December 2, 2023
In this episode of Witness, we head into the Gaza Strip to hear harrowing accounts of death, destruction and desperation from those living inside the besieged territory. ADVERTISEMENT Israel continues its bombing campaign in Gaza night and day, in retaliation for the October 7 Hamas terror attack. As of mid-November, Gaza health officials said that more
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More than a thousand Victorian high school students walked out of classrooms to protest in support of Palestine on Thursday, November 23. Students were heard chanting “Allahu Akbar” as well as the anti-Semitic phrase “from the river to the sea” as they demanded an “end to the war on Gaza”. Speakers at the protest claimed
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One of the strangest episodes in the history of the tech industry ended as startup events often do: with a party in San Francisco’s eclectic Mission District. Late Tuesday, OpenAI said Sam Altman was returning as its CEO, five days after the artificial intelligence startup’s board of directors forced him out. At the company’s San
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The motorsports world might be waiting with bated breath to see star drivers race on the newest track in F1, but many Las Vegas locals aren’t so excited. In fact, according to many local publications, the highly anticipated event has wreaked havoc on the party city. Las Vegas will host its first Grand Prix in
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The motorsports world might be waiting with bated breath to see star drivers race on the newest track in F1, but many Las Vegas locals aren’t so excited. In fact, according to many local publications, the highly anticipated event has wreaked havoc on the party city. Las Vegas will host its first Grand Prix in
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At least nine mistakes have been found in the VCE exams this year, thrusting “undue stress” upon thousands of Year 12 students across a number of subjects. The latest has affected at least six students across at least three Victorian schools, after students studying Chinese language were allegedly given the wrong exam paper this week.
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Yves here. Note that Iran had earlier called for an oil embargo against Israel only, which at the time was clearly intended to be largely symbolic (Israel imports little oil) but still get the Islamic oil producing stated to act together. The anger across the Middle East has reached such a level that going directly
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Yves here. The new Medicaid cutbacks are yet another implementation of Lambert’s second rule of neoliberalism: “Die faster.” Rates of disability have been marching steadily higher over the decades, even before getting to the still-not-sufficiently-recognized impact of Long Covid. As a new article from the Center for American Progress pointed out: Despite public fatigue around
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“You do not stop or cry. There is no time for that.” ADVERTISEMENT Euronews journalist Nebal Hajjo has given a first-person account of turmoil on the ground in Gaza, as the devastating war between Israel and Hamas rages on. These are his latest words sent out before the internet and communications were shut down on Saturday:
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China, Russia and Iran are profiting from the information chaos around the Israel-Hamas war to advance their own geopolitical agenda, a report finds. ADVERTISEMENT Chinese, Russian and Iranian state agents are using the information chaos surrounding the Israel-Hamas war to their advantage, glorifying violence, promoting hate, and helping to spread false claims on what’s happening
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