(2019-12-07). Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook Is an Engine of Anti-Muslim Hate the World Over. Don't You Care? theintercept.com 
What happened to the guy who told his Muslim employees in 2015 that he would "fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment"?
(2019-12-07). Islamic Organization Criticizes Israel's Settlement Plans in Hebron. imemc.org The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned a controversial plan by Israel to build a new settlement in the heart of the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, the Palestine News Network reported. Naftali Bennett, right-wing Israeli minister of military affairs, said on Sunday, that the new settlement, to …
(2019-12-07). Body of Palestinian Teen 'Arrested' by Israel Returned Home After 355 Days. imemc.org Tareq Hajjaj for Middle East Eye Mystery surrounds the death of Emad Khalil Ibrahim Shahin, 17, who was arrested on November 4, 2018, for breaching the Israeli fence between Gaza and Israel. Having slipped through Israel's security fence, Emad Khalil Ibrahim Shahin and his friends sneaked into an abandoned barracks …
(2019-12-07). US Claims "Fresh Intelligence" Of Iran Attacks Yet Provides Zero Evidence — MSM Blindly Regurgitates. thelastamericanvagabond.com Here we go again with "fresh intelligence" to justify the continued sanctions and destabilization of Iran. It's a plan that has been well documented even by their own writings (See Which Path to Persia? — 2009). Of course, complicating U.S. foreign policy is the involvement of Israel. The Last American Vagabond covers the latest political posturing, distortion, and general …
(2019-12-07). Belgian Trade Delegation to Israel Cancelled. imemc.org The trade mission would have taken place from the 8th to the 11th of December, will not go forward, due to criticism from the political opposition and several activist organizations, leading to its discontinuation, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported. The delegation would have consisted of representatives from the Walloon …
(2019-12-07). Palestinian President Commends US Congress for Support. imemc.org The Palestinian Presidency applauded the US Congress, on Friday, for supporting the two-state solution and rejecting the annexation of occupied Palestinian land, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. President Abbas praised congress for their solidarity against Israel's settlement policy, the fait accompli, and for recognizing the aspirations of the …
(2019-12-07). 'Apaches Standing Strong to Defend Sacred Oak Flat from Mining' by Sandra Rambler. indybay.org Apaches arise to defend their sacred Oak Flat, as the racism and greed of Arizona Congressmen and Resolution Copper target their water and ceremonial place for mining.
(2019-12-07). House Passes "Historic" Bill to Restore and Expand Voting Rights. truthout.org Just one Republican—Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania—joined a united House Democratic caucus on Friday to pass what rights groups hailed as " historic" legislation to restore and expand voter protections that were gutted by the Supreme Court in 2013. | L…
(2019-12-07). Former head of German Secret Service publishes fascist manifesto. wsws.org Maassen's article contains a thinly-veiled call for building a fascist movement to crush working class opposition to social inequality and militarism.
(2019-12-07). SEP (UK) candidate Chris Marsden speaks on Kashmir and Palestine at Sheffield mosque hustings. wsws.org Marsden told the attentive audience, "Kashmir has been a terrible victim of the partition of India on religious and communal lines."
(2019-12-07). The BBC is under fire for one 'disgraceful' screw-up it made in the leaders' debate. thecanary.co The BBC held the last leadership debate of the election on 6 December. Titled "The Prime Ministerial Debate", it featured audience members putting a series of questions to Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson, allowing them to make the case for being Britain's next leader. | The party leaders answered questions on the NHS, Brexit, racism, trust, and other things. But arguably the most pressing issue facing the UK and, indeed, the world was almost entirely missing from the debate.
(2019-12-07). 'Nuke aimed at Iran'? Tehran raises alarm after Israel test-fires mystery rocket in broad daylight. rt.com 
As the world is abuzz with speculation over Israel's shadowy "rocket propulsion system" test, Tehran bluntly claimed that the projectile it fired from a base south of Tel Aviv was actually a nuclear-capable missile aimed at Iran. | "Israel today tested a nuke-missile, aimed at Iran," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif suggested in a tweet posted on Friday evening.
(2019-12-07). Satanic Temple members say 'HELL NO' to discrimination after American Airlines forces woman to change 'HAIL SATAN' shirt. rt.com 
Backers of the Satanic Temple are raising hell after American Airlines forced a Florida woman to change out of a shirt proclaiming "Hail Satan," threatening to remove her from the flight over its "offensive" message. | Key West resident Swati Runi Goyal was awaiting takeoff aboard a flight headed for Las Vegas on the day before Halloween — known in some regions as "Devil's Night" — when an American Airlines crew member approached her demanding an immediate wardrobe change. | "The gentleman asked me if I understood what 'offensive' meant," Goyal told the New York Post. "I said, 'I'm a foreign-born min…
(2019-12-06). French parliament decides anti-Zionism is antisemitism. mronline.org 
New Law Faced Critics Alleging it "Stigmatises and Silences " Critics of Israel, and even those in Favour of 2 State Solution. | Source
(2019-12-06). Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians In Bethlehem And Tulkarem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, four Palestinians from their homes in the West Bank governorates on Bethlehem and Tulkarem, and summoned a young man for interrogation, after the soldiers stormed and ransacked many homes. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that several army jeeps invaded 'Aida refugee …
(2019-12-06). Body of Palestinian Prisoner Sami Abu Diak Released to Jordan. imemc.org Israel, on Friday, released to Jordan, the body of a the Palestinian prisoner who recently died in Israeli custody, due to deliberate medical negligence custody, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. Chairman of the Prisoners' Affairs Commission, Qadri Abu Baker announced that the Israeli occupation authorities handed over the …
(2019-12-06). Soldiers Seriously Injure A Palestinian Teen Near Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured, Friday, a Palestinian teen in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after the army invaded the town, and attacked Palestinians protesting the invasion. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics provided the essential treatment to the …
(2019-12-06). Israeli Soldiers Injure 37 Palestinians In Gaza. imemc.org The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, 37 Palestinians, including 10 children, during the Great Return March processions along the eastern parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. 0The Health Ministry said the four of the injured Palestinians were shot with live rounds, and ten with rubber-coated …
(2019-12-06). Palestinian Detainees In Asqalan Suspend Hunger Strike. imemc.org Three days after starting a hunger strike in Asqalan Israeli prison, Palestinian detainees suspended their strike after reaching an agreement with the Prison Administration to move them to a section that has better living conditions. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the detainees will be resuming the hunger strike if …
(2019-12-06). Denied Entry to Gaza for Breast Cancer Mission. globalresearch.ca Israeli occupation has denied permission for British lawmaker, Philippa Whitford, who is a doctor, from entering Gaza to offer help for patients of breast cancer. | Over the past two and half years[1], I have been working with Medical Aid …
(2019-12-06). Ukrainian Neo-Nazis Flock to the Hong Kong Protest Movement. globalresearch.ca Ukrainian fascists who previously fought in a US-backed neo-Nazi militia joined the anti-China protests in Hong Kong, sharing their tactics and showing off their tattoos. | *** | Neo-Nazis from Ukraine have flown to Hong Kong to participate in the anti-Chinese insurgency, …
(2019-12-06). The Supreme Court Case That Made Michael Bloomberg's Campaign Possible — and Doomed Kamala Harris. theintercept.com Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris of California suspended her presidential campaign on Tuesday. Why? Because, she said, she did not "have the financial resources we need to continue. I'm not a billionaire. I can't fund my own campaign." | Meanwhile, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who definitely is a billionaire, has spent at least $57 million of his own money since he jumped into the race on Novem…
(2019-12-06). The Pentagon's Destruction of the Bill of Rights. globalresearch.ca It is supremely ironic that Pentagon officials take an oath to support and defend the Constitution because they intentionally destroyed the Fifth and Sixth Amendments to the Constitution when they set up their "judicial" system at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. In …
(2019-12-06). Ukraine: Three-year-old boy killed in attempted political assassination by the far right. wsws.org The killing of a three-year-old demonstrates that far-right forces in Ukraine are being given free rein to carry out targeted political assassinations.
(2019-12-06). Lawyer Behind Suit Against Trayvon Martin's Family Has Ties to Conspiracy Theorists. splcenter.org Larry Klayman made his name as an ultra-litigious, political gadfly who filed numerous cases against President Bill Clinton in the 1990s and then pursued debunked conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama's birthplace.
(2019-12-06). Stand Up America Applauds House Democrats For Passing Voting Rights Advancement Act. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-12-06). House Delivers on Restoring the Voting Rights Act; Now Senate Must Act. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-12-06). Common Cause Lauds Passage of Voting Rights Advancement Act, Urges Senate to Follow Suit. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-12-06). House Vote to Restore Voting Rights Will Send Strong Message to U.S. Senators. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-12-06). Foreign Minister Denounces World Forum Art Exhibition Sabotage. imemc.org The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned, on Friday, the removal of the art exhibition hosted by the State of Palestine and Palestinian Human Rights Organization Al-Haq from the hallways of the World Forum, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. Late on the evening of December 04, …
(2019-12-06). Is Kashmir India's Palestine? counterpunch.org In August of this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India suspended Article 370 of the constitution, the provision that granted some level of autonomy to Kashmir. Already heavily policed by Indian soldiers, nearly 40,000 additional troops were deployed to 'calm' (read: further oppress) the population following Modi's repressive and illegal decision. Travel in and More
(2019-12-06). Nobel Winner Peter Handke Compared My Questions About Genocide in Bosnia to a "Calligraphy of Shit" theintercept.com At a press conference, Peter Handke refused to answer my questions about the Bosnian genocide, saying they were "empty" and "ignorant."
(2019-12-06). The Audacity of Hypocrisy. counterpunch.org It is the era of disavowal of Trump. Long despised by anti-racists and humanists of many stripes, his foreign policy has now even offended US empire builders, leaving us with an overlap of interests between those who wish to scuttle Trump's overt policies of hate and those who hate to see US power decrease in More
(2019-12-06). Trump Officials Address Event Featuring Anti-LGBTQ Activists. splcenter.org A conference ostensibly meant to showcase "family policy" reveals how anti-LGBTQ groups have embraced strong-family rhetoric to push their agenda of intolerance.
(2019-12-06). Free pass for Israel? Ilhan Omar notes silence after Israeli group linked to fake news operation targeting Muslim US congresswomen. rt.com 
An Israeli group uses social media to vilify the first two Muslim women to serve in US Congress, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. But will the revelation spark accusations of foreign meddling? Omar doesn't seem to think so. | An investigation by the Guardian has uncovered an Israeli-based operation that uses 21 Facebook pages to pump out thousands of fake news posts per week. The paper said that the social media posts "inflame Islamophobia for profit" and have directly mentioned Omar more than 1,400 times, and Tlaib nearly 1,200 times, since the operation began two years ago.The Israeli group is accused of sharin…
(2019-12-06). 'Hail Byrd!' State employees in West Virginia suspended over photo of prison guard trainees giving NAZI SALUTE. rt.com 
Several state employees in West Virginia face suspension after a photo emerged showing dozens of corrections officers in training giving a Nazi salute in a class photo, prompting the state's governor to threaten their termination. | A number of officials, including Governor Jim Justice, have already denounced the controversial photo, which depicts roughly 30 prison guard trainees displaying the Nazi salute, with the words "HAIL BYRD!" captioned at the top of the image, an apparent reference to the class' instructor. The class was trained between October and November of this year. | This is the photo released t…
(2019-12-06). Brown University corporate responsibility committee votes to divest from companies connected to Israeli occupation. bdsmovement.net 
Brown University corporate responsibility committee votes to divest from companies connected to Israeli occupation: In the NewsMichael Arria Economic Boycott Student solidarityDecember 6, 2019 | By: | | Mondoweiss
(2019-12-06). UK Labour Party votes to stop arms trade with Israel, apply international law to trade, and support refugee return. bdsmovement.net 
UK Labour Party votes to stop arms trade with Israel, apply international law to trade, and support refugee return: In the NewsAt the UK Labour party's annual conference, the party voted overwhelmingly for refugees right to return, to stop "any arms trade with Israel that is used in violation of the human rights of Palestinians" and to apply international law to UK trade wi…
(2019-12-06). Fordham University Students Win Landmark Legal Fight to Establish Palestine Club. bdsmovement.net 
Fordham University Students Win Landmark Legal Fight to Establish Palestine Club: In the News | Contact: Right To Boycott Student solidarityAugust 6, 2019 | By: | | Palestine Legal
(2019-12-06). Success: Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Texas Anti-BDS Law To Proceed. bdsmovement.net 
Success: Judge Allows Lawsuit Against Texas Anti-BDS Law To Proceed: In the News A federal district court rejected efforts by the state of Texas to evade judicial review of a law that punishes boycott advocates, and allowed a lawsuit against the anti-BDS law to proceed. | Right To BoycottJuly 25, 2019 | By: | | Palestine Legal
(2019-12-05). Bethlehem, Palestine: "Tourists often come to see the sacred stones, not their inhabitants". dissidentvoice.org 
From the terrace of Wi'am, also known as the "Palestinian Conflict Resolution Centre", you can see a horizon interrupted by the Israeli wall and a cloud of tear gas. At the foot of it, a narrow path leads the visitor off the tourist circuit to the refugee camp of Aida, jealously guarded by soldiers. At …
(2019-12-05). 'Giuliani Did All the Wrong Things on That Day' – CounterSpin interview with Wayne Barrett on Rudy Giuliani and 9/11. fair.org 
Janine Jackson interviewed the Village Voice's Wayne Barrett about Rudy Giuliani and 9/11 for the August 17, 2007, episode of CounterSpin; that conversation was rebroadcast for the November 29, 2019, show. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
(2019-12-05). 'It's This Culture of Secrecy That's Pervading the Courts' – CounterSpin interview with Melissa Goodman on the PATRIOT Act. fair.org 
Janine Jackson interviewed the ACLU's Melissa Goodman about the PATRIOT Act for the September 30, 2005, episode of CounterSpin—a conversation that was reaired on the November 29, 2019, show. This is a lightly edited transcript of the rebroadcast. | Media…
(2019-12-05). Indian Communists fighting against Modi government's racist citizenship bill. peoplesworld.org 
The Narendra Modi government's approval of a racist citizenship law shows that it has "no idea about the history and the sacrifices of our freedom struggle," leading Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) politician Brinda Karat has charged. Karat denounced the ruling BJP's Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), which the cabinet approved on Wednesday, and warned the …
(2019-12-05). Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for Quillette. thenation.com Why Racists (and Liberals!) Keep Writing for Quillette…
(2019-12-04). Activists decry Minnesota investments in border militarization, climate destruction. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – The Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) held its quarterly meeting at the State Capitol December 2 and got sharp criticism from immigrant rights and anti-war activists, as new documents revealed a nearly $1 million increase in investment in a controversial military technology company. Youth climate strikers also highlighted the SBI's inaction over state ties to environmental destruction. Both groups were met with vacillation and excuses from the board which is tasked with the responsible investment of public pensions and related funds. | At issue was Elbit Systems, an Israel-based manufacture…
(2019-12-04). Ukrainian neo-Nazis flock to the Hong Kong protest movement. thegrayzone.com Ukrainian fascists who previously fought in a US-backed neo-Nazi militia joined the anti-China protests in Hong Kong, sharing their tactics…
(2019-12-04). SPLC lawsuit seeks to restore Mississippi citizens' right to vote. splcenter.org When they were children, Herman Parker and his three sisters went to their grandparents' house every election day.
(2019-12-03). A Push to Repeal the Death Penalty Gains Ground Across the Western United States. theintercept.com 
It was a snowy, windy, frigid spring day in Cheyenne, and we were freezing, standing on a sidewalk outside the Wyoming Supreme Court. The carillon of a nearby church began to chime precisely as Marguerite Herman, a veteran lobbyist with the League of Women Voters of Wyoming, announced that the press conference would begin. | "Welcome, everyone, on a very gray, overcast day," Herman began cheerfully as the bells continued to ring. "We're all here, bright and full of hope because we are looking forward to the 2020 legislative session to finally get a repeal of the death penalty in Wyoming to the governor's desk.
(2019-12-03). Tuesday's Daily Brief: climate crisis reports, renewal in Iraq, Zimbabwe's hunger crisis, Disabilities Day. news.un.org A recap of Tuesday's stories: New climate change reports on human health and global warming; Zimbabwe's 'worst hunger crisis in a decade'; protests and civil unrest show 'renewed sense of patriotism' in Iraq; UN 'determined to lead by example' on disability rights.