(2021-10-06). The Police State's Reign of Terror Continues … With Help from the Supreme Court. dissidentvoice.org 
Rights aren't rights if someone can take them away. They're privileges. — George Carlin You think you've got rights? Think again. All of those freedoms we cherish—the ones enshrined in the Constitution, the ones that affirm our right to free speech and assembly, due process, privacy, bodily integrity, the right to not have police seize …
(2021-10-06). Video: Why anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism. electronicintifada.net Mini-documentary on how Israel's critics are being falsely accused of anti-Jewish bigotry.
(2021-10-06). "Becoming Abolitionists": Derecka Purnell on Why Police Reform Is Not Enough to Protect Black Lives. democracynow.org 
Derecka Purnell draws from her experience as a human rights lawyer in her new book, published this month, "Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom," to argue that police reform is an inadequate compromise to calls for abolition. Since the murders of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville in 2020, many states have passed laws aimed at reforming police, but congressional talks at the federal level have broken down. Purnell reflects upon her personal journey as a Black woman who believed in police reform before pivoting to abolition, saying, "I became a part of soci…
(2021-10-06). Baby Talk Fascists: Reflections on a Summer Encounter. counterpunch.org An obsessive focus "personal responsibility" is a consistent thread running through the Christian fascist OR mindset. Abortion is for the OR zealots a sinful rejection of personal responsibility — refusal to take individual accountability for the conception of a child. There's nothing in their world view about peoples' personal and collective responsibility to not bring new lives into households and communities unsuitable for a decent infancy and childhood.
(2021-10-06). EU unveils blueprint for muzzling Israel's critics. electronicintifada.net Margaritis Schinas smears campaigners against Zionism.
(2021-10-06). Sheikh Jarrah families asked to choose pragmatism over principle. electronicintifada.net Israeli court "compromise" aimed at defusing tensions but not delivering justice.
(2021-10-06). Join us to support journalists in Gaza. electronicintifada.net This partnership will offer training and replace media equipment destroyed by Israel.
(2021-10-06). Water as Weapon of War: Israel is Drying Out the West Bank to Drive Out Palestinians. libya360.wordpress.com Jessica Buxbaum MASAFER YATTA, OCCUPIED WEST BANK — Last weekend, around 600 Israeli, Palestinian and international activists marched across Masafer Yatta in the Occupied West Bank to deliver a water tanker to Palestinian villagers. Their message was clear: Water is a human right, and Israel is depriving Palestine of this basic necessity. Amid a sea…
(2021-10-06). Ahed's Knee from Israel, made "with a sense of urgency," The Gravedigger's Wife and other films from the Middle East, Africa. wsws.org With certain honorable exceptions, passion and urgency in a good cause have been in short supply in the global film world in recent decades.
(2021-10-06). Patriots Remember to Forget: Omri Boehm and the Collapse of Liberal Zionism. dissidentvoice.org Summer is over in Israel and so too the holiday season that includes Yom Kippur and Sukkot with their accompanying prayers of remembrance. Memory is integral to most Jewish holidays. The readings at Passover and the lighting of candles at Hanukkah are collective acts of remembrance. The importance of remembering has always been central to …
(2021-10-06). Professor David Miller fired after Israel lobby smear campaign. mronline.org 
The University of Bristol has fired Professor David Miller, a leading UK critic of Israel and its lobby.
(2021-10-06). Despite Israel Lobbies' Power in Congress, for a New Generation Sympathy with Oppressed Palestinians is becoming New Normal. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — There is an unmistakable shift in American politics regarding Palestine and Israel, one that is inspired by the way in which many Americans, especially young people, view the Palestinian struggle and the Israeli occupation. While this shift is yet to translate into reducing Israel's stranglehold over the US Congress …
(2021-10-06). Mossad Abducted Iranian General From Syria To Uncover Fate Of Missing Israeli Air Force Navigator. southfront.org 
Ron Arad, by the Israeli Air Force, via The Times of Israel. | The Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, abducted an Iranian general from Syria in September to uncover new information about missing Israel Air Force navigator Ron Arad, the London-based Arabic newspaper Rai al-Youm reported on October 4. | According to the report, the Iranian general was taken to an African country where he was interrogated by Israeli agents then released. | Ron Arad's warplane crashed in South Lebanon while carrying…
(2021-10-06). SFSU and Zoom undermine Palestinians and academic freedom. electronicintifada.net Grievance hearing underway exposes university missteps.
(2021-10-06). Venezuelan Socialists Start Pre-Campaign for November Elections. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro summoned the militants of the Great Simon Bolivar Patriotic Pole (GPPSB) to start a pre-campaign day on Thursday and get ready for the sub-national elections that will take place on November 21. | RELATED: | "On Oct. 7, when we remember nine years of the 2012 victory of Commander Hugo Chavez, we will start a GPPSB mobilization day in our country's 335 municipalities and 23 states,"
(2021-10-06). Film Screening: From Cable Street to Brick Lane. peoplesforum.org "From Cable Street to Brick Lane", presents archive footage and interviews with people who were there and charts the anti-racist tradition of the East End of London and how different communities came together in the 1930's, 1970's and 1990's to challenge racism and intolerance.
(2021-10-06). Wednesday 10/6: Defund Formosa Plastics! Stop Environmental Racism & End Cancer Alley. indybay.org Online teach-in & call to action protest…
(2021-10-05). New Study Shows More Than Half of Police Killings Have Gone Uncounted Since 1980. truthout.org 
New research appears to confirm what Black Lives Matter activists and abolitionist organizers have said for years: There is a crisis of police-perpetrated killings in the United States that has gone underreported for decades, and people of color (and Black people especially) are most at risk. | Deadly police violence has long been a major public health crisis, but an estimated 17,000 deaths from police violence were misclassified in federal public health data over the past four decades, a…
(2021-10-05). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Sugar care workers for GuySuCo in Guyana protested over unpaid bonuses and discrimination while hospital workers in the Canadian province of New Brunswick have returned a massive strike vote in defense of wages, staffing and services.
(2021-10-05). The COVID-19 "Vaccine" and the Nuremberg Code. Crimes Against Humanity, Genocide. globalresearch.ca The health authorities, Big Pharma, the WHO, the Rockefellers and the Gates foundation are fully aware that the vaccine has resulted in countless deaths and injuries, including blood clots, infertility, brain damage, myocarditis, etc.
(2021-10-05). Paiute Shoshone Myron Dewey: Going Home, A Final Salute. indybay.org As Standing Rock Water Protectors escort Paiute Shoshone Myron Dewey filmmaker and journalist to his final resting place today on in his homeland, we echo Myron's words from his livestream a week ago, his final voice opposing the Navy's bombing range, lithium mining, and the greed and genocide that runs as a scar through his ancestral homeland in what is known as Nevada.
(2021-10-05). Report: Neary 700 European Firms Fund, Support Israeli Settlements. orinocotribune.com Nearly 700 European institutions have financial ties with the companies that are involved in expanding Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a new civil society report says. | The revelation was made in a The 'Don't Buy into Occupation' (DBIO) coalition found that between January 2018 and May 2021, 672 European financial institutions, including banks, asset managers, insurance companies, and pension funds, h…
(2021-10-05). Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan Create Tensions for Iran. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-05). Ben and Jerry's boycott: New Jersey's anti-boycott act must be repealed. zcomm.org Many are aware of the horrible way that Israel treats Palestinians. But did you know that Israel is aided in this by the state of New Jersey?>
(2021-10-05). African Union: Drop Israel's observer status, rights groups tell AU leaders. middleeasteye.net 
African Union: Drop Israel's observer status, rights groups tell AU leaders | Israel's human rights violations should disqualify country from seat at African Union table, groups tell AU in legal submission | Tue, 10/05/2021 – 09: 00 | African Union commission chair Moussa Faki Mahamat granted observer status to Israel this July (Reuters) | The African Union should withdraw Israel's observer status because the…
(2021-10-05). Ukrainian, Israeli presidents discuss war in Donbass, "Russia's occupation of Crimea" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Perhaps Israel will sell Harop combat drones to Ukraine in tandem with Turkey providing Bayraktar TB2 combat drones for a reprise of the war against Nagorno-Karabakh a year ago. ==== Zelensky, Herzog discuss security challenges posed by Russia's aggression against Ukraine President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the security challenges faced by Ukraine in connection …
(2021-10-05). Israeli forces arrest two Palestinian journalists in West Bank. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli forces arrest two Palestinian journalists in West Bank | The arrest of the journalists, one of whom was later released, was condemned by the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate as 'a crime to muzzle speech' | Tue, 10/05/2021 – 15: 03 | A video journalist kicks away a tear gas grenade fired during a demonstration by Palestinian journalists alongside Israel's controversial separation barrier in Bethlehem i…
(2021-10-05). Iran: Biden aides to tell Israelis that US will pursue 'other avenues' if diplomacy fails. middleeasteye.net 
Iran: Biden aides to tell Israelis that US will pursue 'other avenues' if diplomacy fails | Remarks comes as Israel's national security adviser Eyal Hulata on visit to Washington to share latest intelligence | Tue, 10/05/2021 – 08: 26 | Under a 2015 deal, Iran curbed its uranium enrichment programme, a possible pathway to nuclear arms, in return for the lifting of economic sanctions (AFP)…
(2021-10-05). Israel: Mossad hunted for missing pilot in Syria and Lebanon, says report. middleeasteye.net 
Israel: Mossad hunted for missing pilot in Syria and Lebanon, says report | Mossad reportedly kidnapped Iranian officer for questioning and took DNA from a body buried in a Lebanese village | Tue, 10/05/2021 – 16: 39 | A huge billboard in Cypriot port city of Larnaca offering $10m to anyone who has information leading to the whereabouts of Israeli military pilot Ron Arad, 5 December 2005 (AFP) | Israel's exter…
(2021-10-05). Arabic press review: Bahrain suppresses protests against visit by Israel's Lapid. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: Bahrain suppresses protests against visit by Israel's Lapid | Meanwhile, Morocco sues French paper over Pegasus claims, and Egyptian Islamic scholars and organisations urge release of detainees | Tue, 10/05/2021 – 15: 23 | Protesters dodge tear gas canisters amid clashes with the police during an anti-Israel rally in Sitra island, south of the Bahraini capital, on 1 October…
(2021-10-05). Israel's FM Lapid Offers to Rebuild Gaza But Egyptian Source Says His Plan Might Be 'Too Ambitious'. sputniknews.com The latest hostilities that ended in May have dealt a severe blow to the Gaza Strip, where dozens of government buildings, hospitals, police stations, roads, mosques and residential units have been fully or partially destroyed.
(2021-10-05). 'Virtual siege': Palestinians urge PayPal to stop denying service. middleeasteye.net 
'Virtual siege': Palestinians urge PayPal to stop denying service | For years, the company has served illegal Israeli settlements, but not occupied Palestinian territories | Tue, 10/05/2021 – 14: 55 | If the company, based in California, gave Palestinians access, the quality of life would improve in 80 percent of their households, according to research from 7amleh (AFP) | Rights advocates are calling onc…
(2021-10-05). Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians has doubled this year. peoplesdispatch.org According to Haaretz, security forces in the country have adopted a policy of not intervening during most such attacks on Palestinians by the settlers to create a "permissive atmosphere" to allow them to "let off steam"
(2021-10-05). 'He wakes up crying': Palestinian families traumatised after Israeli settlers attack village. middleeasteye.net 
'He wakes up crying': Palestinian families traumatised after Israeli settlers attack village | An assault on al-Mufaqara by dozens of settlers on 29 September has left children and mothers traumatised in the southern Hebron village | Tue, 10/05/2021 – 11: 51 | Palestinian man Mahmoud Hamamdah sitting outside his village of al-Mufaqara, days after a violent attack by Israeli settlers, 3 October 2021…
(2021-10-05). Academic Freedom, Palestinian Rights and the "Zoomification" of University Education. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-05). The Brutality of Denying Water to Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills. globalresearch.ca
(2021-10-05). 200 Venezuelans Return To Their Country From Chile. telesurenglish.net In the early hours of Tuesday, 200 Venezuelans returned to their country on a chartered flight from the public company Conviasa. The repatriation of this group occurs days after Venezuelan migrants were victims of acts of xenophobia in Iquique City, Chile. | RELATED: | "Today 200 compatriots return to Venezuelan territory thanks to the "Return to the Homeland" program. Venezuela welcomes you with open arms. Missi…
(2021-10-05). US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement on Screening for Colorectal Cancer—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Dr Haghighat and colleagues propose that the USPSTF proactively target health inequities by recommending the SEPT9 DNA test for colorectal cancer screening. The USPSTF appreciates the authors' interest in addressing health inequities and shares this same commitment. The USPSTF recently published a Viewpoint on how we plan to address systemic racism through clinical preventive service recommendations. Our Recommendation Statement on colorectal cancer screening describes the concerning disproportionate burden of colorectal cancer experienced by Black, American Indian, and Alaska Native adults.
(2021-10-05). La brutalidad racista contra los migrantes haitianos desata la indignación. workers.org 
El mundo entero ha respondido con horror y rabia a las imágenes de migrantes haitianos azotados y aterrorizados por agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos a caballo. Se han establecido paralelismos con la esclavitud en el hemisferio occidental, a la que se puso fin por primera vez en . . . |
(2021-10-05). Biden's Expulsion of Haitian Migrants Is Racist, Illegal — and Trumpian. zcomm.org Since the horrific photos of mounted Border Patrol agents menacing Black migrants with whips became public, voices against the Biden administration's cruel, racist and illegal policies have reached a crescendo…
(2021-10-05). Comentario de WW: Unidos por la justicia reproductiva. workers.org 
Muchas marchas y concentraciones fueron organizadas el pasado 2 de octubre en todo los Estados Unidos. Dos días antes de que la Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos vuelva a reunirse para su periodo de otoño. Protesta contra la prohibición del aborto en Texas. San Antonio, 2 de octubre. El derecho . . . |
(2021-10-05). U.S. Capitol Police Blew Up Suspicious Vehicle In Front Of Supreme Court. southfront.org
(2021-10-05). Thousands across US march in defense of abortion rights. peoplesdispatch.org In hundreds of cities across the US, thousands took to the streets on October 2 protesting against the threat to abortion rights that looms ahead of the country. The protests took place in light of the recent Supreme Court decision to uphold the 6 week abortion ban passed by Texas. The Texas bill has set a dangerous precedent which will allow other conservative states to challenge reproductive rights though similar bills.