(2021-04-05). Israeli Apartheid Week at the University of Toronto begins today — join these events for Palestine! samidoun.net 
Please join these important events for Israeli Apartheid Week at the University of Toronto, beginning today, 5 April, with the keynote speech by Dr. Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is proud to join as an endorser of IAW 2021 First launched in Toronto in 2005, Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) has become one of the most important global events in the Palestine solidarity calendar. IAW is an international series of events that aims to raise awareness of Israel's apartheid regime over the Palestinian people and build support for the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions move…
(2021-04-05). The political centre crumbles as Orban, Morawiecki and Salvini launch their reactionary international. peoplesworld.org 
Christians come in many different colours, from communist and socialist red to conservative blue and fascist brown. All can interpret passages in the Bible to justify their political policies, although it sounds especially discordant when self-proclaimed followers of the "prince of peace" preach stridently in favour of weapons of genocidal mass murder. Viktor Orban, Mateusz …
(2021-04-05). Political center crumbles as Orban, Morawiecki, and Salvini launch reactionary international. peoplesworld.org Christians come in many different colors, from communist and socialist red to conservative blue and fascist brown. All can interpret passages in the Bible to justify their political policies, although it sounds especially discordant when self-proclaimed followers of the "prince of peace" preach stridently in favor of weapons of genocidal mass murder. Viktor Orban, Mateusz …
(2021-04-05). Imprisoned Barghouti Holds Key To Fatah's Future — OpEd. eurasiareview.com 
If imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti becomes president of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the status quo will change substantially. For Israel, as well as for current PA President Mahmoud Abbas, such a scenario is even more dangerous than another strong Hamas showing in the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections. | The long-delayed elections — now scheduled for May 22 (parliamentary) and July 31 (presidential) — will not only represent a watershed moment for the fractured Palestinian body politic, but also for Fatah, which has dominated the PA since its inception in 1994. The onc…
(2021-04-05). The Floyd Murder Trial: Calling Derek Chauvin a "Bad Apple" Denies Systemic Nature of Racist Police Violence. globalresearch.ca As the murder trial of Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd…
(2021-04-05). The Plague of Historical Amnesia in the Age of Fascist Politics. counterpunch.org 
As the boundaries of the unthinkable become normalized, historical consciousness is replaced by manufactured forms of historical amnesia and ignorance. As white supremacy becomes entrenched at the highest levels of power and in the public imagination, the past becomes a burden that must be shed.[1] Disparaging, suppressing or forgetting the horrors of history has become
(2021-04-05). Book review — The sum of us: What racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together. liberationnews.org 
Divide and Conquer is a tactic as old as class society itself — where the elites at the top encourage the bottom 99% to fight over the crumbs that fall from their table.
(2021-04-05). Leave no Black vote unsuppressed: Republicans plan post-Georgia moves. peoplesworld.org 
The number one priority of today's Republican Party is to implement the biggest voter suppression campaign since the rollback of Reconstruction after 1876. Like the resurgent Confederacy 150 years ago, the GOP is more committed to white supremacy than to anything close to "one person, one vote" democracy. The main difference between then and now is that—largely …
(2021-04-05). Leave no Black vote unsupressed: Republicans plan post-Georgia moves. peoplesworld.org The number one priority of today's Republican Party is to implement the biggest voter suppression campaign since the rollback of Reconstruction after 1876. Like the resurgent Confederacy 150 years ago, the GOP is more committed to white supremacy than to anything close to "one person, one vote" democracy. The main difference between then and now is that—largely …
(2021-04-05). Stop Asian Hate! N. Cal Filipinos & Asians Speak-out Against Racist Violence and Murders. indybay.org Hundreds of Northern California Filipinos and Asian Americans spoke out against the racist violence and murders taking place in the Bay Are and nationally. The march and rally took place on March 26, 2021…
(2021-04-05). Being "Anti-Racist" Isn't Enough. The Violence of Whiteness Must Be Exposed. truthout.org 
Even if the movement for reparations someday transforms the profound economic disparities that fall along racial lines in this country — addressing income disparities, the wealth gap, housing and health care inequities, and unemployment disparities — a fundamental problem of anti-Black racism still won't be solved. | What remains is a fundamentally ontological problem: the reality of the being of whiteness, and its denial of Black humanity within white racist America. | White privilege…
(2021-04-05). Lula ganó la batalla judicial, ahora a derrotar a Bolsonaro. globalizacion.ca La histórica sentencia del Tribunal Supremo de Brasil del 23 de marzo prácticamente pone fin a la batalla legal de Lula da Silva, que ahora es libre de afrontar su mayor reto: derrotar a la extrema derecha y salvar a…
(2021-04-05). Israel Finds US Interest in Saving Iran Nuclear Deal 'Very Troubling'. news.antiwar.com An outspoken opponent of diplomacy with Iran, and against the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran, Israel has made its first comments in awhile on the matter, expressing concern at US indications that they are going to engage in diplomacy with Iran and try to save the nuclear deal. | Even though this is largely what was expected of the Biden Administration, The statements f…
(2021-04-05). In Historical Irony, Israel can only have a Government with Palestinian-Israeli (and maybe Muslim Brotherhood) Support. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — In a great historical irony, the immediate future of Israeli politics may depend on the Israeli branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. After the recent Israeli election, the fourth in less than two years, long-serving prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu once again appears to be falling short of attracting 61 members of …
(2021-04-05). Israel: Netanyahu corruption trial begins amid government formation talks. middleeasteye.net 
Israel: Netanyahu corruption trial begins amid government formation talks | The Israeli premier stands accused of bribery, while the president begins consultations for another difficult cabinet formation | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 10: 56 | Netanyahu heard the opening arguments before leaving the Jerusalem court on 5 April 2021 (AFP) | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial b…
(2021-04-05). Palestinian prisoner released after 35-year sentence extended over unpaid fine. middleeasteye.net 
Palestinian prisoner released after 35-year sentence extended over unpaid fine | Israel tacked on an additional 12 days to Rushdie Abu Mokh's sentence over an unpaid traffic fine from the 1980s | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 13: 21 | Palestinian prisoner Rushdie Abu Mokh was released from the Israeli prison of Ketziot on Monday after over three decades behind bars (Social media) | Israeli authorises released on Monday a…
(2021-04-05). Palestine: PA's Mahmoud Abbas flies to Germany for 'medical tests'. middleeasteye.net 
Palestine: PA's Mahmoud Abbas flies to Germany for 'medical tests' | The Palestinian Authority president travels to Germany every year for check-ups on a long-term intestinal problem, Middle East Eye has learned | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 13: 47 | Mahmoud Abbas, a heavy smoker, was hospitalised with pneumonia in 2018 (AFP) | Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas left the occupied Wes…
(2021-04-05). Arabic press review: This is what the Arab media is saying about the Jordan 'coup plot'. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: This is what the Arab media is saying about the Jordan 'coup plot' | According to the Jordanian media, Hamzah rebuffed the king's efforts for private conciliation, while the Saudis report Amman is in an 'unprecedented crisis' | Mon, 04/05/2021 – 14: 59 | An elderly Palestinian man in the occupied-West Bank town of Hebron reads the daily newspaper al-Quds, which boasts front-…
(2021-04-05). Jared Ball: Black Liberation And Socialism With Frank Chapman. popularresistance.org Frank Chapman is a community organizer, Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Field Organizer of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, and a member of the Central Committee of Freedom Road Socialist Organization. He is also a published writer, with articles on Truthout and Freedomways. In 2019, Frank published his first book, a memoir entitled The Damned Don't Cry: Pages from the Life of a Black Prisoner and Organizer.
(2021-04-05). Brazil: Supreme Court Judge Allows Massive Religious Acts. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Federal Supreme Court Judge Kassio Nunes on Saturday authorized the holding of religious acts in churches and temples, arguing the right of people to practice their beliefs. | RELATED: | Religious activity is an "essential" service in "such difficult times," said the Nunes, who was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Jair Bolsonaro. | Previously, religious celebrations had been banned by some subnational g…
(2021-04-05). Saudi Arabia Hopes Its Patriots Will Start Working in Yemen's Marib. southfront.org | | | donationalerts.com/r/southfront : gumroad.com/southfront http: //southfront.org/donate/ or via: www.patreon.com/southfront, 3Gbs4rjcVUtQd8p3CiFUCxPLZwRqurezRZ, qpf2cphc5dkuclkqur7lhj2yuqq9pk3hmukle77vhq, 0x9f4cda013e354b8fc285bf4b9a60460cee7f7ea9…
(2021-04-05). MLK Opposed "Poverty, Racism & Militarism" in Speech One Year Before His Assassination 53 Years Ago. democracynow.org 
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 53 years ago, on April 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 39. While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor, organized the Poor People's Campaign to address issues of economic justice, and was a fierce critic of U.S. foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We air an excerpt of his "Beyond Vietnam" speech, delivered at New York's Riverside Church on April 4, 1967, a year to the day before he was assassinated, in which Dr. King called the United States "the greatest purveyor of violen…
(2021-04-05). Calling Chauvin a "Bad Apple" Denies Systemic Nature of Racist Police Violence. zcomm.org As Chauvin's trial continues, we must remember that this is not simply the story of one "rogue cop." It is a window into the anti-Black violence perpetrated routinely by police in this country, as part of a brutal and racist system…
(2021-04-05). The Other Nuremberg Trials, Seventy-Five Years On. zcomm.org ailures in prosecuting the businessmen who profited from the Nazi war machine show just how far postwar Europe and America were willing to go in the Cold War quest to protect capitalism…
(2021-04-04). 9 April, Online Event — Defending Palestine, Fighting Repression. samidoun.net 
Friday, 9 April 10 am Pacific — 1 pm Eastern — 7 pm central Europe — 8 pm Palestine Online Event — register on Zoom: bit.ly/eventpalestine Facebook Event: www.facebook.com/events/888749421970140 Join Samidoun for a webinar bringing together organizers from France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Canada to discuss efforts to repress the Palestinian and Palestine solidarity movements — and the fightback against repression and for liberation! REGISTER TO JOIN: bit.ly/eventpalestine English/French translation will be provided! SPEAKERS: Charlotte Kates, international coordin…
(2021-04-04). Revolution or Fascism: The Choice We Must Make Amid US Collapse. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Apr 2, 2021 | American collapse presents us with two diverging paths, ones which respectively mean massive genocide and the liberation of the U.S. masses from capitalist and colonialist subjugation. These paths are the transformation of the U.S. into a full-on Nazi regime, and the abolition of the U.S. government so that this continent can be made into a post-colonial socialist civilization. | Each day, both of these outcomes are made ever more likely by the deteriorating conditions that the country is sliding into. As international capital finds itself weakened by our current global depress…
(2021-04-04). What happened to Trump's border wall? liberationnews.org 
The racist U.S. government has been weaponizing its southern border for hundreds of years.
(2021-04-04). Fascist Free 503: Notes On Holding The Streets In Salem. popularresistance.org Far-Right groups announced their March 29th car rally event from Sandy to Salem a month ahead of the event. People in Salem began planning a counter-demonstration early on. In January, Proud boys assaulted residents in Salem and also damaged a local business near the capital. Residents knew from prior experience that Salem Police and Oregon State Police wouldn't do anything to protect them from the potential violence from right-wing fascists. People began to network and organize the basic essentials of a protest: medics, interpreters, legal observers, evacuation routes, maps, volunteers to monitor right-wing acco…
(2021-04-04). Rashida Tlaib Hails Shift in House Dems' Views on Palestinian Human Rights. commondreams.org "Just a few years ago, it would have been unthinkable to have 12 members of Congress refer to Israeli occupation as colonialism, so I have no doubt that the needle on Palestinian human rights is moving." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-04-04). Friday 4/9: Community Discussion: Anti-AAPI Racism and Solidarity. indybay.org online…
(2021-04-04). Biden Could Chart a New Path for US on Palestinian Rights. Will He? truthout.org 
Every day my friend in Palestine sends me the local paper as a way to keep in touch. For the past five decades, the headlines have been consistent: "Land Annexed," "Trees Uprooted," "Houses Demolished," "Curfew Inflicted," "Youth Arrested," "Village Attacked," Young Man Shot"… often all on the same front page. For the last year, they have also included a tally of COVID-19 cases and fatalities. | Israel leads the world in vaccine distribution, but it has largely refused to vaccinate Palestinians. In th…
(2021-04-04). Why Africa Gets Fewer Jabs: Roots of Vaccine Apartheid. telesurenglish.net The batch of 600,000 vaccine doses landing in Ghana on February 24, 2021, was the first shipment to sub-Saharan Africa under the multilateral COVAX facility led by the United States and the European Unions. By then, tens of millions had already been vaccinated in the US and the UK, writes Howard Stein, a professor of Afroamerican and African studies at the UniversIty of Michigan, in Africa is a Country…
(2021-04-04). Israeli citizen offered to fly Prince Hamzah's family out of Jordan: Report. middleeasteye.net 
Israeli citizen offered to fly Prince Hamzah's family out of Jordan: Report | Roy Shaposhnik denies claims he is former Mossad officer and says offer to Hamzah made on 'basis of our personal friendship' | Sun, 04/04/2021 – 22: 28 | Jordan's Prince Hamzah bin Hussein pictured with his wife Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad in 2012 (AFP) | An Israeli living in Europe made contact with Jordan's Prin…
(2021-04-04). Black Lives Matter's Hawk Newsome Appalled By Lack Of Coverage Of Houthi Massacre Of Ethiopians. eurasiareview.com 
The horrific deaths of scores of Ethiopian migrants in a detention center in Sanaa run by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia is further proof that anti-black racism exists on every continent, according to Hawk Newsome, a founding member of Black Lives Matter (BLM) Greater New York. | Racial tensions and the deaths of black people in police custody have provoked repeated bouts of protest and unrest in the US and Europe in recent years. | Newsome played a key role in the worldwide movement that has rocked US cities since the police killing of African-American George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. | During…
(2021-04-04). Saudi-led Coalition Deployed Patriot Air-Defense Systems In Yemen's Ma'rib. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | The Saudi-led coalition has deployed US-made MIM-104 Patriot air-defense systems in the central Yemeni province of Ma'rib, al-Mashhad al-Khaleeji reported on April 3. | A military source in the coalition told the news outlet that the systems were deployed in Ma'rib city center."A number of Patriot defense systems of the Arab coalition recently arrived in Ma'rib city," the source, who was not named, said. | The source said that the systems will be used to protect urban areas in Ma'rib from the Houthi (A…
(2021-04-04). The Good White Christian Women of Nazi Germany. zcomm.org Despite what you've read, most of them didn't resist…