Chicano leader Carlos Montes condemns racist massacre in El Paso
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-04
Los Angeles, CA – Carlos Montes, a longtime leader in the Chicano movement, spoke out about the vicious massacre in Texas, stating, "We must condemn this mass killing in El Paso as a hate crime against Mexicans and Chicanos. President Trump's racist attacks have emboldened white supremacists to commit violent crimes against Blacks, Muslims and now Brown people." | Montes noted, "El Paso is a special city for Chicanos and the millions of Mexicans and Central Americans who have passed through el Paso al norte in traveling North. It is affectionately referred to as el corazon de Aztlan [the heart of Aztlan] in…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/3/chicano-l…
20 Dead After Gunman Attacks Texas Shoppers
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-04
EL PASO, Texas–A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire in an El Paso shopping area packed with as many as 3,000 people during the busy back-to-school season, leaving 20 dead and more than two dozen injured, police said. | Hours later, another shooting in Dayton, Ohio, claimed nine lives. That gunman was killed by police. | Authorities were investigating whether Saturday's El Paso attack was a hate crime after the emergence of a racist, anti-immigrant screed that was posted online shortly beforehand. Detectives sought to determine if it was wr…
truthdig.com/articles/20-dead-after-gunman-attacks-texas-shoppers/
2 Mass Shootings in Less Than 24 hours Shock the Nation
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-04
Two mass shootings at crowded public places in Texas and Ohio in less than 24 hours claimed at least 29 lives and left scores injured, a shocking carnage even in a country accustomed to gun violence. | In the Texas border city of El Paso, a gunman opened fire Saturday morning in a shopping area packed with thousands of people during the busy back-to-school season, killing 20 and injuring more than two dozen, many of them critically. The shooting was being investigated as a possible hate crime as authorities worked to confirm whether a racist, anti-immigrant screed posted online shortly beforehand was written by t…
truthdig.com/articles/2-mass-shootings-in-less-than-24-hours-shock-the-nation/
The fascist attack in Gilroy and the US epidemic of mass shootings
Patrick Martin, WSWS | indybay.org | 2019-08-04
[August 3: This article is republished here the same day yet another white supremacist has killed at least 20 people in El Paso, Texas, less than a week after the racist attack at the Garlic Festival in Gilroy.]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/03/18825178.php
The Mural Debate Rages On: Arnautoff Murals Opened Up For Public At George Washington High
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-08-04
The San Francisco Unified School District opened up Washington High School entrance so the public could view the Victor Arnautoff murals. The San Francisco School Board voted unanimously witht he support of SFUSD superintendent to spend $600,000 to destroy the murals. Board vice chair Mark Sanchez said it was "the first payment for reparations" to Native Americans for the genocide and theft of their lands. | Hundreds of people attended the opening and spoke out about the murals, the controversy and the state of public education.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/02/18825147.php
Antifa is not an organization
Anonymous | indybay.org | 2019-08-04
This isn't a conspiracy theory with loose threads. There's no jumping off of Occam's Razor or lizard people, or Mandela effect here – THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING IN FRONT OF OUR EYES. If you're not angry, ashamed, and afraid – you're not paying attention.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/02/18825156.php
At Least 29 Dead After Shootings In Texas and Ohio, With Police Probing Alleged White Supremacist Views of El Paso Gunman
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-04
Within 13 hours in two U.S. cities—El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio—at least 29 people were killed in mass shootings on Saturday and Sunday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/04/least-29-dead-after-shootings-texas-and-ohio-police-probing-alleged-white?cd-origin=rss
Weekend Read: The SPLC fights an internal threat to our democracy
splcenter.org | 2019-08-03
In his recent testimony before Congress, Special Counsel Robert Mueller pointedly warned the nation about Russia's ongoing attempts to meddle in our nation's elections.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/03/weekend-read-splc-fights-internal-threat-our-democracy
Weekend Read: The SPLC fights an internal threat to our democracy
splcenter.org | 2019-08-03
In his recent testimony before Congress, Special Counsel Robert Mueller pointedly warned the nation about Russia's ongoing attempts to meddle in our nation's elections.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/03/weekend-read-splc-fights-internal-threat-our-democracy
Reimagining Justice for Immigrant Survivors Through VAWA
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-03
| The immigration-related provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) hold powerful potential to help us reimagine our understanding of diaspora, integration and discrimination. | Among the various purposes of VAWA is to make lawful immigration status a reality for those who have been victims of domestic abuse by spouses, parents or children who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. Beyond this, VAWA-based immigration cases help…
truthout.org/articles/reimagining-justice-for-immigrant-survivors-through-vawa/
The most vile anti-Corbyn front page yet just flopped, big time
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-08-03
The Jewish Telegraph has published perhaps the most vile front-page attack on Jeremy Corbyn yet. Because the story has some serious holes when compared to the very report it's referencing. | The Community and Security Trust (CST) reported on antisemitic incidents in the UK from January to June 2019. It recorded a total of 892 incidents of antisemitism including an alarming 85 cases involving assault against Jewish people, an increase of 37%. | Shameful: | But the Jewish Te…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/08/03/the-most-vile-anti-corbyn-front-page-yet-just-flopped-big-time/
El Paso Shooting Suspect May Have Authored Manifesto Containing White Nationalist Talking Points
Brett Barrouquere and Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-08-03
The suspect in a shooting that left 20 people dead at an El Paso Walmart may have posted and liked anti-immigrant leaning remarks on what appears to be his Twitter account.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/03/el-paso-shooting-suspect-may-have-authored-manifesto-containing-white-nationalist-talking
As the Far Right Goes Global, So Do Anti-BDS Bills
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-03
| Israeli politics have moved into uncharted territory over the past several months, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found himself unable to form a coalition large enough to claim victory in last spring's elections. However, even as the Israeli state enters into political turmoil at home, it is becoming increasingly immune to criticism from the internat…
truthout.org/articles/as-the-far-right-goes-global-so-do-anti-bds-bills/
Affossato il Trattato Inf, in arrivo nuovi euromissili
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-03
Il segretario di stato Mike Pompeo ha annunciato ieri, dopo sei mesi di sospensione, il definitivo ritiro degli Stati uniti dal Trattato sulle Forze nucleari intermedie (Inf), accusando la Russia di averlo ´deliberatamente violato, mettendo a rischio i supremi interessi …
globalresearch.ca/affossato-il-trattato-inf-in-arrivo-nuovi-euromissili/5685497
Can a Majoritarian Movement Be Built to Stop Trump's Racist Momentum?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-02
Ajay Chaudhary & Maurice Mitchell analyze the racist right wing surge & how to fight for a real democracy built on racial, social and economic justice…
therealnews.com/stories/can-a-majoritarian-movement-be-built-to-stop-trumps-racist-momentum
Immigration time bomb is ticking
Teresa Gutierrez | workers.org | 2019-08-02
The foremost motivation of Donald Trump's immigration policy is racist terror, blatant cruelty and the promotion of social divisions so ominous they can only be characterized as white supremacist. Im/migrant workers have historically been victims of super exploitation. They have been used by the capitalists as cheap, exploitable and vulnerable . . . | Continue reading Immigration time bomb is ticking at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/08/01/immigration-time-bomb-is-ticking/
The Myth of a Racist Quebec
Nadia Alexan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-02
Translated from French | The accusations of racism brought against the people of Quebec in the wake of Bill 21 on the secularism of the state are very ill-founded. On the contrary, the history of this minority people in North America | …
globalresearch.ca/myth-racist-quebec/5685449
Need Damage Control? Be A Racist!
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-08-02
Why is Trump picking racial fights? The short answer is because he is a racist. The longer answer is that it is a great way to fire up his base.
progressive.org/dispatches/need-damage-control-be-a-racist-fiore-190801/
Let's Just Let Trump Spend the Whole War Department Budget on Building Walls
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-02
Liberals are upset that the new Supreme Court, packed with conservatives, has decided President Trump can have $2.6 billion of the Pentagon's new FY 2020 $738 billion budget to build some wall along the Mexican border. But I think they're thinking all wrong about this. Instead of complaining and fighting a losing battle against Trump's…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/02/lets-just-let-trump-spend-the-whole-war-department-budget-on-building-walls/
The Lines Between Us: The Modern History of Baltimore Apartheid (2/2)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-02
In part two, Lawrence Lanahan says the fight for fair housing did not end after the civil rights movement.
therealnews.com/stories/the-lines-between-us-the-modern-history-of-baltimore-apartheid-2-2
In 'Midsommar,' Silent White Supremacy Shrieks Volumes
Noor Al-Sibai | truthdig.com | 2019-08-02
Warning: Spoilers abound. | "Midsommar" might just be the movie of the summer. Writer-director Ari Aster's visually stunning day-lit nightmare follows four Americans on a journey to a pagan commune in rural Sweden as they observe a summer solstice festival replete with ritual human sacrifice. | Viewers are lining up in droves to take the trip with them. Whether in online forums or in bars and cafes catering to the intellectual and artistic in cit…
truthdig.com/articles/in-midsommar-silent-white-supremacy-shrieks-volumes/
Trump and Black Misleadership Class: Collaborators in the Defense of White Power
Ajamu Baraka | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-02
In a case that finally started to receive national attention over the last few weeks, Baltimore prosecutors finally achieved their desired goal after three attempts, a conviction of Keith Davis Jr, a young Black working class resident of Baltimore, who his supporters say, was set up by Baltimore police, for the murder of Kevin Jones.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/02/trump-and-black-misleadership-class-collaborators-in-the-defense-of-white-power/
Frank Field to stand against Labour in the next election
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-02
Former Labour minister Frank Field will stand against his ex-party at the next general election. | Mr Field sits as an independent after resigning the Labour whip last year, citing anti-semitism and "nastiness" in the party. | The 77-year-old has been MP for Birkenhead in Merseyside since 1979 and is one of the longest-serving MPs in the Commons. | Field said he would fight the next election — currently due in 2022 — as the Birkenhead Social Justice candidate. | Speaking outside Birkenhead Town Hall, he said: "Mark Twain would have said my political death has been much exaggerated. | "I'm here today t…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/08/02/frank-field-to-stand-against-labour-in-the-next-election/
South Africa: Transforming community protests into an uprising
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-02
There were protests galore in the build up to South Africa's May 8 national elections, which coincided with the 25th anniversary of the people's victory against Apartheid. Protests occurred in many parts of the country but predominately in Gauteng, the nation's industrial heartland, and in the Western Cape, with its legacy of colonialism. | The correlation of protests and elections is not new in South Africa. What was new, however, was the ferocity and proliferation of the protests. The images of chaos in the country's urban working class townships during the elections implied that there was a crisis underlying S…
greenleft.org.au/content/south-africa-transforming-community-protests-uprising
Boycott HP products to show solidarity with Palestinians
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-08-02
Not many people know about the role of IT giant HP in Israel's grave violations of Palestinian rights and its system of military occupation, racial segregation and oppression. | Just as many companies profited from the South African Apartheid regime, HP is today profiting from Israel's apartheid policies towards Palestinians. It supplies Israel with technology, equipment and information that is used in its ongoing violations of Palestinians' rights. | July marked a year since Israel adopted its Jewish "nation-state" law, giving constitutional status to its apartheid policies towards Palestinian citizens of Israel…
greenleft.org.au/content/boycott-hp-products-show-solidarity-palestinians
Berlin's Jewish Museum director Peter Schà§fer forced to resign
wsws.org | 2019-08-02
The campaign against alleged "left" anti-Semitism and the BDS boycott movement serves to suppress leftist movements and fuel genuine anti-Semitism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/02/berl…
17 Million Americans Purged From Voter Rolls Between 2016 and 2018, Analysis Finds
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-02
Millions of Americans are still suffering the consequences of the 2013 Supreme Court decision that loosened restrictions of the Voting Rights Act, allowing states with long histories of voter discrimination to purge voters from their rolls without federal oversight. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/02/17-million-americans-purged-voter-rolls-between-2016-and-2018-analysis-finds?cd-origin=rss
Cornel West: Corporate Media's Superficial Coverage Helped Create "Fascist Frankenstein Trump"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-01
On Tuesday night, Senator Bernie Sanders openly criticized CNN's handling of the debates. He told CNN's Jake Tapper, "Your question is a Republican talking point. And by the way, the healthcare industry will be advertising tonight on this program." We speak with Cornel West and Dolores Huerta about the media coverage and the structure of the debate.
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/1/cornel_wes…
2nd Dem Debate Pt 2: Presidential Candidates Attack Trump as a Racist (1/4)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-01
Trump was called out as a white nationalist in the second night of Democratic presidential debates; demonstrators demanded Eric Garner's killer be fired, and justice for immigrants. With Kimberly Moffitt, Dharna Noor, and Marc Steiner as host…
therealnews.com/stories/2nd-dem-debate-pt-2-presidential-candidates-attack-trump-as-a-racist-1-4
Inside the Hive Mind
Leo ·ªåládímu | progressive.org | 2019-08-01
Over several years submerged in violent prison racism, I became a fascist.
progressive.org/magazine/inside-the-hive-mind-oladimu-191801/
Trump's Demagoguery Is an Old American Tradition
Adam Hochschild | thenation.com | 2019-08-01
Trump's Demagoguery Is an Old American Tradition…
thenation.com/article/trump-racism-american-tradition/
receiving our inheritance.jpg
Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson | progressive.org | 2019-08-01
A legendary civil rights organization comes face-to-face with white supremacy–again.
progressive.org/magazine/receiving-our-inheritance-woodard-henderson/
How the Alt-Right Plans to Take Over
Alexandra Minna Stern | progressive.org | 2019-08-01
Their 'war of position' will unfold on cultural terrain.
progressive.org/magazine/alt-right-take-over-minna-stern-190801/
Smoking Gun: Politicians Say the Most Racist Things
The Progressive Magazine | progressive.org | 2019-08-01
Examples of things said by office-holders and aspirants around the country.
progressive.org/magazine/smoking-gun-politicians-190801/
He IS a Racist, and He Plays One on TV
Karen Green | thenation.com | 2019-08-01
He IS a Racist, and He Plays One on TV…
thenation.com/article/he-is-a-racist-and-he-plays-one-on-tv/
Ronald Reagan's Racism Should Come as No Surprise
Jim Naureckas | fair.org | 2019-07-31
The historical amnesia that allows people to be surprised that Ronald Reagan was a racist does more than sanitize the image of a historical figure. If you imagine that Donald Trump invented the political technique of appealing to white supremacy, you're going to have a hard time figuring out an effective way to overcome it.
fair.org/home/ronald-reagans-racism-should-come-as-no-surprise/
Philippines: Martial law extension plans show failure of militarist solution
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-31
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following July 31 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | Extending martial law will serve as a practical admission that Duterte's militarist solution to the armed conflict is a big failure. The civil war across the country continues to rage on. The New People's Army remains strong in Mindanao and across the country. The Moro people's armed resistance is irrepressible. | By choosing to impose martial law and fascist violence to suppress the people, Duterte has succeeded only in inciting more people to take up arms. Under conditions of martial law, killin…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/31/philippi…
Militias Capitalizing on GOP Rhetoric Heading Into Election Season
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-07-31
A militia network's enthusiasm to lend paramilitary support to Oregon's Republican senators last month could be a bellwether for the 2020 campaign season.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/07/31/militias-capitalizing-gop-rhetoric-heading-election-season
Militias Capitalizing on GOP Rhetoric Heading Into Election Season
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-07-31
A militia network's enthusiasm to lend paramilitary support to Oregon's Republican senators last month could be a bellwether for the 2020 campaign season.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/07/31/militias-capitalizing-gop-rhetoric-heading-election-season
Food security vs. 'border security'
Editor | workers.org | 2019-07-31
As the whole world knows by now, Trump has launched major racist attacks on four congress members known as the "Squad" over the past couple of weeks. He ordered the women to "go back where they came from." Trump targeted the four because of their courageous and outspoken public criticism . . . | Continue reading Food security vs. 'border security' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/07/30/food-security-vs-border-security/
Warren Denounces White Supremacy as Domestic Terrorism; Marianne Williamson Calls for Reparations
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-31
Democratic candidates also spoke on race and white supremacy, with Senator Elizabeth Warren arguing that the United States needs "to call out white supremacy for what it is: domestic terrorism." Marianne Williamson of California brought up the Flint water crisis and highlighted environmental racism saying, "We have communities, particularly communities of color and disadvantaged communities, all over this country who are suffering from environmental injustice." We speak with Mehdi Hasan, columnist for The Intercept and host of its "Deconstructed" podcast. He's also host of "UpFront" at Al Jazeera English.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/31/cnn_democ…
Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-30
You mass media folks lead busy lives, I'm sure. But you must have heard something about nuclear weapons — those supremely destructive devices that, along with climate change, threaten the continued existence of the human race. Yes, thanks to popular protest and carefully-crafted arms control and disarmament agreements, there has been some progress in limiting …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/dear-moderators-of-the-presidential-debates/
Headlines for July 30, 2019
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
Gilroy, CA Shooter Touted White Supremacist Text, Posted Racist Content Before Massacre, Trump Renews Attacks on Rep. Cummings, Lashes Out at Al Sharpton, Senate Fails to Override Trump Vetoes on Bills Blocking Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, Saudi Air Raids Kill At Least 10 in Northern Yemen, 5 Teenage Students Killed by Security Forces in Sudan, Brazil: At Least 57 Killed in Prison Riot, 164 Environmental Activists Killed in 2018, Indigenous Activists Protest Real Estate Development in New Zealand, Greenland's Ice Sheet at Risk of Record Melting, CNN and MSNBC to Host Climate Crisis-Centered Events, Kamala Harris R…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/headlines
Surface Tension: A Review of "Skin"
Michael Atkinson | progressive.org | 2019-07-30
Is violent American racism really this simple?
progressive.org/dispatches/surface-tension-a-review-of-skin-movie-atkinson-190730/
House Anti-BDS Resolution Reveals the Power and Limits of the Israeli Lobby
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-30
The defense of Palestinian rights has become more acceptable and accusations of anti-Semitism have become more sparing in the mainstream media, despite the House's recent resolution against the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, says IPS's Phyllis Bennis…
therealnews.com/stories/house-anti-bds-resolution-reveals-the-power-and-limits-of-the-israeli-lobby
NYC power outage reveals a profit-hungry and racist system
J. August | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-30
Electricity, transportation, decent water and other services are basic human rights.
liberationnews.org/nyc-power-outage-reveals-a-profit-hungry-and-racist-system/
Baltimore Residents: Trump's Attacks on the City Are Rooted in "Racism and White Supremacy"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-29
President Trump is facing widespread outrage after describing Baltimore as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" in tweets attacking Congressmember Elijah Cummings, one of the most prominent African-American lawmakers in Washington. Trump tweeted that Cummings's district is "considered the Worst in the USA," and said "no human being would want to live there." Trump's initial tweets came after Fox News ran a story about Baltimore and after Cummings criticized the conditions of immigration jails along the Mexican border. Officials across Baltimore and Maryland denounced the president's remarks, and The Balti…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/29/donald_tr…
Supreme Court Order No 'Big Victory' For Trump's Border Wall. The Fight Continues
aclu.org | 2019-07-29
The Supreme Court has not yet decided the case, or given Trump's abuse of emergency powers the stamp of approval. | Late Friday evening, the Supreme Court gave the Trump administration a temporary green light to begin construction of the border wall using military funds Congress denied. The order, while temporary and limited to specific wall projects where fencing already exists, threatens to permanently damage border communities, the environment, and our Constitution's separation of powers. | But it's not the "big victory" President Trump q…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/supreme-court-order-no-big-victory-trumps-border-wall-fight-continues
New report reveals employers, other details about troubled J-1 summer work travel program
splcenter.org | 2019-07-29
The students from the Dominican Republic were told that they could experience American culture while working at resorts and ice cream shops.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/30/new-report-reveals-employers-other-details-about-troubled-j-1-summer-work-travel-program
Texas sheriff who stars on reality show fails to publicly address sexist images posted on Facebook by one of his top officers
Kathryn Casteel | splcenter.org | 2019-07-29
Stories about law enforcement officers disciplined for posting offensive images or words on Facebook are increasingly popping up in the news.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/01/texas-sheriff-who-stars-reality-show-fails-publicly-address-sexist-images-posted-facebook