(2020-05-06). USS Liberty: Israel's War Crimes Have Killed Americans. globalresearch.ca Imagine if you will a ship from a nation not at war with anyone sailing in international waters on a quiet June day being suddenly attacked by unidentified warplanes and torpedo boats, their markings covered up to conceal their country …
(2020-05-06). SFPD Wore "Blue Lives Matter" Face Masks While Responding to Protests. indybay.org Photos of the scene at a May 1 housing protest in San Francisco show a row of police wearing face masks that depict the "thin blue line" flag. At least one policeman at a reopen rally the same day wore the same mask. Police regulation states that officers cannot alter their uniform. City Police Chief Bill Scott says he is seeking "neutral" face coverings for the city's rank and file.
(2020-05-06). German authorities press charges in Làºbcke murder case. wsws.org The neo-Nazi Stephan Ernst is accused of having shot leading Christian Democratic politician Walter Làºbcke in cold blood on the terrace of his home on the night of June 2, 2019.
(2020-05-06). Facebook Deletes Accounts of Palestinian Activists and Journalists. globalresearch.ca Facebook on Monday evening removed dozens of accounts run by Palestinian activists and journalists without prior notice. | Some accounts were deleted for no reason and other users were informed they "violated the site's policies". | Sada Social Center on Tuesday said …
(2020-05-05). Israel's War Crimes Have Killed Americans. thealtworld.com If the president loves to honor the military, start with the U.S.S. Liberty | Imagine if you will a ship from a nation not at war with anyone sailing in international waters on a quiet June day being suddenly attacked by unidentified warplanes and torpedo boats, their markings covered up to conceal their country of origin. The vessel under attack had little with which to defend itself, but its crew heroically made sure that a large national flag was hoisted to demonstrate that it was not a belligerent in anyone's conflict. The attackers noted the nationality of the vessel, but persisted in their aggression in a c…
(2020-05-05). PCHR Welcomes the Response of the Prosecution of the International Criminal Court to the Observations of Amici Curiae, Legal Representatives of Victims, and States. imemc.org On 30 April 2020, the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) submitted a 60-page document to the Pre-Trial Chamber I responding to the observations of amici curiae, legal representatives of victims, and States concerning the situation in the State of Palestine. The Palestinian Centre for Human …
(2020-05-05). Israeli Forces Storm Qalandia and Al-'Arroub Refugee Camps. imemc.org Tense confrontations between local Palestinian civilians and Israeli soldiers at Qalandia refugee camp, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, and Al-'Arroub refugee camp south of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank, on Monday. QNN reporters said that Israeli forces closed roads in Al Matar neighborhood, and Kafr 'Aqab, while the Israeli …
(2020-05-05). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Fifteen Palestinians In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, fifteen Palestinians, from their homes in several parts of occupied East Jerusalem. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan (Silwanic) has reported that the soldiers, undercover officers, and the police stormed many neighborhoods in Jerusalem, including the Old City, and conducted violent searches …
(2020-05-05). Israeli Forces Demolish Several Palestinian Structures, Deliver Demolition Notices. imemc.org Israeli forces demolished an agricultural structure, on Monday, in the Jordan Valley village of Tayasir, northern West Bank, according to activist Aref Daraghme. Daraghme told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that soldiers invaded the village and demolished a small 36 square meter structure with an aluminum ceiling. Authorities rationalized the demolition …
(2020-05-05). Palestinian Prisoner Re-Detained on the Day of his Release. imemc.org Israeli forces, on Monday morning, arrested Nihad Zgheir, as soon as he was released from Israel's Gilboa jail, Quds News Network reported. The Committee of the Families of Jerusalem Prisoners told QNN that Zgheir, 42, who was released from prison Monday morning, after serving 35 months, was re-arrested by the …
(2020-05-05). Israel Delivers More Demolition Orders to Palestinians in West Bank. imemc.org Israeli authorities in the internationally-recognized occupied West Bank, reportedly handed over demolition warrants to a number of Palestinian households, ahead of the demolition of their homes. In the northern West Bank village of Aqqaba, north of Tulkarem city, Israeli troops reportedly handed over demolition warrants to a number of Palestinian …
(2020-05-05). Technofascism: The Censorship of David Icke is Digital Book Burning in a Totalitarian Age. mintpressnews.com CHARLOTTESVILLE ( That's not a whole lot of freedom. Especially if you're inclined to voice opinions that may be construed as conspiratorial or dangerous. | Take David Icke, for example. | Icke, a popular c…
(2020-05-05). My Name Is Not "Interpreter" jamanetwork.com In this essay, the author relays his personal experience with ethnicity-based discrimination and discusses the "microaggressions" that medical trainees from underrepresented groups based on race/ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation experience.
(2020-05-05). Far Right Group Behind Boston's "Straight Pride" Also Organized "Reopen" Protest. truthout.org In March of 1770, a group of British troops found themselves accosted by a mob of angry colonists in Boston. The soldiers were pelted with rocks, snowballs, and struck with clubs. Finally, one soldier fired his weapon in self-defense, and the other troops followed suit. When the smoke cleared, three colonists lay dead. Eight others were wounded, and two of those would later succumb to their injuries. | The event became known as the Boston Massacre, and was initially a public opinion coup for P…
(2020-05-05). COVID-19 "CARES Act" Bankrolls AlI Post-Human Education. dissidentvoice.org In 1982, former Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement for the US Department of Education, Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt, blew the whistle on the Reagan Administration's Project BEST (Better Education Skills through Technology): a techno-fascist plan to privatize the American school system by selling it out to Big Tech corporations that …
(2020-05-05). Trump and the Militias Consummate Their Marriage. zcomm.org Historical experience shows that when a powerful wing of a ruling class throws in with grassroots fascists, a fascist or fascist-like regime moves from back-drawer possibility to imminent danger…
(2020-05-05). Social Distancing With Tear Gas and Walls: the "Racist, Hateful, And Life-Threatening Campaign" Unleashed Against The Romani With Covid-19. counterpunch.org She was 37 years old. Her name was not reported. We will never know the name of her baby. For three days after her waters broke, she appealed multiple times for attention at Ohrid General Hospital in North Macedonia. Every visit ended the same way, with her being denied treatment. Her friend, who drove her
(2020-05-05). Why White Supremacists Are Targeting Zoom Meetings During the COVID-19 Pandemic. splcenter.org White supremacists have harassed people through the video conferencing app Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic, part of a broader trend in which they exploit emerging online platforms to promote hate before companies can sufficiently adapt to their presence.
(2020-05-04). FBI Documents Hint at Israeli Collusion with 2016 Trump Campaign. mintpressnews.com 
Previously sealed FBI documents indicate close contacts between Israel and the Trump campaign and that the Mueller investigation found evidence of Israeli involvement, but largely redacted it.
(2020-05-04). Israeli Troops Abduct Eight Palestinians, Ransack Home of Former Prisoner. imemc.org Israeli troops reportedly abducted, on Monday, eight Palestinian residents from different areas of the West Bank. Local Palestinian media sources said that those abducted were identified as Ziyad Abu Salem from the Abu Shkhaidem village, north of Ramallah city, Nawras Ferras from Markaba village, south of Jenin city. The sources …
(2020-05-04). Palestinian Youth Shot, Injured by Israeli Forces in Jericho. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Sunday night, a Palestinian youth in Aqbat Jabr refugee camp in the eastern West Bank city of Jericho, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Witnesses said that the army opened fire at Palestinian youths, striking one in the leg, the youth was rushed to hospital …
(2020-05-04). Report: In April; 1015 Israeli Violations Against Palestinians. imemc.org Media department of the Islamic Hamas party reportedly recorded 1015 Israeli army violations against Palestinians in the West Bank, during April of this year, alone. The department noted in a report that Israeli troops, over the past couple of months, have been carrying out various violations against Palestinians, especially under …
(2020-05-04). Cults and Bioterrorism: A Toxic Duo. strategic-culture.org Far right-wingers in the United States and other countries are pushing the propaganda line that China was somehow involved in the creation or spread of the Covid-19 virus, formally known as SARS [Severe acute respiratory syndrome]-CoV-2, to the rest of the world either deliberately or from an accidental release from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Although nation-states have, over the decades, conducted research on and produced biological warfare weapons, there is no recent documented proof of a government being engaged in the widespread release of a biological warfare agent to cause maximum deaths. The 1972 Con…
(2020-05-04). Amid pandemic, poultry workers must be protected. splcenter.org Recently, there has been an outpouring of praise for essential workers on the front line of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2020-05-04). Facebook Is Go-To Platform For Organizing Protests Against Social Distancing. splcenter.org As COVID-19 continues to pose a lethal threat worldwide, fringe, right-wing activists are using Facebook to mobilize protests of stay-at-home orders in several states.
(2020-05-06). UK Gov't Launches Picture Contest to Celebrate 70 Years of British-Israeli Diplomatic Relations. sputniknews.com The UK has launched a competition to promote friendly ties between the two nations seven decades after diplomatic ties were established.
(2020-05-06). Three Revolutionary Guardsmen Reportedly Killed in Clashes in Western Iran. sputniknews.com Tehran has waged a low-intensity counterterrorism campaign against militants in the country's northwest for several decades, accusing the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia of providing support to local separatists, and accusing officials in Iraqi Kurdistan of helping to arm and train the guerillas.
(2020-05-06). Israel Won't End Syria Operations Until Iran Leaves, Defence Minister Says. sputniknews.com In recent years, Israel has conducted hundreds of strikes against targets in Syria that presumably contain or belong to Syrian or Iranian forces. Iran denies the presence of troops in Syria and refers to its forces there as mere advisors to Bashar al-Assad's government.
(2020-05-06). How Nazis Sought to Profit Even From Dead Inmates at Notorious Mauthausen Concentration Camp. sputniknews.com As the Western Allies' armies advanced into Germany in the spring of 1945, they found out about the horrific scale of Nazi atrocities, something the Red Army and the people of Eastern Europe had already known about for several years.
(2020-05-06). Israel signs deal to lease drones to Greece for border defence. yenisafak.com Israel said it will lease drones to Greece to defend its borders, in the first military deal between the two countries which includes an option to buy the system.The Israeli Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that the agreement with the Hellenic Ministry of National Defence was signed digitally due to the coronavirus crisis.Under the deal, Israel's Defence Ministry will lease the Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system, made by state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries for three years.The Heron system, which is used by Israel's military and in naval forces around the world, is equipped with both day and night ac…
(2020-05-01). Groundhog Day: Juan Guaidó Is Trying to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government Again. mintpressnews.com 
Exactly one year since his audacious coup attempt failed spectacularly, self-declared Venezuelan president Juan Guaidó is once again trying to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro. "Today I speak to the patriotic soldiers of our Armed Forces who rebelled against hunger and destruction and sided with the constitution," he
(2020-05-01). Weekend Read: Even as Southern states continue honoring Confederate holidays, monuments are being removed. splcenter.org With a recent stroke of his pen, Gov. Ralph Northam put Virginia at the forefront of efforts across the South to remove symbols of white supremacy from public spaces.
(2020-05-01). Celebrating the Freedom Riders. splcenter.org …
(2020-04-30). With apparently fabricated nuclear documents, Netanyahu pushed the US towards war with Iran. thegrayzone.com An investigation of supposed Iranian nuclear documents presented in a dramatically staged Netanyahu press conference indicates they were an Israeli…
(2020-04-30). Cody Wilson Uses COVID-19 Crisis To Re-enter Extremist Movement. splcenter.org A registered sex offender and antigovernment icon is trying to use the current global pandemic to whitewash his image. A recent post on Jacobite magazine's website seeks to remind readers of Cody Wilson's past contributions to the movement and to cast doubt on the government responsible for his arrest and sentencing.
(2020-04-27). Anti-Lockdown Rallies Are Providing an Opening for the Proud Boys and Other Far-Right Extremists. splcenter.org Protests against state-imposed stay-at-home orders have exploded across the country and attracted a wide array of right-wing supporters, including the Proud Boys.
(2020-04-24). Florida voting rights trial to be argued online. splcenter.org …
(2020-04-24). Remembering the deadly Poway shooting one year later. splcenter.org …
(2020-04-24). Fraihat v. ICE Community Resources. splcenter.org On April 20, 2020, a federal district court granted a nationwide preliminary injunction requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take a number of important steps to protect medically vulnerable people in its custody from COVID-19.
(2020-04-24). Trump's Immigration Order Was Drafted by Officials With Ties to Hate Groups, According to Report. splcenter.org Two officials with ties to anti-immigrant hate groups helped write President Trump's executive order blocking the issuance of new green cards, according to a report.
(2020-04-23). Oath Keepers Chaplain Quits Over Leader's COVID Response. splcenter.org Chuck Baldwin, who has served as the national chaplain of the antigovernment Oath Keepers since 2013, announced his resignation early Tuesday morning on Facebook.
(2020-04-23). The Social Contract Publishes its Last Tract. splcenter.org The Social Contract, a long-running quarterly journal founded by John Tanton, ran its final issue in Fall 2019.
(2020-04-22). First person to die in Alabama's prisons with COVID-19 spent more than four decades behind bars. splcenter.org …
(2020-04-22). SPLC Action makes recommendations to Congress to address COVID-19 needs in the Deep South. splcenter.org 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.
(2020-04-21). Augustus Invictus Arrested in Florida for Stalking, Violating Bond. splcenter.org Invictus' father, John Gillespie, was arrested days earlier and charged with human trafficking of children under 18 years old.
(2020-04-21). Anti-Immigrant Movement Has History of Politicizing Disease. splcenter.org COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, is the latest disease the nativist movement has politicized to demonize immigrants.
(2020-04-17). SPLC lawsuit challenging Mississippi's failure to provide a uniform public school system moves forward. splcenter.org When Precious Hughes looked down the long, dark halls of Raines Elementary School in Jackson, Mississippi, she saw lights flickering, water spots staining the ceilings and paint chipping off the walls.
(2020-04-17). 25 years later, Oklahoma City bombing still inspires antigovernment extremists. splcenter.org 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.
(2020-04-16). Hate Groups and Racist Pundits Spew COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media Despite Companies' Pledges to Combat It. splcenter.org 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.
(2020-02-07). Russia Says Israel Used Civilian Plane as Human Shield During Syria Strikes. theantimedia.com Russia accused Israel of "making a total mockery of the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians."