many Arab states produced postage stamps commemorating the massacre. All of them use the image of a map of Palestine with a bloody dagger thrust into it.
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„The Spanish prime minster, Pedro Sánchez, condemned Israel’s latest strikes on Lebanon, and criticised Benjamin Netanyahu.
“His contempt for life and international law is intolerable,” Sánchez wrote on X.
Sánchez, who has been Europe’s loudest critic of the US and Israel’s military actions in the region, called on the #EU to suspend its #associationagreement with Israel.“
As Israel attacks on Beirut continue, Abbas Araghchi points to announcement that says ceasefire includes Lebanon while JD Vance says US never promised that
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