(2020-12-10). US Supreme Court rules Muslims placed on no-fly list can sue for damages. middleeasteye.net 
US Supreme Court rules Muslims placed on no-fly list can sue for damages | Ruling paves way for lawsuits against FBI officers who placed Muslims on travel blacklist for refusing to spy on their communities | Thu, 12/10/2020 – 21: 05 | In unanimous decision, court rules in favour of lead plaintiff (AFP/File photo) | The US Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Muslim Americans who were placed on the…
(2020-12-10). To the Barricades: The Red House and the Future of Eviction Defense. counterpunch.org 
Portland, Oregon has been in the headlines again over the last few days, and this trend will continue. The reasons for the headlines will vary depending on who you ask. If you ask the far right they will say something about Antifa terrorists having violent confrontations with the police because they hate law and order.
(2020-12-10). Amnesty criticises Airbnb for West Bank settlement listings ahead of IPO. middleeasteye.net 
Amnesty criticises Airbnb for West Bank settlement listings ahead of IPO | Rights group says US company failed to inform investors of its business activities in illegal Israeli settlements | Thu, 12/10/2020 – 08: 19 | The San Francisco-based booking company is holding an initial public offering on the Nasdaq on Thursday (AFP) | Amnesty International has accused Airbnb of acting in bad fait…
(2020-12-10). PDF of December 10 issue. workers.org 
Download the 12-page PDF. Capitalist COVID catastrophe FIGHT or DIE! Message from Peltier; Reparations now! Justice for Breonna denied again; Disability rights; Workers demand justice; DEA surveillance; Editorial: New president — same wars; Commentary: Becoming a cadre; GLOBAL: China: global vaccines, science; India: worker & farmer uprising; Cuba; France; Palestine; Venezuela. . . . |
(2020-12-10). In Paris, soccer players lay down 'marker' in fight against racism. peoplesworld.org 
AP—Players have taken a knee, unfurled slogans and demanded tougher action only to find soccer — their working environment — remains infected with racism. The tipping point might just have come, with elite players in Paris taking the extraordinary step of refusing to continue playing. At the end of a year of striking gestures against …
(2020-12-10). "Long Live the (Dead) Peace Process": Abbas Prioritizes US Ties over Palestinian National Unity. dissidentvoice.org No one seemed as excited about the election of Joe Biden being the next President of the United States as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas. When all hope seemed lost, where Abbas found himself desperate for political validation and funds, Biden arrived like a conquering knight on a white horse and swept the Palestinian leader …
(2020-12-10). How The US Dominates Tech: The Untold Story. popularresistance.org On May 27, 2020, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada finally ruled that Ms. Meng met the "double criminality" standard. That is her actions "were illegal" in the United States and in Canada, which is unsettling. How could the US' arbitrary sanctions on Iran dictate the actions of global firms? This US extra-territorial attack has gotten the world's attention. Many observers see the detainment of Meng Wanzhou as part of the American attack on Chinese 5G dominance. It also follows a pattern of US economic aggression.
(2020-12-10). Limiting Criticism of Israel, Britain Is Closing Down Academic Freedom? globalresearch.ca In October, British Education Secretary Gavin Williamson It is worth remembering that …
(2020-12-10). Israel's Honeymoon with the United Arab Emirates Is Grotesque. globalresearch.ca Since normalizing relations in September, Israel and the United Arab Emirates have teamed up to do what both do best: trample on democratic freedoms, commit atrocities, and whitewash occupation. | *** | Back in 2010, the New York Times' Thomas Friedman …
(2020-12-10). The British Labour Party's Anti-Semitism Problem. thenation.com The British Labour Party's Anti-Semitism Problem…
(2020-12-10). One Question: How Have the Black Lives Matter Protests Impacted the Prison Abolition Movement? progressive.org Q: How Have the Black Lives Matter Protests Impacted the Prison Abolition Movement?
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(2020-12-09). Where's the Hitler? dissidentvoice.org 
All right, that's it. I've run out of patience. No more excuses. Where's the Hitler? Yes, you heard me. I'm talking to you. You respectable journalists and political pundits. You Intelligence officials and politicians. You fanatical liberals. You pseudo anti-fascists. All you members of the GloboCap "Resistance" who have been hysterically shrieking that "Trump is …
(2020-12-09). Top Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi quits PLO amid rumours of rift. middleeasteye.net 
Top Palestinian official Hanan Ashrawi quits PLO amid rumours of rift | Calls speculation 'misleading and irresponsible' that her resignation was caused by Palestinian Authority's resumption of coordination with Israel | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 18: 33 | Ashrawi served on executive committee of PLO for more than decade (AFP) | Prominent Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi has confirmed her resignation fr…
(2020-12-09). Venezuelan court convicts the CITGO Six. workers.org 
Venezuela's Supreme Court sentenced six top CITGO oil executives to prison for corruption, embezzlement, money laundering and conspiracy on Nov. 26. The former executives went behind the back of the Venezuelan state and signed an agreement with two U.S. based-international financial companies — for which they were detained in Nov. . . . |
(2020-12-09). Israeli 'anti-terrorism' lawyer was convicted over attacks on Palestinians. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli 'anti-terrorism' lawyer was convicted over attacks on Palestinians | Aviel Leitner, who works for Shurat HaDin, was jailed over 1980s attacks linked to far-right Kach party in East Jerusalem and West Bank | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 16: 54 | Aviel Leitner (L) pictured next to Israeli Minister of Public Security Amir Ohana (C) and Nitsana Darshan-Leitner at a Shurat HaDin conference in February 2020 (Facebook)…
(2020-12-09). Those Who Don't Fear the Lobby. dissidentvoice.org 
With the encouragement of friends and after serving eleven terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1961-1983), Congressman Paul Findley (R-IL) wrote a book, They Dare to Speak Out, about influences and pressures inside the Israeli lobby. His was the first book to point out ways the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), along with …
(2020-12-09). The Dogies Bawl and Bawl and Bawl. sputniknews.com On today's episode of The Backstory, host Lee Stranahan discussed current events, such as Texas filing a lawsuit to the Supreme Court against Pennsylvania, YouTube announcing removal of videos of electoral fraud in the 2020 election, and 48 states joining a lawsuit against Facebook for antitrust.
(2020-12-09). China's Rise and Rise Proves a Winning Formula. dissidentvoice.org On the second of December this year the Chinese representative to the United Nations General Assembly addressed the meeting on the topic of Palestine and more particularly on his country's view of the ongoing disasters that daily inflict the Palestinians in that country. Unsurprisingly, the speech received no coverage in the Australian media. The continued …
(2020-12-09). Venezuela: New Parliament Needs To Solve a Way Out To Sanctions. telesurenglish.net Over 6 million 200 thousand voters headed to the polls in Venezuela's parliamentary elections that took place under a climate of normality and total transparency as reported by international observers on December 6. | RELATED: | With 98.63 percent of the electoral records transmitted by the National Electoral Council (CNE) on Monday, the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) coalition secured a majority in the new Parliame…
(2020-12-09). Azeri FM meeting with Shamkhani. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met and held talks with the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani in Tehran on Wednesday.
(2020-12-09). To Depose Liberalism's Own 'Prosperity Gospel': A Modest Proposal. counterpunch.org Brother Mike [pastor at Shenandoah Bible Baptist Church] would say my soul is troubling me and that I need to be washed in the blood and redeemed by the grace of him who bled for our sins. I'd say that I am troubled by the distinct impression of approaching tri-horned fascism — part Christian, part
(2020-12-09). Black Trans Feminist Thought Can Set Us Free. truthout.org How can we move beyond a mindset dictated by the logic of prison, policing and anti-Blackness? What is "abolition feminism"? And how do the politics of gender, including the criminalization of trans and nonbinary people, dovetail with our understandings of race? How can deconstructing racialized gender binaries help us move toward justice and liberation? | To confront these questions, I spoke with Che Gossett, a Black nonbinary femme writer based in Brooklyn, New York. They are a 2019-2020 Helena Rubinstein Fellow in Critic…
(2020-12-09). Recognize and act on warning signs of genocide, Guterres urges, honouring victims. news.un.org Social media platforms, technology companies, and religious and civil society leaders have a central role in combatting hate speech, "a clear warning sign" of genocide, the United Nations Secretary-General has said.
(2020-12-09). Wednesday 12/9: Stand Together SF: Systemic Racism and How it has Affected the Asian and Black Communities. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2020-12-08). Action for Change Starts in Congress. counterpunch.org 
We know their names! We've given immense power to Five Hundred and Thirty-Five People to do good or bad. One Hundred Senators and Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Representatives. Unfortunately, some 1500 corporations control most Members of Congress. Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials
(2020-12-08). Gangsterism as Foreign Policy: Assassinations are Becoming the New Norm. counterpunch.org 
I was in Israel on 4 November 1995 when a student named Yigal Amir assassinated the Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin as he left a peace rally in Tel Aviv. A video shows Amir loitering by an exit to the square for 40 minutes before Rabin appears, when his killer takes out a pistol and
(2020-12-08). Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger. dissidentvoice.org 
Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …
(2020-12-08). Killed on his birthday: Family grieves Palestinian boy shot by Israeli forces. middleeasteye.net 
Killed on his birthday: Family grieves Palestinian boy shot by Israeli forces | A few minutes before he was shot, Ali said he did not expect Israeli soldiers to target him 'because I am a little child' | Tue, 12/08/2020 – 11: 28 | Ali Abu Alia was killed by Israeli forces on 4 December in his hometown of al-Mughayir (Supplied) | When she prepared the traditional Palestinian dish of maqlouba at the…
(2020-12-08). Palestine Writes: A labor of love. workers.org 
Originally scheduled to take place in New York City this March, but canceled due to the pandemic, the Palestine Writes Literature Festival aired as a virtual event on Dec. 2-6. The event brought together writers, artists, publishers, booksellers, activists and scholars for conversations about art, literature and the intersection between . . . |
(2020-12-08). Lebanon, Hezbollah, and a US-Israeli Plan for Civil War? counterpunch.org 
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(2020-12-08). A Supreme Court's Pronouncement Against the Fly. jamanetwork.com (Williams v. Sweet (Me.), 110 Atl. R. 316)…
(2020-12-08). Canadian Organizations Urge Canada to Vote for a Shared Jerusalem at the United Nations. globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) and the Coalition of Canadian Palestinian Organizations (CCPO) are urging the Canadian government to vote in support of an upcoming
(2020-12-08). Venezuelan elections: What lies ahead? peoplesdispatch.org The legislative elections in Venezuela saw the ruling Great Patriotic Pole emerge victorious. The new Assembly has a number of challenges with far right-wing sections under Juan Guaidó continuing to foment discontent, and the country facing an economic crisis…
(2020-12-08). Chavismo wins in Venezuela parliamentary elections. peoplesdispatch.org The govt-led Gran Polo Patriotic alliance won 67.6% of the votes in the National Assembly elections held in Venezuela on December 6. The voting was monitored by 1,500 observers and 300 representatives from 34 countries worldwide who have called the process transparent and free from any discrepancies. What are the challenges ahead for the newly elected parliament?
(2020-12-08). 'Refusing to Serve in the Army is My Small Act of Making Change'. zcomm.org Hallel Rabin spent 56 days in an Israeli military prison for refusing to serve in the Israel Defense Force. Rabin, 19, talks about her time behind bars, conversations with her fellow inmates, and talking to young Israelis about the occupation…
(2020-11-25). Indigenous Slavery and the Thanksgiving Difference. splcenter.org  …