'Respect the rules': French President Macron snaps at Israeli police in Jerusalem (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-22
French President Emmanuel Macron gave Israeli police officers a tongue-lashing in Jerusalem, after the cops entered the French Church of St. Anne in the city's old quarter. | Footage shared on social media captured the altercation, which took place during Macron's visit to the Crusader-era church on Wednesday. Though situated in the Old City of Jerusalem, the church belongs to the French government, and Israeli officers had apparently tried to enter the premises ahead of Macron. | "Everybody knows the rules!" Macron shouted, speaking English. "I don't like what you did in front of me. Go out!" | Coup de colère…
rt.com/news/478910-macron-confrontation-jerusalem-police-church/
Israel kills three Palestinian youth in Gaza
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-22
While the Israelis have claimed that the three men had entered the country, evidence from sources in Gaza contradicts this assertion. One of the victims is reported to be a minor…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/22/israel-kills-three-palestinian-youth-in-gaza/
Saudi Crown Prince Likely Used Israeli Spyware to Hack Bezos' Phone: UN Experts
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-22
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Honouring Martin Luther King Jr
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Thirty-two years ago this month, I was arrested sitting-in and blocking the entrance of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC. The embassy was hosting an event that evening in honour of Martin Luther King Jr. Looking back at what …
globalresearch.ca/honouring-martin-luther-king-jr/5701375
Netanyahu and Gantz Vow Jordan Valley Annexation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
The Jordan Valley, including the northern Dead Sea, comprise about 30% of the West Bank. | Most of the territory was designated Area C under Oslo II (1995). | The 1993 Oslo Accords gave Israel de facto control over the Occupied Territories …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-gantz-vow-jordan-valley-annexation/5701382
Hard Evidence on Torture and Ill-Treatment Against Palestinian Detainees at Israeli Interrogation Centers
Addameer | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Since its creation, the occupying state developed and enforced laws and practices that led to both the systematic use of torture and to absolute impunity for the perpetrator of this crime. There has never been any individual or agency held …
globalresearch.ca/addameer-collects-hard-evidence-torture-ill-treatment-committed-against-palestinian-detainees-israeli-interrogation-centers/5701367
Netanyahu Drumming Up Opposition to ICC as World Leaders Descend on Israel
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to use the influx of foreign leaders to Israel for the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation to drum up support for efforts to block the International Criminal Court (ICC) from investigating war crimes, …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-drumming-up-opposition-icc-world-leaders-descend-israel/5701412
'Respect the rules': French President Macron snaps at Israeli police in Jerusalem (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-22
French President Emmanuel Macron gave Israeli police officers a tongue-lashing in Jerusalem, after the cops entered the French Church of St. Anne in the city's old quarter. | Footage shared on social media captured the altercation, which took place during Macron's visit to the Crusader-era church on Wednesday. Though situated in the Old City of Jerusalem, the church belongs to the French government, and Israeli officers had apparently tried to enter the premises ahead of Macron. | "Everybody knows the rules!" Macron shouted, speaking English. "I don't like what you did in front of me. Go out!" | Coup de colère…
rt.com/news/478910-macron-confrontation-jerusalem-police-church/
At Seattle MLK event the people say "Dump Trump"
Tim Wheeler | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-22
SEATTLE–A vast crowd, African American, Latino, Asian American, Native American, and white marched from Garfield High School to Seattle City Hall, Monday, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and upholding his struggle against racism, poverty and militarism. A rainbow of all races, religions, women and men, Gay and straight, of all ages, the crowd marched …
peoplesworld.org/article/at-seattle-mlk-event-the-people-say-dump-trump/
Structural Racism in Medicine Worsens the Health of Black Women and Infants
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
The United States has one of the most abysmal maternal health records among industrialized nations, and Black women bear a disproportionate share of the burden. | U.S. women are two to three times more likely to die than women in Canada from the start of pregnan…
truthout.org/articles/structural-racism-in-medicine-worsens-the-health-of-black-women-and-infants/
Martin Luther King San Francisco Labor Council Breakfast Protested
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-01-22
Trade unionists and community activists protested at the Martin Luther King Day Breakfast on 1/20/20. They charged that the breakfast did not change the continuing gentrification and racism against Black workers in San Francisco.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/18829936.php
Meeting on taking #OUTNOW Trump/Pence must go, to a new level
Refuse Fascism Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-01-22
Unitarian Universalist Society of S.F. | 1187 Franklin St. @ Geary | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/18829942.php
Scientists find Earth's oldest asteroid crater from 2.229 BILLION years ago which 'may have ended an ice age'
rt.com | 2020-01-22
An innocuous crater in Yarrabubba, Western Australia has been identified as the oldest known extraterrestrial impact site on Earth, with researchers calculating that the natural structure dates back a whopping 2.229 billion years. | Researchers from Curtin University tested minerals found in rocks at the site. The zircon and monazite crystals in the rocks themselves contain tiny amounts of uranium, and by measuring the uranium's very specifically-timed decay into lead, the team was able to calculate exactly how old the crater is. | | © NASA | The 70 kilometer (43 miles) diameter crater was actually disc…
rt.com/news/478913-earths-oldest-asteroid-crater-discovered/
"The Cops & the Klan Go Hand in Hand!"
Martin Billheimer | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
Back in 1979, the American Nazi Party and the KKK gunned down five members of the Communist Workers Party in Greensboro, NC. Present with the fascists were a turncoat Klansman/ COINTELPRO node named Ed Dawson and an FBI mole, Bernard Butkovich. Though these men knew that the Klan were armed and desirous of a gunfight,…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/22/the-cops-the-klan-go-hand-in-hand/
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit: A child's-eye view of the Nazis' crimes
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
The film is an adaptation of the book by Judith Kerr, the German-born British writer, published in 1971 and the first part of her Out of the Hitler Time trilogy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/when…
Brazil's minister of culture fired after fascist speech plagiarizing Joseph Goebbels
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
Alvim delivered his speech flanked by a Brazilian flag and a cross and with a Wagner opera that was reportedly Hitler's favorite playing in the background.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/nazi…
Guantanamo: An Enduring Symbol of US Islamophobia
Maha Hilal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Nothing hits you harder than realising you've been singled out for differential treatment. | This is how I felt as a Muslim American when I learned about the opening of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. It was 2002, and what would …
globalresearch.ca/guantanamo-symbol-us-islamophobia/5701387
"Roe v. Wade" Is Being Chipped Away. Will We Lose It Altogether This Year?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
Just four years after the Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt decision strengthened the precedent and promise of 1973's Roe v. Wade, Louisiana's medically unnecessary regulation, Act 620, has given the Supreme Court the opportunity to weaken or outright overturn federal protections for abor…
truthout.org/articles/roe-v-wade-is-being-chipped-away-will-we-lose-it-altogether-this-year/
Andrew Johnson Was a Racist President Facing Impeachment. Sound Familiar?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
After a nearly 13-hour marathon session, the U.S. Senate approved by a party-line vote the rules for the impeachment trial of President Trump. This marks just the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history. The Senate trial comes a month after the House impeached Trump for pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden. Under the rules, each side will be given 24 hours over a three-day period for opening arguments. Senators also agreed to automatically admit evidence from t…
truthout.org/video/andrew-johnson-was-a-racist-president-facing-impeachment-sound-familiar/
Brazil's Bolsonaro government charges journalist Glenn Greenwald with "cybercrimes"
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
The trumped-up charges against Greenwald by Bolsonaro's fascistic government are of a piece with the global assault on free speech and democratic rights and the jailing of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/gree…
In the Name of "Security" Retreating US Gives Israel Billions More in Military Funding
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-21
Despite the fact that the U.S. is retreating from the Middle East, lacking strategy and future vision, lawmakers are congratulating themselves on passing yet another generous aid package to Israel.
mintpressnews.com/united-states-bill-gives-israel-billions-military-aid/264251/
US Gov Was Found Guilty In MLK's Assassination, Virginia Update & Israeli Gov "Proof" Of Iran Nukes
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-21
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/20/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/us-gov-was-found-guilty-in-mlks-assassination-virginia-update-israeli-gov-proof-of-iran-nukes/
Israeli Opposition Leader Gantz Pledges to Annex Jordan Valley
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-21
Israel's Blue and White opposition leader Benny Gantz vowed Tuesday to annex the Jordan Valley if the elected prime minister in the upcoming March 2 election, according to Israeli media. | RELATED: Abby Martin Banned From Speaking at US University For Refusing to Sign Pro-Israel Pledge | During a tour of the region, Gantz said the Jordan Valley – located in the eastern occupied West Bank – "is the State of Israel's eastern defensive wall in any future scenario," and added it was "an insepar…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Opposition-Leader-Gantz-Pledges-to-Annex-Jordan-Valley–20200121-0017.html
PCHR: Palestinians Injured at Great March of Return
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-01-21
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) works around the clock to document all Israeli violations and war crimes against Great March of Return (GMR) peaceful protestors, especially children, women and the elderly. Aside from legal documentation of Israeli war crimes, PCHR follows urgent cases that require immediate and advanced medical …
imemc.org/article/pchr-short-video-highlights-of-palestinians-injured-at-great-march-of-return/
In the Name of "Security" Retreating US Gives Israel Billions More in Military Funding
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-21
Despite the fact that the U.S. is retreating from the Middle East, lacking strategy and future vision, lawmakers are congratulating themselves on passing yet another generous aid package to Israel.
mintpressnews.com/united-states-bill-gives-israel-billions-military-aid/264251/
Gantz Calls for Jordan Valley Annexation, 'Hopes Trump Releases Peace Plan Soon'
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-21
Previously, Benny Gantz had opposed the publication of Trump's peace plan during the campaign, describing it as 'outright intervention' in the Israeli election.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001211078094266-gantz-calls-for-jordan-valley-annexation-hopes-trump-releases-peace-plan-soon/
Martin Luther King San Francisco Labor Council Breakfast Protested
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-01-21
Trade unionists and community activists protested at the Martin Luther King Day Breakfast on 1/20/20. They charged that the breakfast did not change the continuing gentrification and racism against Black workers in San Francisco.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/18829936.php
Meeting on taking #OUTNOW Trump/Pence must go, to a new level
Refuse Fascism Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-01-21
Unitarian Universalist Society of S.F. | 1187 Franklin St. @ Geary | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/20/18829942.php
#VictoryPages: Young Russian designers create 'Endless Letter' using Instagram Stories
rt.com | 2020-01-21
RT's historical tribute to the 75-year anniversary of victory over fascism, #VictoryPages, launches 'Endless Letter' on Instagram. Starting this January the project will run until May. | The Instagram account @Pobeda.Page will post several stories daily that will eventually add up to hours of art, quotes and music combined. | "Today we live, but tomorrow or in an hour, a minute you are gone," "Mom! Don't make a mistake, don't join the army, stay at home," "The city is destroyed… Sorry for Rostov"
The Trump Coup to Come
Paul Street | truthdig.com | 2020-01-21
America's political authoritarianism comes in different, yet combined, mutually reinforcing forms. We have the neofascist authoritarianism of the white nationalist Republican Party, its Great Dog-Wagging God in the White House and his cultish, white-Amerikaner base. | Donald Trump may well not leave the White House without a dangerous fight if he is bested in the Electoral College in November. In his book…
truthdig.com/articles/the-trump-coup-to-come/
Germany: New links found between Làºbcke murder, neo-fascist NSU and the secret service
wsws.org | 2020-01-21
The links between the series of murders carried out by the neo-Nazi terrorist group NSU, the murder of Kassel's District President Walter Làºbcke (CDU) and the secret service are closer than previously known.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/21/lubc…
UK Counter Terrorism Policing document seeks to outlaw political dissent
wsws.org | 2020-01-21
The "guidance document" lists prominent left-wing, anti-war and environmental groups alongside far-right, fascist and white supremacist organisations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/21/terr…
The Many Reasons to Impeach Trump
Debra Gore-Mann | progressive.org | 2020-01-21
The president's embrace of white supremacy has manifest in impeachable offenses.
progressive.org/op-eds/the-many-reasons-to-impeach-trump-gore-mann-200121/
Lisa Nandy MP: My Plans as the New Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East
Lisa Nandy | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
I visited Palestine as a new MP and I was struck by the threats facing the next generation, the ferocity of the attacks they endure and the systematic denial of their rights. I met a three-year-old child whose house was …
globalresearch.ca/lisa-nandy-plans-new-chair-labour-friends-palestine-middle-east/5701283
Another Date That Will Live in Infamy: 10 Years After Citizens United
James C. Nelson | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down one of its worst and most activist decisions ever. Indeed, in terms of harm caused and likelihood for future harm, the Court's decision in Citizen's United is, likely, the most pernicious Supreme Court decision ever issued in our nation's history.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/another-date-that-will-live-in-infamy-10-years-after-citizens-united/
Get the Money Out of Politics: 10 Years After Citizens United
Tiffany Muller | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
Ten years ago this week, the Supreme Court released its disastrous 2010 Citizens United decision. The court, either through remarkable naivety or sheer malevolence, essentially married two terrible ideas: that "money equals speech" and that "corporations are people." The ruling put a for sale sign on our democracy, opening up a flood of corporate, special…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/get-the-money-out-of-politics-10-years-after-citizens-united/
Another Date That Will Live in Infamy: 10 Years After Citizens United
James C. Nelson | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down one of its worst and most activist decisions ever. Indeed, in terms of harm caused and likelihood for future harm, the Court's decision in Citizen's United is, likely, the most pernicious Supreme Court decision ever issued in our nation's history. A historical…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/another-date-that-will-live-in-infamy-10-years-after-citizens-united/
Get the Money Out of Politics: 10 Years After Citizens United
Tiffany Muller | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
Ten years ago this week, the Supreme Court released its disastrous 2010 Citizens United decision. The court, either through remarkable naivety or sheer malevolence, essentially married two terrible ideas: that "money equals speech" and that "corporations are people." The ruling put a for sale sign on our democracy, opening up a flood of corporate, special…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/get-the-money-out-of-politics-10-years-after-citizens-united/
Another Date That Will Live in Infamy: 10 Years After Citizens United
James C. Nelson | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down one of its worst and most activist decisions ever. Indeed, in terms of harm caused and likelihood for future harm, the Court's decision in Citizen's United is, likely, the most pernicious Supreme Court decision ever issued in our nation's history.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/another-date-that-will-live-in-infamy-10-years-after-citizens-united/
Planned Parenthood Endorses Challenger to Sen. Susan Collins
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-21
The organization says the Maine legislator "turned her back" on women and cites her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
truthdig.com/articles/planned-parenthood-endorses-challenger-to-sen-susan-collins/
The Wealthy Have Transformed Campaign Finance a Decade After "Citizens United"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-21
As a new decade begins, it's hard to believe just how different our campaign finance system looks now compared with the beginning of the last decade. One key difference: ten years ago, there was no such thing as a super PAC. That's because the Supreme Court hadn't decided Citizens United yet. | After that and related cases hacked away at campaign finance limits and the commonsense principles underl…
truthout.org/articles/the-wealthy-have-transformed-campaign-finance-a-decade-after-citizens-united/
Handball in Brooklyn
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
Handball in Brooklyn I don't know if it's like this Where you live, but here The delis and bodegas All have clear plastic bags Behind their counters filled With blue rubber spheres Metro Ball, Sky Bounce A handball for a buck
Upcoming SCOTUS Ruling Could Starve Public Schools in Favor of Religious Ones
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-21
On January 22, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, a case that could result in the massive expansion of public funding for private religious schools. The petitioners in the case
Warmonger Cotton Accuses Antiwar Think Tank of Anti-Semitism
Sheldon Richman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
If you wonder what…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/118648/
Warmonger Cotton Accuses Antiwar Think Tank of Anti-Semitism
Sheldon Richman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
If you wonder what…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/warmonger-cotton-accuses-antiwar-think-tank-of-anti-semitism/
Warmonger Cotton Accuses Antiwar Think Tank of Anti-Semitism
Sheldon Richman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
If you wonder what…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/warmonger-cotton-accuses-antiwar-think-tank-of-anti-semitism/
Citizens United at 10: Why Fighting Corruption Is a Racial Justice Issue
Chris Kromm | commondreams.org | 2020-01-21
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Georgia) speaks in favor of the For the People Act, a sweeping, pro-democracy bill passed by the House in 2019 that combines measures to protect voting rights, curb Big Money influence, and strengthen ethics rules. (Photo: Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Voting Rights Advocate: The Impeachment of Trump Is Needed to Protect Our Elections & Democracy
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-21
The impeachment trial begins its proceedings in the Senate today amid accusations of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell attempting to rush the impeachment process. Senators will have 16 hours for questions and four hours for debate, after 24 hours for opening arguments on each side. We speak with Rick Perlstein, historian and author, and Kristen Clarke, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Clarke says that thanks to the rules set by McConnell, Trump's impeachment trial could be over within a week, with much of the debate taking place in the evening. The proces…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/21/trump_imp…
Report: Israel Steals Land, Erects Nature Reserves and National Parks to Expand Settlements
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-20
Madeeha Araj/PNN The National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements stated, in its latest weekly report , that the far-right Israeli Defense Minister, Naftali Bennett announced, last week, the approval of seven nature reserves in the West Bank, with an area of 130,000-State dunams
The Israeli Right has Reason to Believe the Stars are Finally Aligned for Annexation
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-20
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs all the help he can muster before voters head to the ballot box on March 2