*Sacked UK borders inspector tells MPs he was removed "for doing his job".*

The Tories appointed David Neal as "inspector of borders and immigration", meaning it was his job to report to a ministry about the cruelty that it was steadily finding ways to increase. When he saw the government had no interested in correcting the problems he reported, he told the public instead.

Thousands of Burmese are trying to flee so they will not be conscripted into the Burmese army, which they consider to be an occupying enemy.

The Burmese military goes to extreme lengths to prevent soldiers from defecting, but many manage to do it anyway.

It is better to die than to fight for the dictators. if the people fleeing recognize that, and form groups ready to fight if they must, they have a better chance of surviving to escape.

I wonder why Thailand is not letting refugees in. Is this due to China's influence in Thailand? (China backs the Burmese dictators.) If you know the answer, please tell me.

Proposing several kinds of US sanctions that would hit Israel's colonies in Palestinian territory, and the people and institutions located in them.

The article continues with other ways to pressure Israel to move towards peace with Palestine.

Gush Shalom (founded by Uri Avnery) launched a boycott in Israel of products made in those colonies. They withdrew the boycott when Israel adopted a law designed to bankrupt anyone in Israel who promoted it, but since I am not in Israel I continue to support that boycott.

Sefton Delmer's propaganda messages to Germany induced Germans to doubt the validity of Hitler's propaganda. Ukrainians have learned from them.

I wonder if there is a chance of applying these methods to the delusion of trumpet propaganda. Delmer had more than a clever idea: he had the resources of the British government available to carry out the idea. There are surely Americans who could try to do something like that -- but what institution would give them a voice loud enough to be noticed?

US citizens: call on Congress to show support for a Gaza ceasefire at Biden's State of the Union speech.