COVID-19, Neoliberalism and the Campaign against Racism
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
"The media is the most powerful entity on earth. Because they control the minds of the masses, they have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power…If you're not careful, the newspapers …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-neoliberalism-and-the-campaign-against-racism/5714970
Operating Outside the Rule of Law: Washington Pressures International Criminal Court
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
There is apparently no limit to what the United States and Israel can get away with without any consequences. The United States has been waging devastating economic warfare against Iran and Venezuela while also blaming China for a global health …
globalresearch.ca/washington-pressures-international-criminal-court/5715040
India must follow Supreme Court orders to protect 100 million migrant workers: UN rights experts
news.un.org | 2020-06-04
The Indian Government must urgently comply with a Supreme Court order to ensure the wellbeing of more than 100 million migrant workers, after coronavirus measures left them jobless, forcing them to travel long distances home, UN independent human rights experts said on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/06/1065662
"Wolf Warrior Diplomacy": Israel's China Strategy in Peril
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-04
Israel's balancing act that allowed it to reap America's unconditional and, often, blind support, while slowly benefiting from China's growing economic influence and political prestige, is already floundering. Thanks to the heated cold war between the US and Chinese economic superpowers, the Israeli strategy of playing both sides is unlikely to pay dividends in the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/wolf-warrior-diplomacy-israels-china-strategy-in-peril/
Wolf Warrior Diplomacy: Israeli Attempts to Play Both the US and China are Backfiring
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-04
Between Washington's precise demands to Israel to keep Beijing at bay, and the latter's aggressive 'wolf warrior' diplomacy, Israel is facing a stark choice.
mintpressnews.com/wolf-warrior-diplomacy-israel-attempts-to-play-both-the-us-and-china-are-backfiring/268252/
"The World Cannot Breathe!" Squashed by the U.S., a Country Built on Genocide and Slavery
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-04
More than two centuries of lies are now getting exposed. Bizarre tales about freedom and democracy are collapsing like houses of cards. One man's death triggers an avalanche of rage in those who for years, decades and centuries, have been humiliated, ruined, and exterminated. It always happens just like this throughout the history of humankind …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/the-world-cannot-breathe-squashed-by-the-u-s-a-country-built-on-genocide-and-slavery/
Several Palestinian Structures Demolished by Israeli Army near Jericho
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-04
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, demolished 5 Palestinian-owned residential structures as well as two animal sheds in Deir Hajle, east of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho. Mohammad Ghrouf, a local monitor of illegal Israeli settlements, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency, that Israeli soldiers stormed the area and demolished seven …
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Israeli Army Escalates Demolitions in South Hebron Hills
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-06-04
Israeli soldiers, on Wednesday, dismantled several Palestinian-owned tents and other structures in Masafer Yatta, southern Hebron hills, according to two local officials. Coordinator of the Anti-Wall & Settlement Committees, Rateb al-Jabour, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that Israeli forces accompanied a bulldozer to Khirbet al-Mafqara community, and proceeded to knock …
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US Police Forces Are Trained by Israel: The Knee-On-Neck Tactic that Was Used on George Floyd Is the Same Tactic that Has Been Used on the Palestinians
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
George Floyd, an African-American man who was murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and three others in Minneapolis, Minnesota for trying to use a counterfeit $20 dollar bill at a store, now violent protests has overtaken …
globalresearch.ca/us-police-forces-trained-israel-knee-neck-tactic-used-george-floyd-same-tactic-used-palestinians/5714997
Israel demolishes dozens of Palestinian homes in occupied West Bank
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-06-04
While illegal demolition of Palestinian houses is routinely carried out by Israeli forces with complete impunity, the demolitions carried out on Wednesday are being viewed as being related to the proposed illegal annexation of the Jordan valley…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/06/04/israel-demolishes-dozens-of-palestinian-homes-in-occupied-west-bank/
Global Black Lives Matter Protests
Rhea Mahbubani | zcomm.org | 2020-06-04
Thousands across the UK, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Canada, and more condemn racism and demand justice…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/global-black-lives-matter-protests/
Workers unite to fight racism, cops, pandemic
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2020-06-04
MTA bus operator Yasmin Rowe gives the thumbs up to New York City demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd. There has been a groundswell of worker solidarity with protests against the racist police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. First, reports came in from Minneapolis that . . . | Continue reading Workers unite to fight racism, cops, pandemic at Workers.org…
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Dissension in the ranks? Pentagon breaks with Trump over protest crackdown
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-04
President Trump's desire for an authoritarian crackdown on the nationwide uprising against systemic racism and police violence is causing dissension in the ranks at the Pentagon. Segments of the military establishment are breaking with Trump over his decision to send the army into America's streets to crush the protests sparked by the murder of George …
peoplesworld.org/article/dissension-in-the-ranks-pentagon-breaks-with-trump-over-protest-crackdown/
The Face of Rebellion: George Floyd and the Struggle Against Racism
Donald Monaco | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
America burns. Its streets are inflamed by an existential rage born of violence, dehumanization and despair. Trampled underfoot of a police jackboot for too long, the oppressed are striking back with a ferocious anger that has simmered for decades. The …
globalresearch.ca/george-floyd-struggle-against-racism/5715031
As protests grow, corporate CEOs hypocritically declare opposition to "racism and injustice"
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
Tech billionaires, Wall Street bankers and auto executives all issued statements this week in hopes of shoring up the battered image of American capitalism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/corp…
Trumka, other labor leaders, commit unions to the fight against racism
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-04
WASHINGTON–Declaring that working people are saying, "We've had enough," AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said unions will continue the fight to root out systemic racism in the U.S. In a 77-minute Zoom telecast on June 3, Trumka and other labor leaders–AFSCME President Lee Saunders, Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, IBEW President Lonnie Stephenson, Painters President Ken …
peoplesworld.org/article/trumka-other-labor-leaders-commit-unions-to-the-fight-against-racism/
More Military Deployment and Terrorism Investigations are an Outrageous Response to Black Pain, Grief, and Anger
Hina Shamsi | aclu.org | 2020-06-04
Across the country, people are protesting police brutality and systemic racism. They are relentlessly demanding justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and the countless other Black people killed by police. In response, President Trump, supported by belligerent enablers in Congress and his administration, has threatened to deploy federal troops into states, and federal agencies are investigating protestors for domestic terrorism. These presidential threats and actions are authoritarian, irresponsible, dangerous, and wrong. , , Trump's threat to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 was extraordinary
Drew Brees' apology for 'insensitive' comments not accepted
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-04
Before we dig into the latest foolish, uncouth statement coming out of the NFL, let's first look at their consistent behavioral patterns and backpedaling: A pointed question is asked regarding systemic racism and where the NFL or team stands on the issue. An insensitive, privileged reply is given. Then, hours later, a half-assed apology comes …
peoplesworld.org/article/drew-brees-apology-for-insensitive-comments-not-accepted/
Ilhan Omar Criminal Justice Reform Bills Offer 'Systemic Solutions to Systemic Problems'
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
"If we are to change this pattern of violent racism, we need to fundamentally restructure our criminal justice system." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/06/04/ilhan-omar-criminal-justice-reform-bills-offer-systemic-solutions-systemic-problems?cd-origin=rss
Selected Articles: US Police Forces Are Trained by Israel
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-04
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | How American Cities Were Reduced to Esper's …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-us-police-forces-trained-israel/5715074
Operating Outside the Rule of Law: Washington Pressures International Criminal Court
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-04
There is apparently no limit to what the United States and Israel can get away with without any consequences. The United States has been waging devastating economic warfare against Iran and Venezuela while also blaming China for a global health crisis that it is unwilling to help address due to its withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Israel meanwhile is planning on illegally annexing significant parts of the Palestinian West Bank in July, with a green light from the Tr…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/04/operating-outside-the-rule-of-law-washington-pressures-international-criminal-court/
Protesters in Palo Alto Masked Up and Close Together
Racism is a Dire Health Threat | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
On May 31 protesters spurred by the murder of George Floyd wore masks of many varieties, but social distancing was difficult. When asked about the 6 feet rule, some said they hadn't noticed how close they were to fellow demonstrators. Others said racism is a dire health threat that demands protest.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833655.php
NLG Statement on the President's Unlawful Declaration of Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization
National Lawyers Guild | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
"When police continue to murder Black people with impunity and when calls for systemic change to policing and structural racism are ignored, popular unrest is inevitable," said National Lawyers Guild legal worker Kris Hermes. "Federal investigations and the targeting of Antifa will unfortunately result in increased surveillance and repression, and must be resisted."
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833637.php
Enough Is Enough! Thousands Speak Out & Rally In SF Against Murder of George Floyd
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Ten to fifteen thousand youth, activists and fighters against racism rallied and marched against the murder of George Floyd.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833714.php
Saturday 6/6: Natl. Protest Against Police Murder of Black People and a Fascist Police State in the US
Refuse Fascism Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
24th and Mission…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833723.php
Almost 40k demand removal of statues showing colonial-era Belgian king blamed for Congo genocide
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Amid ongoing anti-racism protests in the US, two petitions have been launched in Belgium demanding the removal of statues depicting King Leopold II. Estimates suggest the late monarch's brutal Congo rule left some 10 million dead. | The petitions, launched several days ago, have already attracted nearly 40,000 backers. The campaigns demand the removal of all statues of King Leopold II, who ruled the country between 1865 and 1909. | While for Belgium itself he was a constitutional monarch, Leopold was also a brutal oppressor of Africans. The king was the founder
My skin color is not a crime, but your racism should be
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-04
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Footage of 'Israeli Aggression' in Syria, Alleged Aftermath Emerges Online
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-04
Another report on what is seen by Syrian media as "Israeli aggression" emerged Thursday after a missile appeared in the sky over the city of Masyaf, in Syrian province of Hama.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202006041079522115-footage-of-israeli-aggression-in-syria-alleged-aftermath-emerges-online/
Minnesota Cops Trained By Israeli Police, Who Often Use Knee-On-Neck Restraint
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-04
Officers from the US police force responsible for the killing of George Floyd received training in restraint techniques and anti-terror tactics from Israeli law-enforcement officers. At least 100 Minnesota police officers attended a 2012 conference hosted by the Israeli consulate in Chicago, the second time such an event had been held. | There they learned the violent techniques used by Israeli forces as they terrorize the occupied Palestinian territories under the guise of security operations. | The so-called counterterrorism training conference in Minneapolis was jointly hosted by the FBI. The training of US po…
popularresistance.org/minnesota-cops-trained-by-israeli-police-who-often-use-knee-on-neck-restraint/
As Protests Rage Over George Floyd's Death, Climate Activists Embrace Racial Justice
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-04
Friends of the Earth tweeted #BlackLivesMatter, and the head of the NRDC promised: "to be fully and visibly committed to the fight against systemic racism." | When New York Communities for Change helped lead a demonstration of 500 on Monday in Brooklyn to protest George Floyd's killing in Minneapolis, the grassroots group's activism spoke to a long-standing link between police violence against African Americans and environmental justice. | Elizabeth Yeampierre, executive director of UPROSE, Brooklyn's oldest Latino community-based organization, said she considers showing up to fight police brutality and racial vi…
popularresistance.org/as-protests-rage-over-george-floyds-death-climate-activists-embrace-racial-justice/
Saturday 6/6: Refuse Fascism: Protest in San Francisco, DC, and Everywhere
Refuse Fascism Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
24th & Mission, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833724.php
350.org Holds Webinar on Dismantling White Supremacy, Calls on Climate Movement to Prioritize Racial Justice and Show Up for Black Lives
commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/06/04/350org-holds-webinar-dismantling-white-supremacy-calls-climate-movement?cd-origin=rss
Hundreds protest racist violence in New Orleans, police attack demonstrators
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-04
New Orleans, LA – The night of June 3, hundreds of New Orleans protesters climbed the Crescent City Connection to fight racist violence and demand justice for police murders. The Connection is a highway bridge that crosses the Mississippi River to connect the East and West banks of New Orleans. The protesters fought as part of the Black Lives Matter and Justice for George Floyd movements, rallying behind various calls to abolish prisons and police. | "No justice, no peace!" and "Black Lives Matter!" rang up and down the highway. Black participants came right up to the mic to express their disgust for the police.
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/4/hundreds-…
New Report Condemns Age Discrimination in Voting at Home Across Seven States as Unconstitutional
commondreams.org | 2020-06-04
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/06/04/new-report-condemns-age-discrimination-voting-home-across-seven-states?cd-origin=rss
Trump administration deploys military to the capital as nationwide protests continue
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-04
On Monday evening, President Donald Trump delivered a fascistic speech from the Rose Garden in which he announced the deployment of military forces in the capital and an escalation of police repression to end nationwide protests over the police murder of George Floyd one week ago.
mronline.org/2020/06/04/trump-administration-deploys-military-to-the-capital-as-nationwide-protests-continue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=trump-administration-deploys-military-to-the-capital-as-nationwide-protests-continue
Demands for Trump removal grow as 'fascist' speech condemned as declaration of war against U.S. public
Jake Johnston | mronline.org | 2020-06-04
"Trump needs to be removed now, because after the massacre it will be too late."
mronline.org/2020/06/04/demands-for-trump-removal-grow-as-fascist-speech-condemned-as-declaration-of-war-against-u-s-public/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=demands-for-trump-removal-grow-as-fascist-speech-condemned-as-declaration-of-war-against-u-s-public
'It's About Time' America Reckons With Its Racist Founding
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-06-04
The George Floyd uprisings revealed the inadequacies of both Biden and Trump, argues professor Gerald Horne.
therealnews.com/stories/its-time-america-reckons-with-racist-founding-history-george-floyd-uprisings
Anti-racist uprising spreads across Britain
Bethany Rielly | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-04
Thousands of people across Britain demanded justice for George Floyd June 3 at mass protests and local gatherings and on their doorsteps. In central London, crowds of mostly young protesters gathered in Hyde Park holding signs saying "the UK is not innocent" and "white silence is violence." People sat on the ground surrounding speakers, chanting …
peoplesworld.org/article/anti-racist-uprising-spreads-across-britain/
Never alone: Five poems for a time of revolt
Special to People's World | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-04
Poets have a talent for capturing a glance, a mood, a spirit, a moment, an idea in just a few concentrated words that by use of metaphor, rhythm, rhyme and other literary devices stand for much more than the words themselves say. The current wave of protests connected with racist police brutality, the coronavirus crisis, …
peoplesworld.org/article/never-alone-five-poems-for-a-time-of-revolt/
White supremacist congressman Steve King defeated in Republican primary
wsws.org | 2020-06-04
Steve King fell out of favor with his party by saying too blatantly what Trump and his cronies really think.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/06/04/prim…
Thursday 6/4: Black Lives Matter, Night March in Santa Cruz
crowd of lastnights protest | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Meeting at Town Clock, N. Pacific Avenue…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833727.php
Wednesday 6/3: Black Lives Matter March in Santa Cruz
West Cliff Walkout | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Meet across the street from the Dream Inn on West Cliff Drive in Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833670.php
NLG Condemns Violent Police Response to Black Lives Matter Protests Nationwide
National Lawyers Guild | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
"Racialized, violent policing of Black, Brown, and Indigenous bodies has always existed in this country. Now is the time for accountability. Property can always be replaced. Black lives can not," stated NLG Executive Director Pooja Gehi.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833636.php
Thursday 6/4: Paddle Out: Black Lives Matter and George Floyd Memorial
George Floyd Paddle Out | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
2900 Pleasure Point Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95062-5408…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833669.php
Lakota and Navajo respond as police blind and beat reporters and peaceful protesters
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Lakota and Navajo respond, as news reporters and peaceful protesters are shot, blinded and beaten during Black Lives Matter protests. In Albuquerque, The Red Nation group was stalked and confronted by white vigilantes working with Albuquerque Police officers.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833707.php
Nearly 2,000 rally for black lives in Seaside, 100s take Highway 1 in Monterey
NR | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Nearly 2,000 people met at a Seaside City Hall on Tuesday demanding an end to police brutality and justice for George Floyd in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. 20 second video of march.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833688.php
PROTEST! DC & Everywhere Saturday, June 6 2020: TRUMP/PENCE OUT NOW!
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Trump has unleashed US military police and threatened to call out the military nationwide to crush the righteous George Floyd protests against police murder. An uprising has begun. Day after day, night after night, coast to coast, the streets fill with Black youth refusing to face another day in fear and people of all backgrounds who have had enough of white supremacy and a culture of soul-crushing cruelty.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/04/18833722.php
Thursday 6/4: What We Must Do to Dismantle White Supremacy (webinar)
350 | indybay.org | 2020-06-04
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/02/18833639.php
'Practice the eye gouge': Project Veritas claims to have INFILTRATED ANTIFA, will 'expose its violent nature'
rt.com | 2020-06-04
Conservative investigative website Project Veritas claims it has "infiltrated" the controversial Antifa movement to expose its "violent nature," days after Donald Trump said he would declare it a "terrorist organization." | Project Veritas' James O'Keefe tweeted a five-minute teaser clip of its investigation into the Antifa (anti-fascist) movement on Thursday, promising more would be revealed on Friday. | One alleged Antifa organizer caught on camera said the "whole goal of this is to get out there and do dangerous things as safely as possible." Another suggested practicing "things like the eye gouge," because…
rt.com/usa/490804-project-veritas-infiltrated-antifa/
LEGO joins corporate virtue-signaling squad after pulling police & White House sets. Skeptics doubt its original intention
rt.com | 2020-06-04
The Left has praised toymaker LEGO after it asked shops to hide sets related to police and the White House. But critics suspect a typical corporate wish to distance itself from controversy was at the core of the firm's decision. | LEGO is "taking a firm stand in support of protestors and the Black Lives Matter movement," according to New York magazine's pop culture news site Vulture. The praise comes after the company decided to pull police-themed sets from shelves and pledg…
rt.com/usa/490756-lego-black-virtue-signaling/