Daily Archives: November 30, 2019

2019-11-30: News Headlines

Gary Engler (2019-11-30). The Personal has Always Been Political for Rich People. dissidentvoice.org The personal is political for Donald Trump, even though he is certainly no feminist. The president, who was a young adult at the time this women's liberation slogan was popular — to point out that what happens in a woman's private life was part of a larger political problem of male supremacy — may have …

Brenda Norrell (2019-11-30). Native leader says Trump's empty promises won't halt crisis of murdered Indigenous women. indybay.org Ohlone Chair Dee Dee Ybarra said Trump's empty promises to halt the ongoing genocide of missing and murdered Indigenous women is no more than political rhetoric aimed at getting votes.

WSWS (2019-11-30). Berlin Tax Office withdraws charitable status from Nazi victims' organisation. wsws.org The decision is tantamount to a ban, depriving the organisation of tax concessions vital to fund its work.

RT (2019-11-30). Smeared by 'Israel lobby'? Dutch cartoonist scoffs after being branded 'Nazi sympathizer' over Netanyahu caricature. rt.com A Jewish group is up in arms over a Dutch cartoon that suggests Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to use claims of anti-Semitism against Jeremy Corbyn for his own political benefit. The cartoon's artist has defended his work. | The caricature, published in De Volkskrant, a major Dutch daily, depicts the Israeli prime minister holding a stone labeled "anti-Semitism charges" in one hand and reading an indictment for corruption in the other. | UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is opposite him, saying: "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." | Dutch daily's cartoon shows Netanyahu behind Labour anti-Semit…

Wiepke (2019-11-29). Apartheid Free Zone Campaign in Italy Has Grown by 50 Percent Since Launch in June. bdsmovement.net Apartheid Free Zone Campaign in Italy Has Grown by 50 Percent Since Launch in June: Update150 commercial, cultural and sporting activities in Italy have declared themselves free of Israeli apartheid Apartheid Free ZonesNovember 29, 2019 | By: | | BDS Italy

CounterSpin (2019-11-29). Wayne Barrett on Rudy Giuliani, Melissa Goodman on the PATRIOT Act. fair.org Media…

IMEMC News (2019-11-29). Illegal Colonists Chop 30 Olive Trees Near Nablus. imemc.org A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, on Friday at dawn, a Palestinian olive orchard in the as-Sawiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and chopped more than 30 trees. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-11-29). Israel's Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements. counterpunch.org It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, "consistent" with international law. US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion for some time. Since his advent to the White House in January 2017, President More

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-11-29). More Palestinian Homes Demolished in West Bank. imemc.org Israeli occupation forces have demolished four more Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, displacing its occupants. Palestine News Network correspondence said that Israeli troops, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed Beit Kahil town, west of al-Khalil (Hebron), and began demolishing the houses on Thursday. Following the demolition, confronatations erupted between Palestinians …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-11-29). Activism For Palestine Must Create Spaces For Palestinian Narratives. imemc.org by Ramona Wadi, for Days of Palestine When, in December 2017, US President Donald Trump unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the protests in Palestine swiftly ignited a ripple of international solidarity. Activists in many countries protested against the decision, while world leaders repeated their carefully-crafted statements and considered their …

IMEMC News (2019-11-29). Illegal Colonists Burn Palestinian Car, Puncture Tires And Write Racist Graffiti. imemc.org Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the Taybeh and Deir Ammar villages, in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah, and burnt a Palestinian car, in addition to writing racist graffiti and puncturing the tires of many cars. Locals said the colonists, who came from …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-11-29). Tell AXA: Stop Financing Israel's Climate Apartheid. imemc.org Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) / France AXA invests hundreds of millions of dollars in fossil fuels, insures polluting businesses, and invests $91 million in Israel's weapons and its expanding settlements, which destroy the environment. The 4th global Climate Strike today falls on the same day as the UN Day of …

William Bell (2019-11-29). Trump Imperils the Peace Process. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration's declaration that it does not consider Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory a violation of international law has torn up four decades of American policy, and risks making life even worse for the most marginalised groups …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-11-29). Palestinian Killed on Gaza Border. imemc.org At least one Palestinian was killed and many others were injured by Israeli forces, as they attacked dozens of protesters taking part in the weekly March of Return at Gaza-Israel border, according to medical sources. Israeli soldiers stationed at the separation fence fired live bullets and rubber-coated steel rounds at …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-11-29). When Holidays Bring Hate: Sarah's Day in Occupied Hebron. imemc.org 11/27/19 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron The Jewish holiday of Shabbat Chayei Sarah (Sarah's Day) took place in Al Khalil (also known as Hebron), over the weekend of 22-23 November. Over the two days, around 50,000 Israeli settlers flocked to the city to celebrate the festival in the place …

teleSUR (2019-11-29). World: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People. telesurenglish.net Since 1977, the United Nations commemorates the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People every Nov. 29, with the aim of focusing attention on the fact that the question of Palestine has not yet been resolved. | RELATED: | Israel Starts Building Largest Settlement in East Jerusalem | The date was chosen for its importance to the Palestinian people, since in 1947, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed resolution 181, later known as the "Resolu…

IMEMC News (2019-11-29). Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Police Officer, Injure Several Residents, In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday ay dawn, a Palestinian police officer in Surif town, and injured several residents in Beit Ummar town, near Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Surif town, northwest of Hebron, and abducted a Palestinian Police officer, identified …

PCHR (2019-11-29). PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (21 — 27 November 2019). imemc.org Summary Israeli occupation Forces (IOF) continued their violations of human rights and international law in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) this week as PCHR documented 174 violations by IOF and Israeli settlers. In terms of excessive use of force, IOF wounded 18 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and the Gaza …

Michael Barker (2019-11-29). Why Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis is Wrong About Labor Anti-Semitism. counterpunch.org The Tories strategy for 'hiding' their deep-rooted racism involves them perpetuating gratuitous acts of racism so regularly that they are effectively normalised. Nothing to report here apparently. Yet the corporate-owned, Tory-supporting media can't stop discussing Labour's alleged racism, which has them furiously salivating over Jeremy Corbyn's covert anti-Semitism. The main reason for this focus revolves More

Yves Engler (2019-11-29). Alternative Media promotes Canadian Foreign Policy. dissidentvoice.org Why would an alternative media website that questions government and corporate policies about climate change and the environment have so much trouble understanding that the same sort of skepticism is necessary regarding Canadian foreign policy? Imagine a self-declared progressive media outlet saying they don't cover racism, patriarchy or the dispossession of First Nations because they …

Paul Street (2019-11-29). Why the UkraineGate Hearings Didn't Move the Dial. counterpunch.org CNN and MSDNC's talking heads seemed surprised and disappointed that the recent televised impeachment hearings do not appear to have moved any but a small number of Republicans into supporting the impeachment and removal of the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump. Liberals roll their eyes while discussing surveys showing that Republican voters are unmoved by More

teleSUR (2019-11-29). Bolsonaro Denounced Before International Criminal Court. telesurenglish.net The Brazilian Bar Association for Human Rights and the Arns Commission on Wednesday denounced President Jair Bolsonaro formally for "crimes against humanity" and incitement to genocide of the Amazon indigenous peoples. | RELATED: | Rio's Governor To Sue Bolsonaro over Marielle Franco Case | This complaint was filed before the International Criminal Court i…

Steven Sahiounie (2019-11-29). Christians In Syria: From Killed Armenian Priest in Syria to the Roots of Hatred and Genocide. globalresearch.ca Father Hovsep Bedoyan, the head of the Armenian Catholic community in Qamishli, and the priest's father, Abraham Bedoyan, were killed November 11, on the road leading from Qamishli to Deir Ez Zor, were they were headed to …

Nino Pagliccia (2019-11-29). Bolivia — The Danger of "Neoliberalism with Fascist Characteristics" globalresearch.ca A relevant article by Thierry Meyssan has been published that reveals the deep historical fascist/catholic links leading up to the coup in Bolivia and the danger that may lie ahead as a result. It is important to be aware of …

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-11-29). Reversing Pro-Palestinian Stance of Evo Morales, Bolivia's Coup Government Moves to Restore Ties With Israel. commondreams.org Morales cut off diplomatic ties with Israel over its deadly 2009 assault on the occupied Gaza Strip and called for top Israeli officials to be charged with genocide. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Fred_F (2019-11-29). The media's Palestine problem. greenleft.org.au international solidarity Sue BoltonIssue 1247 Australia fighting fund PalestineNovember 29, 2019ABC's November 25 Q&A program discussed the push by the United States to recognise illegal Israeli…

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-11-29). The Most Enduring Media Cover Up. dissidentvoice.org Clearing the FOG hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese interviewed Alison Weir, journalist and founder of If Americans Knew, a website that provides factual information about the Israeli State and Palestine. Weir describes how she learned firsthand that US media provide a false and one-sided narrative about Occupied Palestine and why she has dedicated the …

The Canary (2019-11-28). Grime4Corbyn: Tories are racist and harmful for our communities. thecanary.co The Grime4Corbyn campaign group has claimed a Tory win at the General Election could lead to people "dying from austerity cuts" and "freezing to death in their homes".Co-organiser Sofia Mason described the Tory Party as "racist and harmful for our communities" and urged voters to opt for Labour in December.The Grime4Corbyn campaign group was inspired by grime artists expressing their support for the Labour leader at the 2017 election, and works with musicians to put on events.Stormzy has expressed support for Jeremy Corbyn (Yui Mok/PA) | Mason told the PA news agency that the upcoming election's importance "can't…

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-28). Israel to Expand Illegal Settlement by 11,000 Housing Units. imemc.org The Israeli Ministry of Housing is working on re-planning the construction of a new settlement on the abandoned Qalandia airport to expand the settlement of Atarot, north of Jerusalem, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported on its website, on Thursday. The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported that the settlement …

Eamon Whalen (2019-11-28). A Lawsuit at Harvard Pries Open Debates About Science and Reparations. thenation.com A Lawsuit at Harvard Pries Open Debates About Science and Reparations…

J.B. Gerald (2019-11-28). On State Contravention of the Genocide Convention. dissidentvoice.org I'd like to note two articles by Professor Michel Chossudovsky published this November in Global Research: they help explain the current denigration of the Convention on Genocide. When we grow accustomed to our system's atrocities we lessen our humanity. In an article of November 13th, 20191 Chossudovsky outlines the history of George H.W. Bush's father, …

teleSUR (2019-11-28). Italian Authorities Uncover Plot to Create New Nazi Party. telesurenglish.net Italian police said on Thursday they uncovered a plot to form a new Nazi party and seized a cache of weapons during searches across the country. | RELATED: | Spanish Ship Arrives in Italy With 62 Rescued Migrants | Police in 16 towns and cities from the Mediterranean island of Sicily to the Alps in northern Italy took part in the investigation, which was launched two years. | The probe revealed a "huge and varied array of subjects, residents in different places, united by the same ide…

Eds. (2019-11-28). The Electoral College's racist origins. mronline.org The nation's oldest structural racial entitlement program is one of its most consequential: the Electoral College. | Source

Ramzy Baroud (2019-11-27). Israel's Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements. mintpressnews.com U.S. foreign policy regarding the Israeli occupation has become a mere rubber stamp, that allows Israel's extreme right-wing government to single-handedly determine the fate of the Palestinian people.

Megan Giovannetti (2019-11-27). How the International Media Greenlights Israeli Aggression Toward Palestine. progressive.org "How terrifying is it that when someone points out the violations that Israel commits, they risk their job like Marc Lamont Hill?"

Middle East Eye (2019-11-27). Israeli Army Will No Longer Release the Bodies of Palestinians They've Killed. theantimedia.com Israel will no longer release the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.

Jonathan Cook (2019-11-27). Is Netanyahu Ready to Inflame War to Escape his Legal Troubles? dissidentvoice.org The decision to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on three separate criminal counts pushes the country's already unprecedented electoral stalemate into the entirely uncharted territory of a constitutional crisis. There is no legal precedent for a sitting prime minister facing a trial — in Netanyahu's case, for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Former …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-11-27). Israel's Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements. dissidentvoice.org It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, "consistent" with international law. US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion for some time. Since his advent to the White House in January 2017, President …

United Nations (2019-11-27). UN commemorates International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. news.un.org The United Nations has underlined its unwavering commitment to the Palestinian people in their ongoing struggle to achieve self-determination, independence and sovereignty.

RT (2019-11-27). Political affiliation bias is the last type of discrimination society approves of — and study shows we're embracing it fervently. rt.com In an ultra-PC society where even the suggestion of racial, ethnic or gender bias can get a person fired or ostracized, another type of discrimination — a political affiliation-based one — is thriving, according to a new study. | Discrimination may have become taboo in US society, but it hasn't gone away. A new study shows discriminatory behavior thrives in the one area where it remains socially acceptable to judge people based on shared attributes: political affiliation. Politics remains one of the few pers…

Staff (2019-11-27). Headlines for November 27, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Knew of Whistleblower Complaint When He Released Ukraine Aid, Colombian Protesters Call for Second General Strike, Chilean President Seeks to Deploy Military to Streets Amid Protests, IACHR Says Commission Should Investigate Human Rights Abuse in Bolivia, Pompeo Calls on Egypt to Respect Press Freedom, After Raid of Mada Masr, Videos Emerge of Iran's Bloody Crackdown Against Protesters, Jeremy Corbyn Condemns Anti-Semitism, After Criticism from Top Rabbi, Chemical Plant Explodes in Texas; Wildfires Rage near Santa Barbara, CA, New York City Council Votes to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes…

Eds. (2019-11-27). How racism works today. mronline.org With racist speech and sentiments coming more to the fore in current Irish politics, campaigner John Molyneux takes a look at how racist ideas and language work today. | Source

Conn Hallinan (2019-11-26). Nuclear lies and broken promises: Will Turkey get the bomb next? peoplesworld.org When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan told an economic meeting in the city of Sivas on Sept. 4 that Turkey was considering building nuclear weapons, he was responding to a broken promise. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the government of Iran of lying about its nuclear program, he was concealing one of the …

Al Neal (2019-11-26). Calgary Flames investigate allegations of racism. peoplesworld.org Following the Calgary Flames' 3-2 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday, Flames general manager Brad Treliving said the team has begun investigations into an accusation that head coach Bill Peters directed racial slurs towards a Nigerian-born player ten years ago while in the minor leagues, later arraigning the player's demotion after he raised concerns. …

Ryan Grim (2019-11-26). Pete Buttigieg Says Marijuana Arrests Signify "Systemic Racism." His South Bend Police Fit the Bill. theintercept.com A black South Bend resident was 4.3 times more likely to be arrested for possessing marijuana since 2012 than a white resident. Nationally, it was 3: 1.

Fight Back (2019-11-26). Chicago conference to relaunch National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression a huge success. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together for an historic gathering on the weekend of November 22 — 24, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will concentrate its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive ac…

Staff (2019-11-26). "An Attack on the Human Rights Movement": Israel Deports Human Rights Watch Monitor. democracynow.org The Israeli government deported the director of Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine office, Omar Shakir, on Monday. The organization said the move places Israel in an "ugly club" of authoritarian regimes. Israel has accused Shakir of supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a nonviolent global campaign aiming to pressure Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. A 2017 Israeli law bans foreigners from Israel if they publicly support the BDS movement. Omar Shakir joins us from Stockholm to discuss his recent deportation and his plans to address the European Parliament regarding Israel's sy…

RT (2019-11-26). 'Pete Buttigieg is a lying MF' trends on Twitter after column on past 'racism' goes viral. rt.com While he may be enjoying a surge in the Iowa polls, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is trending on Twitter for an entirely different reason, after a column entitled 'Pete Buttigieg Is A Lying MF' went viral. | In the column for the Root, senior writer Michael Harriot scathingly addresses a recently resurfaced video of Buttigieg claiming that black kids in low-income neighborhoods fail at school in high numbers because there "isn't someone who they know personally who testifies to the value of education." Buttigieg made the comment in 2011, while he was running for mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

Staff (2019-11-26). Headlines for November 26, 2019. democracynow.org Judge Rules Trump Can't Stop Officials from Testifying in Impeachment Inquiry, Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Disclosure of Trump's Financial Records, U.S. Troops Resume Combat Mission Against ISIS, U.N.: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Surged to Record-High Levels in 2018, 56 Killed in Landslides in Kenya, Leaked Documents Reveal China's "Brainwashing" of Uyghur Muslims, Duque Calls for "National Dialogue" as Protests Continue to Rock Colombia, Global Protests Mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Argentine Catholic Priests Sentenced to Prison for Raping Students, Water Protectors Block…

Dorothee Benz (2019-11-26). Talking Turkey About Impeachment Hearings – NYT coverage teaches us how not to discuss the end of democracy. fair.org Congratulations, you made it through the public hearings of the impeachment inquiry, one eye on the livestream and one eye on your work email, and somehow you met your deadlines even as you followed along blow by blow. So what are you going to say about it around the Thanksgiving dinner table? | There were certainly some moments designed to stoke feelings of patriotism as we head into the heavily mythologized, uniquely American holiday this week. Alexander Vindman (New York Times, 11/19/19): "The uniform I…

2019-11-30: Social Media Postees

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The Personal has Always Been Political for Rich People
Gary Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-30
The personal is political for Donald Trump, even though he is certainly no feminist. The president, who was a young adult at the time this women's liberation slogan was popular — to point out that what happens in a woman's private life was part of a larger political problem of male supremacy — may have …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/the-personal-has-always-been-political-for-rich-people/

Native leader says Trump's empty promises won't halt crisis of murdered Indigenous women
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
Ohlone Chair Dee Dee Ybarra said Trump's empty promises to halt the ongoing genocide of missing and murdered Indigenous women is no more than political rhetoric aimed at getting votes.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/28/18828454.php

Berlin Tax Office withdraws charitable status from Nazi victims' organisation
wsws.org | 2019-11-30
The decision is tantamount to a ban, depriving the organisation of tax concessions vital to fund its work.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/30/germ…

Smeared by 'Israel lobby'? Dutch cartoonist scoffs after being branded 'Nazi sympathizer' over Netanyahu caricature
rt.com | 2019-11-30
A Jewish group is up in arms over a Dutch cartoon that suggests Benjamin Netanyahu is trying to use claims of anti-Semitism against Jeremy Corbyn for his own political benefit. The cartoon's artist has defended his work. | The caricature, published in De Volkskrant, a major Dutch daily, depicts the Israeli prime minister holding a stone labeled "anti-Semitism charges" in one hand and reading an indictment for corruption in the other. | UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is opposite him, saying: "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." | Dutch daily's cartoon shows Netanyahu behind Labour anti-Semit…
rt.com/news/474725-dutch-cartoon-netanyahu-corbyn/

World: International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-29
Since 1977, the United Nations commemorates the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People every Nov. 29, with the aim of focusing attention on the fact that the question of Palestine has not yet been resolved. | RELATED: | Israel Starts Building Largest Settlement in East Jerusalem | The date was chosen for its importance to the Palestinian people, since in 1947, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed resolution 181, later known as the "Resolu…
telesurenglish.net/news/World-Commemorates-International-Day-of-Solidarity-with-the-Palestinian-People-20191129-0012.html

More Palestinian Homes Demolished in West Bank
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-29
Israeli occupation forces have demolished four more Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, displacing its occupants. Palestine News Network correspondence said that Israeli troops, accompanied by bulldozers, stormed Beit Kahil town, west of al-Khalil (Hebron), and began demolishing the houses on Thursday. Following the demolition, confronatations erupted between Palestinians …
imemc.org/article/more-palestinian-homes-demolished-in-west-bank/

Soldiers Abduct A Palestinian Police Officer, Injure Several Residents, In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-29
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday ay dawn, a Palestinian police officer in Surif town, and injured several residents in Beit Ummar town, near Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Surif town, northwest of Hebron, and abducted a Palestinian Police officer, identified …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-a-palestinian-police-officer-injure-several-residents-in-hebron/

Palestinian Killed on Gaza Border
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-29
At least one Palestinian was killed and many others were injured by Israeli forces, as they attacked dozens of protesters taking part in the weekly March of Return at Gaza-Israel border, according to medical sources. Israeli soldiers stationed at the separation fence fired live bullets and rubber-coated steel rounds at …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-killed-on-gaza-border/

Activism For Palestine Must Create Spaces For Palestinian Narratives
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-29
by Ramona Wadi, for Days of Palestine When, in December 2017, US President Donald Trump unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the protests in Palestine swiftly ignited a ripple of international solidarity. Activists in many countries protested against the decision, while world leaders repeated their carefully-crafted statements and considered their …
imemc.org/article/107742/

Trump Imperils the Peace Process
William Bell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
The Trump administration's declaration that it does not consider Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory a violation of international law has torn up four decades of American policy, and risks making life even worse for the most marginalised groups …
globalresearch.ca/trump-imperils-the-peace-process/5696296

Tell AXA: Stop Financing Israel's Climate Apartheid
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-29
Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) / France AXA invests hundreds of millions of dollars in fossil fuels, insures polluting businesses, and invests $91 million in Israel's weapons and its expanding settlements, which destroy the environment. The 4th global Climate Strike today falls on the same day as the UN Day of …
imemc.org/article/tell-axa-stop-financing-israels-climate-apartheid/

Apartheid Free Zone Campaign in Italy Has Grown by 50 Percent Since Launch in June
Wiepke | bdsmovement.net | 2019-11-29
Apartheid Free Zone Campaign in Italy Has Grown by 50 Percent Since Launch in June: Update150 commercial, cultural and sporting activities in Italy have declared themselves free of Israeli apartheid Apartheid Free ZonesNovember 29, 2019 | By: | | BDS Italy …
bdsmovement.net/news/apartheid-free-zone-campaign-italy-has-grown-50-percent-launch-june

The Most Enduring Media Cover Up
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-29
Clearing the FOG hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese interviewed Alison Weir, journalist and founder of If Americans Knew, a website that provides factual information about the Israeli State and Palestine. Weir describes how she learned firsthand that US media provide a false and one-sided narrative about Occupied Palestine and why she has dedicated the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/the-most-enduring-media-cover-up/

PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (21 — 27 November 2019)
PCHR | imemc.org | 2019-11-29
Summary Israeli occupation Forces (IOF) continued their violations of human rights and international law in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) this week as PCHR documented 174 violations by IOF and Israeli settlers. In terms of excessive use of force, IOF wounded 18 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and the Gaza …
imemc.org/article/pchr-weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-21-27-november-2019/

When Holidays Bring Hate: Sarah's Day in Occupied Hebron
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-29
11/27/19 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron The Jewish holiday of Shabbat Chayei Sarah (Sarah's Day) took place in Al Khalil (also known as Hebron), over the weekend of 22-23 November. Over the two days, around 50,000 Israeli settlers flocked to the city to celebrate the festival in the place …
imemc.org/article/when-holidays-bring-hate-sarahs-day-in-occupied-hebron/

Israel's Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, "consistent" with international law. US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion for some time. Since his advent to the White House in January 2017, President…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/israels-next-move-the-real-danger-in-us-decision-to-normalize-illegal-jewish-settlements/

Illegal Colonists Burn Palestinian Car, Puncture Tires And Write Racist Graffiti
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-29
Several fanatic illegal Israeli colonialist settlers invaded, on Friday at dawn, the Taybeh and Deir Ammar villages, in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah, and burnt a Palestinian car, in addition to writing racist graffiti and puncturing the tires of many cars. Locals said the colonists, who came from …
imemc.org/article/illegal-colonists-burn-palestinian-car-puncture-tires-and-write-racist-graffiti/

Illegal Colonists Chop 30 Olive Trees Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-29
A group of fanatic illegal Israeli colonists invaded, on Friday at dawn, a Palestinian olive orchard in the as-Sawiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and chopped more than 30 trees. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors Israel's illegal colonialist activities in northern West …
imemc.org/article/illegal-colonists-chop-30-olive-trees-near-nablus/

Why Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis is Wrong About Labor Anti-Semitism
Michael Barker | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
The Tories strategy for 'hiding' their deep-rooted racism involves them perpetuating gratuitous acts of racism so regularly that they are effectively normalised. Nothing to report here apparently. Yet the corporate-owned, Tory-supporting media can't stop discussing Labour's alleged racism, which has them furiously salivating over Jeremy Corbyn's covert anti-Semitism. The main reason for this focus revolves…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/why-chief-rabbi-ephraim-mirvis-is-wrong-about-labor-anti-semitism/

Alternative Media promotes Canadian Foreign Policy
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-29
Why would an alternative media website that questions government and corporate policies about climate change and the environment have so much trouble understanding that the same sort of skepticism is necessary regarding Canadian foreign policy? Imagine a self-declared progressive media outlet saying they don't cover racism, patriarchy or the dispossession of First Nations because they …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/alternative-media-promotes-canadian-foreign-policy/

Why the UkraineGate Hearings Didn't Move the Dial
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
CNN and MSDNC's talking heads seemed surprised and disappointed that the recent televised impeachment hearings do not appear to have moved any but a small number of Republicans into supporting the impeachment and removal of the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump. Liberals roll their eyes while discussing surveys showing that Republican voters are unmoved by…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/why-the-ukrainegate-hearings-didnt-move-the-dial/

Christians In Syria: From Killed Armenian Priest in Syria to the Roots of Hatred and Genocide
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
Father Hovsep Bedoyan, the head of the Armenian Catholic community in Qamishli, and the priest's father, Abraham Bedoyan, were killed November 11, on the road leading from Qamishli to Deir Ez Zor, were they were headed to …
globalresearch.ca/christians-in-syria-from-killed-armenian-priest-in-syria-to-the-roots-of-hatred-and-genocide/5696322

Bolsonaro Denounced Before International Criminal Court
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-29
The Brazilian Bar Association for Human Rights and the Arns Commission on Wednesday denounced President Jair Bolsonaro formally for "crimes against humanity" and incitement to genocide of the Amazon indigenous peoples. | RELATED: | Rio's Governor To Sue Bolsonaro over Marielle Franco Case | This complaint was filed before the International Criminal Court i…
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Wayne Barrett on Rudy Giuliani, Melissa Goodman on the PATRIOT Act
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-11-29
Media…
fair.org/home/wayne-barrett-on-rudy-giuliani-melissa-goodman-on-the-patriot-act/

Bolivia — The Danger of "Neoliberalism with Fascist Characteristics"
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
A relevant article by Thierry Meyssan has been published that reveals the deep historical fascist/catholic links leading up to the coup in Bolivia and the danger that may lie ahead as a result. It is important to be aware of …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-danger-neoliberalism-fascist-characteristics/5696246

Reversing Pro-Palestinian Stance of Evo Morales, Bolivia's Coup Government Moves to Restore Ties With Israel
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-29
Morales cut off diplomatic ties with Israel over its deadly 2009 assault on the occupied Gaza Strip and called for top Israeli officials to be charged with genocide. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/29/reversing-pro-palestinian-stance-evo-morales-bolivias-coup-government-moves-restore?cd-origin=rss

The media's Palestine problem
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-29
international solidarity Sue BoltonIssue 1247 Australia fighting fund PalestineNovember 29, 2019ABC's November 25 Q&A program discussed the push by the United States to recognise illegal Israeli…
greenleft.org.au/content/media-palestine-problem

Israel to Expand Illegal Settlement by 11,000 Housing Units
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-28
The Israeli Ministry of Housing is working on re-planning the construction of a new settlement on the abandoned Qalandia airport to expand the settlement of Atarot, north of Jerusalem, the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported on its website, on Thursday. The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported that the settlement …
imemc.org/article/israel-to-expand-illegal-settlement-by-11000-housing-units/

A Lawsuit at Harvard Pries Open Debates About Science and Reparations
Eamon Whalen | thenation.com | 2019-11-28
A Lawsuit at Harvard Pries Open Debates About Science and Reparations…
thenation.com/article/harvard-slavery-racism/

On State Contravention of the Genocide Convention
J.B. Gerald | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-28
I'd like to note two articles by Professor Michel Chossudovsky published this November in Global Research: they help explain the current denigration of the Convention on Genocide. When we grow accustomed to our system's atrocities we lessen our humanity. In an article of November 13th, 20191 Chossudovsky outlines the history of George H.W. Bush's father, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/on-state-contravention-of-the-genocide-convention/

Italian Authorities Uncover Plot to Create New Nazi Party
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-28
Italian police said on Thursday they uncovered a plot to form a new Nazi party and seized a cache of weapons during searches across the country. | RELATED: | Spanish Ship Arrives in Italy With 62 Rescued Migrants | Police in 16 towns and cities from the Mediterranean island of Sicily to the Alps in northern Italy took part in the investigation, which was launched two years. | The probe revealed a "huge and varied array of subjects, residents in different places, united by the same ide…
telesurenglish.net/news/Italian-Authorities-Uncover-Plot-to-Create-New-Nazi-Party-20191128-0002.html

The Electoral College's racist origins
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-28
The nation's oldest structural racial entitlement program is one of its most consequential: the Electoral College. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/28/the-electoral-colleges-racist-origins/

Grime4Corbyn: Tories are racist and harmful for our communities
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-28
The Grime4Corbyn campaign group has claimed a Tory win at the General Election could lead to people "dying from austerity cuts" and "freezing to death in their homes".Co-organiser Sofia Mason described the Tory Party as "racist and harmful for our communities" and urged voters to opt for Labour in December.The Grime4Corbyn campaign group was inspired by grime artists expressing their support for the Labour leader at the 2017 election, and works with musicians to put on events.Stormzy has expressed support for Jeremy Corbyn (Yui Mok/PA) | Mason told the PA news agency that the upcoming election's importance "can't…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/28/grime4corbyn-tories-are-racist-and-harmful-for-our-communities/

Israel's Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-27
U.S. foreign policy regarding the Israeli occupation has become a mere rubber stamp, that allows Israel's extreme right-wing government to single-handedly determine the fate of the Palestinian people.
mintpressnews.com/israel-us-decision-normalize-illegal-jewish-settlements/263043/

Is Netanyahu Ready to Inflame War to Escape his Legal Troubles?
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-27
The decision to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on three separate criminal counts pushes the country's already unprecedented electoral stalemate into the entirely uncharted territory of a constitutional crisis. There is no legal precedent for a sitting prime minister facing a trial — in Netanyahu's case, for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Former …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/is-netanyahu-ready-to-inflame-war-to-escape-his-legal-troubles/

How the International Media Greenlights Israeli Aggression Toward Palestine
Megan Giovannetti | progressive.org | 2019-11-27
"How terrifying is it that when someone points out the violations that Israel commits, they risk their job like Marc Lamont Hill?"
progressive.org/dispatches/media-greenlights-israeli-aggression-giovanetti-112619/

Israel's Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-27
It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, "consistent" with international law. US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion for some time. Since his advent to the White House in January 2017, President …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/israels-next-move-the-real-danger-in-us-decision-to-normalize-illegal-jewish-settlements/

Israeli Army Will No Longer Release the Bodies of Palestinians They've Killed
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-27
Israel will no longer release the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces.

Israeli Army Will No Longer Release the Bodies of Palestinians They've Killed

How racism works today
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-27
With racist speech and sentiments coming more to the fore in current Irish politics, campaigner John Molyneux takes a look at how racist ideas and language work today. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/26/how-racism-works-today/

UN commemorates International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-27
The United Nations has underlined its unwavering commitment to the Palestinian people in their ongoing struggle to achieve self-determination, independence and sovereignty.
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Political affiliation bias is the last type of discrimination society approves of — and study shows we're embracing it fervently
rt.com | 2019-11-27
In an ultra-PC society where even the suggestion of racial, ethnic or gender bias can get a person fired or ostracized, another type of discrimination — a political affiliation-based one — is thriving, according to a new study. | Discrimination may have become taboo in US society, but it hasn't gone away. A new study shows discriminatory behavior thrives in the one area where it remains socially acceptable to judge people based on shared attributes: political affiliation. Politics remains one of the few pers…
rt.com/usa/474499-political-discrimination-colors-hiring-study/

Nuclear lies and broken promises: Will Turkey get the bomb next?
Conn Hallinan | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-26
When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan told an economic meeting in the city of Sivas on Sept. 4 that Turkey was considering building nuclear weapons, he was responding to a broken promise. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the government of Iran of lying about its nuclear program, he was concealing one of the …
peoplesworld.org/article/nuclear-lies-and-broken-promises-will-turkey-get-the-bomb-next/

Calgary Flames investigate allegations of racism
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-26
Following the Calgary Flames' 3-2 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins Monday, Flames general manager Brad Treliving said the team has begun investigations into an accusation that head coach Bill Peters directed racial slurs towards a Nigerian-born player ten years ago while in the minor leagues, later arraigning the player's demotion after he raised concerns. …
peoplesworld.org/article/calgary-flames-investigate-allegations-of-racism/

Pete Buttigieg Says Marijuana Arrests Signify "Systemic Racism." His South Bend Police Fit the Bill
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-11-26
A black South Bend resident was 4.3 times more likely to be arrested for possessing marijuana since 2012 than a white resident. Nationally, it was 3: 1.
theintercept.com/2019/11/26/pete-buttigieg-south-bend-marijuana-arrests/

Talking Turkey About Impeachment Hearings – NYT coverage teaches us how not to discuss the end of democracy
Dorothee Benz | fair.org | 2019-11-26
Congratulations, you made it through the public hearings of the impeachment inquiry, one eye on the livestream and one eye on your work email, and somehow you met your deadlines even as you followed along blow by blow. So what are you going to say about it around the Thanksgiving dinner table? | There were certainly some moments designed to stoke feelings of patriotism as we head into the heavily mythologized, uniquely American holiday this week. Alexander Vindman (New York Times, 11/19/19): "The uniform I…
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Chicago conference to relaunch National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression a huge success
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-26
Chicago, IL – More than a 1200 joined together for an historic gathering on the weekend of November 22 — 24, at the hall of the Chicago Teachers Union, to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The newly refounded Alliance will concentrate its efforts on building the fight against police crimes and for community control of the police, and it will campaign for the release of political prisoners and the wrongfully convicted. | Longtime leaders of the Black liberation movement Angela Davis and Frank Chapman, along with elected officials, trade unionists, and other progressive ac…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/25/chicago…

"An Attack on the Human Rights Movement": Israel Deports Human Rights Watch Monitor
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-26
The Israeli government deported the director of Human Rights Watch's Israel and Palestine office, Omar Shakir, on Monday. The organization said the move places Israel in an "ugly club" of authoritarian regimes. Israel has accused Shakir of supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a nonviolent global campaign aiming to pressure Israel over its treatment of Palestinians. A 2017 Israeli law bans foreigners from Israel if they publicly support the BDS movement. Omar Shakir joins us from Stockholm to discuss his recent deportation and his plans to address the European Parliament regarding Israel's sy…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/26/human_ri…

'Pete Buttigieg is a lying MF' trends on Twitter after column on past 'racism' goes viral
rt.com | 2019-11-26
While he may be enjoying a surge in the Iowa polls, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is trending on Twitter for an entirely different reason, after a column entitled 'Pete Buttigieg Is A Lying MF' went viral. | In the column for the Root, senior writer Michael Harriot scathingly addresses a recently resurfaced video of Buttigieg claiming that black kids in low-income neighborhoods fail at school in high numbers because there "isn't someone who they know personally who testifies to the value of education." Buttigieg made the comment in 2011, while he was running for mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
rt.com/usa/474388-pete-buttigieg-lying-black/

Washington's Right-Wing Consensus on Israel Faces a Reckoning in Three New York Congressional Races
Alex Kane | theintercept.com | 2019-11-25
Eliot Engel and Jerry Nadler, among the most pro-Israel Democrats, are facing primaries from the left. Nita Lowey, another pro-Israel hawk, is retiring.
theintercept.com/2019/11/25/democrats-israel-new-york-primaries/

Blinded Palestinian Journalist Exposes Israel's Increasing Violence Against Media
Delilah Boxstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-25
2018 saw a 52 percent increase in the number of violations against Palestinian press, the majority of them comprised physical abuse, arrests or detentions, questioning, preventing coverage and shutting down websites and social media accounts.
mintpressnews.com/blinded-palestinian-journalist-muath-amarneh-israel-violence-media/262981/