Today in Labor History May 4, 1970: Ohio National Guards murdered four students at Kent State University. They also injured nine others, including one who was permanently paralyzed. During the massacre, they fired 67 rounds in 13 seconds at the unarmed crowd. The students were protesting the U.S. invasion of Cambodia. With the current wave of student protests against the Israeli genocide in Gaza, the government’s response is looking sickeningly similar to its response to student protests in the early 70s: Violent repression, use of chemical agents, snipers on rooftops. If the vitriolic rhetoric of politicians and pundits continues, another student massacre seems imminent.

#students #KentState #massacre #NationalGuard #cambodia #bombing #USImperialism #MayTheFourth #freepalestine #EndTheOccupation #genocide #gaza #students

"The west’s bubble of illusion about Israel – & about itself – is finally being burst"

"The genocide in Gaza & ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the west’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the west’s military primacy".

"Cheap drones can elude even its most sophisticated detection systems, & a few mines & gunboats can choke off much of the fuel the global economy depends on."

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-05-01/west-bubble-illusion-israel/

#USPol #EUPol #EUPol #iranWar #GazaGenocide #USImperialism #Lebanon .

"The west’s bubble of illusion about Israel – & about itself – is finally being burst"

"The genocide in Gaza & ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the west’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the west’s military primacy".

"Cheap drones can elude even its most sophisticated detection systems, & a few mines & gunboats can choke off much of the fuel the global economy depends on."

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-05-01/west-bubble-illusion-israel/

#USPol #EUPol #EUPol #iranWar #GazaGenocide #USImperialism #Lebanon .

"The west’s bubble of illusion about Israel – & about itself – is finally being burst"

"The genocide in Gaza & ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the west’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the west’s military primacy".

"Cheap drones can elude even its most sophisticated detection systems, & a few mines & gunboats can choke off much of the fuel the global economy depends on."

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-05-01/west-bubble-illusion-israel/

#USPol #EUPol #EUPol #iranWar #GazaGenocide #USImperialism #Lebanon .

Sadly it seems a lot of Western "solidarity" with the Palestinian struggle seems more designed to make us in the West feel good rather than actually listen to the demands of Palestinians and act upon those.

#FreePalestine #USImperialism

A lot of the "U.S." propaganda ops aren't designed to build consensus for their side as much as to break down consensus for our side. They're satisfied as long as the resistance to them remains fragmented and consequently less effective.

#USImperialism #CapitalistStateMedia #Propaganda

How Argentina fits into "U.S." plans to dominate Central and South America.

https://mexicosolidarity.com/audio-links-milei-to-regional-disinformation-operation-against-sheinbaum-petro/

#USImperialism #Argentina #México #Columbia

An important investigation to understand the "U.S." government's recent moves.

https://richardmedhurst.substack.com/p/how-the-us-pulled-off-an-armed-robbery

#USImperialism

The performance of Irishness for outside approval is finished. Kneecap, Sally Rooney and the comedian Vittorio Angelone ask a question the State has avoided for years: what is all of this for, if not for us?

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/05/02/the-performance-of-irishness-for-outside-approval-is-finished/

#Irishness #patriotism #irish #Kneecap #SallyRooney #nationalism #colony #USimperialism #IrishAmerican #mastodaonie #Ireland #IrishPol #AmericanIrish #PraGringoVer #IrishRepublican #BlindedByFlag #CulturalColonialism #IrelandIsFull #CulturalImperialism

"The west’s bubble of illusion about Israel – & about itself – is finally being burst"

"The genocide in Gaza & ethnic cleansing in Lebanon exhausted the west’s moral legitimacy. Now Iran is slowly exhausting the west’s military primacy".

"Cheap drones can elude even its most sophisticated detection systems, & a few mines & gunboats can choke off much of the fuel the global economy depends on."

https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2026-05-01/west-bubble-illusion-israel/

#USPol #EUPol #EUPol #iranWar #GazaGenocide #USImperialism #Lebanon .