(2019-08-08). Actress Rosanna Arquette feels 'shame' at being born white; how exactly does that help minorities? rt.com 
With concerns over racism and white supremacy constantly in the news, actress Rosanna Arquette has reacted in a manner some might find a tad extreme, tweeting that she feels "shame" at having been born white and privileged.
(2019-08-08). What America Can Learn From Dick Gregory. truthdig.com 
One afternoon in New York City in the spring of 1964, I marched at the head of a small civil rights demonstration, one of the few white people in the group. I was carrying a watermelon. It was a Dick Gregory joke. | To say the least, not everyone liked that joke, but I thought it was hilarious, a jab by the hottest comedian in the country at one of the oldest racial stereotypes. Some of the black demonstrators in that little parade felt that Gregory's version of guerrilla theater (in which I was a bit…
(2019-08-08). The Squad vs. Trump and Pelosi. mronline.org 
In the past couple weeks, President Trump has gone on a racist, red-baiting rampage against four congresswomen elected in 2018. The four women of color—Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Ayanna Pressley—are now collectively known in the media as the "squad." | Source
(2019-08-08). UNRWA Accusations: (Im)Perfect Timing. counterpunch.org 
A damaging internal report has cast a dark shadow over the ethical behavior of top officials of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). As disclosed by Al Jazeera and AFP, the report cites "credible and corroborated reports" that members of an "inner circle" at the top of UNRWA, including Swiss Commissioner-General Pierre Krà§henbàºhl, have engaged in "sexual misconduct, nepotism, retaliation, discrimination and other abuses of authority for personal gain, to suppress legitimate dissent, and to otherwise achieve their personal objectives." The report was sent to UN Sec…
(2019-08-08). ICE rounds up nearly 700 immigrants in sweep through Mississippi poultry plants. wsws.org The Trump administration has given its real response to the fascist massacre in El Paso, Texas by carrying out the largest immigration raid since Trump entered the White House.
(2019-08-08). SPLC statement on Mississippi immigration raids. splcenter.org Southern Poverty Law Center Attorney Julia Solórzano, with the SPLC's Immigrant Justice Project, issued the following statement on today's workplace raids in Mississippi:…
(2019-08-08). Headlines for August 8, 2019. democracynow.org U.N. Scientists Warn Rapid Global Warming Threatens Food Supply, 680 Mississippi Poultry Workers Arrested in Massive Immigration Raid, ICE Raids Targeted Company Whose Workers Won Discrimination Lawsuit, Trump Visits Dayton and El Paso, Sites of Weekend Mass Shootings, El Paso Protesters Link Trump's Racist Rhetoric to Gunman's Manifesto, Trump Supporter with Loaded Pistol, Knife Arrested Outside El Paso Immigrant Center, Trump Suggests Antifa Shares Equal Blame for Deadly Violence, Democratic Presidential Candidates Say Trump Enables White Supremacists, SPLC: State Department Employee Secretly Worked as White Na…
(2019-08-08). Trump's America: Gun Violence and the War on Immigrants. truthdig.com The country was rocked by two mass killings this past weekend. The first was in El Paso, Texas. The slaughter of 22 people in El Paso's Cielo Vista Walmart was an act of a white supremacist. A manifesto he allegedly posted online shortly before the massacre echoed President Donald Trump's anti-immigrant and anti-Latino rhetoric. "This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas," the alleged shooter wrote. | Late that night in Dayton, Ohio, throngs of people were enjoying the Oregon entertainment district when another white man in his 20s opened fire, killing nine people in about 30 seconds before poli…
(2019-08-08). What lies behind the fatal attack at Frankfurt Central Rail Station? wsws.org While the media and establishment politicians stoke up racism and call for borders to be tightened, the suspect's background indicates a severe psychological disorder.
(2019-08-08). "Economic Terror": Trump Regime Aims to Starve Venezuelans into Submission. globalresearch.ca Under both extremist right wings of the US war party, the incremental Nazification of America may become full-blown in our lifetimes if not strongly challenged by the world community. | The Trump regime exceeds the worst of its predecessors. Based on …
(2019-08-08). "Economic Terror": Trump Regime Aims to Starve Venezuelans into Submission. globalresearch.ca Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez | Under both extremist right wings of the US war party, the incremental Nazification of America may become full-blown in our lifetimes if not strongly challenged by the world community. | The Trump regime exceeds the worst …
(2019-08-08). Judge: Neo-Nazi must pay more than $14 million to Jewish woman targeted by harassment campaign. splcenter.org A federal judge adopted a recommendation that the publisher of a major neo-Nazi website must pay more than $14 million in damages to a Jewish woman targeted for a relentless barrage of antisemitic threats and messages by the neo-Nazi and his followers.
(2019-08-08). Five Years After the Genocide, Yazidis Share Their Forgotten Stories and Demand Justice. globalresearch.ca Five years after Islamic State (ISIS) militants launched a genocide against the Yazidi community in Sinjar, northern Iraq, hundreds of thousands of Yazidis are still displaced and living in harsh conditions. The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) calls on the …
(2019-08-08). Jake Tapper Taps Into Racist Trope. counterpunch.org Even though the distance between El Paso and occupied Jerusalem is 11,876 km, during the August 4, 2019 morning CNN State of the Union program about the El Paso massacre, CNN's Jake Tapper linked Palestinians to White Nationalists. To quote Beto O'Rourke, "what the f—?" Tapper pontificated the following: "You hear conservatives talk all the More
(2019-08-08). The War on White Supremacist Terror. dissidentvoice.org If you enjoyed the global corporatocracy's original War on Islamicist Terror, you're going to love their latest spinoff, The War on White Supremacist Terror. It's basically just like the old War on Terror, except that this time the bad guys are all white supremacists, and Donald Trump is Osama bin Laden … unless Putin is …
(2019-08-08). LGBT Activists Launch #BoycottSoulCycle at San Francisco Franchise. indybay.org In response to reports that the CEO of parent company to SoulCycle Stephen Ross will be holding a fundraiser for the Donald Trump reelection campaign, members of the LGBT community launched a boycott in front of Soul Cycle's Harvey Milk Plaza location on August 7th in San Francisco. Demonstrators said they are angry that the owner of the fitness center chain, who also owns the Miami Dolphins, is supporting a racist, homophobic, and sexist president.
(2019-08-08). Linking El Paso Massacre to ICE Raids, Sanders Says Trump's Campaign of Terror Against Immigrants Must Be Defeated. commondreams.org "Days after immigrants were gunned down in El Paso, Trump is continuing the attacks on immigrant families. Our job is to reject Trump's racist agenda." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-08-08). RNs of National Nurses United Say Racism, Xenophobia Combined With Lax Gun Control Laws At Root of Mass Shooting Epidemic. indybay.org August 04, 2019 – The 150,000 registered nurses of National Nurses United (NNU) are sickened and angered as we bear witness to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas; Dayton, Ohio; and Gilroy, Calif. Horrifically, these three mass shootings have claimed the lives of at least 32 people, and left dozens of others injured. NNU represent nurses in all three locations.
(2019-08-08). Walmart Tech Workers In San Bruno Rally & Protest Gun Violence & Massacre. indybay.org Dozens of Walmart tech workers walked out to protest the continued sale of guns by WalMart and the massacre in El Paso at the WalMart by a white nationalist racist.
(2019-08-08). Stan Grant's Goodes' doco shows racism alive and well. greenleft.org.au 
The Australian Dream | Written by Stan Grant & Directed by Daniel Gordan
| Starring Adam Goodes
| Good Things Production Company, 2019
| Showing in cinemas from August 22. | Adam Goodes, an Aboriginal footballer of the Adnyamathanha and Narrungga people in South Australia, had won every accolade possible in his 372-game career with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). | However, this would all be overshadowed by the aftermath of a match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground against Collingwood on May 24, 2013, when Goodes heard someone in the crowd refer to him as "an ape". When he tur…
(2019-08-08). Court upholds shonky uranium approval. greenleft.org.au 
The Traditional Owners of the Tjiwarl native title claim lost their Supreme Court appeal to have the approval for the Yeelirrie uranium mine revoked on July 31. | The proposed mine site, 500 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie, was given approval in 2017 by then-state Coalition environment minister Albert Jacob just 16 days before the government entered into a pre-election caretaker period. | The election that followed produced a resounding defeat for the Coalition in an election in which environmental issues ranked high on the political agenda. | The mine's federal approval application was subsequently finalised by t…
(2019-08-08). Why New Laws Against White Supremacist Violence Are the Wrong Response to El Paso. theintercept.com 
The notion that existing terrorism laws apply only to those who commit violence on behalf of groups like Al Qaeda and ISIS is flat-out false.
(2019-08-08). Jake Tapper Taps Into Racist Trope. counterpunch.org 
Even though the distance between El Paso and occupied Jerusalem is 11,876 km, during the August 4, 2019 morning CNN State of the Union program about the El Paso massacre, CNN's Jake Tapper linked Palestinians to White Nationalists. To quote Beto O'Rourke, "what the f—?" Tapper pontificated the following: "You hear conservatives talk all the More
(2019-08-07). The "Feel Better" President: Making Racism Fashionable Again. counterpunch.org 
Recently, after complaints from consumers, so-called "feel better" rag dolls reminiscent of sambo dolls and other picaninny kitsch were recalled. This has not been the first time that such products have been removed from the market. The list includes Pradamalia, Prada's own line of kitschy blackface collectibles, Gucci's blackface wool balaclavas, Burberry's noose hoodie, and H&M's "coolest monkey in the jungle" hoodie ad. More
(2019-08-07). 4Chan's and 8Chan's Internet-Brewed Racism Informs Trump's Rhetoric. therealnews.com 
The BBC's Mike Wendling explains the history of a message board subculture and discusses his book, "Alt-Right: From 4Chan to the White House"
(2019-08-07). Demonstrators take battle against white supremacy to Trump's front door. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Upset and energized by President Trump's inadequate tele-prompted words on white supremacy, racism and the mass murders in El Paso and Dayton, hundreds of people gathered opposite the White House Aug. 6 to link Trump to the massacres — and to vow continued campaigning to get Congress to act, plus retribution at the polls next …
(2019-08-07). Policing the borders of suffering. mronline.org 
Both mainstream Jewish institutions and non-Jewish liberal and conservative commentators took it upon themselves to censure Ocasio-Cortez's use of "concentration camps," with Rep. Liz Cheney accusing the freshman representative of "demean[ing]" the memory of those who died in the Holocaust. | Source
(2019-08-07). Spooks behind Patriot Act, drone & torture programs unite to 'secure' US elections, free of charge. rt.com 
A group of former intelligence agency directors and other trustworthy cybersecurity pros has launched a charitable initiative to protect US elections against foreign interference. So who are these noble guardians of democracy?
(2019-08-07). NBC pundit says Trump's order to fly flags at half-staff after shootings could be nod to Hitler. rt.com 
Donald Trump has ordered American flags to be flown at half-staff until August 8 in memory of the victims of last week's shootings — but one NBC contributor thinks the date could be seen as a secret nod to neo-Nazis.
(2019-08-07). Pakistan downgrades ties with 'brutal Indian racist regime' over Kashmir dispute. thecanary.co 
Pakistan is downgrading diplomatic ties with India and suspending bilateral trade in response to New Delhi's decision to eliminate the special status and statehood of Kashmir, a Himalayan region claimed by both countries.Foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told parliament that Pakistan will expel the Indian ambassador.The decision to downgrade relations was made at a meet…
(2019-08-07). Texas WWP statement condemns mass murder. workers.org 
The Texas branch of Workers World Party condemns, in the strongest terms, the mass murder in El Paso and the system of white supremacy that produced it. Reports on Aug. 3 estimate that a white supremacist murdered at least 20 people after driving over 9 hours from Dallas/Fort Worth to . . . | Continue reading Texas WWP statement condemns mass murder at Workers.org
(2019-08-07). The New Politics of the White (Supremacist) Evangelical Republican Party. counterpunch.org 
No matter what Donald Trump does or says, most Republicans and white evangelicals are not going to criticize or break from him in 2020. It is a fantasy if Democrats think that they can sway them, hoping that perhaps talking about jobs, prescription drug prices, or immigration reform will move these voters. It is also More
(2019-08-07). These 7 Prominent Conservatives Have Nothing in Common With White Supremacists, Nothing at All. theintercept.com 
A man wears a MAGA hat during the Western Conservative Summit in Denver on July 12, 2019. | cool kid's philosopher" — took to Twitter to berate those who dare draw any kind of line between President Donald Trump, the Republican Party, and U.S. conservatives on the one hand and white nationalist terrorists on the other. | So, we now have two separate NYT columnists arguing that all conservatives are basically violent white supremacists, but slightly more subtle. Let me put this gently: f*** yourselves.
(2019-08-07). Trump Campaign Ran Over 2,000 Ads Warning of Immigrant "Invasion" Before El Paso. truthout.org | | Before a white gunman targeted dozens of Latinos in response to what he believed was an immigrant "invasion," President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election campaign ran more than 2,000 Facebook ads calling immigration an "invasion." | Although Trump rejected white supremacy after the alleged gunman killed 22 people and injured dozens of others Saturday at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, the gunman echoed the president's own rhetoric w…
(2019-08-07). Trump's Housing Department Is Making It Harder to Fight Discrimination. truthout.org | | In 2012, Wells Fargo agreed to a $175 million settlement with the Justice Department to resolve allegations that its lenders unfairly steered homeowners in Black and Latino communities into subprime mortgages. The company denied any wrongdoing, but former employees described a lending "machine" that saddled people of color in Maryland and several other states with j…
(2019-08-07). Author sums up new US-Turkish intervention in Syria perfectly. thecanary.co Turkey has recently been threatening to invade northern Syria. And it has now reached a compromise with its NATO allies in the US to set up a controversial "safe zone" there instead. So far, there seem to be few specifics for this plan, but one author and journalist familiar with the region summed up the situation perfectly: | When a repressive, murderous fascist who's locked up 1000s and eliminated all press freedom, says he can't "feel safe" as long as a ful…
(2019-08-07). Caribbean Movement for Peace: US Destabilizing Region, Dialogue. telesurenglish.net General Secretary David Denny of the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration released a statement Wednesday afternoon condemning the United States-backed coup d'etat attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last April. | RELATED: | 'The KKK in White House Doesn't Want Talks, They Want Violence: ' President Maduro | The Barbados-based organization says the Donald Trump administration's mounting economic strangle on the South American nation is both "desta…
(2019-08-07). The Sun paid £30k to a Labour MP over a 'misleading' story, and he's using the cash brilliantly. thecanary.co As The Canary reported in February, the Sun was forced to pay £30,000 to Labour MP Richard Burgon in a libel case: The legal dispute was over a story the Sun ran in April 2017. It asserted that an image posted by the band Dream Troll mirro…
(2019-08-07). Líder de FRSO critica masacre en masa racista en El Paso. fightbacknews.org Washington DC – "La Organización Socialista del Camino a la Libertad (FRSO) condena enérgicamente el asesinato en masa realizado en El Paso", dijo Masao Suzuki, presidente de la Comisión de Nacionalidades Conjuntas de FRSO. Sobre el tirador dijo: "Con una cuenta de Twitter gustando el hashtag BuildtheWall y una foto de armas que deletrean a Trump, está claro que la motivación para este crimen de supremacía blanca está determinada por los ataques racistas de Trump". | El 3 de agosto, un hombre armado que apoya a Trump llevó a cabo una masacre de al menos 20 personas en El Paso, Texas, que justificó en una declarac…
(2019-08-07). Mass Movements Can Beat Back Racist Vigilantes Like the El Paso Shooter. truthout.org | | The El Paso shooter is the vigilante extension of Trump's anti-immigrant policies. Lacking a physical barrier — a wall — he takes matters into his own hands and enforces a barrier on his own. He's hardly the first. From the anti-immigrant pogroms of the Gold Rush to today's border militias, vigilantism has long been deployed against perceived threats to white political power. In a terrifying feedback loop, vigilantism both pressured politicians to pass oppressive federal policy,…
(2019-08-07). Líder de FRSO critica masacre en masa racista en El Paso. fightbacknews.org Washington DC – "La Organización Socialista del Camino a la Libertad (FRSO) condena enérgicamente el asesinato en masa realizado en El Paso", dijo Masao Suzuki, presidente de la Comisión de Nacionalidades Conjuntas de FRSO. Sobre el tirador dijo: "Con una cuenta de Twitter gustando el hashtag BuildtheWall y una foto de armas que deletrean a Trump, está claro que la motivación para este crimen de supremacía blanca está determinada por los ataques racistas de Trump". | El 3 de agosto, un hombre armado que apoya a Trump llevó a cabo una masacre de al menos 20 personas en El Paso, Texas, que justificó en una declarac…
(2019-08-07). Headlines for August 7, 2019. democracynow.org Dems and Grieving Communities Voice Resistance to Trump Visits to El Paso and Dayton, FBI Investigating Gilroy Mass Shooting as Domestic Terror, Dems Call on Congressional Leaders to Pass Bills Addressing White Supremacy, Civil Rights Groups Rally Against Gun Violence and White Supremacy at White House, Walmart Workers Plan Walkout to Protest Gun Sales, Toni Morrison, Visionary Author and Nobel Laureate, Dies at 88, Nigerian Journalist and Political Activist Omoyele Sowore Arrested After Calling for Revolution, U.S Warns Turkey Against Syria Attacking Kurdish Forces in Syria, 25% of World's Population Under "Extr…
(2019-08-07). Trump's Embrace of White Supremacy Is Poisoning America's Soul. globalresearch.ca Within 13 hours, two mass shooting took place—in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio—killing 31 innocent people and injuring twice as many. We normally hear about these horrifying incidents, express sorrow and bewilderment, talk about gun control, and move on. …
(2019-08-07). White Supremacy Goes Prime Time. counterpunch.org A number of commentators have linked the killing of 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso in the United States of America on Saturday 3rd August 2019 to the rising tide of White Supremacism. White Supremacism is a belief that whites are superior to others and therefore have a right to dominate them. More
(2019-08-07). Land and Freedom. dissidentvoice.org ia601406.us.archive.org/32/items/trouble… From the genocidal aftermath of Columbus' accidental "discovery" of the New World, to the ever-deeper encroachments of Israeli settlements into the West Bank — five hundred years of European colonialism has cast a long shadow over this world. Colonization, in its supreme arrogance, carved up the globe according to the imperial logic of accumulation, …
(2019-08-07). Milwaukee: Vigil Against Hate remembers victims of mass shootings. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On August 5, a variety of non-profit and local religious organizations hosted a Vigil Against Hate, in remembrance of those killed in Oak Creek, Wisconsin; Gilroy, California; El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett made an appearance, along with a few other local politicians. Around 100 people showed up to the vigil to express solidarity with victims of white supremacist violence, which is impressive given the fact that the event was organized in 24 hours. | Most notably, there was a large Sikh presence; many of them being previous victims of white supremacist violence in 20…
(2019-08-07). Vazquez Sworn In, As Puerto Rico Gets Third Governor in 6 Days. telesurenglish.net Puerto Rico's Secretary of Justice Wanda Vazquez was sworn in as the island's third governor in less than a week Wednesday just hours after Pedro Pierluisi's appointment was invalidated by the Supreme Court. | RELATED: | Puerto Rico Top Court Votes Against Pedro Pierluisi Governorship, Says Unconstitutional | "I am willing to assume with the responsibility and seriousness the position of Governor of Puerto Rico, as the island needs certainty and stabili…
(2019-08-07). Puerto Rico Top Court Votes Against Pierluisi Governorship. telesurenglish.net The Puerto Rico Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that last week's swearing-in of Pedro Pierluisi as governor was unconstitutional and that he must leave office later in the day, paving the way for Justice Secretary Wanda Vazquez to succeed him. | RELATED: | Replacement for Puerto Rico's Governor Doesn't Want the Job | In a unanimous decision, the nine-member high court nullified his governorship based on the fact his earlier appointment as secretary of state and next in lin…
(2019-08-07). 17 million U.S. voters purged from voter rolls. nationofchange.org A new report published by the Brennan Center for Justice has stated at least 17 million people were removed from voter poles between 2016 and 2018. This report also shows a particularly significant increase in purged U.S. voter rolls in states with a history of racial discrimination. "As the country prepares for the 2020 election, …
(2019-08-07). WATCH: To Combat Hate and Gun Violence, Ocasio-Cortez Urges US to 'Go Deep' and 'Love Bigger' to Break Grip of White Supremacy. commondreams.org "We will always be here and hold space for you to come back," AOC said directly to those now mired in racist ideologies. "We will love you back. You are not too far gone." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …