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Headlines from the latest edition of Updates & Announcements: HUNDREDS OF VCU GRADS WALK OUT ON GOVERNOR YOUNGKIN PROTESTERS MARCH ON VIRGINIA-ISRAEL ADVISORY BOARD PALESTINE SUPPORTERS AGAIN PACK RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL, DEMANDING A CEASEFIRE RESOLUTION AS ASSAULT ON RAFAH INTENSIFIES, ‘GENOCIDE JOE’ PREPARES TO SEND ISRAEL $1 BILLION IN TANK AMMO, TACTICAL VEHICLES & MORTAR ROUNDS ANTI-GENOCIDE ACTIVISTS DELIVER OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR TIM KAINE VCU CALLS IN COPS AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTESTERS - Monday, April 29, 2024: Pro-Palestine protesters stand firm after VCU, city and state police broke up their tent encampment. Minutes after this photo was taken, the police - unprovoked - attacked the protesters. Many people were hit with chemical substances, several were injured and 13 were arrested. See photo above by Ana Edwards. VCU BOWS TO YOUNGKIN PRESSURE ON RACE LITERACY COURSES Click here to read the full edition !

 The Odessa Solidarity Campaign, launched in 2016 by the Virginia Defenders, will host a webinar at noon EST on THURSDAY, May 2, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Odessa Massacre.  That atrocity took place a few months after the 2014 right-wing coup that overthrew the elected president of Ukraine and replaced him with a pro-U.S, pro-EU, pro-NATO regime. On May 2, in Odessa, a mob led by openly fascist organizations drove opponents of the coup into the House of Trade Unions, set it on fire and murdered at least 42 people. The massacre has never been properly investigated and no one has ever been punished for the crime.  Join us to take a deep look into the reality of the Ukrainian state today and who is really responsible for the present war. 1:15 pm UPDATE: Stay tuned for the recording from the  Facebook live stream  of this informative webinar.