Right-Wing Foundation Money Fuels Trump's Racist Echo Chamber
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-27
| Many of the same social media influencers who attended Trump's "Social Media Summit" on July 11 have rallied to defend his racist attacks against U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-D), Rashida Tlaib (MI-D), Ayanna Pressley (MA-D), and Ilhan Omar (MN-D). And a number of them are bankrolled by the Kochs, the Bradley Foundation, and other large right-wing foundations. | In a tweet July 14…
truthout.org/articles/right-wing-foundation-money-fuels-trumps-racist-echo-chamber/
Child separation & prison camps: China's campaign against Uyghur Muslims is "cultural genocide"
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-27
An estimated 1 million adults from the Uyghur community are being imprisoned in camps that China claims are "vocational training centers" designed to combat extremism.
nationofchange.org/2019/07/27/child-separation-prison-camps-chinas-campaign-against-uyghur-muslims-is-cultural-genocide/
Harvard Black Students Demand Action for Racist, Sexist Emails
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-27
A Black student association at Harvard Law school say the university "woefully failed to act" after "hateful, racist and sexist" texts and emails were sent to four Black students from an anonymous address. | RELATED: | African American Duo Give New Life to 'Go Back to Africa' Slur | Among the slew of offensive messages, the freshmen students were told they were "just here bec…
telesurenglish.net/news/Harvard-Black-Students-Demand-Action-for-Racist-Sexist-Emails-20190727-0011.html
Supreme Court approves construction of Trump's border wall
wsws.org | 2019-07-27
The ruling is a political victory for Trump and a blow to the separation of powers, dramatically strengthening the power of the executive branch.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/27/wall…
'Sick': Black rag dolls made to 'slam into walls' pulled from shelves over racism complaints (PHOTO)
rt.com | 2019-07-27
A 'disturbing' black rag doll designed to make kids 'feel better' by slamming it against a wall to vent their anger has been pulled from New Jersey stores after outcry. | …
rt.com/usa/465220-black-rag-doll-racism-throw/
Tory councillor calls for Jeremy Corbyn to be hanged as bogus anti-Semitism campaign intensifies
wsws.org | 2019-07-27
The campaign led by Labour's right wing and various Zionist groups accusing Corbyn and the "left" of anti-Semitism has played a central role in encouraging political violence.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/27/labo…
German government uses 75th anniversary of plot to kill Hitler to promote rearmament and war
wsws.org | 2019-07-27
It is only logical that the German ruling class hails the assassins of July 20, who were extreme nationalists and deeply involved in Nazi crimes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/27/germ…
Killing Tariq: Why We Must Rethink the Roots of Jewish Settlers Violence
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-26
Seven-year-old Tariq Zabania from Al-Khalil (Hebron) was killed on the spot when an Israeli Jewish settler ran his car over him on July 15. Little Tariq's photograph, lying face down on the road, was circulated on social media. His untimely death is heartbreaking. | Tariq's innocent blood must not go in vain. For this to happen, we are morally obliged to understand the nature of Jewish settler violence, which cannot be viewed in isolation from the inherent racism in Israeli society as a whole. | We a…
mintpressnews.com/killing-tariq-violence-racism-israel-society-jewish-settlers/260774/
Trump the Magician: the real function of racism and xenophobia
Brian Becker | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-26
Trump's carefully chosen racist tirades against four first-term Congresswomen — Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — borrows a tactic used over and over again throughout history.
liberationnews.org/trump-the-magician-the-real-function-of-racism-and-xenophobia/
Records Show Palantir Made $60 Million Contracting with ICE for Mobile App
Eric Draitser | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
Palantir, the secretive data company founded by billionaire Trump surrogate and well-known Silicon Valley techno-goblin Peter Thiel, has come under fire in recent months for its work with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other government agencies involved in implementing Trump's racist anti-immigrant policies. Protests organized both from within the tech community and from immigrants'…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/records-show-palantir-made-60-million-contracting-with-ice-for-mobile-app/
Child Separation & Prison Camps: China's Campaign Against Uyghur Muslims Is "Cultural Genocide"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-26
Chinese authorities have been accused of systematically separating Muslim children from their families in the far western region of Xinjiang. According to a new report commissioned by the BBC, China is rushing to build boarding schools where children, mostly from the Uyghur community, are deliberately removed from their families, as well as their language and culture. This comes as an estimated 1 million adults from the Uyghur community are being imprisoned in camps that China claims are "vocational training centers" designed to combat extremism. We speak with independent researcher Adrian Zenz, who did the resea…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/26/china_xin…
Supreme Court Allows Use of Pentagon Funds for Border Wall
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-26
The court's five conservative justices lift a freeze on the money, allowing the Trump administration to begin work on four contracts.
truthdig.com/articles/supreme-court-allows-use-of-pentagon-funds-for-border-wall/
Despite Faulty Drugs & Racist Implementation, Trump Is Bringing Back the Federal Death Penalty
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-26
Attorney General William Barr announced Thursday that the federal government is resuming the death penalty after nearly two decades. The execution of five death row prisoners were immediately ordered beginning in December. There are currently 62 prisoners on federal death row, including white supremacist Dylann Roof, who murdered nine black worshipers at the historic Emanuel AME Church in June 2015, and Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Federal prosecutors are expected to push for the death penalty in both cases. This news comes despite a growing movement opposing the death penalty in the United States. T…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/26/trump_adm…
By Any Other Name: American "Frustrationism"
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
"C'mon, of course the President's not racist, but he's frustrated like so many Americans are." — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) Well, I certainly do not think the President's a racist. I believe the President shares a lot of American's frustration with Congress, particularly those four women congressmen…." –Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky).
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/by-any-other-name-american-frustrationism/
Eco-Apartheid Is Real
Daniel Aldana Cohen | thenation.com | 2019-07-26
Eco-Apartheid Is Real…
thenation.com/article/green-new-deal-housing-climate-change/
Identity Dixie Leaders Helped Plan Deadly Rally
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-07-26
Behind the shield of anonymity, members of a neo-Confederate hate group appeared to have emerged without consequences for their participation in a deadly Virginia rally. But that shield has vanished.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/07/26/identity-dixie-leaders-helped-plan-deadly-rally
Genocide from Kissinger to Trump
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
Donald Trump's statement earlier this week that he could win the US war in Afghanistan but he doesn't want to kill ten million Afghans was both revealing and appalling. Like so many other of Trump's statements, his remark revealed the genocidal nature of US foreign policy. It is a policy that considers human lives as…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/genocide-from-kissinger-to-trump/
Combatting Surveillance Capitalism: An Orwellian Lesson in History from Ford to Google
Michael Barker | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
Close scrutinization of the daily lives of workers has always played an important role in enabling capitalists to squeeze greater profits from their workforce. The relentless surveillance of employees, whether it be on the factory floor or in the workers' homes, was something that the anti-Semitic industrialist, Henry Ford, was proud to have honed to…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/combatting-surveillance-capitalism-an-orwellian-lesson-in-history-from-ford-to-google/
Weekend Read: School Lunches
splcenter.org | 2019-07-26
Pennsylvania officials came under fire this week when they attempted to collect money owed for school lunches in one of the poorest districts in the state.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/27/weekend-read-school-lunches
Family of Herbert Lee to visit Civil Rights Memorial that honors his sacrifice
splcenter.org | 2019-07-26
Clifton Franklin was a high school football running back who — at 16 — wanted to play in a big game between Louisiana rivals. His mother, however, had other plans.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/26/family-herbert-lee-visit-civil-rights-memorial-honors-his-sacrifice
US Supreme Court allows Trump to spend $2.5bn in Pentagon funds on border wall
rt.com | 2019-07-26
The US Supreme Court has blocked a ruling by a California judge that would have prevented President Donald Trump from spending $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to build a wall along the country's southern border. | …
rt.com/usa/465176-trump-wall-pentagon-supreme-court/
Germany: Racist assassination attempt on Eritrean man
wsws.org | 2019-07-26
On Monday a man from Eritrea was gunned down on the street and seriously injured in the town of Wà§chtersbach in the state of Hesse.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/26/germ…
Chilean Women Protesters Come Under Attack From Fascist Groups
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-26
On Thursday, thousands remained in the streets of Santiago, Valparaiso and other Chilean cities in order participate in the "March for an Unrestricted, Safe and Free of Charge Abortion," a nationwide initiative which was the target of misogynistic attacks that unleashed strong protests. | RELATED: | Chile Removes Statue of Limitations on Child Sex Abuse | "The march was overshadowed by two situations. One was a counter demonstration aimed at disqualifying women's legitimate rights and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chilean-Women-Protesters-Come-Under-Attack-From-Fascist-Groups-20190726-0005.html
Trump openly terrorizes Central American migrants, whereas Democrats did it quietly
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-25
Roberto Lovato argues that while Trump's racist anti-immigrant rhetoric is unprecedented, US cruelty towards Central American refugees is longstanding, and…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/25/trump-openly-terrorizes-central-american-migrants-whereas-democrats-did-it-quietly/
A historian's view of post-fascism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-25
Whatever we are facing [in world politics], it is not twentieth-century fascism. Hell keeps on disgorging new demons to beset us. And as seasoned exorcists know, each must be called by its proper name before it can be cast out. — (possibly J. R. R. Tolkien's Gandalf) | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/25/a-historians-view-of-post-fascism/
Trump and Supporters: Paranoiacs Following Lee Atwater's Racist Strategy
John Stanton | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-25
He has been glorified as a hero and obeyed as a ruler, but fundamentally he is always the same. His most fantastic triumphs have taken place in our own time, among people who set great store by the idea of humanity. He is not yet extinct, nor will he ever be until we have the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/trump-and-supporters-paranoiacs-following-lee-atwaters-racist-strategy/
SPLC: Resuming barbaric practice of federal executions serves no useful purpose
splcenter.org | 2019-07-25
The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it plans to resume the executions of people who are awaiting the death penalty in federal prisons, ending nearly two decades in which the federal government had not imposed capital punishment.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/25/splc-resuming-barbaric-practice-federal-executions-serves-no-useful-purpose
More families seek damages for harm suffered due to Trump administration's family separations
splcenter.org | 2019-07-25
After seeking asylum from Guatemala at a port of entry in 2017, M.C.L. and his 7-year-old son spent two days in various cells where the temperature was kept extremely cold, with only a thin blanket and a single mattress to share.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/25/more-families-seek-damages-harm-suffered-due-trump-administrations-family-separations
Pressure to reform drunkenness law builds before coronial inquest
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-25
The coronial inquest into the death of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day, due to start on August 26, will be the first of its kind to consider the role systemic racism plays in an Aboriginal person's death in custody.
greenleft.org.au/content/pressure-reform-drunkenness-law-builds-coronial-inquest-tanya-days-death-custody
Hollywood actress Bette Midler sparks racism row with 'BLACKGROUND' tweet aimed at Trump
rt.com | 2019-07-25
Actress Bette Midler took time out of her usual schedule of tweeting anti-Donald Trump poems and limericks to suggest that the president pays black people to attend his rallies for diversity's sake — only to be accused of racism. | …
rt.com/usa/465095-hollywood-midler-trump-blackground/
Chicago protest demands resignation of Puerto Rico's governor
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-24
Chicago, IL — About 400 people rallied marched in neighborhood of Humboldt Park, July 21, calling for the resignation of Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rossello. Jazmine Salas emceed the demonstration, which was called by the Chicago Boricua Resistance. Chanting "Ricky renuncia!" (Ricky resign), the crowd added their voices to the hundreds of thousands who are protesting on the island. | Puerto Rico is a colony of the U.S. that is fighting for its independence. | Also speaking at the protest was Kobi Gullory of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, who spoke the struggle for communit…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/24/chicago-…
SPLC: Trump administration plan to kick millions off food stamps is 'cruel and arbitrary'
splcenter.org | 2019-07-24
The Trump administration announced a plan this week that would "tighten" the rules governing who qualifies for food stamps, a move that would likely take basic food provisions away from about 3 million people.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/24/splc-trump-administration-plan-kick-millions-food-stamps-cruel-and-arbitrary
'These Terms Have a History and a Power We Have to Acknowledge' – CounterSpin interview with Lawrence Glickman on racism & euphemism
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-07-23
Janine Jackson interviewed Lawrence Glickman about racism and euphemism for the July 19, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/these-terms-have-a-history-and-a-power-we-have-to-acknowledge/
He Was Told to Go Back to Africa. Instead, He May Go to the U.S. Senate
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-07-22
Helena, Montana, mayor Wilmot Collins was reminded by Donald Trump's recent comments of the racism he faced when he first came to the U.S. from Liberia.
theintercept.com/2019/07/22/wilmot-collins-senate-montana/
Trump's Racist Lies About Ilhan Omar Define the Republican Party
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-20
The Ilhan Omar quote Trump bastardized came from her conversation with John Nichols, who joins us to look at US history for inspiration and understanding…
therealnews.com/stories/trumps-racist-lies-about-ilhan-omar-define-the-republican-party
Anti-Racist Historian: Attacks on Rep. Omar Rooted in Belief "America Is for White People"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-19
On Thursday, President Trump attempted to distance himself from the racist chant of "send her back" about Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at a Trump campaign rally Wednesday in North Carolina. The chants rang across the rally in response to Trump's own verbal attack against the congresswoman. He did nothing to intervene. On Wednesday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a resolution condemning Trump's racist remarks against Congressmembers Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. We speak with Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at A…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/19/donald_tr…
Brenda Choresi Carter on the Electability Myth, Lawrence Glickman on Racism & Euphemism
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-07-19
Media…
fair.org/home/brenda-choresi-carter-on-the-electability-myth-lawrence-glickman-on-racism-euphemism/
Weekend Read: Racism is Killing Black Americans
splcenter.org | 2019-07-19
Racism affects every aspect of American life — none more so than our medical system.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/19/weekend-read-racism-killing-black-americans
A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-07-19
A round-up of the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, July 10-15: UpdateGroups worldwide participated in the #BoycottHP Global Week of Action, creatively asserting the demand that HP Inc and HPE end their complicity in Israel's apartheid, military occupation and settler-colonialism against the Palestinian people | Economic Boycott Boycott HP Global BDS Week of Action Against HP …
bdsmovement.net/news/round-boycotthp-global-week-action-july-10-15
'R' is for Racist
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-07-18
Sigh. Remember the good ol' days of meaningless distractions?
progressive.org/dispatches/r-is-for-racist-fiore-190718/
John Tanton's Legacy
Swathi Shanmugasundaram | splcenter.org | 2019-07-18
John Tanton, the racist architect of the modern anti-immigrant movement, has left behind a legacy that spawned more than a dozen nativist organizations, driven an anti-immigrant agenda for four decades, and found friends in the White House.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/07/18/john-tantons-legacy
SPLC sues Trump administration over new rule that makes migrants who pass through other countries ineligible for asylum
splcenter.org | 2019-07-17
The SPLC and its partners filed a lawsuit and an emergency motion this week seeking to block a new Trump administration rule that categorically bars asylum for migrants who cross the southern border without applying for and being denied asylum in any country that they pass through on their way to the U.S.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/17/splc-sues-trump-administration-over-new-rule-makes-migrants-who-pass-through-other
Free the children, close the camps
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-17
Trump's racist statements against Mexicans and Central Americans is intended for one purpose: To stir up hatred of immigrants, to mobilize his base and deflect blame away from millionaires and billionaires, who are the real cause of the economic crisis and unemployment.
liberationnews.org/free-the-children-close-the-camps/
Retaking Everything: The Story of Identity Dixie
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-07-17
A small Facebook campaign predicated on keeping Confederate monuments in place has morphed into a group of more than 200 ardent, secretive separatists planning to make the South a separate nation. And Hatewatch has learned the identities of some of the group's leaders and members.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/07/17/retaking-everything-story-identity-dixie
SPLC sues Florida officials over law requiring police to act as ICE agents
splcenter.org | 2019-07-16
The SPLC and its partners sued top Florida officials today over a new state law that requires local police to act as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/16/splc-sues-florida-officials-over-law-requiring-police-act-ice-agents
Federal magistrate judge recommends $14 million in damages to Jewish woman targeted in neo-Nazi harassment campaign
splcenter.org | 2019-07-15
Federal Magistrate Judge Jeremiah Lynch issued a ruling today recommending that Andrew Anglin, publisher of a major neo-Nazi website, should pay more than $14 million in damages to Tanya Gersh, the Whitefish, Montana, woman who received a relentless barrage of antisemitic threats and messages from Anglin and his followers.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/15/federal-magistrate-judge-recommends-14-million-damages-jewish-woman-targeted-neo-nazi
Virginia Judge Hands Down Life Sentence, Plus 419 Years, in Case of James Alex Fields Jr., Calls Attack An Act of 'Terror'
splcenter.org | 2019-07-15
Judge Richard Moore imposed a sentence of 419 years plus life on James Alex Fields Jr., convicted of murder after the racist "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/07/15/virginia-judge-hands-down-life-sentence-plus-419-years-case-james-alex-fields-jr-calls
Author of 'Emanuel Nine' church massacre book to speak at Civil Rights Memorial Center
splcenter.org | 2019-07-15
As the prosecution made its closing argument, photos of the nine people that Dylann Roof had shot to death in a Charleston, South Carolina, church appeared on the screen in bloody, gruesome detail.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/18/author-emanuel-nine-church-massacre-book-speak-civil-rights-memorial-center
SPLC: Holiday recognizing early Ku Klux Klan leader an insult to Tennessee residents
SHREKKKLITR | splcenter.org | 2019-07-12
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has proclaimed Saturday as Nathan Bedford Forrest Day in his state, honoring a Confederate general who became the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, a terrorist organization that targets African Americans.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/12/splc-holiday-recognizing-early-ku-klux-klan-leader-insult-tennessee-residents
Weekend Read: Jim Crow's fingerprints are on Florida's new voting law
splcenter.org | 2019-07-12
Voting is not a privilege but a right that is essential for a healthy, well-functioning democracy.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/12/weekend-read-jim-crows-fingerprints-are-floridas-new-voting-law