Minnesota school adapts to a war against students
Washington Post, 2/15–First period was about to begin Tuesday…The parent of one of the middle school’s students had been detained by immigration authorities, and the family needed help finding a lawyer. It was one more in a steady stream of daily crises that had confronted Leslee Sherk, Columbia Academy’s principal…tallying the latest number of students with at least one parent detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: 16, up from 10 the week before…It was still a place of learning, even if 210 of its 700 students were now studying at home. But now it was also a food bank, a counseling hotline, a missing persons task force, an immigration resource center and a refuge.
Racist researchers given access to “protected” database by lax federal agency
New York Times, 1/24–Genetic researchers were seeking children for an ambitious, federally funded project to track brain development — a study that they told families could yield invaluable discoveries about DNA’s impact on behavior and disease. They also promised that the children’s sensitive data would be closely guarded in the decade-long study…The scientists did not keep it safe. A group of fringe researchers…gained access to data from thousands of children. The researchers have used it to produce at least 16 papers purporting to find biological evidence for differences in intelligence between races…Mainstream geneticists have rejected their work as biased and unscientific…
ICE has its roots in terrorizing people living near U.S.-Mexico border
Bloomberg, 1/26–When Mark Pettibone was swept off a Portland street into an unmarked minivan by a group of people in camouflage and tactical gear during the George Floyd protests in 2020, he had no idea who they were or where he would be taken...But many of these practices are not new in US immigration enforcement; they’ve migrated from border areas to the middle of America’s densest neighborhoods…“The Trump administration has deployed Border Patrol to places that are an enormous distance from the southern border,”…White House Border Czar Tom Homan…took another action to solidify a growing merger between two agencies that have historically operated quite differently: CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
U.S. and Israeli imperialists expand into Somaliland
Al Jazeera, 2/26–Somaliland is prepared to grant the United States access to its mineral resources and military bases, a senior minister says, as the breakaway Somali region pursues international recognition. “We are willing to give exclusive [access to our minerals] to the United States. Also, we are open to offer military bases to the United States,” Khadar Hussein Abdi, minister of the presidency, told the AFP news agency…Israel became the only country in the world to recognise Somaliland’s independence in December, something the territory has been seeking since declaring its autonomy from Somalia in 1991. The region seceded from Somalia during a civil war…
Protesters smash Brooklyn weapons maker working for Israeli fascists
New York Post, 2/21–The head of a drone-manufacturing company whose clients include the Israel Defense Forces said his business is being booted from the city-run Brooklyn Navy Yard …The company has long been the target of protests at the former Navy shipyard…a series of recent break-in attempts…led to broken windows and other damage at the industrial park…During a Feb. 11 rally, the anti-Israel protestors gained access into the lobby of the building Easy Aerial rents for six hours…Easy Aerial assists the Israel Defense Forces by supplying surveillance drones for reconnaissance missions and monitoring borders along the Gaza Strip and Lebanon…
Investors lose trust in the dollar and move to gold
Mises Institute, 1/26–Despite the consensus narrative, what we are currently experiencing globally is not “de‑dollarization,” but a broad loss of confidence in developed economies’ fiat currencies and sovereign debt as a reserve asset for central banks and institutions. This fundamental loss of confidence in the solvency of developed economies’ sovereign issuers is boosting demand for gold. However, the latest data shows no crossover or fiat alternative substitution…The real underlying driver is the deterioration in the fiscal and monetary credibility of developed economies.
