(2024-05-10). Riders Alliance Has A Vision For Better, Safer Subway With Less Policing. popularresistance.org For years, New York City's famous subway system has been caught in the crosshairs of a contentious public debate over crime — but in recent months it has entered a new frontier. In March, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed 750 National Guard members to conduct random bag searches at Metropolitan Transit Authority, or MTA, stations. Later that month, the NYPD announced a surge of 800 additional officers to crack down on fare evasion. | These surges follow broader increases in policing on public transit in New York City over the past decade, which accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2024-05-10). Healthcare workers must defend students against police crackdown! wsws.org The same politicians claiming peaceful protests against genocide are intolerable disruptions to "order" never batted an eyelash when hospital morgues were stuffed full of bodies during endless and continuing surges of the pandemic.
(2024-05-10). Israel-Gaza war: will US decision to withhold weapons supplies stop assault on 'red line' Rafah? scmp.com Israel's vow to 'go it alone' masks the potentially decisive impact delays in weapons delivery will have on Gaza war and ability to mount an offensive against Hezbollah.
(2024-05-10). Agreement boosts joint work on parks. ecns.cn An agreement to promote friendly cooperation between China's Giant Panda National Park and the Pyrenees National Park in France was recently reached by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration and the French Biodiversity Agency, the administration has announced.