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“We can outlast an occupation”: Frey celebrates as Minneapolis ICE surge ends

“We can outlast an occupation”: Frey celebrates as Minneapolis ICE surge ends

Published by Sam Flores

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey celebrated the announcement of a drawdown in ICE agents in the city on Thursday. After border czar Tom Homan revealed that the surge of immigration agents in Minnesota would soon come to an end, Frey took a moment to congratulate residents of Minneapolis for their courage in continuing to push back against city-wide raids and enforcement actions. “They thought they could break us, but a love for our neighbors and a resolve to endure can outlast an occupation,” he wrote on X. “These patriots of Minneapolis are showing that it’s not just about resistance — standing with our neighbors is deeply American.” Frey said the ICE surge, which resulted in the deaths of two protestors, had been “catastrophic for our neighbors and businesses” and said that Minneapolis was poised for a “great comeback.” “We will show the same commitment to our immigrant residents and endurance in this reopening, and I’m hopeful the whole country will stand with us as we move forward,” he wrote. Homan, for his part, called the operation …

Israeli occupation ‘no longer temporary, it is a permanent occupation’

Israeli occupation ‘no longer temporary, it is a permanent occupation’

Published by Sam Flores

Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome former hostage negotiator and Middle East Director of the International Communities Organisation Dr. Gershon Baskin. As someone who has spent decades working toward a just resolution between Israelis and Palestinians, including negotiating with Hamas for the release of hostages, he’s watched with growing alarm the shift in Israel’s governance of the occupied territories. From his perspective, what we are witnessing is not the continuation of a temporary occupation, but the deepening of a permanent one. Keywords for this article Source link

Democracy Under Occupation – The Atlantic

Democracy Under Occupation – The Atlantic

Published by José Betancourt

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts When heavily armed agents of the federal government arrived in Minneapolis, the people of the Twin Cities responded with surprising strength. In this episode, residents describe what drove them to act, and host Anne Applebaum speaks with contributing writer Robert Worth about what he learned when he observed the tactics of the federal agents and the response of Minnesotans. The following is a transcript of the episode: Amanda Bauer: I’ll tell you, I’ve been teaching for 25 years and for 25 years we’ve had lockdowns, teaching kids about, you know, mass shootings in schools. But I think, in my head, I never thought it would be our own government that we had to try to protect ourselves from, or to protect our children from. [Music] Anne Applebaum:  From The Atlantic, this is Autocracy in America. I’m Anne Applebaum. This season, I’ve been examining how the Trump White House is rewriting the rules of U.S. politics, and talking to Americans whose lives have …

DOJ to investigate Walz and Frey over their fight against ICE occupation

DOJ to investigate Walz and Frey over their fight against ICE occupation

Published by Sam Flores

The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, escalating a rapidly intensifying conflict between federal authorities and local leaders over immigration enforcement. Originally reported by CBS News, federal prosecutors are examining whether public statements and actions by Walz and Frey unlawfully interfered with federal immigration operations in Minneapolis. The probe follows days of public criticism by state and city officials after a series of controversial ICE actions, including a fatal shooting and multiple arrests that triggered protests and national scrutiny. While neither Walz nor Frey has been charged, subpoenas have reportedly been issued as part of the inquiry. Federal officials are said to be reviewing whether the leaders’ conduct could constitute obstruction or conspiracy to impede federal law enforcement — a rare and politically charged move when applied to sitting elected officials. Both Walz and Frey have defended their actions, arguing they acted within their authority and responsibility to protect residents and speak out on public safety concerns. Minnesota officials have characterized the investigation as …

Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population’s health

Roman occupation of Britain damaged the population’s health

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Reconstruction of the city of Wroxeter in Roman Britain Ivan Lapper/English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images The health of populations in Britain declined under Roman occupation, particularly in more urban areas. There is a widely held belief that the Romans brought civilisation and its many benefits to those they conquered, perhaps best exemplified in Monty Python’s Life of Brian, in which John Cleese’s character Reg asks “Apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the freshwater system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us?” Yet researchers have been aware for at least a decade that there was a decline in the health of the population in Iron Age Britain after the Romans conquered the territory in AD 43 – and that populations thrived after they left. Now, Rebecca Pitt at the University of Reading, UK, has studied 646 ancient skeletons, 372 belonging to children who were less than 3.5 years old when they died, as well as 274 from adult females aged between 18 and 45 years old. These came from …