Video: Government Forces Clash with Kurdish Militias Amid Israeli Strikes on Central Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
On April 21, clashes broke out in the city of Qamishly between the Kurdish Asayish, a security force of the Syrian Democratic Forces, and the pro-government National Defense Forces. | Local sources claim that NDF units tried to capture several Asayish …
globalresearch.ca/video-government-forces-clash-kurdish-militias-israeli-strikes-central-syria/5710532
Pandemic Israeli Style
Dovid Primack | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Real news never happens on TV. For the cameras to roll and the anchors to anch, something sensational has to happen, and to produce the sensation, something must be sacrificed, either a clear view of reality or a human life, preferably both. And that's what Covid-19 is all about in newsrooms around the world. It…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/pandemic-israeli-style/
San Leandro Police Execute Black Man in Walmart
APTP | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
As white nationalists gather across the country wielding assault rifles in protest of public health mandates with no response from police, people of color experiencing apparent mental health crises continue to be shot and killed because of egregious and brutally racist law enforcement practices.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832535.php
Some Progressives Are in Denial About Trump's Fascist Momentum
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
"By replacing the world with a person, fascist politics makes us unable to assess arguments by a common standard. The fascist politician possesses specific techniques to destroy information spaces and break down reality." Sound familiar?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/some-progressives-are-in-denial-about-trumps-fascist-momentum/
UN chief warns that coronavirus pandemic is becoming a 'human rights crisis'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-23
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres has said the coronavirus pandemic is "a human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis".The UN chief issued a video message warning there is discrimination in the delivery of public services to tackle coronavirus (Covid-19) and there are "structural inequalities that impede access to them".He said the pandemic has also seen "disproportionate effects on certain communities, the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups, and the risks of heavy-handed security responses undermining the health response".He warned that with "rising ethno-nationalism, populi…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/04/23/un-chief-warns-that-coronavirus-pandemic-is-becoming-a-human-rights-crisis/
The concluding episodes of The Plot Against America: In 1940, an America gone fascist
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
The sixth and final part of HBO's adaptation of Philip Roth's 2004 novel aired April 20. The series imagines an alternate history in which right-winger Charles Lindbergh wins the 1940 US presidential election.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/plot…
Shakespeare on Trump
Entering 6th Week of Quarantine | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
As we enter the 6th week of quarantine due to Nazi Trump's inexcusable delay in preparing for a pandemic which was known to be a threat in November 2019 , the benchmark of literature in the English language, Shakespeare's writings, teach us that Trump is not an aberration.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832516.php
Israel Orders Halt to Construction of Mosque, Removal of Residential Tent
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-04-22
The Israeli military, on Monday, ordered a halt on the construction of a 2 story mosque, being built on an area of 250 square meters, in the Palestinian village of Kardala in the northern Jordan Valley, according to the head of Kardala village council.. Ghassan Fuqaha, told Palestinian WAFA news …
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PCHR: Fisherman Wounded & Fishing Boats Damaged, Israeli Naval Forces Continue Attacks on Palestinian Fishermen in Gaza Waters
PCHR | imemc.org | 2020-04-22
Israeli Naval Forces continued its attacks on Palestinian Fishermen in Gaza waters, under the continued Israeli restrictions on fishermens' freedom to work and banning their access to areas rich with fish, all while fishermen do not pose any threat to the Israeli naval forces stationed in Gaza waters, which is …
imemc.org/article/pchr-fisherman-wounded-fishing-boats-damaged-israeli-naval-forces-continue-attacks-on-palestinian-fishermen-in-gaza-waters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pchr-fisherman-wounded-fishing-boats-damaged-israeli-naval-forces-continue-attacks-on-palestinian-fishermen-in-gaza-waters
Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-04-22
Israeli soldiers killed, on Wednesday morning, a young Palestinian man near Bethlehem city, south of occupied East Jerusalem in the West Bank. The Israeli army said the man tried to ram the soldiers and attacked one with a knife before he was shot dead. The Israeli army stated that the …
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Is the CIA Preparing a Color Revolution in Cuba?
Germán Gorraiz López | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
The cessation of the United States blockade against Cuba, demanded for the twenty-eighth consecutive year in the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization and overwhelmingly approved by 187 votes in favor, 3 against (USA, Israel and Brazil ) and …
globalresearch.ca/cia-preparing-color-revolution-cuba/5710485
Nasrallah says patience key to defeating Israeli enemy, coronavirus
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)
Settlers Plant Trees on Palestinian Land, while Farmer receives Demolition Orders
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-04-22
Israeli settlers, on Monday, planted trees on Palestinian-owned land, in the southern occupied West Bank, with the intent of stealing the land, a local official stated. Hasan Breijieh, director of the Bethlehem office of the Wall and Settlements Resistance Commission, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that Israeli settlers planted olive …
imemc.org/article/settlers-plant-trees-on-palestinian-land-while-farmer-receives-demolition-orders/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=settlers-plant-trees-on-palestinian-land-while-farmer-receives-demolition-orders
Israeli Troops Abduct 6 Palestinians, Assault Family Members in West Bank
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-22
Israeli troops reportedly abducted, on Wednesday, a number of Palestinians from several occupied West Bank towns and cities. In Ramallah city, local sources reported that an Israeli army force broke into several Palestinian-owned homes, before they abducted Abdelrahman Elwi and Mohammad Hassan, who are both students at Birzeit University. The …
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Palestinian Detainee Dies In Israeli Prison
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-04-22
The Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) has reported that a detainee died, on Tuesday at night, in the Negev Desert Detention Camp, after fainting in the shower, and Israeli soldiers failed to provide him with any medical aid for more than thirty minutes. The PPS stated that the detainee, Nour Jaber …
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Israel's Defense Minister to Stop Conducting Coronavirus Tests for Gaza
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-22
Israeli Defense Minister, Naftali Bennett, reportedly decided on Wednesday, that Israel will stop providing the necessary Coronavirus tests for cases from the Israeli-besieged Gaza Strip. Israeli media reports said that Bennet's decision came following a series of discussions among Israeli army officials that have so far failed to approve conducting …
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Annexation of the West Bank Is up to Israel: US State Secretary
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-22
United States (U.S.) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that it was up to Israel whether to annex parts of the West Bank adding that Washington would offer its views privately to Israel's new government. | RELATED: | EU Nations Push for Bloc's Recognition of State of Palestine | "As for the annexation of the West Bank, the Israelis will ultimately make those decisions," Pompeo told reporters. "That's an Israeli decision. And we will work closely with them to share wi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Annexation-of-West-Bank-Is-up-to-Israel-US-Secretary-of-State-20200422-0016.html
Who controls the British Government response to Covid–19? part1
Vanessa Beeley | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-22
"The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants"
China: Three Weeks in Quarantine for Those Arriving in Beijing
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-22
People arriving in Beijing from abroad will have to complete an additional week of domestic quarantine after the two currently required. This implies that the number of weeks of mandatory confinement is raised to three. | RELATED: | Palestine Receives Medical Aid from China to Fight COVID-19 | Foreigners are currently banned from entering China, a national-level decision that exempts diplomats and some people related to trade or medical research. | Until now, regulations required…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Three-Weeks-in-Quarantine-for-Those-Arriving-in-Beijing-20200422-0001.html
BJP capitalizes on Coronavirus fears to take India's fascist creep to the next level
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-04-22
India is accelerating down the track of religious strife, and the government itself is driving the vehicle.
mronline.org/2020/04/22/bjp-capitalizes-on-coronavirus-fears-to-take-indias-fascist-creep-to-the-next-level/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bjp-capitalizes-on-coronavirus-fears-to-take-indias-fascist-creep-to-the-next-level
Tory 'herd immunity' propaganda campaign unearthed
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-22
TruePublica Editor: Have we not all had enough of incompetent government yet? If not, here's another one to make your blood boil. John O'Connell, the founder at the Far Right Watch, the anti-racist group has sent out some news that he is investigating a propaganda campaign set up by the Conservatives that supports the 'herd …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/tory-herd-immunity-propaganda-campaign-unearthed/
First person to die in Alabama's prisons with COVID-19 spent more than four decades behind bars
splcenter.org | 2020-04-22
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/22/first-person-die-alabamas-prisons-covid-19-spent-more-four-decades-behind-bars
SPLC Action makes recommendations to Congress to address COVID-19 needs in the Deep South
splcenter.org | 2020-04-22
The SPLC Action Fund sent a detailed letter to members of Congress on April 22, 2020, highlighting the need for federal action that specifically addresses the needs of people in South.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/22/splc-action-makes-recommendations-congress-address-covid-19-needs-deep-south
Israeli Forces Invade Homes, Detain Several Palestinians Across the West Bank
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-04-21
Israeli forces detained a total of 9 Palestinians in invasions across the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian WAFA news Agency. Security sources said that Israeli forces, on Tuesday, detained 2 Palestinian youths from the Bethlehem-area village of Nahalin, after storming and searching their family homes. Sources added that the …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-invade-homes-detain-several-palestinians-across-the-west-bank/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-forces-invade-homes-detain-several-palestinians-across-the-west-bank
Israel Bulldozers Invade Parts of Northern Gaza, Troops Open Fire in the South, Navy Injures One Offshore
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-21
Israeli troops reportedly invaded, early on Tuesday, parts of the northern and southern besieged Gaza Strip local sources reported. Local witnesses said that a number of armored vehicles including bulldozers, advanced tens of meters deep into the Jabalia refugee camp, north of the coastal enclave. Witnesses added that the bulldozers …
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Israeli Forces Abduct Freed Prisoner in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-21
Israeli troops abducted, early on Tuesday, a freed Palestinian prisoner from the Beit Ummar town in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Local media sources reported that an Israeli army force invaded the Beit Ummar town and began invading several Palestinian-owned homes, before they abducted freed Palestinian prisoner, …
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Palestine Receives Medical Aid from China to Fight COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
Palestine received Monday from China a batch of emergency medical supplies including medicines, quick medical tests, and ventilators to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Palestinian Shoemaker Starts West Bank's Mask Factory Overnight | The Chinese Ambassador to Palestine Guo Wei personally delivered the aid at the health ministry's storage warehouses in the West Bank city of Ramallah to the Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila, who thanked the Asian nation for…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestine-Receives-Medical-Aid-from-China-to-Fight-COVID-19-20200421-0021.html
Juan González: "Make No Mistake: This Country Is Edging Closer to Neo-Fascist Authoritarianism"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
We get an update from Democracy Now! co-host Juan González about his mother and wife, who were infected with COVID-19, and discuss how right-wing Trump supporters are brandishing automatic weapons at protests to demand an end to coronavirus shutdowns and are being egged on by the president. "We should make no mistake, that this country is edging closer and closer to neo-fascist authoritarianism," says González, expressing concern these actions will become normalized in the lead-up to a bitter national election in November.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/juan_gonz…
Asian community stands up to escalating COVID-19 racist violence
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-22
Anti-racism Peter BoyleIssue 1262 Australia COVID-19 anti-Asian racism Jenny LeongApril 22, 2020Two young Asian women were walking in Eli…
greenleft.org.au/content/asian-community-stands-escalating-covid-19-racist-violence
Ex-Concentration Camp Prisoners Ask Investigation Committee to Deal With Actions of Finnish Invaders
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
Former prisoners of Finnish concentration camps in Karelia have asked Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigation Committee, to look into the actions of the occupation authorities during the Great Patriotic War.
sputniknews.com/russia/202004231079067297-ex-concentration-camp-prisoners-ask-investigation-committee-to-deal-with-actions-of-finnish/
America is about to witness the biggest labor movement it's seen in decades
Steve LeVine | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-21
In September 1945, a little-remembered frenzy erupted in the United States. Japan had surrendered, ending World War II, but American meat packers, steelworkers, telephone installers, telegraph operators, and auto assemblers had something different from partying in mind. In rolling actions, they went on strike. After years of patriotic silence on the home front, these workers, …
peoplesworld.org/article/america-is-about-to-witness-the-biggest-labor-movement-its-seen-in-decades/
Murder or salvation? Southern US states to relax Covid-19 lockdowns amid outcry
rt.com | 2020-04-21
Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina are saying they will start reopening some stores and public spaces shuttered by pandemic fears, triggering partisan outrage and accusations of having a racist death wish. | Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee announced on Monday that he will not extend his stay-at-home order past April 30 and may allow some businesses and state parks to open before that. Meanwhile, in South Carolina, Gov. Henry McMaster ordered access to public beaches and some retailers restored starting Tuesday. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/usa/486392-southern-states-lift-lockdown-outcry/
Augustus Invictus Arrested in Florida for Stalking, Violating Bond
Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2020-04-21
Invictus' father, John Gillespie, was arrested days earlier and charged with human trafficking of children under 18 years old.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/21/augustus-invictus-arrested-florida-stalking-violating-bond
Anti-Immigrant Movement Has History of Politicizing Disease
Eddie Bejarano | splcenter.org | 2020-04-21
COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, is the latest disease the nativist movement has politicized to demonize immigrants.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/21/anti-immigrant-movement-has-history-politicizing-disease
From Settler Violence to Attacks on Haredi Jews, Coronavirus is Laying Israeli Attitudes Bare
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-20
The spread of coronavirus among Palestinians is dangerous to Israeli Jews, yet authorities and their various agencies continue to destroy clinics, demolish homes, and raid towns and neighborhoods rather than offer the help needed to ward off the virus.
mintpressnews.com/settler-violence-attacks-haredi-jews-coronavirus-laying-israeli-attitudes-bare/266761/
Philippines: Police arrest activists performing COVID-19 relief work
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-20
On April 20, Marco L. Valbuena, the Chief Information Officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines denounced the arrest of former Anakpawis Representative Ariel Casilao and 12 other volunteers and residents by elements of the Philippine National Police in Norzagaray, Bulacan. | "The arrest shows the Duterte regime's perverse priorities even amid the pandemic and utter contempt for the plight of the Filipino people. Instead of focusing on efforts to ensure the welfare of the people suffering under the restrictive lockdown, it has intensified the fascist clampdown against activists even when they are conductin…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/20/philippi…
Labour report reveals how Jeremy Corbyn was sabotaged from within
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-18
Labour Party officials undermined Jeremy Corbyn's leadership by trying to lose races and exploiting an anti-Semitism smear campaign, an internal…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/18/labour-report-reveals-how-jeremy-corbyn-was-sabotaged-from-within/
"Gangster in the White House": Noam Chomsky on COVID-19, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-17
We continue our conversation with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky. He responds to President Trump's cuts to U.S. support for the World Health Organization and the surge in deaths in the United States to another record high, and discusses conditions in Gaza, the rise of authoritarianism around the world, and the progressive response. "This is typical behavior of autocrats and dictators. When you make colossal errors which are killing thousands of people, find somebody else to blame," say Chomsky. "In the United States, it's unfortunately the case, for well over a century, centu…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/17/noam_chom…
BJP Capitalizes on Coronavirus Fears to Take India's Fascist Creep to the Next Level
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-17
Last week, 22-year-old Dilshad "Mehboob" Ali was dragged into a field on the outskirts of Delhi and beaten with sticks and shoes by an enraged crowd demanding to be told, "who else is behind this conspiracy?" His attackers believed he was part of a "corona Jihad: " an evil plot by India's Muslim minority to spread the disease and kill as many Hindus as possible. Ali was dragged to a temple and told to convert to Hinduism before they would allow him to go to the hospital. Images of the incident went viral, illustrative of a nationwide assault on the country's nearly 200 million Muslims. | Ali is part of the Tabligh…
mintpressnews.com/coronavirus-takes-india-fascist-creep-next-level-bjp-alleges/266750/
25 years later, Oklahoma City bombing still inspires antigovernment extremists
splcenter.org | 2020-04-17
At 9: 02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, a bomb exploded in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people, including 19 children.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/17/25-years-later-oklahoma-city-bombing-still-inspires-antigovernment-extremists
Bolivian coup leader freaks out on The Grayzone for 'fascist' label in complaint to OAS 'human rights' arm
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-16
The director of far-right Bolivian coup leader Camacho's presidential campaign threw a slander-laced tantrum against The Grayzone in a letter…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/16/bolivia-coup-the-grayzone-cidh-camacho-maclean/
Hate Groups and Racist Pundits Spew COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media Despite Companies' Pledges to Combat It
Hannah Gais | splcenter.org | 2020-04-16
Hate groups and racist pundits have pushed misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic on mainstream social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube throughout the crisis, despite companies pledging to fight fake news about the virus.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/17/hate-groups-and-racist-pundits-spew-covid-19-misinformation-social-media-despite-companies
CROWN Act movement seeks to protect Black people from racial discrimination based on hairstyles
splcenter.org | 2020-04-15
Jordan Winder did not apply to the high school of his choice, because the dreadlocks he's been growing nearly half his life are not allowed there.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/15/crown-act-movement-seeks-protect-black-people-racial-discrimination-based-hairstyles
Police: Proud Boys Used for Surveillance as Part of Violent Plot
splcenter.org | 2020-04-14
It sounds like something out of fiction: A Texas lawyer allegedly uses a violent group he was once a prominent member of to do surveillance as part of a plot to kill or injure an antagonist.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/15/police-proud-boys-used-surveillance-part-violent-plot
Congressman John Lewis shares message of support for SPLC's work
splcenter.org | 2020-04-13
Congressman John Lewis has been a tireless champion for equal rights and justice for more than six decades.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/14/congressman-john-lewis-shares-message-support-splcs-work
2019 Year in Hate and Extremism Report Release
splcenter.org | 2020-04-12
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/18/2019-year-hate-and-extremism-report-release
SPLC condemns attack on Alabama synagogue
splcenter.org | 2020-04-11
The Southern Poverty Law Center condemns the antisemitic attacks that took place during Passover at the Etz Chayim Synagogue in Huntsville, Alabama.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/10/splc-condemns-attack-alabama-synagogue
Get-out-the-vote effort goes digital for COVID-19 pandemic
splcenter.org | 2020-04-10
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Alexis Carr was able to knock on doors in Montgomery, Alabama, register people to vote, instruct them on voting rights and encourage them to cast their ballots on Election Day.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/11/get-out-vote-effort-goes-digital-covid-19-pandemic
Nativist Hate Groups Want to Keep People in ICE Detention Despite COVID-19 Threat
splcenter.org | 2020-04-08
Anti-immigrant think tanks are pushing for the U.S. to detain immigrants and asylum seekers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, even as prisoners stage hunger strikes and other protests in response to what they describe as deteriorating health conditions in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/09/nativist-hate-groups-want-keep-people-ice-detention-despite-covid-19-threat
Why is Alliance Defending Freedom a Hate Group?
splcenter.org | 2020-04-08
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) first listed Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) as an anti-LGBTQ hate group in 2016.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/10/why-alliance-defending-freedom-hate-group