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Behold! The World Data Organization

April 13, 2026 Arnie Saiki, Decolonize Accounting. , , ,
The World Data Organization was inaugurated on March 30, 2026, in Beijing, making it the first professional international organization dedicated to data development and governance. Its founding membership of more than 200 institutions from over 40 countries — spanning enterprises, universities, think tanks, and financial institutions across 14 industry sectors — marks it as a serious institutional entry into terrain that Western-anchored bodies, from the WTO to the OECD’s tax and digital economy frameworks, have claimed by default rather than by consent.

Key Words: Peoples’ Tribunals

April 2, 2026 Yasmin Gunaratnam, Red Pepper. , , ,
Peoples’ tribunals are grassroots initiatives. They use the conventions and format of the courtroom to publicly stage evidence hearings on rights abuses that formal institutions have failed to recognise or fully address, or where impunity persists.  The tradition stretches back to at least 1966, when philosopher and anti-war activist Bertrand Russell established an International War Crimes Tribunal. Together, lawyers, activists and thinkers investigated US war crimes and foreign policy in Vietnam. For Russell, its goal was to compile a comprehensive record of US conduct in the region that would ‘arouse passionate resistance’.

UN Security Council Condemns Iran Attacks On Gulf

March 12, 2026 Rayhan Uddin, Middle East Eye. , , ,
The UN Security Council has voted to call for an end to Iranian attacks on the Gulf, in a resolution that did not mention US or Israeli attacks on Iran, prompting strong criticism from Tehran’s ambassador.   The resolution was tabled by Iran's Gulf neighbour Bahrain and sponsored by 135 countries.  It demanded “the immediate cessation of all attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran against Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Jordan”.  It also condemned actions or threats by Iran “aimed at closing, obstructing, or otherwise interfering with international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz”. 

World Council Of Churches Calls On Governments To Hold Israel Accountable

March 11, 2026 Jeff Wright, Mondoweiss. , , ,
Last week, the World Council of Churches (WCC), headquartered in Geneva, launched a month-long campaign titled “From Condemnation to Consequences.” The program calls its member churches—clergy leaders and lay alike—to hold Israel accountable for its failure to fulfill its obligations under international law. George Sahhar, Advocacy Officer in the Jerusalem Liaison Office of the World Council of Churches, tells Mondoweiss. “When attention is focused on the war in the Middle East, we want the world to see that human rights violations by Israel against Palestinians continue, and that annexation is ongoing and deepened.” 

US Energy Chief Accused Of Manipulating Oil Markets

March 11, 2026 Jake Johnson, Common Dreams. , , , ,
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, a former fracking executive, was accused on Tuesday of manipulating global markets after he posted a striking claim on social media: The American Navy, he wrote, had “successfully escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz to ensure oil remains flowing.” The post on X was deleted minutes later, after “oil prices slid at their steepest pace in years,” according to the Wall Street Journal. The White House press secretary later acknowledged publicly that Wright’s claim was false, and the Energy Department threw unnamed staff under the bus.

Near-Termination Of Two Officers Shows Power Of Anti-ICE Movement

March 1, 2026 Emma Boyhtari, Left Voice. , , ,
Detroit Chief of Police, Todd Bettison, was supposedly going to fire two officers for contacting Border Patrol during traffic stops. This led to Border Patrol detaining two citizens. However, on Thursday February 19, when Detroit Board of Police Commissioners voted to suspend the two officers without pay for 30 days, the chief changed his tune and decided he was satisfied with the actions of the board being the “ultimate discipline for these officers.” His decision not to fire the officers comes after Michigan House Speaker Mike Hall warned the city that terminating the officers would go against a rule adopted by House Republicans which states that cities whose policies undercut federal immigration policy would be restricted from receiving earmark grants.

The World Needs To Stop Singling Out Israel, By Holding It Accountable

February 25, 2026 Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright, Black Agenda Report. , , , , ,
Last week Conservative firebrand and talkshow host Tucker Carlson held an interview with Mike Huckabee who currently serves as the U.S. ambassador to the zionist ethnostate. The wide ranging topics Carlson pressed Huckabee on included myriad and salient issues including, but not limited to, the fact that the zionist ethnostate is harboring alleged pedophiles and sexual deviants,  as well as convicted spies like Jonathan Pollard, who Huckabee entertained at the zionist ethnostate’s U.S. embassy.  Yet, somehow these revelations were banal compared to what Carlson managed to get Huckabee to say out loud. 

Media Focus On Epstein’s Powerful Friends Erases Their Victims

February 25, 2026 Raina Lipsitz, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. , , ,
Much has been written about sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, whose numerous social and business ties to members of the global elite are still being untangled. Epstein appears to have died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on federal sex-trafficking charges; his longtime companion Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year prison sentence after being convicted on five counts of helping Epstein abuse girls below the age of consent. According to the US Justice Department, Epstein sexually abused more than 1,200 women and girls. According to court and police records and reports, he lured minor girls to his Palm Beach mansion for nude massages, oral sex and intercourse.

US Prosecutor Faces ‘Disciplinary Complaint’ Over FBI Raid Of Reporter

February 15, 2026 Kevin Gosztola, The Dissenter. , , ,
The Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) filed a "disciplinary complaint" against the federal prosecutor who signed off on the search warrant, which led to the FBI raid against Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson.  “Assistant United States Attorney Gordon Kromberg and the government omitted a federal law that should have prohibited the raid of Hannah Natanson’s home when applying for a search warrant,” declared FPF advocacy director Seth Stern. “That choice now threatens to expose Natanson’s sources and cripple her ability to report, while also sending a warning shot to journalists and whistleblowers nationwide.”

Supreme Court Is Going To New Lengths To Hide Its Inner Workings

February 7, 2026 Marjorie Cohn, Truthout. , , ,
Two weeks after the November 2024 election of Donald Trump, the Supreme Court instituted a new policy to hide its actions from public scrutiny, according to a recent report in The New York Times. Chief Justice John Roberts told the court’s employees to sign a nondisclosure agreement pledging to keep the court’s internal workings secret. Although employees of the court have long been compelled to remain silent about what happens behind the scenes, the new nondisclosure agreement requirement is stiffer than prior agreements employees had signed.

Hind Rajab Foundation Files Complaint In US Court Against Israeli

February 5, 2026 News Desk, The Cradle. , , , ,
Belgium-based NGO, Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), filed a legal complaint in a US court on 4 February, demanding a criminal investigation into Israeli dual-national Adi Karni, a former sergeant in the 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion of the Israeli army, over war crimes and genocidal acts committed in Gaza. The filing was submitted while Karni was physically present in the US, where he is scheduled to speak publicly at Boston University. HRF said his presence “directly engages US jurisdiction” and triggers a legal obligation to investigate under federal law.

Chicago Mayor Says, ‘ICE On Notice,’ Commits To Pursue Prosecution

February 3, 2026 Joe Iosbaker, Fight Back! News. , , ,
Chicago, IL – On Saturday, January 31, surrounded by community activists who have been in the streets defending immigrants against the occupation by ICE troops, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed a historic executive order. The executive order makes Chicago the first city to require the police to investigate and refer federal agents for criminal prosecution of felony violations. “Nobody is above the law. There is no such thing as ‘absolute immunity’ in America,” said Mayor Brandon Johnson. “The lawlessness of Trump’s militarized immigration agents puts the lives and well-being of every Chicagoan in immediate danger.

ICE Tactics Prompt Concern Over Canadian Complicity

January 31, 2026 Bridget Potasky, Rabble.ca. , , , ,
So far in 2026, Minneapolis has recorded three homicides. Two of those deaths were at the hands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers. As part of President Donald Trump’s broader crackdown on purportedly illegal immigration, at the end of 2025 the Trump administration launched Operation Metro Surge in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. This operation resulted in 2,000 federal agents from both ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) being deployed in what the government described as the “largest immigration operation ever.”

Whom Is ICE Actually Recruiting?

January 28, 2026 Kali Holloway, The Nation. , , ,
The Department of Homeland Security recently boasted that it has hired more than 12,000 ICE officers and agents in just four months—a feat that merely required lowering standards, fast-tracking barely vetted recruits, and turning availability into the primary eligibility requirement. That’s an exaggeration, but hardly. More than doubling ICE’s ranks has meant cutting training from 13 weeks to six, raising the maximum age cap from 40 to none at all, scrapping the college degree requirement, and adding a $50,000 signing bonus.

Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force

January 12, 2026 Shannon Heffernan, The Marshall Project. , , , ,
When an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis on Wednesday, it was not the first time that federal officers have killed civilians since the Trump administration launched its aggressive immigration enforcement campaign. Federal officers have fatally shot at least three other people in the last five months, according to news reports reviewed by The Marshall Project. In September, Silverio Villegas González, a father originally from Mexico who worked as a cook, was killed while reportedly trying to flee from officers in a Chicago suburb, WBEZ reported.
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