2021-05-25: Social Media Postees

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To distract from Gaza slaughter, Israel lobby manufactures antisemitism freakout
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-25
With deceptively edited videos and dubious allegations, the Israel lobby has manufactured an antisemitism epidemic to turn the media's gaze away from dead children in Gaza. Following an 11-day assault on the Gaza Strip in which the Israeli army killed over 220 people, including more than 65 children, and days of videotaped rampages of Jewish extremist mobs against Palestinian people and property inside Israeli cities, Israel lobbyists in the US and Canada have launched a carefully coordinated public relations campaign …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/24/gaza-slaughter-israel-lobby-antisemitism/

In Victory for American Freedom, Judge Mark Cohen Calls "Unconstitutional" Georgia's Ban on Boycotting Israel for Brutalizing Palestinians
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-25
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Ross Williams at the Georgia Reporter writes that federal judge Mark Cohen on Monday characterized as unconstitutional a Georgia state law that prohibited contractors for the Georgia state government from boycotting Israel. Cohen is United States District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. This …
juancole.com/2021/05/unconstitutional-brutalizing-palestinians.html

Abby Martin, Michelle Rodino-Colocino, and Brian Dolber
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2021-05-25
Mickey's first guest, independent journalist Abby Martin of The Empire Files, provides background to the Israeli bombardments of Gaza, and explains how big U.S. media strenuously avoid presenting the truth…
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The Self Determination Of Native Americans Hinges On This Supreme Court Case
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-25
A case brought before the United States Supreme Court by three Native American women, who have been representing themselves, may decide the future of the 1975 Indian Self Determination Act. Clearing the FOG speaks with Charmaine White Face, a petitioner in the case, about her fight to stop the privatization of an Indian Health Service facility, Sioux San Hospital in Rapid City South Dakota, that serves 325 tribes in the area. She describes how the privatization is harming the health of the people who use this historic hospital. To her knowledge, this is the first effort to privatize an Indian Health Service hospi…
popularresistance.org/the-self-determination-of-native-americans-hinges-on-this-supreme-court-case/

Becoming Black: a conversation with Olúfémi Táíwà≤ and Achille Mbembe
Joris Leverink | roarmag.org | 2021-05-25
Protester facing police at a Black Lives Matter protest in London, UK — June 6, 2020. Photo: Viktor Kadiri / Shutterstock.com | The Movement for Black Lives not only exposed the brutality of US policing, it has stimulated conversations on systemic racism and coercive state power everywhere. For the tenth edition of its flagship State of Power report, the Transnational Institute has brought together two brilliant thinkers on racial capitalism today. | Achille Mbembe is a groundbreaking philosopher, whose many books since the mid 1980s…
roarmag.org/essays/becoming-black-a-conversation-with-olufemi-taiwo-and-achille-mbembe/

What is Joe Biden's Israel Policy, Exactly?
Phyllis Bennis | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
The Biden administration thought it could muddle through with the usual pro-Israel platitudes, but rising awareness of Israeli apartheid is making that impossible.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/22/18842688.php

Berlin Bulletin — Anger and dismay over Israeli aggression
Victor Grossman | workers.org | 2021-05-25
Berlin Bulletin No. 189, May 23 It's no great surprise that most German media, reporting on the Israel-Palestine war, were one-sided, bigoted and misleading! There were samples of fairer treatment, at first, showing the demolition of Palestinian homes, the shutdown of a meeting place for young people, the far-rightist gangs . . . | Continue reading Berlin Bulletin — Anger and dismay over Israeli aggression at Workers.org…
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Talk World Radio: Nora Barrows-Friedman on Palestine and Activism
David Swanson | warisacrime.org | 2021-05-25
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about activism on behalf of the basic human rights of Palestinians. Our guest is Nora Barrows-Friedman. Nora Barrows-Friedman is an associate editor at The Electronic … Continue reading "Talk World Radio: Nora Barrows-Friedman on Palestine and Activism"
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More Than 500 of the Staffers Who Got Biden Elected Demand He Defend Palestinian Rights
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2021-05-25
More Than 500 of the Staffers Who Got Biden Elected Demand He Defend Palestinian Rights…
thenation.com/article/world/biden-staffers-letter-palestine/

Anti-Palestinian Racism: A Resource
Anti-Empire Project | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
The current war throughout Israel and Palestine, focused on Gaza is enabled by a powerful force throughout the West, one that is not talked about and rarely named: Anti-Palestinian Racism…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/anti-palestinian-racism-a-resource/

The Fascism Construction Manual
Naomi Wolf | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
Immediately after the proclamation of this pandemic, many elements of absolute all-around totalitarianism were put into effect in most countries of the West, even in countries that had previously been robust democracies. All of this happened very quickly and comprehensively.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/24/18842722.php

USA "Iron Dome" media vaccine proved 99% effective in shielding Israel
DLI | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
For the past 2 weeks, since the massive violence perpetrated by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza began(with massive use of US-made planes and bombs), the White House, alongside the "Corporate-bin-Laden" media, had unleashed a media vaccine, aptly coined, "Iron Dome" media shield, that proved to be nearly 99% effective against criticism from nearly the entire world, on the active support of Israel's virtual massacre of Palestinian civilians.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/21/18842684.php

Global protests demand 'Stop Israel's genocide!'
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2021-05-25
The whole world is watching in horror as Israel bombs Gaza. As of May 17, the Zionist state has killed nearly 200 people, 58 of them children. With military precision, Israel's bombs are aimed at civilian targets, family homes, refugee camps, hospitals and schools. Israeli missiles razed to the ground . . . | Continue reading Global protests demand 'Stop Israel's genocide!' at Workers.org…
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Tomgram: William Hartung, Selling Death
Tom Engelhardt | warisacrime.org | 2021-05-25
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Think about this: on Saturday, May 12th, with barely an hour's notice, Israel took out the al-Jalaa Tower, a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed the Associated Press, al-Jazeera, and other media outlets. That act of destruction, … Continue reading "Tomgram: William Hartung, Selling Death"
warisacrime.org/2021/05/25/tomgram-willi…

Netanyahu Soldiers On
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-25
When Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister for the second time in March 2009, it was not long after Israel had conducted three weeks of sustained air attacks on the enclave of Gaza. More than 1,100 Palestinians died in that campaign. About a dozen Israelis also perished, four from friendly fire, the rest from rockets coming…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/25/netanyahu-soldiers-on/

The People United Will Never Be Defeated! SF Rally Against Attacks On Palestinian People
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
Over 1,000 Palestinians and opponents of the attacks on Palestinians in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank rallied and spoke out in San Francisco on 5/22/21…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/24/18842724.php

Gaza Hostilities Underscore Role of Int'l Criminal Court
Human Rights Watch | juancole.com | 2021-05-25
By Balkees Jarrah | — Associate Director, International Justice Program | — ( Human Rights Watch ) — Israeli forces have launched relentless airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, while Hamas and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza have fired rockets at Israeli population centers. At least 227 people, including 64 children have been killed in Gaza, …
juancole.com/2021/05/hostilities-underscore-criminal.html

Outrage Over Israel's Human Rights Violations Is Fueling the Global BDS Movement
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
Israeli police are now threatening to carry out mass arrests against Palestinian citizens of Israel — arrests intended to punish those who took part in sit-ins and other protests in solidarity with Palestinians living in East Jerusalem and Gaza…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/outrage-over-israels-human-rights-violations-is-fueling-the-global-bds-movement/

Video: Drone Warfare in the Middle East
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-25
Iran, if Israel …
globalresearch.ca/video-drone-warfare-in-the-middle-east/5746124

Biden: End Your Co-Belligerent Backing of Israeli War Crimes
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-25
As Senator, Vice President, and now President, your self-promoted/displayed empathy has a problem. You can't seem to connect the Israeli military powerhouse's occupation to the oppression and destruction of innocent Palestinian civilians, illegal seizure of Palestinian land/water, and daily violations of U.S. and international law. Israel's military is deliberately bombing these families, the offices of…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/25/biden-end-your-co-belligerent-backing-of-israeli-war-crimes/

Biden: End Your Co-Belligerent Backing of Israeli War Crimes
Ralph Nader | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
You can't seem to connect the Israeli military powerhouse's occupation to the oppression and destruction of innocent Palestinian civilians…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/biden-end-your-co-belligerent-backing-of-israeli-war-crimes/

Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-05-25
By Caleb Elfenbein | — A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its top executives in federal court over the company's failure to crack down on hate speech against Muslims. Muslim Advocates, a Washington, D.C.-based organization focused on discrimination against American Muslims, alleges in the suit that Facebook has violated a series of local …
juancole.com/2021/05/speech-facebook-islamophobia.html

Israel to carry out more mass arrests of Palestinians in pursuit of ethnic cleansing
wsws.org | 2021-05-25
Thousands of Israeli security forces from "all units" are to be deployed to carry out raids in towns and cities with a large Palestinian population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/25/isra…

Texas execution exposes death penalty racism
Gloria Rubac | workers.org | 2021-05-25
Texas has shown the world that this racist state should not be in the business of killing. Quintin Jones, an African American man, was denied clemency by the Texas Board of Pardons and Gov. Greg Abbott and was legally lynched at 6: 40 p.m., May 19. Jones' clemency appeal was . . . | Continue reading Texas execution exposes death penalty racism at Workers.org…
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Israel to carry out more mass arrests of Palestinians in pursuit of ethnic cleansing
wsws.org | 2021-05-25
Thousands of Israeli security forces from "all units", including border guards and reserve brigades, are to be deployed to carry out raids in the towns and cities with a large Palestinian population–with more than 500 Palestinian homes expected to be raided in the coming days.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/25/isra…

AP Journalist fired after right-wing campaign over Palestinian activism
wsws.org | 2021-05-25
Associated Press fired Emily Wilder amid a right-wing campaign targeting her for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations as a student.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/25/jour…

Netanyahu Soldiers On
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
The only winner in the perennial confrontation between Israel and Hamas: Benjamin Netanyahu.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/netanyahu-soldiers-on/

Cuban President Visits Community Project Against Racial Discrimination in Havana
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-25
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, this Thursday visited the headquarters of a community project against racial discrimination–the Afro-descendant Neighborhood Network–in Havana, in the municipality of La Lisa. | The official Twitter account of the presidency commented on the meeting, where Maritza López, general coordinator of the initiative, received the Cuban president and provided an explanation of the principles and projections of this community initiative. | Photo: Twitter of the Cuban Presidency. | Created nine years ago, this project against racism also maintains relationships with simi…
orinocotribune.com/cuban-president-visits-community-project-against-racial-discrimination-in-havana/

What's Worse Than Climate Catastrophe? Climate Catastrophe Plus Fascism
Wen Stephenson | thenation.com | 2021-05-25
What's Worse Than Climate Catastrophe? Climate Catastrophe Plus Fascism.
thenation.com/article/environment/andreas-malm-interview/

Stop comparing Israel to Apartheid South Africa; it is worse
Thembisa Fakude | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
For all its horrors and brutality, the apartheid regime in South Africa never used fighter jets and artillery to bomb the oppressed people living in the townships…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/stop-comparing-israel-to-apartheid-south-africa-it-is-worse/

Israeli Police Round Up Palestinian Protesters Out of Global Spotlight
Robert Mackey | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
"This is what we warned about. Israel will target us all when you stop looking."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israeli-police-round-up-palestinian-protesters-out-of-global-spotlight/

Workers around the world can help end violence against the people of Palestine and Colombia
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-05-24
Through coordinated and direct action, the international working class helped end apartheid in South Africa; it can do the same now to end the violence of occupation in Palestine and the exploitation and police crackdowns in Colombia.
therealnews.com/workers-around-the-world-can-help-end-violence-against-the-people-of-palestine-and-colombia

George Floyd Week of Action Marks Anniversary of His Murder as Police Reform Bill Stalls in Congress
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-24
As the world marks the anniversary of George Floyd's murder, attorney Lee Merritt says there is still a long way to go in reforming "the deadliest police culture in the modern world." Merritt, who has represented the Floyd family and other victims of police brutality, says Republicans and Democrats should come together to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Floyd's death in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, set off a nationwide uprising and global movement calling for an end to racism and for the defense of Black lives.
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/24/george_fl…

Now Comes the Reckoning: Black Lives Matter Hits the Labor Movement
Oliver Broudy | commondreams.org | 2021-05-24
"The time for playing nice with corporate interests may be coming to an end." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Support for Black Lives Matter Surged Last Year. Did It Last?
Jennifer Chudy | zcomm.org | 2021-05-24
Did George Floyd's death catalyze support for Black Lives Matter? If so, for how long and for whom?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/support-for-black-lives-matter-surged-last-year-did-it-last/

What is Joe Biden's Israel Policy, Exactly?
Phyllis Bennis | indybay.org | 2021-05-24
The Biden administration thought it could muddle through with the usual pro-Israel platitudes, but rising awareness of Israeli apartheid is making that impossible.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/22/18842688.php

So What Exactly is Biden's Israel Policy?
Phyllis Bennis | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-24
So just what is the Biden administration's policy towards Israel? Why did Biden take so long to respond to the violence as it spiraled out of control in Jerusalem and Gaza? Why do Biden's repeated "Israel has the right of self-defense" litanies so closely match the positions of his predecessor, despite the wide disparity between…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/24/so-what-exactly-is-bidens-israel-policy/

Amid Gaza Ceasefire, Israel Arrests Hundreds & Continues "Colonial Violence" in Occupied Palestine
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-24
The United Nations is appealing to the world to address the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza following the 11-day Israeli assault that killed 248 Palestinians, including 66 children, and injured more than 1,700 people. The U.N. is estimating that at least 6,000 residents of Gaza were left homeless after their homes were bombed by Israel, which has maintained a blockade on Gaza for the past 14 years. Tensions also remain high in Jerusalem, where dozens of Jewish settlers backed by Israeli security forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Friday and Israeli authorities are continuing the campaign to forcibly e…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/24/israel_ga…

Headlines for May 24, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-24
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Holds as Gazans Face Grief and Destruction After Israeli Assault, India's Official COVID Death Toll Passes 300,000, Latin America Tops 1 Million Deaths, Average of Daily U.S. Coronavirus Infections Falls Below 30,000 for First Time Since June, Biden Administration to Extend Temporary Protected Status to 100,000 Haitians in U.S., Belarus Uses Fake Bomb Threat to Divert Plane and Arrest Journalist Critical of President, Deposed Burmese Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Appears in Court for First Time Since February 1 Coup, Bangladeshi Journalist Rozina Islam, Who Reported on Corruption, Granted Bail Af…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/24/headlines

Chris Hedges and Author Mitchell Plitnick on "Except for Palestine"
Moderator | scheerpost.com | 2021-05-24
On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges discusses why American liberals refuse to speak out about the crimes the Israeli apartheid state carries out against the Palestinians, with political analyst and author Mitchell Plitnick. Mitchell Plitnick's new book, with co-author Marc Lamont Hill, is: "Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics." "Israel is in …
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Why the Overton Window has Suddenly Shifted on Israel-Palestine
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2021-05-24
There is little doubt that the Overton window on Israel-Palestine is rapidly shifting. To understand why, MintPress spoke to academics, experts, and rights groups familiar with the subject.
mintpressnews.com/why-overton-window-suddenly-shifted-israel-palestine/277338/

Israeli provocations continue as scale of Gaza damage emerges
wsws.org | 2021-05-24
The United Nations said nearly 450 buildings had been damaged, including six hospitals, 53 schools and 11 primary healthcare centres, as well as more than 1,000 homes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/24/gaza…

Eman Askar's TikTok deep-history 'Song for Palestine' goes Viral with 10 mn Views in 48 Hours
contributors | juancole.com | 2021-05-24
"A song telling the story of Palestine has gone viral on social media. TikToker Eman Askar — @emmasworld.101 — rhymes off of historical facts with her lyrics." | TRT World: TikToker sings for Palestine …
juancole.com/2021/05/askars-history-palestine.html

In Germany, mainstream media backs Israeli attacks on Palestinians
Victor Grossman | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-24
BERLIN–It's no great surprise that most German media, reporting on the Israel-Palestine war, was one-sided and misleading! There were samples of fairer treatment at first, showing the demolition of Palestinian homes, the shutdown of a meeting place for young people, the far-rightist gangs marching in East Jerusalem chanting "Death to Arabs," the invasion of al-Aqsa …
peoplesworld.org/article/in-germany-mainstream-media-backs-israeli-attacks-on-palestinians/

The US Isn't An Israel Puppet, Israel Isn't A US Puppet
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-24
Nearly 200,000 protesters attended a pro-Palestine demonstration in Central London on Saturday afternoon, another clear sign that support for Palestinian rights is becoming increasingly mainstream and the imperialists are losing control of the Israel narrative. | The real consequence of this is that people will begin losing trust in the government and media institutions which support Israel, because without trust the empire can't propagandize people, and without the ability to propagandize us our rulers cannot rule. There's no risk for Israel of losing US backing due to the US government suddenly evolving a consc…
popularresistance.org/the-us-isnt-an-israel-puppet-israel-isnt-a-us-puppet/

'She Was Too Vocal': Outrage Grows over AP Journalist Fired for Pro-Palestine Views
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-24
The Associated Press …
globalresearch.ca/she-was-too-vocal-outrage-grows-over-ap-journalist-fired-pro-palestine-views/5746023

The People of Palestine Have Been Terrorized
Yasser Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-24
For a moment …
globalresearch.ca/if-you-face-all-death-indifference-keep-your-humanity-your-love-your-dignity-you-refuse-surrender-their-terror-then-you-know-something-courage/5746060

Grand Rapids, MI: 200 March for Palestine
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-24
Grand Rapids, MI – 200 protesters, primarily Palestinians and Arab Americans, took to the streets of Grand Rapids, May 22, in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance movement and demanding an end to U.S. support for the state of Israel. This is the second "Free Palestine" protest organized by local activists. | "The Palestinian resistance won a major victory this week, but there is still much more work to be done to fully free the Palestinian people," said organizer Olivia Lashley, "We need to do our part as Americans by pressuring the U.S. government to cut aid to the genocidal Israeli state." | Protesters c…
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