European Union bosses adopt U.S.-style racism against migrant workers
The Brussels Times, 3/26– Migrants and asylum seekers will be deported from the EU with greater ease after a right-wing and far-right alliance in the European Parliament passed controversial new rules on Thursday. To speed up the removal of migrants from EU territory, a majority in the European Parliament voted on Thursday to facilitate the return of non-EU nationals staying irregularly in the EU with a common system. When the vote was approved, a round of applause broke out among right-wing MEPs…The proposal was passed despite loud protests from rights groups, who denounced it as an inhumane policy which denies the ability for EU countries to uphold migrants’ and asylum seekers’ fundamental rights.
Young Republicans flex their racist muscles - Even Ted Cruz is upset
Washington Post, 3/26–Twenty-three-year-old Alec Beaton has the résumé of a model GOP foot soldier…He’s also a self-described Holocaust “revisionist” who views praise for Adolf Hitler as a way to “mess with people.” “We don’t think Hitler is, like, the worst person ever,”…Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warned that he has seen more prejudice against Jewish people “in the last 18 months on the right than at any point in my lifetime,”...In one group chat, Young Republican leaders from several states used racial slurs, casually referenced Hitler and described rape as “epic.” In another…participants called for grisly violence against Black people and discussed “Nazi heaven”...
Who knew? NYC lawyers argue that NYPD doesn’t exist to protect people
Gothamist, 3/25–The NYPD is not constitutionally required to help a person being attacked by an angry mob, lawyers for the city argued in a recent court filing. The argument came in response to a claim filed by Amanda Luci, who alleged NYPD officers failed to protect her from a mob of young men and boys who she said attacked her in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 2025. In her lawsuit, Luci said she was surrounded, kicked and threatened by the large group of people, most of whom were wearing traditional Orthodox Jewish garb…
Trump’s gamble may be a breath of fresh air for Putin
New York Times, 3/25–At the start of the year, the Russian economy looked to be giving way. Under the strain of war and sanctions, revenues were falling, production was shrinking, and trade was running low…In late January, Russia was forced to sell oil to India at just $22 per barrel, about a third of the market rate…Then came the war in Iran. In one swoop, the conditions for conciliation were overturned. Amid buoyant oil prices, Western division and American overreach, the pressure on Mr. Putin to come to terms ebbed away. By a strange twist of history, the start of the war in Iran halted the prospect of ending the war in Ukraine…
U.N. continues to terrorize Haitian workers
CNN, 4/4– A United Nations report from February details four sexual abuse investigations, one involving a 12-year-old child, that implicate members of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) forces, a Kenyan-led and US-backed military mission to combat gang violence in Haiti…“All the allegations were found to be substantiated by investigations conducted by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.”
Three of the victims were children who were allegedly raped. A fourth victim, who allegedly suffered sexual violence, was 18-years-old…UN peacekeepers sent to Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating 2010 earthquake fathered and abandoned dozens of children with Haitian women.
U.S. wraps up defeat of D.R. Congo and China with helpings of cobalt
LeMonde, 4/4–Washington has finally prevailed in a contest with Beijing that lasted more than two years…US-based Virtus Minerals has just finalized the purchase of the assets of Congolese company Chemaf, including the Etoile and Mutoshi mines in Katanga, southern Democratic Republic of Congo…This deal is the culmination of a mining offensive unveiled on December 4, 2025, with the signing of the Washington Peace Agreement. Brokered by the Trump administration between the DRC and neighboring Rwanda…it grants US companies privileged access to the DRC’s vast mineral resources.
