(2021-06-01). How Palestinian Resistance Altered the Equation. counterpunch.org The ceasefire on May 21 has, for now, brought the Israeli war on Gaza to an end. However, this ceasefire is not permanent and constant Israeli provocations anywhere in Palestine could reignite the bloody cycle all over again. Moreover, the Israeli siege on Gaza remains in place, as well as the Israeli military occupation and
(2021-06-01). Power and Corruption in El Salvador. counterpunch.org In less than a week, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and his Legislative Assembly have managed to lock in full political power in El Salvador, dismissing sitting Supreme Court justices and de facto naming new ones as well as a new attorney general, while passing legislation that grants immunity to loyal functionaries linked to irregular purchases
(2021-06-01). Western media, even Bellingcat, failed to save the reputation of neo-Nazi soldier Protasevich. mronline.org 
Since the arrest of Roman Protasevich in Minsk after the emergency landing of the Ryanair flight he was on, a real battle for his reputation has been launched between Belarus and the West. | June 1, 2021…
(2021-06-01). This time, Palestine Solidarity Swept the U.S. juancole.com By Shane Burley | — ( Waging Nonviolence) — In mid-May, hundreds gathered in Terry Schrunk Plaza in downtown Portland, Oregon with signs denouncing the violence that is now crushing the Gaza Strip's over two million residents. At this storytelling rally, Palestinians — who are so often rendered invisible in discussions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict …
(2021-06-01). Reporting on apartheid Israel. greenleft.org.au Just as Israel is being forced to pull back from its latest bombardment of Gaza, ABC management has been instructing its reporters in the art of misreporting, writes Pip Hinman.
(2021-06-01). Life in Gaza With Down Syndrome. thenation.com Life in Gaza With Down Syndrome…
(2021-06-01). Palestine's relationship to class struggle worldwide. workers.org 
The excerpted remarks are from a May 27 webinar: "From Palestine to Alabama — The Revolutionary Transformation of the Working Class — A Conversation with Larry Holmes," sponsored by Workers World Party. Holmes is WWP's First Secretary. Go to tinyurl.com/23u6b5he to see the entire program. Larry Holmes This is such . . . |
(2021-06-01). June 6 — From Oakland To NYC: #BlockTheBoat International Week of Action. samidoun.net 
Join #BlockTheBoatNYC as we stand with workers and community organizers of #BlocktheBoatOakland, California who have blocked cargo ships operated by ZIM — apartheid Israel's largest and oldest shipping company — from docking for over 11 days. Here in the NYC-NJ area, the ZIM Tarragona is scheduled to dock in the Port of New York and New Jersey on Sunday, June 6th. This week, as part of the Arab Resource & Organizing Center's International Week of Action to #BlockTheBoat, we are going to send a clear message: Israeli apartheid is NOT welcome in New York and New Jersey ports! The specific time and locat…
(2021-06-01). Rumors Of Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah's Death Flood Media. southfront.org 
On June 1st, reports surfaced claiming that 60-year-old Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has died after being taken to the hospital on the previous evening. | In a recent video, Nasrallah appeared to be very sick. While speaking he coughed, as he called for creation of a "new equation" and warning that any violation in Jerusalem by Israel would lead to regional war. | In his televised speech, Nasrallah looked tired and exhausted, and he was gasping and constantly coughing between each two sentences. He also had to stop several times to drink water and take a breath during the speech, and apologized for…
(2021-06-01). Railroad Blockaded In Solidarity With Palestine. popularresistance.org Coastal Cities Vow To 'Block The Boat.' For several hours on Sunday, May 30th, hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists blockaded the Lisgar GO railway, located in so-called Mississauga, Ontario. The GO train system serves millions of commuters between different hubs throughout Canada. Activists were protesting to demand that the Canadian government stop supplying arms to the …
(2021-06-01). Vaccine apartheid in Palestine: Israel's silent war. greenleft.org.au In violation of its obligations and responsibilities as an occupying power, Israel has taken little effort in vaccinating Palestinians, reports Jyotsna Singh.
(2021-06-01). Tuesday 6/1: Conversations on Palestine with Omar Barghouti. indybay.org Zoom…
(2021-06-01). 5/29/21 March on Washington for Palestine. indybay.org On May 29, 2021, for the first time in memory, there was a March on Washington for Palestine, endorsed by over 130 groups, with some 35,000 people walking in the rain from the Lincoln Memorial to the White House.
(2021-06-01). Thursday 6/3: Collective Liberation From Minneapolis to Palestine. indybay.org Zoom…
(2021-06-01). Thursday 6/3: Making Sense of Palestine Today: A Panel (Part 3 of 3). indybay.org Zoom Webinar…
(2021-06-01). Wednesday 6/2: Making Sense of Palestine Today: A Panel (Part 2 of 3). indybay.org Zoom Webinar…
(2021-06-01). Labor for Palestine: US Union Activists Pass Support Resolutions. indybay.org Rank and file workers are passing pro-Palestinian resolutions across the country, including right here in San Francisco, where the teachers' union took a firm stand for the Palestinian liberation struggle. See www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/31/us……
(2021-06-01). Sunday 5/30: Petaluma Protest/March for Palestine. indybay.org Penry Park, Petaluma…
(2021-06-01). Court overrules EU effort to shield Israel's settlements. electronicintifada.net Brussels unlawfully torpedoed initiative to halt trade with illegal colonies.
(2021-06-01). Macron in Rwanda: French imperialism covers past crimes to prepare new ones. wsws.org Macron's speech addressing France's role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide was a cynical attempt at historical falsification and political obfuscation.
(2021-06-01). Socius Pt.1 — Fascism and Liberalism. realprogressives.org The two dominant factions of our politics, conservatives and liberals, often wage wars of rhetoric and culture against one another but actually work together.
(2021-06-01). Flowers and Candles Form Tribute to Black Lives Murdered. indybay.org Photos from a vigil held in Mill Valley on May 25th.
(2021-05-31). The Laura Flanders Show: BIPOC Journalists On Covering COVID and Racism. roarmag.org BIPOC journalists reflect on what it is to be veterans of two of the most devastating wars in recent history: the coronavirus pandemic and the centuries-long war on Black bodies through systemic racism and police brutality. | In this media roundtable — a collaboration between The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media — we take a different approach to Memorial Day. One that centers the work of BIPOC journalists from the front lines. How are they responding to the needs of their communities, and where do we go from here? | Music in the Middle features "Prosper" by Inez Barlatier feat. St. James Valsin and p…
(2021-05-31). "Clarify the Confusion" regarding the Covid Vaccine and the "Green Passport": Open Letter to Israel's Prime Minister. globalresearch.ca To…
(2021-05-31). "Mowing the Grass" No More: How Palestinian Resistance Altered the Equation. dissidentvoice.org 
The ceasefire on May 21 has, for now, brought the Israeli war on Gaza to an end. However, this ceasefire is not permanent and constant Israeli provocations anywhere in Palestine could reignite the bloody cycle all over again. Moreover, the Israeli siege on Gaza remains in place, as well as the Israeli military occupation and the rooted …
(2021-05-31). 'Mowing the Grass' No More: How Palestinian Resistance Altered the Equation. commondreams.org "The incredible amount of global solidarity which made headline news all over the world was a clear indication that the many years of preparedness at a grassroots level have paid off." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-05-31). Birds of a Fascist feather: why Israel is aiding Colombia's crackdown on protesters. mronline.org 
Photos circulating on social media show Colombian government forces using Israeli weapons against protestors and Israeli-made Sand Cat armored vehicles patrolling the streets of Colombian cities. Alan Macleod investigates the growing ties between the unlikely allies. | May 31, 2021…
(2021-05-31). Why proposed new Israeli PM, extreme-right Naftali "I've Killed a Lot of Arabs" Bennett, is even worse for Palestinians than far right Netanyahu. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — In a prime time address on Sunday evening, right wing extremist Israeli politician Naftali Bennett announced that he intended to join a government of national unity, including left wing and centrist parties, which would unseat long-serving Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The coalition was mainly put together by Yair Lapid of …
(2021-05-31). Why Proposed New Israeli PM—Extreme-Right Naftali "I've Killed a Lot of Arabs" Bennett—Is Even Worse for Palestinians Than Netanyahu. commondreams.org "On the Palestine issue, Bennett is even worse than than the far-right-wing Netanyahu, inasmuch as he openly advocates annexing all of the Palestinian West Bank to Israel." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-05-31). Tallahassee residents rally to commemorate 73rd Anniversary of Nakba massacre. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On May 22, over 200 people gathered at the Old Historic Florida Capitol Building to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance against the latest wave of Zionist attacks. | Just the day before, Israel announced a ceasefire, which did not deter the Palestinian community and its allies from still showing up for Palestinian liberation. | This May marked 73 years of Nakba, the brutal relocation of Palestinians by Zionist settlers in 1948. Every year Palestinians commemorate this massacre and fight to return to their homeland. | Last week on May 15, Nakba Day, at Lake Ella Park more than 50…
(2021-05-31). John Pilger speaks out for Palestine. greenleft.org.au Filmmaker and author John Pilger spoke to his 2002 documentary comparing Israel's occupation of Palestine to South Africa's brutal apartheid regime, reports Rachel Evans.
(2021-05-31). "Exterminate All the Brutes": Filmmaker Raoul Peck Explores Colonialism & Origins of White Supremacy. democracynow.org 
A new four-part documentary series, "Exterminate All the Brutes," delves deeply into the legacy of European colonialism from the Americas to Africa. It has been described as an unflinching narrative of genocide and exploitation, beginning with the colonizing of Indigenous land that is now called the United States. The documentary series seeks to counter "the type of lies, the type of propaganda, the type of abuse, that we have been subject to all of these years," says director and Haitian-born filmmaker Raoul Peck. "We have the means to tell the real story, and that's exactly what I decided to do," Peck says. "Ev…
(2021-05-31). Richard Wright's Novel About Racist Police Violence Was Rejected in 1941; It Has Just Been Published. democracynow.org 
Nearly 80 years ago, Richard Wright became one of the most famous Black writers in the United States with the publication of "Native Son." The novel's searing critique of systemic racism made it a best-seller and inspired a generation of Black writers. In 1941, Wright wrote a new novel titled "The Man Who Lived Underground," but publishers refused to release it, in part because the book was filled with graphic descriptions of police brutality by white officers against a Black man. His manuscript was largely forgotten until his daughter Julia Wright unearthed it at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Ya…
(2021-05-31). Genocide In Canada: mass grave of Indian children found. mronline.org 
A Catholic Church-run residential school for indigenous children was an extermination camp. It operated until 1978. | May 31, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-05-31). Right-wing leader Naftali Bennett may become Israel's next prime minister. peoplesdispatch.org Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid party have reached an agreement to form a coalition government which might end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year rule. Bennett was also a firm supporter of the recent bombing of Gaza…
(2021-05-31). PAST EVENTS: Calendar of Resistance. samidoun.net 
Click here for new events upcoming! Friday, May 14 Argentina Buenos Aires: solidarity with the Palestinian People — Friday, 14 May 11 am Esmeralda 1212 Buenos Aires, Argentina Info: www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbi… Australia Adelaide: Speakout: save Sheikh Jarrah, stand with Palestine — Friday, 14 May 5: 00 pm Beehive Corner Adelaide, SA, Australia Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/129509095803129/ Brisbane: Rally and March for Palestinian Nakba Day — Friday, 14 May 5: 30 pm King George Square Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia Facebook Page:…
(2021-05-31). Tens of thousands march in DC to stand with Palestine at #March4Palestine. samidoun.net 
Tens of thousands took to the streets in Washington, DC, despite cold and rainy weather on Saturday, 29 May 2021, at the National March for Palestine organized by American Muslims for Palestine, the US Council of Muslim Organizations and their partner groups. They organized buses from up and down the East Coast, while Palestinians and supporters of Palestine flew in across the country to take a stand and demand the United States sanction Israel. Speakers from partner organizations and endorsing groups demanded an end to the over $3.8 billion in aid given to the Israeli occupation regime every year, which is funne…
(2021-05-31). 'Rural people against racism' march in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. liberationnews.org 
On May 29, local activists in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, (population 11,739) and the greater Skagit County area held a march against racism marking the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. Marchers gathered at Hammer Heritage Square in downtown Sedro-Woolley for sign-waving followed by a march of about 75 people through the business district …
(2021-05-31). Palestinians, allies bring struggle to D.C. workers.org 
More than a thousand people demonstrated for Palestine May 29 in Washington, D.C., calling for a end to U.S. aid to Israel and a global grassroots campaign to #SanctionIsrael for its unrelenting violation of Palestinian rights and occupation of Palestinian lands. The protest was called by American Muslims for Palestine . . . |
(2021-05-31). Facing up to fascists, Alvarez family fights for justice in Chicago. liberationnews.org 
On March 31, Alvarez, father of a two-year-old daughter, soccer lover and worker at a meat factory was shot and killed by Chicago Police Department officer Evan Solano…
(2021-05-31). June 7-9 — BLOCK THE BOAT Vancouver: End Israeli Apartheid — Defend Palestine! samidoun.net 
June 7-9 2021 — EXACT DATE AND TIME TBA Port Of Vancouver and/or Deltaport Vancouver, BC, Occupied Coast Salish Territories TEXT YOUR NAME to: +1-833-590-1987 for updates and action alerts Join the Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/1169263640162975 BLOCK THE BOAT FOR PALESTINE! ** Get updates and news. Text your name to +1-833-590-1987 ** DATE TIME AND SPECIFIC PORT TBA For the past 10 days, the threat of the #BlockTheBoat protest organized in the Bay Area has kept a cargo ship operated by ZIM — apartheid Israel's largest and oldest shipping company — from docking at the Port of Oak…
(2021-05-31). On supporting the Palestinian struggle. workers.org 
Being a recovering liberal, May 2021 might have possibly been the most important month in my entire life. Seeing revolutionary theory put into practice by attending a rally on May Day and the #SaveSheikhJarrah rally May 15 has really inspired me to invest more deeply into political organizing. Protest for . . . |
(2021-05-31). Vancouver Call to Action: Ofra's Kitchen and Global TV owe the Palestinian community an apology. samidoun.net 
**CALL TO ACTION** Write to Global TV and demand an apology to the Palestinian community for airing an interview with an Israeli West End restaurant owner falsely accusing pro-Palestinian protesters of making threats against her. Samidoun endorses this call to action: read the original at this Google doc! Send an email to Global at these addresses: jordan.armstrong@globalnews.ca, ViewerContactBC@globalnews.ca, tips@GlobalTVBC.com and/or call and leave a message at: 778-945-9399 Demand a retraction and an apology for the uncritical airing of baseless accusations by Ofra Sixto, the owner of Ofra's kitchen on Denman…
(2021-05-31). Selected Articles: South Africa: The Fall and Rise (and Fall?) of Apartheid. globalresearch.ca 
By Apartheid in South Africa ended in part due to sanctions and pressure from the international community. It is once again on the international …
(2021-05-31). Israel Opposition Agrees On Forming Government And Ousting Netanyahu. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 30th, Israeli "far-right" politician Naftali Bennett announced a coalition with opposition leader Yair Lapid. | They announced that they will form a government excluding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."It's my intention to do my utmost in order to form a national unity government along with my friend Yair Lapid, so that, God willing, together we can save the country from a tailspin and return Israel to its course," said Bennett, a former settler leader and religious nationalist…
(2021-05-31). Steven Seagal Is Now A Russian Politician. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 29th, Hollywood "legend" Steven Seagal has opted into a career change. | He joined a Russian political party. | Seagal received a party membership card of an alliance named Just Russia — Patriots — For Truth. | It was formed earlier in 2021, when three leftist parties, all of which support Putin, merged into one. | In November 2016, Segal was granted Russian citizenship. In August of 2018, Moscow's Foreign Ministry appointed him to the unpaid position of "s…
(2021-05-31). U.S. civil society stands up against anti-China bill as Senate moves closer to passing it. mronline.org 
A bipartisan vote closed debate on the omnibus U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), which many argue includes provisions that could escalate trade disputes between the U.S. and China and could further rising anti-Asian racism. | May 31, 2021…
(2021-05-31). Briefing to the 8782nd session of the Security Council, May 27, 2021. mronline.org 
The events of the last few weeks have provoked worldwide recognition of realities on the ground in Occupied Palestine, realities of systemic discrimination, of oppression, and of settler colonialism.The events of the last few weeks have provoked worldwide recognition of realities on the ground in Occupied Palestine, realities of systemic discrimination, of oppression, and of […] | May 31, 2021…
(2021-05-31). U.S. Unions Are Voicing Unprecedented Support for Palestine. globalresearch.ca While a ceasefire …
(2021-05-31). Photos: Thousands march for Palestine. greenleft.org.au Thousands marched through Sydney in solidarity with Palestine on May 30, reports Peter Boyle.