Daily Archives: July 17, 2019

2019-07-17: News Headlines

Monica Moorehead (2019-07-17). Congresswomen condemn White House racism. workers.org As we go to press, the House of Representatives passed a resolution saying that Trump's tweets were racist. All Democrats and four Republicans voted for the resolution. More to come. The white supremacist and misogynist Trump has opened up another vicious, racist verbal war. This time it is against four . . . | Continue reading Congresswomen condemn White House racism at Workers.org

The Canary (2019-07-17). US House votes to condemn Trump's tweets against congresswomen. thecanary.co The Democratic-led House of Representatives has voted to condemn US president Donald Trump's "racist comments" against four congresswomen, despite protestations by Trump that he has not got "a racist bone in my body".Two days after the president tweeted that four Democratic politicians should "go back" to their home countries — although all are citizens and three were born in the US — Democrats muscled the resolution through the chamber by 240-187 over strong Republican opposition.The rebuke was an embarrassing one for Trump, and he had appealed to Republican politicians not to go along — but four…

Andy Higginbottom (2019-07-17). Global Britain's real climate changers: big oil must be taken down. mronline.org There is no global social unity in the face of climate disaster. We risk a 'climate apartheid' scenario where the wealthy pay to escape overheating, hunger, and conflict while the rest of the world is left to suffer. | Source

Peter Bolton (2019-07-17). In the US and Brazil, Two Trends Underline the Creeping Fascism of Both Governments. counterpunch.org The word fascism is undoubtedly overused in today's political lexicon. It is used by figures from across the political spectrum as a shorthand for anything that one's opponent does that is deemed sinister or disagreeable. This phenomenon has obscured the real meaning of the word, creating confusion and misunderstanding within the general public. One of More

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-07-17). Resolution Condemning Trump's Racist Attacks 'Not Enough,' Say Progressives: 'We Must Impeach'. commondreams.org House Democrats, said CREDO Action, must "use all the power they have to try to remove a racist from the White House" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

RT (2019-07-17). 'We want to just FIGHT!' House protocol drama almost drowns out 'Trump's racist tweets' resolution. rt.com House Democrats and Republicans crossed swords over a resolution condemning Trump's 'racist' tweets — and whether they could even call the tweets racist — leading to a procedural battle that overshadowed the actual vote.

Resource Center for Nonviolence (2019-07-17). BLACKkKLANSMAN Film Screening and Discussion. indybay.org Resource Center for Nonviolence | 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz…

RT (2019-07-17). '4 horsewomen of the apocalypse': Trump renews attack on 'Dem Squad'. rt.com US President Donald Trump has tweeted out comments made by a Republican senator who branded the 'squad' of four freshman Democratic congresswoman who accused him of racism as "the four horsewomen of the apocalypse."

WSWS repost (2019-07-17). The fascists in the White House. indybay.org In this commentary from the World Socialist Web Site, Patrick Martin describes how politicians and pundits who oppose the unity of the working class in struggle against capitalism play right into the hands of Trump and his unprecedented effort to build a fascist movement in America.

RT (2019-07-17). Trump would have to go back 'to hell' if he followed his own advice, Philly mayor says. rt.com With Washington consumed by debate over whether US President Donald Trump's "go back to where you came from" tweets are racist, the mayor of Philadelphia suggested Trump should follow his own advice and go back… to hell.

Staff (2019-07-17). Trump's Racist Rhetoric is Deliberate — Will it Lead Us to Fascism? therealnews.com Henry Giroux dissects how the potential path to fascism is laid bare in Trump's rhetoric and policies. The voices of the four Congresswomen speak to another American future…

RT (2019-07-17). CNN embraces white nationalist Richard Spencer in shared Trump-hate. rt.com CNN tapped white nationalist Richard Spencer to join the Orange Man Bad choir in response to President Trump's 'racist' tweets, proving the enemy of their enemy could be their friend — and uniting the internet against them.

WSWS (2019-07-17). Donald Trump's fascist strategy. wsws.org Trump is proceeding according to a deliberate political strategy worked out with the White House's fascist brain trust.

Peoples Alliance (2019-07-17). 2nd Anniversary of Charlottesville: Act Against White Supremacy. indybay.org Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's Office | Federal Building | 90 7th St | San Francisco, CA…

Eds. (2019-07-17). States collaborating with the far-Right. mronline.org It is not the collapse of Conservatism causing the rise of the far-right in America, Europe and Britain, it is the opposite. It is, however, important to understand that this is exactly how fascism comes to power. | Source

Staff (2019-07-16). "We Love All People in This Country": AOC and the Squad Respond to Trump. truthout.org Congressmembers Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar condemned President Trump's spate of racist attacks against them in a news conference Monday. Their public rebuke followed Trump tweeting Sunday telling them to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." The comments have been widely condemned as racist and xenophobic. We hear from the progressive congresswomen in their own words. | TRANSCRIPT: | JUAN GONZÁLEZ: President Trump is doubling down after he was widely condemned for his racist attack on four progressiv…

Mark Gruenberg (2019-07-16). House to vote on denouncing Trump's racist tweets. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The Democratic-run U.S. House will vote to denounce Republican President Donald Trump for his racist rants and tweets against four first-year Democratic lawmakers, all women of color. The vote could occur as early as the afternoon of July 16. The denunciation is expected to pass. Trump, however, could care less—except to use his rants as …

Rosa Pergams (2019-07-16). Oakland community stands strong against vitriolic landlord. liberationnews.org On July 12 in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, community members stood victorious against a racist, xenophobic landlord's attack on a curbside community, as resident describe themselves.

Staff (2019-07-16). "Our Squad Is Big": Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib and Pressley Condemn Trump's Racist Attack. democracynow.org Congressmembers Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar condemned President Trump's spate of racist attacks against them in a news conference Monday. Their public rebuke followed Trump tweeting Sunday telling them to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." The comments have been widely condemned as racist and xenophobic. We hear from the progressive congresswomen in their own words.

The Canary (2019-07-16). Corbyn criticises Hunt and Johnson for failing to call Trump's attacks 'racist'. thecanary.co Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the Tory leadership candidates for failing to label Donald Trump's attacks as racist after the US President told four congresswomen of colour to "go back" to where they came from.Trump continued his belligerent remarks against the four Democratic politicians, ordering them to get out of the US "right now".The doubling down came after he told them to return to the "broken and crime infested places from which they came". All but one of the women were born in the US.Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez struck back at the president (J Scott Applewhite/AP…

Staff (2019-07-16). Democrats Have Facilitated Trump's Racist Attacks. truthdig.com What follows is a conversation between Gerald Horne, Kimberly Moffitt and Marc Steiner of The Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of…

Staff (2019-07-16). 2020 Hopeful Julián Castro Vows to Break Up ICE & Calls Trump's New Asylum Rule Unconstitutional. democracynow.org As Trump faced national rebuke for his racist comments against four progressive congresswomen, his administration announced a new rule essentially banning most immigrants from seeking refuge in the United States. The rule, which the ACLU has already vowed to challenge in court, would deny asylum to any migrant who failed to apply for protection in another country they passed through on the way to the U.S. border—including children traveling alone. If enacted, the law would effectively block people from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, as well as Haitians, Cubans and many people from African countries, who…

Henry Giroux (2019-07-16). History Holds the Antidote to Trump's Fascist Politics. truthdig.com "[T]he great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do. It could scarcely be otherwise, since it is to history that we owe our frames of reference, our identities, and our aspirations." —James Baldwin | America is in a state of crisis that touches every aspect of public life, extending from a crisis of economics produced by massive inequality to a crisis of ideas, agency, memory and politics, aided and abetted by controlling apparatuses that induce ubiquitous forms of historical amnesia…

teleSUR (2019-07-16). South African Singer, Anti-Apartheid Activist Johnny Clegg Dies. telesurenglish.net South African singer Johnny Clegg, one of the very few white artists who confronted the apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 66, his manager informedTuesday. | RELATED: | Anarchist Activist Killed for Fighting US 'Concentration Camps' | "Clegg has made an indelible mark on the music industry and the hearts of the people," said the South African government in a tribute paid to the singer on Twitter, adding that his music had the power to unite…

Robert Mackey (2019-07-16). Watch Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib Answer Donald Trump's Racist Lies. theintercept.com The congresswomen offered a passionate defense of the nation's highest ideals, voiced with the conviction their partyàÜs leaders have been unable to summon.

Patrick Hilsman (2019-07-16). How Israeli-Designed Drones Became Russia's Eyes in the Sky for Defending Bashar al-Assad. theintercept.com Last summer, Israel shot down yet another military drone near the line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria. The confrontation would have been business as usual, if not for a twist: Images of the destroyed drone showed Cyrillic tail markings and other identifiable components of a Forpost belonging to Russia. The findings presented an awkward geopolitical moment: Syria and Russia are allies, and Syria and Israel are bitter enemies — but the Russ…

teleSUR (2019-07-16). House Condemn Trump Over 'Racist Comments' to Congresswomen. telesurenglish.net The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to condemn President Donald Trump for " racist comments" against four Democratic congresswomen, a symbolic vote aimed at shaming Trump and his fellow Republicans who stood by him. | RELATED: | Progressive Women 'Squad' Decries Trump's 'White Nationalism' After 'Go Back Home' Comments | The…

Staff (2019-07-16). Julián Castro: Trump's Asylum Ban Is Unconstitutional. truthout.org As Trump faced national rebuke for his racist comments against four progressive congresswomen, his administration announced a new rule essentially banning most immigrants from seeking refuge in the United States. The rule, which the ACLU has already vowed to challenge in court, would deny asylum to any migrant who failed to apply for protection in another country they passed through on the way to the U.S. border — including children traveling alone. If enacted, the law would effectively block people from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, as well as Haitians, Cubans and many people from African countries,…

Staff (2019-07-16). Headlines for July 16, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Announces Radical Plan to Bar Almost All Migrants from Seeking Asylum at U.S. Border, Squad Rejects Trump's Racist Attacks & Calls for Impeachment as House Plans Resolution to Condemn, Protesters Call for Exit of Puerto Rican Gov. Rosselló After Leaked Text Messages, El Salvador Rape Survivor Being Retried for Homicide for Having Stillbirth, U.N. Report Accuses Venezuela's Special Forces of 1000s of Extrajudicial Killings, Workers and Activists Protest Amazon, Calling for an End to Labor Abuses, Collaboration with ICE, Washington Activist Protesting Immigrant Detention Shot Dead, Historian and Civil Rights…

splcenter (2019-07-16). SPLC sues Florida officials over law requiring police to act as ICE agents. splcenter.org 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.

Staff (2019-07-16). Rep. Ilhan Omar Vows to Hold Trump Accountable for His Crimes. truthout.org Shortly after joining fellow members of "the Squad" at a press conference condemning President Donald Trump's racist attacks, Rep. Ilhan Omar said during an interview on MSNBC Monday night that she and her progressive colleagues will not allow the president's abusive and dangerous rhetoric to distract from efforts to hold him accountable…

Staff (2019-07-16). Trump's Racism Is Not Blundering — It Is Tactically Deliberate. truthout.org Donald Trump is a giant flapping racist and doesn't give a single damn if that bothers you. Given this reality, it is important to note that when Trump dispensed with all pretense and held a one-man Sunday morning Klan rally on Twitter, it was not a blunder on his part. | When he dug his heels in on Monday morning an…

teleSUR (2019-07-16). Israel Wants to Stop Intersectional Solidarity With Palestine. telesurenglish.net Pro-Israel lobbies are founding ways to break up intersectional solidarity with Palestine and identifying progressive Jews who are critical of Israel, a new report by Israeli research organization the Reut Group has revealed. | RELATED: | Israel's Apartheid Wall Stands 15 Years After UN Deemed it Illegal | Israel and its advocates view solidarity between Palestine and other oppressed groups as t…

Patricia J. Williams (2019-07-16). Artificial Intelligence Is Failing Humans. thenation.com Artificial Intelligence Is Failing Humans…

teleSUR (2019-07-16). Israeli Sniper Shoots Palestinian Boy During Protest. telesurenglish.net A 10-year-old Palestinian child is struggling to live after an Israeli sniper shot him Friday in Kafr Qaddem, a village in West Bank. | RELATED: | Israeli Court Ends 'Racist' Park Entry Ban in Afula | Abdul Rahman Yasser Shteiwi was shot in the head during an anti-settlement protest in his village. He was shot by a live bullet according to doctors who operated on him. | "He had a penetrating injury in the frontal lobe on the right side. The injury was severe and there are more than 100 fragme…

James Wright (2019-07-16). It's clear why Sky selectively edited its Laura Pidcock interview. She smashed it. thecanary.co It's clear why Sky News and HuffPost misrepresented Sky's interview with shadow minister for business, energy and industrial strategy Laura Pidcock. Because she smashed it. | Along with Jeremy Corb…

teleSUR (2019-07-16). Iran's Supreme Leader Threatens to Respond to UK's 'Piracy'. telesurenglish.net Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic would respond to Great Britain's 'piracy' over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar. | RELATED: | Unlike US, UK Foreign Secretary Wants To Save Iran Nuclear Deal | The religious leader called on Great Britain to immediately release the Iranian oil tanker and end their hostilities towards the Islamic Republic. | "Evil Britain commits piracy and steals our ship … an…

Akela Lacy (2019-07-16). Reformist District Attorney Larry Krasner Argues Pennsylvania Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional. theintercept.com Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, who campaigned in 2017 as an unequivocal opponent of the death penalty, asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a legal filing Monday night to declare the state's death penalty system unconstitutional. | The death penalty as it stands "cannot survive the state Constitution's ban on cruel punishments," Krasner wrote in a brief he submitted to th…

Hans Stehling (2019-07-16). Trump, Netanyahu, Pence and Bolton: The Four Horsemen of the Nuclear Apocalypse. globalresearch.ca These are the demented Gang of Four who are determined to destroy 74 years of international cooperation for peace by waging a completely unwarranted war against Iran in a bid for global supremacy, and oil, that will provoke nuclear war …

RT (2019-07-16). #Resistance fawns over Antifa 'martyr' killed while attempting to set ICE facility on fire. rt.com Impassioned tributes for Willem Van Spronsen, the seasoned Antifa activist who was shot dead by police after attacking an ICE detention center in Tacoma on Saturday, have flooded Twitter, praising him as a "hero" and a "martyr."

RT (2019-07-16). 'Not a racist bone in my body': Trump rejects claims of bigotry over 'go back' tweet. rt.com Responding to allegations of racism after he suggested a group of Democratic lawmakers should go back to their "crime infested" home countries, US President Donald Trump said he hasn't got a single bigoted bone in his body.

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-07-16). Kellyanne Conway Questions Reporter's Ethnicity While Defending President's Latest Racist Remarks. commondreams.org "So McCarthyism, now against people whose ancestors aren't from Europe." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

RT (2019-07-16). Even the ADL thinks Trump is abusing 'anti-Semitism' accusations. rt.com The Anti-Defamation League has pleaded with US President Donald Trump to quit "throwing around accusations of anti-Semitism" in his attacks on four progressive congresswomen — two of whom the ADL has also smeared with the term.

Ceren Sagir (2019-07-16). Italian fascists found with weapons stockpile and Nazi material. peoplesworld.org Far-right activists were arrested Monday after "combat ready" war weapons were seized during a counter-terrorism operation in Italy. Along with Nazi material, a Qatari air-to-air missile, nine assault rifles, one machine gun, and seven pistols were among the firearms seized in the operation in Turin after a one-year investigation. Two Italians aged 50 and 51 …

Staff (2019-07-16). Trump's Racist Tweets Fan Hatred, Defining the Coming Election. therealnews.com Professors Gerald Horne and Kimberly Moffit examine how Trump's targeted tweet storm against progressive women of color who serve in Congress works to further divide the Democratic party, while dredging up America's racist settler-colonial past…

RT (2019-07-16). House Dems slap Trump with resolution condemning 'go back' tweets against congresswomen of color. rt.com House Democrats have rushed to table a resolution condemning Donald Trump for a series of angry tweets against four freshman congresswomen of color, which they said was a "blatant racist attack." |

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-07-16). Not One Republican Votes to Allow Debate on Resolution Condemning Trump's Racist Attacks. commondreams.org "House Democrats must stand together and listen to these new leaders in the party who are fighting for their communities by standing up to Trump's hate." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

WSWS (2019-07-16). The fascists in the White House. wsws.org Trump speaks openly as a fascist, demonizing people of different races and national origins, vilifying socialism, and declaring that those who oppose his administration's policies are disloyal to the country and should leave it.

John Shafthauer (2019-07-16). Leadership hopefuls play game of 'discuss Trump without saying the word racist'. thecanary.co America's racist president Donald Trump made a comment so racist the other day that even some of his fellow racists had to acknowledge it as racism. | Not all of them have done so, however — some have just kept their mouths shut. Unfortunately for the Tory leadership candidates, they aren't in a position to avoid the subject. Instead, they played a game called: Let's Distance Ourselves from Trump's Clearly Racist Comments Without Saying the Word Racism. | Why are we scared of calling Trump racist? "Not helpful to use that kind of language", says Hunt. It either is or isn't racist, calling it out is not a slu…

Ed Sykes (2019-07-16). Corbyn shows he'd be the only prime minister who'd truly stand up to Trump. thecanary.co If Donald Trump's march into fascism is the illness, Jeremy Corbyn and his allies are the antidote. And Corbyn confirmed that yet again on 16 July as he stood up to Trump's latest bout of very public racism. | In the fight for a better world, we need to speak out against injustice: | On 14 July, Donald Trump told four US co…

2019-07-17: Social Media Postees

Congresswomen condemn White House racism
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2019-07-17
As we go to press, the House of Representatives passed a resolution saying that Trump's tweets were racist. All Democrats and four Republicans voted for the resolution. More to come. The white supremacist and misogynist Trump has opened up another vicious, racist verbal war. This time it is against four . . . | Continue reading Congresswomen condemn White House racism at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/07/17/congresswomen-condemn-white-house-racism/

States collaborating with the far-Right
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-17
It is not the collapse of Conservatism causing the rise of the far-right in America, Europe and Britain, it is the opposite. It is, however, important to understand that this is exactly how fascism comes to power. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/17/states-collaborating-with-the-far-right/

In the US and Brazil, Two Trends Underline the Creeping Fascism of Both Governments
Peter Bolton | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-17
The word fascism is undoubtedly overused in today's political lexicon. It is used by figures from across the political spectrum as a shorthand for anything that one's opponent does that is deemed sinister or disagreeable. This phenomenon has obscured the real meaning of the word, creating confusion and misunderstanding within the general public. One of…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/17/in-the-us-and-brazil-two-trends-underline-the-creeping-fascism-of-both-governments/

Global Britain's real climate changers: big oil must be taken down
Andy Higginbottom | mronline.org | 2019-07-17
There is no global social unity in the face of climate disaster. We risk a 'climate apartheid' scenario where the wealthy pay to escape overheating, hunger, and conflict while the rest of the world is left to suffer. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/17/global-britains-real-climate-changers-big-oil-must-be-taken-down/

US House votes to condemn Trump's tweets against congresswomen
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-17
The Democratic-led House of Representatives has voted to condemn US president Donald Trump's "racist comments" against four congresswomen, despite protestations by Trump that he has not got "a racist bone in my body".Two days after the president tweeted that four Democratic politicians should "go back" to their home countries — although all are citizens and three were born in the US — Democrats muscled the resolution through the chamber by 240-187 over strong Republican opposition.The rebuke was an embarrassing one for Trump, and he had appealed to Republican politicians not to go along — but four…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2019/07/17/us-house-votes-to-condemn-trumps-tweets-against-congresswomen/

BLACKkKLANSMAN Film Screening and Discussion
Resource Center for Nonviolence | indybay.org | 2019-07-17
Resource Center for Nonviolence | 612 Ocean St, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/16/18824800.php

2nd Anniversary of Charlottesville: Act Against White Supremacy
Peoples Alliance | indybay.org | 2019-07-17
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi's Office | Federal Building | 90 7th St | San Francisco, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/16/18824804.php

'We want to just FIGHT!' House protocol drama almost drowns out 'Trump's racist tweets' resolution
rt.com | 2019-07-17
House Democrats and Republicans crossed swords over a resolution condemning Trump's 'racist' tweets — and whether they could even call the tweets racist — leading to a procedural battle that overshadowed the actual vote. | …
rt.com/usa/464341-dems-fight-trump-racist-tweet/

Resolution Condemning Trump's Racist Attacks 'Not Enough,' Say Progressives: 'We Must Impeach'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-17
House Democrats, said CREDO Action, must "use all the power they have to try to remove a racist from the White House" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/17/resolution-condemning-trumps-racist-attacks-not-enough-say-progressives-we-must?cd-origin=rss

Donald Trump's fascist strategy
wsws.org | 2019-07-17
Trump is proceeding according to a deliberate political strategy worked out with the White House's fascist brain trust.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/17/pers…

The fascists in the White House
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2019-07-17
In this commentary from the World Socialist Web Site, Patrick Martin describes how politicians and pundits who oppose the unity of the working class in struggle against capitalism play right into the hands of Trump and his unprecedented effort to build a fascist movement in America.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/15/18824772.php

CNN embraces white nationalist Richard Spencer in shared Trump-hate
rt.com | 2019-07-17
CNN tapped white nationalist Richard Spencer to join the Orange Man Bad choir in response to President Trump's 'racist' tweets, proving the enemy of their enemy could be their friend — and uniting the internet against them. | …
rt.com/usa/464350-cnn-spencer-trump-tweets-racist/

'4 horsewomen of the apocalypse': Trump renews attack on 'Dem Squad'
rt.com | 2019-07-17
US President Donald Trump has tweeted out comments made by a Republican senator who branded the 'squad' of four freshman Democratic congresswoman who accused him of racism as "the four horsewomen of the apocalypse." | …
rt.com/usa/464377-dem-squad-trump-horsewomen-apocalypse/

Trump's Racist Rhetoric is Deliberate — Will it Lead Us to Fascism?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-17
Henry Giroux dissects how the potential path to fascism is laid bare in Trump's rhetoric and policies. The voices of the four Congresswomen speak to another American future…
therealnews.com/stories/trumps-racist-rhetoric-is-deliberate-will-it-lead-us-to-fascism

Trump would have to go back 'to hell' if he followed his own advice, Philly mayor says
rt.com | 2019-07-17
With Washington consumed by debate over whether US President Donald Trump's "go back to where you came from" tweets are racist, the mayor of Philadelphia suggested Trump should follow his own advice and go back… to hell. | …
rt.com/usa/464348-trump-hell-tweet-mayor/

Corbyn criticises Hunt and Johnson for failing to call Trump's attacks 'racist'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-16
Jeremy Corbyn has criticised the Tory leadership candidates for failing to label Donald Trump's attacks as racist after the US President told four congresswomen of colour to "go back" to where they came from.Trump continued his belligerent remarks against the four Democratic politicians, ordering them to get out of the US "right now".The doubling down came after he told them to return to the "broken and crime infested places from which they came". All but one of the women were born in the US.Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez struck back at the president (J Scott Applewhite/AP…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/16/corbyn-criticises-hunt-and-johnson-for-failing-to-call-trumps-attacks-racist/

Corbyn shows he'd be the only prime minister who'd truly stand up to Trump
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-07-16
If Donald Trump's march into fascism is the illness, Jeremy Corbyn and his allies are the antidote. And Corbyn confirmed that yet again on 16 July as he stood up to Trump's latest bout of very public racism. | In the fight for a better world, we need to speak out against injustice: | On 14 July, Donald Trump told four US co…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/07/16/corbyn-shows-hed-be-the-only-prime-minister-whod-truly-stand-up-to-trump/

2020 Hopeful Julián Castro Vows to Break Up ICE & Calls Trump's New Asylum Rule Unconstitutional
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-16
As Trump faced national rebuke for his racist comments against four progressive congresswomen, his administration announced a new rule essentially banning most immigrants from seeking refuge in the United States. The rule, which the ACLU has already vowed to challenge in court, would deny asylum to any migrant who failed to apply for protection in another country they passed through on the way to the U.S. border–including children traveling alone. If enacted, the law would effectively block people from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, as well as Haitians, Cubans and many people from African countries, who…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/16/julian_ca…

"We Love All People in This Country": AOC and the Squad Respond to Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-16
Congressmembers Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar condemned President Trump's spate of racist attacks against them in a news conference Monday. Their public rebuke followed Trump tweeting Sunday telling them to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." The comments have been widely condemned as racist and xenophobic. We hear from the progressive congresswomen in their own words. | TRANSCRIPT: | JUAN GONZÁLEZ: President Trump is doubling down after he was widely condemned for his racist attack on four progressiv…
truthout.org/video/we-love-all-people-in-this-country-aoc-and-the-squad-respond-to-trump/

Leadership hopefuls play game of 'discuss Trump without saying the word racist'
John Shafthauer | thecanary.co | 2019-07-16
America's racist president Donald Trump made a comment so racist the other day that even some of his fellow racists had to acknowledge it as racism. | Not all of them have done so, however — some have just kept their mouths shut. Unfortunately for the Tory leadership candidates, they aren't in a position to avoid the subject. Instead, they played a game called: Let's Distance Ourselves from Trump's Clearly Racist Comments Without Saying the Word Racism. | Why are we scared of calling Trump racist? "Not helpful to use that kind of language", says Hunt. It either is or isn't racist, calling it out is not a slu…
thecanary.co/off-the-perch/2019/07/16/leadership-hopefuls-play-game-of-discuss-trump-without-saying-the-word-racist/

Watch Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib Answer Donald Trump's Racist Lies
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-07-16
The congresswomen offered a passionate defense of the nation's highest ideals, voiced with the conviction their partyàÜs leaders have been unable to summon.
theintercept.com/2019/07/15/watch-ilhan-omar-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ayanna-pressley-rashida-tlaib-answer-donald-trumps-racist-lies/

Trump's Racism Is Not Blundering — It Is Tactically Deliberate
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-16
Donald Trump is a giant flapping racist and doesn't give a single damn if that bothers you. Given this reality, it is important to note that when Trump dispensed with all pretense and held a one-man Sunday morning Klan rally on Twitter, it was not a blunder on his part. | When he dug his heels in on Monday morning an…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-racism-is-not-blundering-it-is-tactically-deliberate/

South African Singer, Anti-Apartheid Activist Johnny Clegg Dies
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
South African singer Johnny Clegg, one of the very few white artists who confronted the apartheid regime in the 1970s and 1980s has died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 66, his manager informedTuesday. | RELATED: | Anarchist Activist Killed for Fighting US 'Concentration Camps' | "Clegg has made an indelible mark on the music industry and the hearts of the people," said the South African government in a tribute paid to the singer on Twitter, adding that his music had the power to unite…
telesurenglish.net/news/South-African-Anti-Apartheid-Activist-Johnny-Clegg-Dies-20190716-0027.html

"Our Squad Is Big": Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib and Pressley Condemn Trump's Racist Attack
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-16
Congressmembers Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar condemned President Trump's spate of racist attacks against them in a news conference Monday. Their public rebuke followed Trump tweeting Sunday telling them to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." The comments have been widely condemned as racist and xenophobic. We hear from the progressive congresswomen in their own words.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/16/trump_rac…

Julián Castro: Trump's Asylum Ban Is Unconstitutional
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-16
As Trump faced national rebuke for his racist comments against four progressive congresswomen, his administration announced a new rule essentially banning most immigrants from seeking refuge in the United States. The rule, which the ACLU has already vowed to challenge in court, would deny asylum to any migrant who failed to apply for protection in another country they passed through on the way to the U.S. border — including children traveling alone. If enacted, the law would effectively block people from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, as well as Haitians, Cubans and many people from African countries,…
truthout.org/video/julian-castro-trumps-asylum-ban-is-unconstitutional/

Rep. Ilhan Omar Vows to Hold Trump Accountable for His Crimes
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-16
Shortly after joining fellow members of "the Squad" at a press conference condemning President Donald Trump's racist attacks, Rep. Ilhan Omar said during an interview on MSNBC Monday night that she and her progressive colleagues will not allow the president's abusive and dangerous rhetoric to distract from efforts to hold him accountable…
truthout.org/articles/rep-ilhan-omar-vows-to-hold-trump-accountable-for-his-crimes/

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

Israel Wants to Stop Intersectional Solidarity With Palestine
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
Pro-Israel lobbies are founding ways to break up intersectional solidarity with Palestine and identifying progressive Jews who are critical of Israel, a new report by Israeli research organization the Reut Group has revealed. | RELATED: | Israel's Apartheid Wall Stands 15 Years After UN Deemed it Illegal | Israel and its advocates view solidarity between Palestine and other oppressed groups as t…
telesurenglish.net/news/israel-palestine-intersectional-solidarity-bds-black-lives-matter-20190716-0012.html

Artificial Intelligence Is Failing Humans
Patricia J. Williams | thenation.com | 2019-07-16
Artificial Intelligence Is Failing Humans…
thenation.com/article/ai-algorithm-race-discrimination/

House Condemn Trump Over 'Racist Comments' to Congresswomen
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to condemn President Donald Trump for " racist comments" against four Democratic congresswomen, a symbolic vote aimed at shaming Trump and his fellow Republicans who stood by him. | RELATED: | Progressive Women 'Squad' Decries Trump's 'White Nationalism' After 'Go Back Home' Comments | The…
telesurenglish.net/news/House-Trump-Over-Racist-Comments-Congresswomen-20190716-0023.html

Oakland community stands strong against vitriolic landlord
Rosa Pergams | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-16
On July 12 in Oakland's Fruitvale neighborhood, community members stood victorious against a racist, xenophobic landlord's attack on a curbside community, as resident describe themselves.
liberationnews.org/oakland-community-stands-strong-against-vitriolic-landlord/

Democrats Have Facilitated Trump's Racist Attacks
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-16
What follows is a conversation between Gerald Horne, Kimberly Moffitt and Marc Steiner of The Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of…
truthdig.com/articles/democrats-have-facilitated-trumps-racist-attacks/

Trump's "Go Back" Racist Epithet; Oh, So Familiar
Jud Lounsbury | commondreams.org | 2019-07-16
"You know how these people lie!" 12 Angry Men (1957). (Photo: Screengrab) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Israeli Sniper Shoots Palestinian Boy During Protest
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
A 10-year-old Palestinian child is struggling to live after an Israeli sniper shot him Friday in Kafr Qaddem, a village in West Bank. | RELATED: | Israeli Court Ends 'Racist' Park Entry Ban in Afula | Abdul Rahman Yasser Shteiwi was shot in the head during an anti-settlement protest in his village. He was shot by a live bullet according to doctors who operated on him. |…
telesurenglish.net/news/palestine-israeli-sniper-shot-kid-west-bank–20190716-0011.html

House to vote on denouncing Trump's racist tweets
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-16
WASHINGTON–The Democratic-run U.S. House will vote to denounce Republican President Donald Trump for his racist rants and tweets against four first-year Democratic lawmakers, all women of color. The vote could occur as early as the afternoon of July 16. The denunciation is expected to pass. Trump, however, could care less–except to use his rants as …
peoplesworld.org/article/house-to-vote-on-denouncing-trumps-racist-tweets/

History Holds the Antidote to Trump's Fascist Politics
Henry Giroux | truthdig.com | 2019-07-16
"[T]he great force of history comes from the fact that we carry it within us, are unconsciously controlled by it in many ways, and history is literally present in all that we do. It could scarcely be otherwise, since it is to history that we owe our frames of reference, our identities, and our aspirations." –James Baldwin | America is in a state of crisis that touches every aspect of public life, extending from a crisis of economics produced by massive inequality to a crisis of ideas, agency, memory and politics, aided and abetted by controlling apparatuses that induce ubiquitous forms of historical amnesia…
truthdig.com/articles/history-holds-the-antidote-to-trumps-fascist-politics/

Trump, Netanyahu, Pence and Bolton: The Four Horsemen of the Nuclear Apocalypse
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-16
These are the demented Gang of Four who are determined to destroy 74 years of international cooperation for peace by waging a completely unwarranted war against Iran in a bid for global supremacy, and oil, that will provoke nuclear war …
globalresearch.ca/trump-netanyahu-pence-bolton-4-horsemen-nuclear-apocalypse/5683687

Iran's Supreme Leader Threatens to Respond to UK's 'Piracy'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-16
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic would respond to Great Britain's 'piracy' over the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker off the coast of Gibraltar. | RELATED: | Unlike US, UK Foreign Secretary Wants To Save Iran Nuclear Deal | The religious leader called on Great Britain to immediately release the Iranian oil tanker and end their hostilities towards the Islamic Republic. | "Evil Britain commits piracy and steals our ship … an…
telesurenglish.net/news/Irans-Supreme-Leader-Threatens-to-Respond-to-UKs-Piracy-20190716-0004.html

Reformist District Attorney Larry Krasner Argues Pennsylvania Death Penalty Is Unconstitutional
Akela Lacy | theintercept.com | 2019-07-16
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, who campaigned in 2017 as an unequivocal opponent of the death penalty, asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a legal filing Monday night to declare the state's death penalty system unconstitutional. | The death penalty as it stands "cannot survive the state Constitution's ban on cruel punishments," Krasner wrote in a brief he submitted to th…
theintercept.com/2019/07/15/larry-krasner-pennsylvania-death-penalty-unconstitutional/

The fascists in the White House
wsws.org | 2019-07-16
Trump speaks openly as a fascist, demonizing people of different races and national origins, vilifying socialism, and declaring that those who oppose his administration's policies are disloyal to the country and should leave it.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/16/pers…

Kellyanne Conway Questions Reporter's Ethnicity While Defending President's Latest Racist Remarks
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-16
"So McCarthyism, now against people whose ancestors aren't from Europe." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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'Not a racist bone in my body': Trump rejects claims of bigotry over 'go back' tweet
rt.com | 2019-07-16
Responding to allegations of racism after he suggested a group of Democratic lawmakers should go back to their "crime infested" home countries, US President Donald Trump said he hasn't got a single bigoted bone in his body. | …
rt.com/usa/464333-trump-tweet-not-racist-bone/

Not One Republican Votes to Allow Debate on Resolution Condemning Trump's Racist Attacks
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-16
"House Democrats must stand together and listen to these new leaders in the party who are fighting for their communities by standing up to Trump's hate." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/16/not-one-republican-votes-allow-debate-resolution-condemning-trumps-racist-attacks?cd-origin=rss

#Resistance fawns over Antifa 'martyr' killed while attempting to set ICE facility on fire
rt.com | 2019-07-16
Impassioned tributes for Willem Van Spronsen, the seasoned Antifa activist who was shot dead by police after attacking an ICE detention center in Tacoma on Saturday, have flooded Twitter, praising him as a "hero" and a "martyr." | …
rt.com/usa/464256-activist-attack-ice-praised/

Trump's Racist Tweets Fan Hatred, Defining the Coming Election
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-16
Professors Gerald Horne and Kimberly Moffit examine how Trump's targeted tweet storm against progressive women of color who serve in Congress works to further divide the Democratic party, while dredging up America's racist settler-colonial past…
therealnews.com/stories/trumps-racist-tweets-fan-hatred-defining-the-coming-election

Italian fascists found with weapons stockpile and Nazi material
Ceren Sagir | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-16
Far-right activists were arrested Monday after "combat ready" war weapons were seized during a counter-terrorism operation in Italy. Along with Nazi material, a Qatari air-to-air missile, nine assault rifles, one machine gun, and seven pistols were among the firearms seized in the operation in Turin after a one-year investigation. Two Italians aged 50 and 51 …
peoplesworld.org/article/italian-fascists-found-with-weapons-stockpile-and-nazi-material/

House Dems slap Trump with resolution condemning 'go back' tweets against congresswomen of color
rt.com | 2019-07-16
House Democrats have rushed to table a resolution condemning Donald Trump for a series of angry tweets against four freshman congresswomen of color, which they said was a "blatant racist attack." | …
rt.com/usa/464282-democrats-resolution-trump-racist-tweets/

Even the ADL thinks Trump is abusing 'anti-Semitism' accusations
rt.com | 2019-07-16
The Anti-Defamation League has pleaded with US President Donald Trump to quit "throwing around accusations of anti-Semitism" in his attacks on four progressive congresswomen — two of whom the ADL has also smeared with the term. | …
rt.com/usa/464260-adl-begs-trump-antisemitism-omar/

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