This Canadian Election Made Me Question the Point of Voting
Bashir Mohamed | thenation.com | 2019-10-28
This Canadian Election Made Me Question the Point of Voting…
thenation.com/article/canada-election-alberta-racism/

US Militarism, Having Provoked ISIL Into Being, Kills Cult Leader Baghdadi
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-10-28
Al-Baghdadi and his movement did enormous damage to the image of Islam in the world, and committed genocide against Muslims, as the term is defined in the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court.(Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/28/us-militarism-having-provoked-isil-being-kills-cult-leader-baghdadi?cd-origin=rss

Reproductive rights in the 116th Congress: A clear partisan divide
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-28
Republican attacks on Planned Parenthood and on the ability of women to access abortion facilities and even accurate medical advice have captured headlines throughout the country. In one state after another, legislatures have passed restrictive laws that all but eliminate the right to terminate a pregnancy. The landmark Supreme Court ruling in Roe v. Wade …
peoplesworld.org/article/reproductive-rights-in-the-116th-congress-a-clear-partisan-divide/

Video: How Effective is Iran's Air Defense Sytem? Fending Off US-Israeli Missile and Drone Attack
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
The current military and diplomatic situation in the Middle East demonstrates that the capability and quality of air defense forces is especially important for states operating in a tense geopolitical environment. | Saudi Arabia with Patriot surface-to-air missiles appeared to be …
globalresearch.ca/video-what-iran-fend-off-us-israeli-missile-drone-attack/5693134

The Hate and Racism of B'nai Brith
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-26
How could a prominent opponent of racism and hate ally with B'nai Brith? A recent Ontario Federation of Labour supplement in the Toronto Star prominently profiled Barbara Perry. The Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology has been quoted repeatedly in Rabble, This and other …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/the-hate-and-racism-of-bnai-brith/

'Smears' against a prospective Labour MP candidate described as 'pure and utter racism'
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-10-26
Shaista Aziz recently announced her intention to stand as Labour's prospective parliamentary candidate (PPC) in Nottingham East. Aziz has a solid track record of community work, activism and advocacy, and has been a Labour councillor in Oxford since 2018. | Unfortunately though, as happens so often with Muslims, People of Colour, and especially visibly Muslim women in the public sphere, Aziz's campaign has immediately been subjected to Islamopho…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/10/26/smears-against-a-prospective-labour-mp-candidate-described-as-pure-and-utter-racism/

Police attack protesters amid fresh unrest over jailed Catalan leaders
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-26
Police attacked protesters in Catalonia after a massive rally in Barcelona against the imprisonment of nine separatist leaders for their roles in what was seen as an illegal 2017 secession bid.The flare-up came after a week of tense calm without major incidents following six days when Catalonia was rocked by riots each night after the October 14 supreme court verdict that found 12 Catalan leaders guilty of sedition and other crimes.Violent clashes led to 500 people, including some police, being injured and around 200 arrests.The rally has been held in support of nine jailed Catalan leaders (AP)Hundreds of protest…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/10/26/police-attack-protesters-amid-fresh-unrest-over-jailed-catalan-leaders/

Rethinking the Looming Threat of Neoliberal Fascism
Henry Giroux | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-25
The terror of the unforeseen is what the science of history hides, turning a disaster into an epic. –Philip Roth, The Plot Against America Talk of a fascist politics emerging in the United States and in the rise of right-wing populist movements across the globe is often criticized as a naive exaggeration or a misguided historical…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/25/rethinking-the-looming-threat-of-neoliberal-fascism/

Weekend Read: If your vote didn't matter, they wouldn't fight so hard to block it
splcenter.org | 2019-10-25
At the intersection of race and politics in the United States lies voter suppression — the array of laws and election practices intended to make it harder for people of color to vote.
splcenter.org/news/2019/10/26/weekend-read-if-your-vote-didnt-matter-they-wouldnt-fight-so-hard-block-it

How Do the Trumpists Mobilize? Around White Nationalism and Anti-Semitism
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2019-10-25
How Do the Trumpists Mobilize? Around White Nationalism and Anti-Semitism…
thenation.com/article/trump-anti-semitism-white-nationalism/

After another death, will ICE finally atone for its actions?
Luz Lopez and Laura Rivera | splcenter.org | 2019-10-25
Roylan Hernandez-Diaz, an asylum-seeker from Cuba, was found dead in his cell on Oct. 16 at Richwood Correctional Center in Louisiana.
splcenter.org/news/2019/10/25/after-another-death-will-ice-finally-atone-its-actions

LGBTQ Issues Missing in Presidential Campaign Coverage
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2019-10-25
LGBTQ people–and trans people in particular–have been under attack since the day Donald Trump took office and removed all mentions of LGBTQ people from several federal websites. Trump reversed federal guidance for the protection of transgender students in schools, banned trans people from military service, and has worked to exclude LGBTQ people from a variety of nondiscrimination protections. (For a full list of his administration's anti-LGBTQ actions, see here.) Trans wome…
fair.org/home/lgbtq-issues-missing-in-presidential-campaign-coverage/

"You Won't Take Down Lies or You Will?": AOC Grills Facebook's Zuckerberg on Lies in Political Ads
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-10-25
This week, as Facebook said it will not fact check political ads or hold politicians to its usual content standards, the social media giant's CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled for more than five hours by lawmakers on Capitol Hill on the company's policy of allowing politicians to lie in political advertisements, as well as its role in facilitating election interference and housing discrimination. We play highlights from New York Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Ohio Congressmember Joyce Beatty, who asked Zuckerberg about Facebook's record on civil rights, which she called "appalling and disgusting." Bea…
www.democracynow.org/2019/10/25/you_shou…

The Berlin Wall 30 years on
kathy_f | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-24
racism Refugees Chris SleeIssue 1243 Australia Berlin Wall Cold WarOctober 24, 2019On November 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall fell. Or, to be more precise,…
greenleft.org.au/content/berlin-wall-30-years

Fighting Apartheid By Taking Ownership of Land and Time
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-23
City residents are fighting a history of exploitation through collective ownership of food, labor, and land, showing that another world is possible.
therealnews.com/stories/fighting-apartheid-land-time-collective-balti

YouTube Yanks Second Red Ice Channel
Hannah Gais | splcenter.org | 2019-10-23
YouTube has taken down a second Red Ice channel after the hate network tried to circumvent the media giant's initial ban.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/23/youtube-yanks-second-red-ice-channel

Anti-Nazi Jewish fighter Martin Monath is a hero for all time
barry_h | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-23
World War II Trotskyism Barry HealyIssue 1243October 23, 2019Martin Monath: A Jewish Fighter Among Nazi Soldiers | By Nathaniel Flakin | Pluto Press, 2019 | 184 pp, $39.00 | Martin Monath is one of the great, though barely known heroes of World War II. A German-Jewish Marxist, he fled the Nazis and operated underground, first…
greenleft.org.au/content/anti-nazi-jewish-fighter-martin-monath-hero-all-time

Minnesota: Patriotic Chinese students oppose turmoil in Hong Kong
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-10-22
Minneapolis, MN – On October 18, the five-starred flag of the People's Republic of China fluttered in the wind, as a group of patriotic Chinese international students marched in opposition to a reactionary demonstration billed as the "Liberty for Hong Kong March." | The reactionaries made their way through the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus "in solidarity with Hong Kong people against oppression on democracy and human rights." Many of the 'liberators' wore black, and the leaders of the demonstration donned yellow armbands and face masks. Their demonstration coincided with the House of Representatives…
fightbacknews.org/2019/10/22/minnesota-patriotic-chinese-students-oppose-turmoil-hong-kong

Patriotic Korean students enter U.S. ambassador's Seoul compound, demand U.S. troops out now
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-10-21
On October 18 a group of Korean students entered the U.S. ambassador's residential compound in Seoul, Korea to protest the continuing presence of U.S. troops in their country. 20 people, who belong to a coalition of progressive students, scaled the wall of the diplomatic compound and began a demonstration against the U.S. occupation of their county. The students chanted "We don't need U.S. troops," and "Get out!" before being escorted out by police. 19 of the students were detained and questioned by south Korean police. | There are an estimated 28,000 U.S. troops in southern Korea who are essentially engaged in m…
fightbacknews.org/2019/10/20/patriotic-korean-students-enter-us-ambassador-s-seoul-compound-demand-us-troops-out-now

How Land Value Tax Could Narrow the Racial Wealth and Opportunity Gap
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-21
"Protecting property values" was a canard used to justify racist housing policy in 1910, and continues to be an excuse used today. But what if property wasn't privately owned? Jacqueline Luqman talks to Rich Nymoen about why a land value tax could reduce inequality and address segregation in housing.
therealnews.com/stories/land-value-tax-could-narrow-racial-wealth-opportunity-gap

Anti-immigrant Group Leader Maria Espinoza Runs for Congress Again
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-10-18
Maria Espinoza, the national director of the anti-immigrant hate group the Remembrance Project, is running again for Congress in her home district in Texas.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/18/anti-immigrant-group-leader-maria-espinoza-runs-congress-again

Mar-a-Lago to Host Anti-Muslim Group after Booting Earlier Event
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-10-18
Another anti-Muslim group is scheduled to hold an event at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/18/mar-lago-host-anti-muslim-group-after-booting-earlier-event

YouTube Takes Down Red Ice's Main Channel
Hannah Gais | splcenter.org | 2019-10-18
YouTube removed one of the most prominent video news outlets for white nationalists, Red Ice, from its platform.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/21/youtube-takes-down-red-ices-main-channel

Palestinian BDS National Committee's responses to UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-10-17
Palestinian BDS National Committee's responses to UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief: In the NewsThe BDS movement does not tolerate any act or discourse which adopts or promotes, among others, anti-Black racism, anti-Arab racism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, sexism, xenophobia, or homophobia. | Right To BoycottJuly 15, 20…
bdsmovement.net/news/palestinian-bds-national-committees-responses-un-special-rapporteur-freedom-religion-or-belief

League of the South Calls for Backup at Confederate Protest
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-10-17
The neo-Confederate League of the South (LOS) has summoned members to Pittsboro, North Carolina, on Saturday to protest the removal of a Confederate statue.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/17/league-south-calls-backup-confederate-protest

Celebrate continuing resistance on Indigenous People's Day
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-12
Holidays which commemorate Christopher Columbus and other figures whitewash the genocide these colonizers spearheaded.
liberationnews.org/celebrate-continuing-resistance-on-indigenous-peoples-day/

Trump's latest policy assault on immigrants is cruel and unnecessary
splcenter.org | 2019-10-11
Last week the Trump administration renewed its attack on immigrants, this time limiting admission to our country to only people who can prove they will have health insurance coverage within 30 days of entering the United States.
splcenter.org/news/2019/10/14/trumps-latest-policy-assault-immigrants-cruel-and-unnecessary

Creative writing class in prison was 'light' in the darkness
Will Tucker | splcenter.org | 2019-10-11
splcenter.org/news/2019/10/15/creative-writing-class-prison-was-light-darkness

A minimum wage hike in Florida is both popular and practical
Kathryn Casteel | splcenter.org | 2019-10-11
A proposed initiative to raise Florida's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2026 is gathering momentum and is almost certain to be on the state's ballot when voters go to the polls to choose a president in 2020.
splcenter.org/news/2019/10/16/minimum-wage-hike-florida-both-popular-and-practical

Bollywood: Stand Against Apartheid!
SAMIR | bdsmovement.net | 2019-10-10
Bollywood: Stand Against Apartheid! : Action AlertHelp appeal to Bollywood stars booked to perform in Tel Aviv | Cultural BoycottOctober 10, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) …
bdsmovement.net/bollywoodstandagainstapartheid

The Supreme Court Needs to Protect Trans People from Discrimination
Robin Savannah Carver | progressive.org | 2019-10-10
progressive.org/dispatches/SCOTUS-trans-people-deserve-job-protection-carver-191010/

White Supremacist William Fears to Get Five Years in Prison
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-10-10
William Henry Fears IV, an avowed racist with a lengthy criminal record, has agreed to a plea deal of five years for choking his former girlfriend.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/11/white-supremacist-william-fears-get-five-years-prison

Weekend Read: On Monday, observe Indigenous Peoples' Day
splcenter.org | 2019-10-10
Monday may be the federally recognized holiday of Columbus Day, but millions across the country will instead observe Indigenous Peoples' Day, now officially observed in some states and cities.
splcenter.org/news/2019/10/12/weekend-read-monday-observe-indigenous-peoples-day

Trump Returns to Values Voter Summit
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-10-09
President Donald Trump will address the Values Voter Summit on Saturday, the White House confirmed.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/09/trump-returns-values-voter-summit-saturday

Murderer Amber Guyger gets a hug from judge and racist media
Christopher Banks | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-07
The corporate media message (and preference) was clear: Unconditionally offer forgiveness even when it is not premised on meaningful change and lasting justice.
liberationnews.org/murderer-amber-guyger-gets-a-hug-from-judge-and-racist-media/

Beyond Bars: Life before and after incarceration in Alabama
splcenter.org | 2019-10-07
As criminal justice and prison reform take center stage in Alabama politics, Alabamians for Fair Justice, a broad coalition of advocates supported by the SPLC and other organizations, are working to lift up the voices of people directly affected by the criminal justice system.
splcenter.org/news/2019/10/15/beyond-bars-life-and-after-incarceration-alabama

Mar-a-Lago Pulls Plug on Anti-Muslim Hate Group's Gala
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-10-07
The Trump Organization says the anti-Muslim hate group ACT for America's Nov. 7 gala is no longer welcome at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/07/mar-lago-pulls-plug-anti-muslim-hate-groups-gala

US Caught Meddling In Tunisian Election, Israel Politician Likens Israel To Nazi Germany & Hypocrisy
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-04
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/4/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/us-caught-meddling-in-tunisian-election-israel-politician-likens-israel-to-nazi-germany-hypocrisy/

Anti-Muslim Hate Group to Hold Gala at Mar-a-Lago
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-10-04
An anti-Muslim hate group that claims to have close ties to the White House is hosting its annual gala at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, with tickets starting at $1,500.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/04/anti-muslim-hate-group-hold-gala-mar-lago

Weekend Read: When justice depends on the size of your pocketbook
splcenter.org | 2019-10-04
Tella Barnett fears she'll end up behind bars again if she gets behind on her payments.
splcenter.org/news/2019/10/05/weekend-read-when-justice-depends-size-your-pocketbook

Militia Movement Rhetoric Elevated to National Level
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-10-03
A weekend tweet by President Donald Trump mirrors the language of a militia movement that has been calling for civil war for at least three years and gives extremist groups a powerful seal of approval.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/03/militia-movement-rhetoric-elevated-national-level