(2021-01-30). Islamophobia and Amnesia: Why are Major White Supremacist attacks on Mosques quickly Forgotten? juancole.com 
By Jasmin Zine | — On Jan. 29, 2017, six Muslim men were shot dead in a Québec City mosque. An armed white nationalist terrorist went on a shooting rampage in the Islamic Cultural Centre in Laval, Québec, just after evening prayers. It remains the worst mass murder in a house of worship in Canada's …
(2021-01-30). Israeli Archeologists find 7th Century Mosque and Evidence of Tolerance in Early Islam at Tiberias. juancole.com 
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Israeli archeologists have made two extremely important finds recently that have implications for our image of early Islam. Katia Cytryn-Silverman, an Israeli archeologist at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has concluded that the remains of a mosque in Tiberias, on the western shores of the Sea of Galilee, is seventh …
(2021-01-30). Kosovo to establish diplomatic relations with Israel on 1 February. middleeasteye.net 
Kosovo to establish diplomatic relations with Israel on 1 February | Move may pave way to becoming first Muslim-majority country to open an embassy in Jerusalem | Sat, 01/30/2021 – 10: 55 | Kosovo's Minister of Foreign Relations Meliza Haradinaj Stubla described the move as "historic" (Screengrab) | Kosovo and Israel will formally establish diplomatic relations via a virtual ceremony on Mo…
(2021-01-30). After 15-year wait, Palestinian elections face new obstacles following law amendments. middleeasteye.net 
After 15-year wait, Palestinian elections face new obstacles following law amendments | Doubt cast on objective behind recent presidential decrees that might threaten first elections since 2006 | Sat, 01/30/2021 – 11: 22 | Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh (C, front row) and representatives of Palestinian factions gather at the Palestinian embassy in Beirut on 3 September 2020 for video conference talks with Pa…
(2021-01-30). Pipeline through Memphis part of long history of Black exploitation. liberationnews.org 
Just as previous generations fought back against plantation owners and the racist ruling class of Memphis, Black youth and families are once again getting organized to fight environmental racism.
(2021-01-30). Rebels invite UN envoys to assess famine in Yemen. yenisafak.com Yemen's Houthi group on Saturday invited envoys of the UN Security Council members to visit the war-torn country to assess the exacerbating humanitarian situation."We call on representatives of the Security Council member-states to visit Yemen to see the catastrophic situation, which has been termed as the world's worst humanitarian catastrophe," Mohammed al-Houthi, a member of the group's Supreme Political Council, said on Twitter.He called on the Council members to "play their humanitarian role to address the famine and the blockade imposed on Yemen".The Houthis blame the Saudi-led coalition for the humanitaria…
(2021-01-30). Israel to provide Palestinian Authority with 5,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine. laprensalatina.com Jerusalem, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- Israel is to provide the Palestinian National Authority with 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine. The jabs are designated for the healthcare workers, an Israeli official source told Efe on Saturday. Some of which could be sent to the Gaza Strip. Israel is expected to start delivering the Pfizer-BioNTecH vaccine early …
(2021-01-30). Freshman Democrats Plan Resolution Calling for Marjorie Taylor Greene to Resign. truthout.org 
While GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia faced widespread criticism even before entering Congress this year for supporting conspiracy theories and expressing racist views, in light of Reps. Nikema Wil…
(2021-01-30). 48 Years After Landmark Ruling, Advocates Push to #ReimagineRoe and Build Abortion Justice. indybay.org Nearly a half-century after the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that access to safe, legal abortion is a constitutional right, advocates are now pushing the Biden administration and Congress to urgently and aggressively pursue a bold reproductive justice agenda. | Photo: On the 48th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, members of the Raging Grannies mark the day in Menlo Park, California. Photo by Jim Colton, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.
(2021-01-30). Palestinian family recalls humiliation by Israeli forces. yenisafak.com Members of a Palestinian family revealed shocking details of assault and humiliation by Israeli occupation forces following a raid on their home in the town of Issawiya in occupied East Jerusalem.During the assault which happened at dawn on Thursday, Israeli forces "used electric shocks against the Dari family" as well as "beating, kicking, slapping and cursing", according to testimonies given by family members to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center.The family said Israeli forces stormed their house and brutally assaulted two of their sons, 13-year-old minor Mahad Dari and his 18-year-old brother Muhammad Dari, be…
(2021-01-30). Amnesty slams Houthi ban on Yemeni women. yenisafak.com Amnesty International has condemned a Houthi decision banning Yemeni women from working in restaurants, calling it "shameful and discriminatory".In a thread on its Twitter account, the human rights organization said it stands with all Yemeni women "in their fight for their rights"."Institutionalizing discrimination increases oppression on women and impedes the foundation for sustainable and gender-equitable recovery and reconstruction in Yemen," it said.Amnesty stressed that UN efforts to achieve a "peaceful reconciliation" in Yemen are impossible "without safeguarding and protecting women's rights".There was no…
(2021-01-30). 'This is a Trailer': Note Found Near Israeli Embassy Blast Site Reportedly Mentions Soleimani. sputniknews.com A little-known terrorist group, Jaish-Ul-Hind, claimed responsibility for Friday's improvised explosive device attack near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi. At least one Daesh (ISIS)* cell has also reportedly claimed responsibility, and Indian officials are probing possible al-Qaeda involvement. No injuries or fatalities were reported.
(2021-01-30). Police Hunting for Details About Iranians Arriving in New Delhi Day After Blast Near Israel Embassy. sputniknews.com On Friday evening, a low-intensity blast took place just several metres away from the Israeli embassy on the pavement in New Delhi. According to the Delhi Police, nobody was injured in the incident but windscreens of at least three cars were damaged.
(2021-01-30). Jaish-ul-Hind Terror Group Allegedly Claims Responsibility for Blast Near Israeli Embassy in Delhi. sputniknews.com On Friday evening, a low-intensity blast took place a few metres away from the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital. According to Delhi Police, nobody was injured in the incident but the windscreens of several vehicles parked nearby were damaged. The blast occurred on the final day of India's 72nd Republic Day celebrations.
(2021-01-30). Biden Administration Halts Arms Deals Over Yemen… What's Really Going On? strategic-culture.org The bigger concern of Biden and Blinken seems to be damage limitation to America's bloody image, and also doing a big favor for Israel. | Antony Blinken, the newly-appointed US top diplomat, has announced a pause in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates out of apparent concern over American weapons being used in prosecuting the horrendous war in Yemen. | Blinken was confirmed by the Senate for…
(2021-01-29). Toward A Revolutionary Left Framework On An Age-Old Debate. popularresistance.org Activists in the U.S. have debated race and class for decades to no resolution. Nonetheless, in this moment of U.S. imperial decay and crisis, the debate over whether race or class takes precedence in the struggle for liberation from U.S. capitalist and imperialist domination rages on. Two prominent strands of the debate have emerged over the last year which intersect with the rise of Bernie Sanders-led "democratic socialists" and the uprising against racist policing led by the slogan "Black Lives Matter." For many leaders of the Sanders camp, white supremacy is either a distraction or a secondary issue that can…
(2021-01-29). Headlines for January 29, 2021. democracynow.org South African Coronavirus Variant Detected in U.S. for First Time, Novavax Vaccine Cut COVID-19 Cases by 90 Percent in Trial But Lagged Against South African Variant, President Biden Expands Affordable Care Act Enrollment Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, U.S. Economy Shrank by 3.5% in 2020 as Pandemic Took Hold , House Speaker Blasts GOP for Assigning Racist Conspiracy Theorist to House Education Committee, "Brazen, Entitled, Dangerous": Capitol Rioter Who Looted House Speaker's Office Denied Bail, House GOP Leader Signals Devotion to Trump as Lawmakers Target Rep. Liz Cheney Over Impeachment Vote, Indian Farmworkers Call…
(2021-01-29). Ronald Reagan: The Face of Racism & the Military-Industrial Complex — Matt Tyrnauer (pt2). theanalysis.news Reagan understood the American psyche from within it. He used his acting skills to sell right-wing "dog whistles" and militarism. Matt Tyrnauer director of "The Reagans", on theAnalysis.news with Paul Jay.
(2021-01-29). The Republican Party's Iran-Level Superstitious Anti-Semitism: Greene claimed Jewish Space Laser started Cali Wildfires. juancole.com 
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Golnaz Esfandiari reports on controversies currently roiling Tehran over the belief in supernatural beings, genies (jinn or djinn), among the country's ruling ayatollahs. Esfandiari writes, that Iran's clerical Leader recently said, "There are enemies from among both genies and human beings, and they help one another. The security services of …
(2021-01-29). B'Tselem's Historic Declaration: Israel's Open War on Its Own Civil Society. dissidentvoice.org 
"A Regime of Jewish Supremacy from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea: This is Apartheid," was the title of a January 12 report by the Israeli rights group B'Tselem. No matter how one is to interpret B'Tselem's findings, the report is earth-shattering. The official Israeli response merely confirmed what B'Tselem has stated in no uncertain …
(2021-01-29). Cops, Vigilantes and the Ruling Class. counterpunch.org 
As more and more evidence comes in, much of it reveals collusion between the neo-fascists who were the hard-core and vanguard of the mob and the police, military, politicians and President. While some of the overwhelmed Capitol Police resisted the mob others welcomed it, opening barriers and treating them like tourists — selfies and all.
(2021-01-29). Para combatir el fascismo: 'La educación política es crucial para la gente'. workers.org 
Extractos tomados del seminario web del 14 de enero, "Los trabajadores pueden derrotar al fascismo y al racismo", patrocinado por Workers World Party/ Partido Mundo Obrero y moderado por Ted Kelly. Tania Siddiqui habló desde la filial del WWP en Houston. Para ver el panel de discusión completo (en inglés), . . . |
(2021-01-29). Israeli embassy in India's New Delhi rocked by nearby explosion. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli embassy in India's New Delhi rocked by nearby explosion | Delhi Police said the low-intensity blast occurred at 5.05pm local time around 150 metres away from the embassy | Fri, 01/29/2021 – 13: 54 | Police cordon off an area at a street after an explosion near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi (AFP) | An explosion near the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital of New Delhi damaged three vehicles, but no…
(2021-01-29). #STANDWITHISSA: Issa Amro Stood Against Israel's Settler State and is About to Pay a Heavy Price. mintpressnews.com 
Anyone familiar with the Israeli occupation and the violence of the settlers would find the following story impossible and unthinkable, however, Issa Amro was able to pull it off.
(2021-01-29). Pro-Israel Instagram page provokes ridicule over questions to 'anti-Zionists'. middleeasteye.net 
Pro-Israel Instagram page provokes ridicule over questions to 'anti-Zionists' | Jewish Perspective account asks people if they are projecting 'Western standards' onto Israel or 'speaking over Zionists' | Fri, 01/29/2021 – 11: 45 | Comments on…
(2021-01-29). Will US policy on Palestine and Israel change under Biden? Florida students take on prison slave labor. therealnews.com 
When it comes to U.S. policy on Palestine and Israel, the Biden administration has sent some mixed and not-so-mixed signals. Also, student organizers are forcing the University of Florida to end its use of unpaid prison labor.
(2021-01-29). Racismo, recesión e intento de golpe por Trump. workers.org 
El capitalismo es un sistema económico inherentemente inestable, sujeto a crisis cíclicas de sobreproducción. El término "sobreproducción" no tiene nada que ver con la producción de más bienes de los que la gente necesita. Las personas pueden tener muchas, muchas necesidades insatisfechas, desde comida y ropa hasta refugio y medios . . . |
(2021-01-29). Marjorie Taylor Greene Has Long Used Racism, Anti-Semitism to Get Famous. truthout.org 
Just days before Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene faced a fresh round of calls to resign from Congress after CNN reported that her Facebook page had endorsed calls to execute top Democrats in 2018, the Republican from Georgia was starting her own social media buzz around articles of impeachment she filed against President Joe Biden. | Greene
(2021-01-29). Is America an Enemy of Christianity? strategic-culture.org 
Rod DREHER | Though the US has separation of church and state, we have long been accustomed to American Christianity being consonant with American patriotism. But close Christian observers of American life have wondered for the last couple of decades — at least in my experience — if and when the day will come when being a faithful Christian will require one to oppose the US government and the American system. As America de-Christianizes, what was once unthinkable by conservative Christians is now fast moving from the fringes to the mainstream of our thinking. | Catholic World Report has published a bl…
(2021-01-29). US's plans to restore aid to Palestinians 'fully comply with law,' Biden team says. middleeasteye.net 
US's plans to restore aid to Palestinians 'fully comply with law,' Biden team says | Trump-era legislation will not obstruct plans to restore aid to Palestinians or re-open diplomatic missions, State Department says | Fri, 01/29/2021 – 16: 42 | Palestinian man outside UN's Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza City (AFP/File photo) | Resuming US aid to Palestine will not violate legislation against US funds being…
(2021-01-29). US's plans to restore aid to Palestinians 'fully comply with law', Biden team says. middleeasteye.net US's plans to restore aid to Palestinians 'fully comply with law', Biden team says | Trump-era legislation will not obstruct plans to restore aid to Palestinians or re-open diplomatic missions, State Department says | Fri, 01/29/2021 – 16: 42 | Palestinian man outside UN's Palestinian refugee agency in Gaza City (AFP/File photo) | Resuming US aid to Palestine will not violate legislation against US funds being…
(2021-01-29). Black Lives Matter movement nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian MP. rt.com 
The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize by a Norwegian MP Petter Eide, who claims the impact of BLM's anti-racism rallies has been felt far beyond the US alone. | "I find that one of the key challenges we have seen in America, but also in Europe and Asia, is the kind of increasing conflict based on inequality," Eide said. | Black Lives Matter has become a very important worldwide movement to fight racial injustice. | In his nomination papers, the MP hailed the movement for its ability to "mobilize people from all groups of society," including in his native Norway, wher…
(2021-01-29). The Trump-Biden Transition in the Wake of the Capitol Building Riot. counterpunch.org 
The Capitol building riot of January 6 marked the messiest transition in recent history of ruling class power from one chief executive of the capitalist world to the next. If that history is any guide, the change of guard neither portends better treatment of working people nor a reduction of the threat of fascism. Trump
(2021-01-29). Thirty-One Flavors of Fascism. counterpunch.org 
"Leftists" I know have had their undies tied up in a nasty knot bunch over other leftists' use of the F-word — fascism — to describe Trump and his backers. Fascism, seriously? Yes, absolutely, provided we have a reasonable definition. In his incisive 2009 book The Eliminationists: How Hate Talk Radicalized the American Right, David
(2021-01-29). YouTube personality Jimmy Dore promotes fascist Boogaloo Boy. wsws.org The effort by YouTube personality and former comedian Jimmy Dore to promote the fascist Boogaloo Boys is a significant political episode that reveals the ignorant and reactionary character of middle class "left" politics in America.
(2021-01-29). Facebook 'Supreme Court' Accepting Public Comment on Whether to Reinstate Trump Account. sputniknews.com The former US president, Donald Trump, was blocked on Facebook earlier this month after being accused of inciting an insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6. In a statement earlier this month, Facebook's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, stated that the risk of allowing Trump to continue to use the platform were "simply too great."
(2021-01-29). If US Foreign Policy Toward Palestine Is Any Indication, "Trump Is Here to Stay" globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles including the E-Book can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | As I watch the unfolding political drama of …
(2021-01-29). Ajamu Baraka: We Are Entering A New Totalitarian Era. popularresistance.org I understand the disgust, the revulsion people have to Donald Trump. We know who Donald Trump is. He's a sociopath, he's a white supremacist. He's despicable, but Donald Trump is, in fact, America. Donald Trump represents the kind of attitude and the kinds of values that made the US settler state what it is today. | So, this notion on the part of the liberals that he is some kind of aberration is completely ridiculous. In fact, it's ahistorical, but because of the disgust and because of the very serious legitimation crisis the US is facing, and the concern that neoliberal politicians have with the possibility of…
(2021-01-29). Dutch neo-fascists incite riots against anti-pandemic curfew. wsws.org Imitating Trump's January 6 coup attempt in Washington, far-right parties are using street violence to try to end all social distancing and shift the upcoming elections.
(2021-01-29). United States: Capitol Hill insurrection teaches us only mass action can defeat the far right. greenleft.org.au Studying the lessons of the attack on the Capitol and the events leading up to it is essential to defeating the white-supremacist, far-right threat, write Malik Miah and Barry Sheppard.
(2021-01-29). Islamophobic attacks sharply rise in Macron's France in 2020. yenisafak.com Amid controversy over the government's stance towards Muslims, Islamophobic attacks in France shot up by over half in 2020, the head of a monitoring group said Friday.There were 235 attacks on Muslims in France in 2020, up from 154 the previous year, a 53% jump, Abdallah Zekri, head of the National Observatory of Islamophobia, said in a statement.Most of the attacks took place in the Ile-de-France (greater Paris), Rhones-Alpes, and Paca regions of the country, Zekri said.Attacks on mosques jumped 35% in the same year, Zekri said.Stating that 70 threatening letters were sent to the headquarters of the French Counc…
(2021-01-29). New Education Committee member Marjorie Taylor Greene blamed wildfires on secret space laser. salon.com Greene linked the claim to the Rothschilds, a wealthy Jewish family targeted by anti-Semitic conspiracy theories…
(2021-01-29). After Altercation, Rep. Cori Bush to Move Office Away From Far-Right Marjorie Taylor Greene for Team's Safety. commondreams.org Bush cited Greene's support for executing Democrats and "renewed, repeated antagonization of the movement for Black lives." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-01-29). An explosion reported near Israeli embassy in New Delhi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 29 (MNA) – On the anniversary of normalization of relations between Tel Aviv and New Delhi, an explosion took place near the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital on Friday.
(2021-01-29). In First Week As President, Joe Biden Tosses Women, Unions and the American People Under the Globalist Bus. strategic-culture.org Anything that remotely promotes the interest of the nation will be ostracized as racist and working to the advantage of white supremacist tendencies. | In a brutal display of presidential powers that would have made Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un green with envy, Joe Biden rammed through a raft of pro-globalist executive orders just hours after being sworn in as president. | For those U.S. voters who were more obsessed with removing Donald Trump than seriously questioning who or what would replace him, they got their answer shortly after Biden made it through his locked-down inauguration where the soldiers outnumbere…
(2021-01-29). 'Who Ended the Holocaust?'. strategic-culture.org Today in the West, while hypocritical empty crocodile tears are wept over the Nazis' victims, real history continues to be suppressed, denied and buried beneath mountains of lies. | The anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz on January 27, 1945 and Holocaust Remembrance Day every year have been hijacked. They have become bizarre photographic negatives of the horrors they were meant to commemorate and manipulated to insult the millions of victims and the heroic warriors who gave their lives to end such horrors | For who ended the Holocaust? Who actually liberated and shut down every one of the six great Nazi i…
(2021-01-29). These Machines Won't Kill Fascism: Toward a Militant Progressive Vision for Tech. thenation.com These Machines Won't Kill Fascism: Toward a Militant Progressive Vision for Tech…
(2021-01-29). Nuclear Agreement: Biden Wants To Strike A 'Better Deal' With Iran. popularresistance.org Washington re-joining the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), won't happen overnight and will require consultations with Israel and Gulf states, signalled then Secretary of State-designate Tony Blinken during last week's confirmation hearings. | Former US President Donald Trump withdrew from the multilateral agreement in May 2018, prompting the Islamic Republic of Iran to gradually roll back its commitments on uranium enrichment since 2019. Now that Joe Biden has assumed office, Tehran is calling upon the White House to make the first step and lift all sanctio…
(2021-01-29). Making a Martyr Out of a Murderer. progressive.org How the far right is using Kyle Rittenhouse's doomed legal defense to fuel calls for accelerationist violence.
(2021-01-29). Republican Leaders are de Facto Justifying Fascist Violence: Don't let them off the Hook. juancole.com By David Ost | — | ( Most recently, when right-wing mobs attacked the Capitol on January 6, once again people shouted "fascism!" Then, when the immediate threat died down, they prayed that perhaps this time,…