(2020-05-27). Israel: A farewell to Labor, the peace and partial-annexation party. peoplesworld.org 
On April 26, the Central Committee of Israel's Labor Party voted (online, of course) to endorse Binyamin Netanyahu as prime minister. In doing so, the party lent its hand to the installation of a government that is poised to unilaterally annex West Bank territory this summer and perhaps deliver the knockout punch to the two-state …
(2020-05-27). Why Does Israel Celebrate Its Terrorists: Ben Uliel and the Murder of the Dawabsheh Family. counterpunch.org 
Israeli media and Zionist apologists everywhere are busy whitewashing Israel's globally-tattered image using the rare indictment of an Israeli terrorist, Amiram Ben Uliel, who was recently convicted for murdering the Palestinian Dawabsheh family, including an 18-month-old toddler in the town of Duma, south of Nablus. The conviction of Ben Uliel by an Israeli three-judge court
(2020-05-27). Alabama clinic bought by abortion rights group. workers.org 
On May 15, 2019, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law one of the most restrictive anti-abortion bills in the U.S. The law banned all abortions in Alabama regardless of reason and with no exceptions. The Alabama law was part of a national right-wing campaign to challenge the Supreme Court's . . . |
(2020-05-27). Widespread outrage across the US, over the murder of George Lloyd by police. peoplesdispatch.org 
On May 26, hundreds of protesters were attacked by police in the city of Minneapolis during a protest against the murder of George Floyd, an African-American man, by a police officer on Monday May 25. | Protesters gathered at the intersection where Lloyd was murdered on Tuesday May 26 after the news of his death spread over social media. A memorial for Floyd was organized and people chanted against the police and held up signs condemning institutionalized racism in the US. | Protests were also held outside the Minneapolis Police Department's 3rd precinct office building, the circle to which the accused police off…
(2020-05-27). Launch Of Apartheid Off Campus. popularresistance.org Apartheid Off Campus was born officially just over a week ago and it could not have come at a better time, with the new and ever-mounting challenges the Palestinians have had to face. In this 7-day window, AOC acquired over 2000 followers across three social media platforms: Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. AOC has received far-reaching and overwhelming support from students and activists alike, enough to remind us that now is as perfect a time as any to launch an active, dynamic student-led movement for Palestine. | After an online-only (courtesy of the lockdown!) student campaign launch, hundreds of students a…
(2020-05-27). Israel's Mizrahi Activists Are Fighting the Racist Nation-State Law. thenation.com Israel's Mizrahi Activists Are Fighting the Racist Nation-State Law…
(2020-05-27). Extortion, Entitlement and Mafia-Style Tactics Mark Israel's Current State of Affairs. mintpressnews.com Anyone who is not yet alarmed may not be aware of the underhanded mafia-style tactics, political extortion, and patronizing sense of entitlement currently on display in Israel. The following developments demonstrate how the county operates both internally and in the international arena. | Czech Foreign Minister slammed!: | As Israel prepares to formally annex large tracts of the West Bank, Tomas Petricek, the Czech Republic's Foreign Minister, was quoted as saying that "annexation is forbidden by international law and also raises serious questions about Israel's future as a democracy." By any normal diplo…
(2020-05-27). Israel Reveals Date of Planned West Bank Annexation. globalresearch.ca The head of the Governmental Coalition in Israel, Mickey Zohar, revealed that the measures to legislate the process of imposing Israeli sovereignty on all Jewish residential communities in the West Bank will begin in early July. | The Likud MP said …
(2020-05-27). Erdogan Warns that Turkey 'Will Not Allow' Israel to Annex West Bank. globalresearch.ca Turkey's President "We are witnessing a new plan of occupation…
(2020-05-27). Fascism: Is it Too Extreme a Label? counterpunch.org In examining two productions of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. A Parable Play.(1) Bertolt Brecht wrote about the rise of Ui, which illustrated Hitler's rise to power that was resistible —but was not, we see some elements related to today's events. The Berliner Ensemble housed the first in1959 and the second in 1995. First
(2020-05-27). It's Time to Let the Patriot Act's Domestic Surveillance Programs Die Permanently. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-05-26). Racism and Bias at the Court of Arbitration for Sports. dissidentvoice.org 
Sun Yang Over the past 5 years, the sports "anti doping movement" has been distorted into a political tool to attack Russia and now China. This article reveals the bias behind the decision to ban Chinese athlete Sun Yang for eight years. For example, the president of the panel tweeted against a "yellow faced Chinese …
(2020-05-26). The Ben Uliel Case: Has Israel Won the Battle Against Jewish Terror? mintpressnews.com 
The verdict was a best-case scenario for Israel's image as it deliberately absolved the massive terrorist network that spawned the likes of Ben Uliel and the Israeli army that protects those very extremists on a daily basis.
(2020-05-26). Reparations — Has the Time Finally Come? aclu.org 
During a lull one afternoon when I was a high school student selling Black Panther Party newspapers on the streets of downtown Washington, D.C., in 1971, I sat down on the curb and opened the tabloid to the 10-point program, ""We believe that this racist government has robbed us and now we are demanding the overdue debt of forty acres and two mules … promised 100 years ago as restitution for slave labor…
(2020-05-26). TRUMP-20: The Other Pandemic. counterpunch.org 
The laws of God, the laws of man, He may keep that will and can; Not I: let God and man decree Laws for themselves and not for me —A. E. Housman In the destructive wake of TRUMP-20, Americans should practice media-distancing. Daily reports that expose us to Trump, his lies, his racism, and the
(2020-05-27). Costa Rica becomes a first Central American country to legalize same-sex marriages. peoplesdispatch.org Costa Rica became the first Central American country to recognize same sex marriage yesterday, on May 26. | In August 2018 the Supreme Court had asked the parliament to amend country's Family Code which bans gay marriages by May 26, 2020 failing which same sex marriage will automatically be legal. The Costa Rician parliament did not vote to amend the law nor did it allow the request of some of its conservative members, including the President of the Legislative Assembly pastor Eduardo Cruickshank, that asked the court to delay it. | President Carlos Alvarado tweeted "Costa Rica officially recognizes equal marriag…
(2020-05-27). COVID Racial Data Tracker: Ibram X. Kendi on How Better Data Reveals the True Toll of the Pandemic. democracynow.org 
Ibram X. Kendi says early media coverage of COVID-19 as "the great equalizer" missed the racial impact of the disease. But it soon became clear "that it was Latino Americans and African Americans and Native Americans in particular who were disproportionately being infected and dying." The award-winning author and founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University joins us to discuss why he started the COVID Racial Data Tracker.
(2020-05-27). From George Floyd to Chris Cooper: Ibram X. Kendi on "Racist Terror" Facing Black People in America. democracynow.org 
"I can't breathe" — that's what George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, repeatedly told a white Minneapolis police officer who pinned him to the ground Monday with a knee to his neck. Video of the police attack went viral. Now four officers have been fired. This comes as another video went viral of a white woman calling the cops on a Black man in New York City's Central Park and falsely accusing him of "threatening her life" after he asked her to leash her dog. We discuss these developments and more with Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American Univer…
(2020-05-26). Bolsonaro Gives a Fantastic, Impassioned, Radical Speech Against Lockdown Maos [VIDEO]. anti-empire.com 
This was a recent meeting of Bolsonaro's cabinet footage from which made public by the Supreme Court, and what a meeting it was: Why are they puttin handcuffs on a citizen that is working or a woman in the public square and the Justice doesn't say anything? You have to fucking speak! | You're going to be quite? Until when? Or do I have to keep exposing myself? You have to speak, put it out there! Dish it out! | You can't put handcuffs, a decision of the Supreme Court itself. Are we going to be quiet? Until when? | They keep on humiliating our people. And that's growing… People keep pointing at me: "I voted for y…
(2020-05-27). A Death in Herzliya: Mystery Remains About the Death of the Chinese Ambassador. ahtribune.com 
On Sunday morning May 17th, China's Ambassador to Israel, Du Wei,
(2020-05-26). Zionists Have Feelings Too. ahtribune.com 
Recently, those obvious expressions denoting ethnicity have been joined by
(2020-05-26). Democracy: Or How to Choose A Candidate in United States Elections. ahtribune.com 
I am both a Swiss and US citizen and vote in both jurisdictions. In Switzerland I participate in its semi-direct democratic system, characterized by voting on issues, initiating legislation, approving or rejecting laws and regulations by referendum. We can even decide whether a bridge or a tunnel is built over Lake Geneva — or decide not to build it at all. Governance by the people and for the people works rather well, guided by the old principle salus populi suprema lex (the well-being of the people is the highest law, Cicero De legibus 3,3,8). | Everybody hails "democracy" and "democratic values", but…
(2020-05-27). Fundamental Justice: Fighting Racism and Patriarchy in Brazil and the U.S. (films & panel). indybay.org Online via Zoom: virtual screenings w/ post panel discussion…
(2020-05-27). As Death Toll Reaches 100,000, We Demand: Trump/Pence Out Now! indybay.org Federal Building, 7th & Mission, San Francisco…
(2020-05-27). In the Era of COVID-19, Collective Grief Is Rebellion. truthout.org Kelly talks with author and organizer Cindy Milstein about reclaiming collective grief and resisting fascism. | Note: This is a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | TRANSCRIPT: | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to "Movement Memos," a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I'm your host, Kelly Hayes. By the time this episode airs, on Wednesday, May 27, over a hundred thousand people in the United States will have been lost to C…
(2020-05-27). George Floyd, Chris Cooper and the Racist Terror Faced by Black People in the US. truthout.org "I can't breathe" — that's what George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, repeatedly told a white Minneapolis police officer who pinned him to the ground Monday with a knee to his neck. Video of the police attack went viral. Now four officers have been fired. This comes as another video went viral of a white woman calling the cops on a Black man in New York City's Central Park and falsely accusing him of "threatening her life" after he asked her to leash her dog. We discuss these d…
(2020-05-27). Germany sees SURGE in anti-Semitic and 'politically motivated' crime. rt.com 
The German government has voiced alarm over the threat from the far right, after new figures showed a dramatic increase in anti-Semitic and politically motivated crime. | Anti-Semitic attacks rose by 13 percent in 2019, with more than 2,032 incidents recorded, and the number of politically motivated crimes surged 14 percent to 41,177. | The statistics were presented by Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and the chief of the Federal Criminal Police Office, Holger Munch, at a media conference in Berlin. According to the data, more than a half of politically motivated crimes in 2019 were connected to the far right,…
(2020-05-27). Germany sees SURGE in anti-Semitic and 'politically-motivated' crime. rt.com The German government has voiced alarm over the threat from the far right, after new figures showed a dramatic increase in anti-Semitic and politically motivated crime. | Anti-Semitic attacks rose by 13 percent in 2019, with more than 2,032 incidents recorded, and the number of politically motived crimes surged 14 percent to 41,177. | The statistics were presented by Interior Minister Horst Seehofer and the chief of the Federal Criminal Police Office, Holger Munch, at a media conference in Berlin. According to the data, more than a half of politically motivated crimes in 2019 were connected to the far right, w…
(2020-05-27). Four EU states warn Israeli regime over West Bank annexation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 27 (MNA) — Four European countries namely France, England, Spain, and Italy warned Benjamin Netanyahu regarding the dire consequences of the illegal annexation of the West Bank.
(2020-05-27). Turkey exports more than 1,000 mechanical ventilators. yenisafak.com Turkey has exported more than 1,000 mechanical ventilators crucial in treating COVID-19 so far, the country's industry and technology minister said on Wednesday.Addressing a meeting of a local trade chamber via a video link, Mustafa Varank said Turkey is also carrying out apace innovative projects for diagnostic kits and systems that will make a name for the country worldwide.Varank pointed that many countries face crisis of producing basic medical equipment."The discrimination between developed or developing countries has disappeared."Countries boasting their economic and technological power have been late in co…
(2020-05-26). Israeli Authorities Order Ten Palestinian-owned Water Wells Closed. imemc.org Israeli military authorities reportedly plan to shut down ten Palestinian-owned water wells, to the west of city Salfit, in the northern occupied West Bank. Local Palestinian sources in the Al-Sawiya village in western Salfit, told media outlets including the Palestine WAFA News Agency, that Israeli military authorities delivered shutdown warrants …
(2020-05-26). Why China Is Not The Aggressor. popularresistance.org To reverse the Pentagon's reckless drive towards potentially catastrophic confrontation, people in this country need to be aware of the true nature of relations between the United States and China. In fact, it is the United States that is engaged in a comprehensive push to encircle and isolate China using military, economic and political aggression. The result of this atmosphere of non-stop hostility has been a marked increase in instances of discrimination and racist violence towards Chinese-Americans and other Asian communities within the United States. | The war hawks want you to believe that China is bullying…
(2020-05-26). Israelis protest demanding Netanyahu's resignation. peoplesdispatch.org Israeli protesters staged a demonstration demanding the resignation of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu even as he stands trial in corruption cases.
(2020-05-26). Israeli Police Shoot, Injure Palestinian after Alleged Stabbing Attempt in Jerusalem. imemc.org A Palestinian young man was seriously injured, on Monday, when Israeli police officers shot him near Jabal Mukaber neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reported. Israel's Channel 7 alleged that the man attempted to stab police officers near Jabal Mukaber, video footage of the scene showed …
(2020-05-26). Closer Look At The COVID Profit-Motive, Bill Gates' Flexner Report 2.0 & Congress' Quiet Israel Push. thelastamericanvagabond.com 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 (5/25/20). 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 …
(2020-05-26). Settlers, Soldiers Take Over 47 Dunams of Palestinian Land. imemc.org Illegal Israeli settlers, with the full support of the Israeli military, on Tuesday, took possession of Palestinian land, east of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank, a local official reported. Head of Deir Dibwan municipality, Mansour Mansour, told Palestinian WAFA news Agency that dozens of illegal colonial settlers stormed …
(2020-05-26). Israeli Military Abducts Two Palestinians from Tulkarem. imemc.org Israeli military reportedly abducted, on Tuesday, two Palestinian young men from the northern occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem. Head of the Palestinian Prisoners' Society in the city, Ibrahim Alnemr, confirmed earlier today, that Israeli troops placed a mobile roadblock at the entrance of the city of Qalqilia, near Tulkarem …
(2020-05-26). Criminogenic Politics as a Form of Psychosis in the Age of Trump. counterpunch.org In its late stages, capitalism morphs into a form of neoliberal fascism. In this instance, the structural misery produced by capitalism via its destruction of the welfare state, safety net, and its growing investment in accelerating inequality and criminalizing all social problems merges with the theater of racism, racial cleansing, hyper-masculinity, ultra-nationalism, militarism, scapegoating the
(2020-05-26). Trump's Gutter Politics Just Keep Getting Nastier. thenation.com Trump's Gutter Politics Just Keep Getting Nastier…
(2020-05-26). Take Action Now: Fight for Voting Rights. thenation.com Take Action Now: Fight for Voting Rights…
(2020-05-26). 'Some Honesty for Once': Alberta Energy Minister Celebrates Covid-19 for Making In-Person Pipeline Protests More Difficult. commondreams.org "They're literally using Covid as a cover to build pipelines because they know protest is impossible." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-05-25). Why Does Israel Celebrate Its Terrorists? dissidentvoice.org 
Israeli media and Zionist apologists everywhere are busy whitewashing Israel's globally-tattered image using the rare indictment of an Israeli terrorist, Amiram Ben Uliel, who was recently convicted for murdering the Palestinian Dawabsheh family, including an 18-month-old toddler in the town of Duma, south of Nablus. The conviction of Ben Uliel by an Israeli three-judge court …
(2020-05-25). 'Something like 10 principles': After 'solving' Israel/Palestine conflict & coronavirus, Kushner 'turned loose' on GOP platform. rt.com 
White House adviser and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly wants to shrink the 56-page Republican Party platform to a one-page "mission statement." After Middle East peace and Covid-19, this should be a cinch. | Kushner has been leading the charge to downsize the sprawling document over the past six months, Axios reported on Sunday. The silver-spoon scion has been ruffling feathers within the Republican National Committee and the Trump campaign alike in his quest to whittle the platform down to "something like the 10 principles we believe in," two sources confirmed to the outlet. | Also on rt.com…
(2020-05-25). 'NYT chose to attack US military on Memorial Day': Pentagon hits back at op-ed on army 'celebrating white supremacy'. rt.com 
The US Department of Defense spokesperson has locked horns with the New York Times (NYT) over a Memorial Day opinion piece saying that the US military "celebrates white supremacy." | "The NYT has more than a million possible stories of the ultimate sacrifice by American patriots that they could tell. But they don't," Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Jonathan Rath Hoffman tweeted. | Instead, they chose to attack the US military – the most diverse meritocracy in the country and the most powerful force for good in world history. We have many stories of valor still waiting to be told this Memorial Day weekend. | Hoffma…
(2020-05-25). Racist, sexist, job-killing, union-busting robber baron appointed to head USPS. workers.org 
An earlier version of this article appeared in Labor Notes May 15. The Trump administration, COVID-19 and U.S. Senate reluctance to provide needed funding have put the U.S. Postal Service in dire economic straits. To make matters worse, newly appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy comes with 35 years' experience in . . . |
(2020-05-25). Armed Israeli Settlers Shoot, Injure Two Palestinian Youths. imemc.org Palestinian media reports said, earlier on Monday, that at least two Palestinians were shot and wounded by armed Israeli settlers, in the village of al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah city, in the central West Bank. Palestinian chief for resisting the Israeli Apartheid Wall and illegal Israeli settlement construction, across the West …
(2020-05-25). Israeli Settlers Run Over Sheep, Burn Palestinian Crops near Hebron. imemc.org An illegal Israeli settler, on Monday, ran over and killed three sheep belonging to Palestinian farmers, while injuring a dozen more, in the al-Dirat village, near Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, according to local activists. At the same time, another group of illegal colonists reportedly set fire to …
(2020-05-25). Hamas's Political Head : No Prisoners Swap Deal without an Acceptable Price. imemc.org Hamas's political head, Ismail Haniyeh, reportedly said over the weekend, that his Islamist party, that rules the Gaza Strip, will agree to a prisoner swap deal with the state of Israel, only in return for an acceptable price. Haniyeh's remarks came on the eve of the Al-Fitr Muslims' Feast or …
(2020-05-25). Israeli Authorities Demolish Palestinian-owned Structures near Bethlehem. imemc.org Israeli forces, on Monday, demolished a livestock barn and a tent, east of the southern occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Sources said the structures were owned by a local Palestinian, who was detained for several hours before being released. Palestinian security sources said the …
(2020-05-25). Israeli Troops Shoot Palestinian Family Harvesting Wheat, Wounding Two. imemc.org Israeli forces on Monday attacked a family of Palestinians who were harvesting wheat on their farmland near al-Mughayyir village east of Jerusalem. The Israeli army was apparently called in by Israeli settlers who had earlier tried to harass the Palestinian family. Initially, the army issued a statement that two Palestinians …