(2019-09-25). Impeachment inquiry follows rising popular demands for action. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Whatever you may think of Ukraine's government—mired in corruption, red-baiting, xenophobia, and pro-Nazi anti-Semitism—Donald Trump's ultimatum to that nation's new president to dig up dirt on U.S. political foe Joe Biden, in return for foreign aid, was the trigger that pushed Democratic leaders to yield to the rising demand for the GOP incumbent's impeachment. The …
(2019-09-25). Rev. Arlington Trotman on Racism and Immigration. indybay.org First Unitarian Universalist Society of S.F. | 1187 Franklin St. @ Geary | San Francisco…
(2019-09-25). The other Ukraine scandal: US support for neo-Nazis fuels far-right terror at home. thegrayzone.com Aaron Maté speaks with Ben Norton about how a far-right US soldier arrested by the FBI for plotting domestic bomb…
(2019-09-25). White Supremacist Violence Is On the Rise. Expanding the FBI's Powers Isn't the Answer. aclu.org Expanding law enforcement's powers will harm the communities of color that white supremacist violence targets—and undermine our constitutional rights. | In response to the increase in white supremacist violence, Congress has been holding hearings — including one today — on the urgent need to address it. But, rather than getting to the bottom of why our law enforcement agencies have failed to address white supremacist violence, some lawmakers are rushing to give law enforcement agencies harmful additional powers and creating new crimes. That approach ignores the way power, racism, and nation…
(2019-09-25). The British media failed to address the other disgraceful moment Boris Johnson had yesterday. thecanary.co Boris Johnson had a bad day on 24 September, in more ways than one. The UK's supreme court ruled that his prorogation of parliament was unlawful. The British media can't get enough of that story. But Johnson had another scandalous moment…
(2019-09-25). UK Supreme Court rules Johnson's prorogation of Parliament illegal. wsws.org British politics entered uncharted waters yesterday as the Supreme Court—the UK's highest judicial body—declared illegal Prime Minister Boris Johnson's authoritarian prorogation of parliament.
(2019-09-25). Mass killings in Afghanistan are acts of white supremacy. nationofchange.org An American white nationalist killed over 30 people recently. The victims, all brown, had full lives; children, loved ones, and years, full of plans, ahead of them. But then they were incinerated. Worst of all, they were murdered while Afghan. The deaths were noted in the press, and one Democrat running for president even acknowledged …
(2019-09-25). Genocide Warnings for Three African States. dissidentvoice.org These genocide warnings concern current threats to the peoples of Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Burundi. Beyond the primary concern for all the people in national groups, a pattern is emerging globally which should remind North Americans of past genocides against native American peoples: the masses of people forced from their homelands, the refugee …
(2019-09-25). The fascist network behind the murder of Walter Làºbcke. wsws.org Three months after the murder of Kassel's regional president, there is mounting evidence that the Christian Democratic politician was the victim of an extreme right-wing network reaching deep into the state security apparatus.
(2019-09-25). Fascist Celebrity Rehab. thenation.com Fascist Celebrity Rehab…
(2019-09-25). Trump delivers fascist tirade at United Nations. wsws.org The American president, echoing neo-Nazi tropes about the "replacement" of national identity, raved against socialism and threatened the whole world with trade war and military violence.
(2019-09-25). Why Patriot Missiles Are Useless. globalresearch.ca Missile strikes that shut down a half of Saudi oil production not only marked a new round of escalation in the Persian Gulf, but also revealed the limitations of the Kingdom's air defense. Over the past years, Saudi Arabia, the …
(2019-09-25). Pranks, laughter and sex yetis: how Brits are coping with a government in meltdown. thecanary.co The UK is having a pretty tumultuous time right now. The UK's supreme court has ruled that Boris Johnson's prorogation of parliament was unlawful. Now, parliament has returned; and the government is getting an earful from its opposite numbers. | Frankly, things are a mess. Whether we'll be…
(2019-09-25). Billy Bragg: What the U.K. Supreme Court's Historic Ruling Against Boris Johnson Means for Brexit. democracynow.org 
The U.K. Parliament has reconvened after the country's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had unlawfully suspended Parliament in order to push through Brexit with or without a deal. Johnson made the unprecedented move late last month, asking the queen to prorogue Parliament in order to limit debate on leaving the European Union, which the U.K. is scheduled to do by October 31. Calls for Johnson's resignation are mounting since the news broke, with opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn calling for a general election and demanding Johnson apologize to the queen and to the country. For mo…
(2019-09-25). Railroaded by the Judges: Boris Johnson Fails in the UK Supreme Court. globalresearch.ca It delighted Labour supporters and party apparatchiks who had been falling over each other in murderous ceremony at the party conference in Brighton: Prime Minister Boris Johnson would come to the unwitting rescue with his own version of a …
(2019-09-25). What the UK Supreme Court's Ruling Against Boris Johnson Means for Brexit. truthout.org | | The U.K. Parliament has reconvened after the country's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had unlawfully suspended Parliament in order to push through Brexit with or without a deal. Johnson made the unprecedented move late last month, asking the queen to prorogue Parliament in order to limit debate on leaving the European Union, which the U.K. is scheduled to do by October 31. Calls for Johnson's resignation are mounting since the news broke, with opposition Labour…
(2019-09-25). Documents Prove "Creative Community for Peace" is Front for Right-Wing Israel Lobby Group "StandWithUs" bdsmovement.net 
Documents Prove "Creative Community for Peace" is Front for Right-Wing Israel Lobby Group "StandWithUs": UpdateArtists who support justice for all and oppose racism in all forms should be aware of CCFP's deception and steer clear of its lobbying agenda. | Cultural BoycottSeptember 25, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)
(2019-09-25). The End of Asylum? commondreams.org Storytelling of people's experiences is especially useful: It shifts the discourse from one that identifies migrants as threats to one that sees migrants as fellow humans; it replaces racist rhetoric with empathy. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-09-24). Only a Green New Deal can douse the fires of eco-fascism. mronline.org 
ORGANIZERS ARE EXPECTING huge numbers to turn out for the Global Climate Strike, beginning on September 20 and continuing through September 27. It builds on the first global climate strike, which took place on March 15, and attracted an estimated 1.6 million young people, who walked out of class at schools on every continent. | Source
(2019-09-24). Supreme Court rules prorogation of Parliament was unlawful. thecanary.co 
Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament for five weeks was unlawful, the UK's highest court has declared.A panel of 11 justices at the Supreme Court in London gave their decision on Tuesday in a ruling on the legality of the prime minister's advice to the Queen to prorogue parliament until 14 October.The judges, led by the court's president Lady Hale, heard appeals over three days arising out of legal challenges in England and Scotland — which produced different outcomes.The panel held unanimously that Johnson's advice to the Queen was unlawful because it had the effect of frustrating parliament.SNP M…
(2019-09-24). Odds cut on Boris Johnson being shortest serving PM. thecanary.co 
Bookmakers have cut the odds on Boris Johnson leaving Downing Street this year and becoming the shortest serving prime minister in history.Johnson needs to continue as PM until 20 November to avoid the distinction of holding the office for fewer days than any of his predecessors.On that date he will overtake George Canning, who clocked up 118 days as prime minister before his death in 1827, and who holds the record for the shortest time in office.Johnson is currently on 62 days.(PA graphic)Following today's Supreme Court ruling, the bookmaker Coral has reduced the odds on Johnson being replaced as PM this year fr…
(2019-09-24). Esos no somos: El migrante como agente de cambio. peoplesworld.org 
Sobre el proceso de acumulación económica, emigrar se convirtió en un acto tan necesario como legítimo. Sistémicamente imbuido, no sólo aporta valor al lugar de recepción, sino que detona un proceso culturizado sobre este mismo. El migrante tiene derechos: de ser respetado, integrarse socialmente, vivir con dignidad. Junto con un manifiesto racista, meritorio de análisis, …
(2019-09-24). Family separation under the Trump administration — a timeline. splcenter.org Long before the Trump administration implemented its "zero tolerance" immigration enforcement policy in 2018, it was already separating children from their parents as part of a "pilot program" conducted in the El Paso, Texas, area and along other parts of the border.
(2019-09-24). Bomb-plotting extremist American soldier tried to join US-backed neo-Nazi militia in Ukraine. thegrayzone.com A far-right US soldier arrested by the FBI for plotting domestic bomb attacks sought to join Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion,…
(2019-09-24). A Damning Verdict by the Supreme Court against Boris Johnson Who Should Now Resign with his Cabinet. globalresearch.ca In a verdict unprecedented in British legal and constitutional history, the Supreme Court consisting of eleven of the most senior justices, today ruled unanimously that the current Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, had acted unlawfully in his prorogation (suspension …
(2019-09-24). Boris Johnson is dead in the water after Supreme Court rules he acted unlawfully. thecanary.co UK prime minister Boris Johnson has suffered a humiliating defeat after the Supreme Court ruled that his attempt to prorogue parliament was unlawful. There are now calls for him to resign. | The ruling: | The Supreme Court ruling was made by eleven justices: Lady Hale, Lord Reed, Lord Kerr, Lord Wilson, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hodge, Lady Black, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lady Arden, Lord Kitchin, and Lord Sales. | Lady Hale, president of the Su…
(2019-09-24). Spain's Top Court Allows Exhuming Dictator Franco's Remains. telesurenglish.net Spain's supreme court gave the government the go-ahead Tuesday to exhume the remains of dictator Francisco Franco and move them from the state mausoleum in which he was buried in 1975. | RELATED: | Spain Orders Hundreds of Municipalities to Remove Franco Symbols | The ruling could end decades of controversy over the burial place of the man who sti…
(2019-09-24). Mass Killings In Afghanistan Are Acts of White Supremacy. commondreams.org The majority of civilians who are violently killed in Afghanistan are now violently killed by the U.S. and its partners—and that's not for a lack of competition, with the Taliban answering record-high airstrikes with atrocity after atrocity of their own. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-09-24). International Human Rights Bodies Provide a Case for Reparations. aclu.org International human rights programs provide models for reparations. | It is common for nations where mass atrocities have taken place to engage in the process of reparation and repair. This process happened in Germany after the Holocaust, South Africa after apartheid, and here in the United States, forty years after the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. As a result, international human rights bodies have sought to lend their expertise to the process, often by holding hearings an…
(2019-09-24). Patriotic Millionaires Welcome Bernie Sanders's Wealth Tax Proposal to National Tax Debate. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-09-24). How Serious People Planned to Avert Climate Catastrophe at the UN (While Trump Hung Out in the Basement). commondreams.org Trump spent most of the day at an event on religious discrimination, held in a basement room and not attended by many world leaders but appreciated by American evangelists. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2019-09-24). Up in Smoke. thenation.com Up in Smoke…
(2019-09-24). Srebrenica did not "inspire" Christchurch. dissidentvoice.org Earlier this month, popular 'progressive' news website The Intercept published an article entitled "From El Paso to Sarajevo: How White Nationalists Are Inspired by the Bosnia Genocide", written by journalist and staff writer Murtaza Hussain. The piece argued that many of the perpetrators behind mass shootings and domestic terrorism in the West — from the convicted far right …
(2019-09-24). Headlines for September 24, 2019. democracynow.org Greta Thunberg and Youth Activists Take On World Leaders at U.N. Climate Action Summit, Trump Admin Tells U.N. to Drop Term "Reproductive Health and Rights", Trump Ordered Hold on Ukrainian Aid Before Call with President Zelensky About Bidens, U.K. Supreme Court: Boris Johnson's Suspension of Parliament Is Unlawful, U.K., France & Germany Say Iran Responsible for Saudi Oil Attacks as Trump Addresses UNGA, Afghanistan: At Least 40 Civilians Killed by U.S.-Afghan Attack, Haiti: Senator Shoots AP Photographer in Face During Anti-Gov't Protests, Video of Blindfolded Prisoners in Xinjiang Adds to Fears of Mass Human R…
(2019-09-24). Resignation calls grow after U.K. Supreme Court rules Johnson's parliament suspension illegal. peoplesworld.org 
In a major blow to his fledgling and failing premiership, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson's five-week prorogation (suspension) of Parliament was declared illegal by that country's Supreme Court today. Coming just five weeks before Britain's Oct. 31 deadline to leave the European Union, the court's move is the latest episode in the tumultuous battle over Brexit. …
(2019-09-24). UK Supreme Court Rules Parliament Shutdown Illegal. Boris Misled the Queen. globalresearch.ca Since taking office on July 24, virtually everything Tory Prime Minister Boris Johnson put to a vote was defeated — an unparalleled record of failure over a short period, especially for a new leader. | Notably, Johnson lost every no-deal Brexit/snap …
(2019-09-24). Johnson vows to press on with Brexit after Supreme Court bombshell. thecanary.co Boris Johnson has vowed to press on with his plans for Brexit despite a devastating ruling by Britain's highest court that his suspension of parliament was unlawful. | The prime minister said he would abide by the finding of the Supreme Court that the five-week prorogation was "void and of no effect" — even though he disagreed with its conclusion. | Following the legal bombshell, Commons speaker John Bercow announced that MPs would return to Westminster on Wednesday with the House sitting at 11.30am. | The ruling prompted immediate demands from the opposition for Johnson to quit amid claims his position had…
(2019-09-23). Supreme Court to rule on Tuesday on suspension of parliament challenges. thecanary.co 
Prime minister Boris Johnson is set to find out the ruling of the UK's highest court over the legality of his advice to the Queen to suspend parliament for five weeks.A panel of 11 Supreme Court justices will announce their findings at 10.30am on Tuesday following a historic hearing in London last week.The judges have been asked to rule on whether the prime minister's advice to the Queen to prorogue parliament until 14 October was unlawful. | The judgment in 'R (on behalf of Miller) v The Prime Minister' and 'Cherry and others v Advocate General for Scotland' will be handed down at 10.30am on Tuesday 24 September…
(2019-09-23). 'Dumb white people': Another NYT editor under fire after questionable old tweets resurface. rt.com 
As the New York Times continues its pivot to race-focused coverage, more arguably racist and anti-Semitic tweets by an editor have come to light — just weeks after another employee apologized for "offensive" past comments. | Breitbart uncovered the "racially offensive" tweets blasting "dumb white people" which were posted between 2014 and 2017 by Jazmine Hughes, an associate editor of the New York Times Magazine. | In one of the tweets, Hughes jokes that she might tell a store cashier to have a nice day "even though you white." In another, she attributes decreased stress in her life to a decision she mad…
(2019-09-23). Opportunity Costs: Community corrections program offers a roadmap for client success. splcenter.org Positive client outcomes indicate promising investment for fiscally sound prison alternatives, rather than prison construction.
(2019-09-23). Opportunity Costs: Community corrections program struggles to break even as some clients feel the pain. splcenter.org Kary Meadows believed he was just days away from going free.
(2019-09-23). An Ugly End to the Antonio Brown Saga. thenation.com An Ugly End to the Antonio Brown Saga…
(2019-09-23). Attorney With Hate Group Ties Named to University of Kentucky Board of Trustees. splcenter.org Kentucky's governor has appointed an attorney who worked closely with an anti-LGBT hate group to the Board of Trustees for the University of Kentucky, a school that previously received a top national ranking for being LGBTQ-friendly.
(2019-09-22). Philippines: Resist and end Duterte's fascist regime. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following Sept. 20 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | Almost five decades ago, Ferdinand Marcos placed the entire country under martial law which launched his brutal dictatorial rule. For 14 years, the Filipino people resisted valiantly and fought on all arenas of struggle. Serving as the strongest bulwark of anti-fascist resistance, the Party and the New People's Army waged underground and armed struggle, inspiring and militating the Filipino people to unite and struggle for democracy. Culminating long years of anti-fascist resistance, the Filipino…
(2019-09-21). Italy: new government to stop the far-right. greenleft.org.au 
Italian politics Daniele FulviIssue 1238 Spain anti-racism anti-fascismSeptember 21, 2019Following weeks of negotiations, Italy's 5 Star Movement (M5S) and the Democratic Party (PD) have agreed to form a…
(2019-09-21). Victory as Jock Palfreeman released on parole. greenleft.org.au 
Pip HinmanIssue 1238 Bulgaria anti-racism prisoners' rights RomaSeptember 21, 2019Anti-fascist campaigner and Australian citizen Jock Palfreeman was unexpectedly granted parole on September 19 after serving…
(2019-09-20). The Supreme Court Considers Mandatory Government Funding of Religious Education. aclu.org A case out of Montana could result in the church-state separation being stripped to the bone. | In Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, the Supreme Court will address a question that would have been unthinkable to ask even until quite recently: Can a state be forced to underwrite religious education with taxpayer dollars? Although the court has previously allowed the government to adopt school-voucher programs that provide indirect government aid to religious schools, it has never suggested that the U.S. Cons…
(2019-09-20). Georgia Supreme Court Urges State to Stop Stonewalling In Devonia Inman Case: "Let Justice Be Done" theintercept.com Justice David Nahmias lamented the court's previous refusal to review Devonia Inman's case and expressed grave doubts about Inman's underlying guilt.
(2019-09-20). Attorney With Ties to Anti-LGBT Groups Hired for Key Government Agency. splcenter.org Right-wing attorney, writer and legal analyst Ken Klukowski has landed a position in the Trump administration in the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
(2019-09-20). Boycott InDnegev Festival 2019. bdsmovement.net 
Boycott InDnegev Festival 2019: PACBI StatementInDnegev is complicit in Israel's apartheid and ethnic cleansing against Palestinians | Cultural BoycottSeptember 20, 2019 | By: | | Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)