Trump's imperial goals in Venezuela; 114 killed in Darfur; Protests in Iran
Drop Site Daily: January 5th, 2026
Drop Site Daily: January 5th, 2026
By Omar Zahzah for Mondoweiss Over the last two years, Maura Finkelstein and Katherine Franke, among others, lost their positions as part of the explosion of academic repression in the U.S. since the start of Israel’s latest genocide in Gaza. Now, San Jose State Professor Sang Hea Kil may very well be the first full tenured professor fired for Palestine.  […]
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Democracy Now! discusses the attack on Venezuela with two Venezuelan American scholars: Alejandro Velasco, an associate history professor at New York University, and Miguel Tinker Salas, emeritus professor of history at Pomona College. The professors react to President Trump’s comments on the presence of oil in the region and claims that Venezuela had “stolen” oil from U.S. companies. “There was no taking of 'American property or American oil' — it was Venezuelan oil,” says Tinker Salas. “It belonged to Venezuela.” Velasco also comments on Marco Rubio, a central figure in the U.S. campaign against Venezuela, who may have another country as his ultimate target. “Rubio’s primary interest in the region is not Venezuela, it’s not Colombia, it’s not Mexico — it’s Cuba,” says Velasco.
The evisceration of the rule of law at home and abroad solidifies America as a rogue state.