(2021-04-09). Saudi Arabia Calls On people To Sight Ramadan Crescent On Sunday Evening. eurasiareview.com 
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has called on people in the Kingdom to try and sight the crescent moon signalling the beginning of the month of Ramadan on Sunday evening. | Anyone who sights the crescent, either with the naked eye or with the help of binoculars, should inform the nearest court of the sighting, the court said. | The start of Ramadan is determined by the lunar calendar which, unlike the Gregorian calendar, follows a 29- or 30-day cycle determined by the cycle of the moon. | Ramadan 2021 is due to start on either Monday or Tuesday in the Kingdom. | Muslims anticipate the end of Shaaban, the month pr…
(2021-04-09). 'This Is A War In The Woods 2.0'. popularresistance.org Port Renfrew – "Activist headquarters" is an encampment just outside of Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island. That is where the fight to prevent 200 hectares of ancient old-growth forest from being cut down continues. | "We haven't been served (with an injunction), no," said Molly Murphy, one of the many people calling the encampment home on Monday. | The injunction was granted by the B.C. Supreme Court on April 1. It orders the demonstrators to take down the blockades that they had set up to prevent forestry company Teal-Jones from accessing its logging operation in the area. | "We're waiting for Teal-Jones to serve t…
(2021-04-09). 'Sacrifice Zones': How People of Color Are Targets of Environmental Racism. counterpunch.org 
The Black Lives Matter movement and the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted how systemic racism disproportionately places danger and harm on low-income and minority populations. One harsh reality of this systemic racism is the existence of "sacrifice zones," which are communities located near pollution hot spots that have been permanently impaired by intensive and concentrated industrial
(2021-04-09). Anti-war activist visited by police after posting embarrassing AOC video. thegrayzone.com An anti-war activist said he was visited by California Highway Patrol officers after posting video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's bumbling comments on Israel-Palestine. The action, which AOC denies triggering, was initiated by a call to US Capitol Police. As he waited for a food delivery at his home in Los Angeles on April 8, Ryan Wentz, an anti-war activist and producer for the online viral program Soapbox, heard two men calling his name from over his front gate. When he …
(2021-04-09). From His Solitary Confinement, Marwan Barghouti Holds the Key to Fatah's Future. counterpunch.org 
If imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti, becomes the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the status quo will change substantially. For Israel, as well as for the current PA President, Mahmoud Abbas, such a scenario is more dangerous than another strong Hamas showing in the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections. The long-delayed elections, now scheduled for
(2021-04-09). From His Solitary Confinement, Marwan Barghouti Holds the Key to Fatah's Future. dissidentvoice.org 
If imprisoned Palestinian leader, Marwan Barghouti, becomes the President of the Palestinian Authority (PA), the status quo will change substantially. For Israel, as well as for the current PA President, Mahmoud Abbas, such a scenario is more dangerous than another strong Hamas showing in the upcoming Palestinian parliamentary elections. The long-delayed elections, now scheduled for May …
(2021-04-09). Lee Camp: How Corporate America Supports Racism, Hatred & Exploitation (in New & Fun Ways!). mintpressnews.com Corporations like General Mills and ExxonMobil aren't going to save us from white supremacist violence or climate annihilation with their piddly tweets.
(2021-04-09). Disappear the System: A Critical Hegemonic Function of Capitalist Media. counterpunch.org 
Something stinks in the wall-to-wall broadcast of every detail in the Derek Chauvin trial. The hegemonic (in a Marxian sense) result of drilling down so microscopically on one racist cop's super-transgression, treating the killer as a rogue anomaly, is to disappear the broader mass-carceral white supremacist police-state and the underlying system of racialized class oppression
(2021-04-09). China rejects U.S.' human rights hypocrisy, points to repression of Black Lives Matter. peoplesworld.org 
Top officials from China and the United States exchanged verbal blows at the Alaska Summit last week, after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan opened the session by making false and unwarranted accusations about China's governance and international affairs. In the summit's opening remarks, Blinken accused China of …
(2021-04-09). Talking to co-author, with Mumia Abu-Jamal of 'Murder, Incorporated'. workers.org 
By Ted Kelly Stephen Vittoria co-authored "Murder Incorporated — Perfecting Tyranny: Book Three (Empire, Genocide, and Manifest Destiny)," with Mumia Abu-Jamal. He also is the director of the 2012 documentary, "Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary." Workers World conducted this interview in November 2020 prior to the book's release. Workers World: When . . . |
(2021-04-09). The Origins of Nazi Violence. counterpunch.org 
In recent years, right-wing terrorism has been on the increase in Germany. The worst case of right-wing terrorism was perpetrated by the National-Socialist Underground or NSU. The NSU murdered ten people, including a police officer, while also committing forty-three attempted murders, three bombings and several robberies between 2000 and 2007. Today Germany's radical right has
(2021-04-09). Syria asks UNSC to prevent Israel's repeated attacks on its territory. peoplesdispatch.org Syria raised the demand to the UNSC following an Israeli airstrike on Thursday using Lebanese airspace. Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes inside Syria since the beginning of the Syrian war in 2011…
(2021-04-09). Global Proposal Against the Economic Blockade. orinocotribune.com By Pasqualina Curcio — Apr 5, 2021 | At least twenty countries are formally victims of US "sanctions". Since 1992, in the United Nations General Assembly, all countries except the US and Israel have voted against the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States on Cuba. Despite the evident majority, the US has ignored them. Good wishes, denunciations and calls to lift the blockades have not been enough to prevent these genocidal actions against entire peoples. | To put an end to these interference practices, we must make amends for two serious mistakes we made as humanity in 1944 and 1971. To do…
(2021-04-09). Changing The Border Narrative. popularresistance.org Much of the public discussion of our southern border today is one-sided. It is most often created by those with the most power and the loudest bullhorn; those in search of power, authority and money. So, it should come as no surprise to you that much of what we have been told about the border and of those who come to it are either not true or are highly exaggerated. It is after all the result of nearly a hundred years worth of the Border Patrol's racist rhetoric and racist politicians creating ever more unfair and biased laws and policies. Many of which have little to do with creating an immigration system and mo…
(2021-04-09). Over 1600 gallons of oil spilled in Inglewood Oil Field; oil and gas scorecard released. indybay.org "Yesterday's oil spill is a deadly reminder that the environmental racism that's shaped and harmed Black, Indigenous, and people of color continues to put our health at risk," said Martha Dina Arguello, STAND-LA Coalition and Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles.
(2021-04-09). Sunday 4/11: Picket Against White Supremacists! indybay.org Meet at Fremont Park, 16th St.and P St., Sacramento. Note that the far right has not disclosed the location of their rally. Call or text 415-734- 1163 to confirm the final location of the anti-fascist meeting point.
(2021-04-09). Friday 4/16: Fighting Racism at Home and Imperialism Abroad. indybay.org Virtual forum | Register at bit.ly/education4thepeople…
(2021-04-09). 2021 San Jose Juneteenth Symposium and SJSU's Actions on Systemic Racism. indybay.org San Jose was the site of the inaugural California State Legislature in 1849-1850. Today, Santa Clara County is the first County in California to declare Juneteenth a Holiday. Join the "Freedom Train" singing "Do you know the way to San Jose…"
(2021-04-09). Death Or Ukraine: US Delegation Came On Donbass Frontlines Under Nazi Flags. southfront.org 
The Ukrainian Armed Forces hung up the German War Ensign of the Third Reich. According to the official representative of the People's Militia of the Republic it was linked with the The video of DPR National Militia, showing the flag waving over Ukrainian positions in the village of Maryinka that is under the contro…
(2021-04-09). Ukraine Or Death: US Delegation Came On Donbass Frontlines Under Nazi Flags. southfront.org The Ukrainian Armed Forces hung up the German War Ensign of the Third Reich. According to the official representative of the People's Militia of the Republic it was linked with the The video of DPR National Militia, showing the flag waving over Ukrainian positions in the village of Maryinka that is under the contro…
(2021-04-09). US Defense Secretary Austin Travels To Israel, Germany, NATO HQ And United Kingdom. eurasiareview.com 
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III will embark on an overseas trip Saturday, April 10, to meet with government and military leaders in Israel, Germany, NATO Headquarters in Belgium, and the United Kingdom. | Secretary Austin will meet with his counterparts and other senior officials to discuss the importance of international defense relationships, and reinforce the United States' commitment to deterrence and defense, burden sharing, and enduring trans-Atlantic security. | In Israel, Secretary Austin will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benjamin Gantz, to continue close…
(2021-04-09). Western Media Incite Anti-Asian Racism. popularresistance.org Over the past few weeks, the subject of anti-Asian racism has received an unusual degree of Western media attention, ever since a video showing the January 28 killing of Vicha Ratanapakdee, an 84-year-old Thai immigrant in San Francisco, was widely shared on social media. Coverage intensified when gunman Robert Aaron Long targeted three Asian-owned spas on March 6, killing six Asian women among eight victims in Atlanta, Georgia. Local and national media centered the gunman's professed motive of a "sex addiction" and police statements disputing whether the crime was racially motivated, even though gendered racism…
(2021-04-09). México — Montajes televisivos y matrimonios peligrosos. globalizacion.ca La sucinta retransmisión en Palacio Nacional durante la mañanera del día 7 del telemontaje que realizó el Canal 2 de Televisa (Primero Noticias) en diciembre de 2005 sobre la detención de los presuntos secuestradores Israel Vallarta —todavía en prisión y…
(2021-04-09). UN chief calls for concerted efforts to counter hate-driven movements. ecns.cn United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for concerted efforts to defeat hate-driven movements to prevent history from repeating itself as the world was marking the anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
(2021-04-09). Arabic press review: UAE accused of selling Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem. middleeasteye.net 
Arabic press review: UAE accused of selling Palestinian lands in East Jerusalem | Meanwhile, the UAE hosts the first Holocaust Remembrance Day in the Arab world, Jordan denies claims that Bassam Awadallah has been released, and a Moroccan journalist goes on hunger strike | Fri, 04/09/2021 – 11: 54 | The predominantly Arab neighbourhood of Silwan, just outside the Old City in occupied East Jerusa…
(2021-04-09). Oliver Hermanus: "Moffie" Links White Supremacy and Homophobia as Macho Perversions. scheerpost.com Photo courtesy of Daniel Rutland Manners. An IFC Films Release.] Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play "Moffie," a new South African movie billed as an apartheid-era " queer war film," tells the story of the closeted 16-year-old Nicholas (Kai Luke Brummer) and his conscription into South Africa's military service to fight a war against communist Angola in the 1980s. The film… |
(2021-04-09). Scheer Intelligence: "Moffie" Links White Supremacy And Homophobia As Macho Perversions. popularresistance.org "Moffie," a new South African movie billed as an apartheid-era "queer war film," tells the story of the closeted 16-year-old Nicholas (Kai Luke Brummer) and his conscription into South Africa's military service to fight a war against communist Angola in the 1980s. The film, in movie theaters and On Demand platforms, is based on André Carl van der Merwe's autobiographical novel "Moffie"—a homophobic slur. It explores with great nuance the complex realities of apartheid-era South Africa and the dangerous ideologies pervasive in its solely white male armed forces. On this week's installment of "Scheer Intellig…
(2021-04-09). In huge victory for the Arab Community, Sharon Brannigan defeated in Palos Township. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement by the #ByeBrannigan campaign.
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| On Tuesday, April 6th, 2021, the #ByeBrannigan campaign, led by Arab community organizers of the southwest suburbs of Chicago, mobilized hundreds of Palestinians, Yemenis, and other Arabs to the polls to defeat the racist Sharon Brannigan, who lost the race for Palos Township Assessor in a landslide to incumbent Robert Maloney. | But it wasn't Maloney who won the election. It was the Arab community and its allies that are responsible for this historic victory, three years and nine months after the launc…
(2021-04-09). The great festival of democracy. zcomm.org The Palestinians have an opportunity to demand from those who wish to represent them to lay down their positions and their visions on the future of Palestine…
(2021-04-08). Anti-Racist Movements in Brazil: Activist Series. dsausa.org RSVP Here Around the world, Black-led movements are raising the stakes in our collective struggles. This discussion series with leading Black and Indigenous militants from across Brazil spotlights their experiences in organizing against state violence, workplace exploitation, and structural racism everywhere from education to healthcare. Today's movements facing neo-fascism, militarization, and an unprecedented public health…
(2021-04-08). Palestinians welcome resumption of US aid to UNRWA. peoplesdispatch.org In 2018, the Donald Trump-led US administration had stopped humanitarian aid to the UN agency which caters to the need of 5.7 million Palestinian refugees in the occupied territories and beyond…
(2021-04-08). The Far Right in Uniform: How Extreme is the U.S. Military? counterpunch.org 
It was around noon and I was texting a friend about who-knows-what when I added, almost as an afterthought: "tho they seem to be invading the Capitol at the mo." I wasn't faintly as blasé as that may sound on January 6th, especially when it became ever clearer who "they" were and what they were
(2021-04-08). Western Media Incite Anti-Asian Racism When They Join in Cold War Against China. fair.org 
Over the past few weeks, the subject of anti-Asian racism has received an unusual degree of Western media attention, ever since a video showing the January 28 killing of
(2021-04-08). 42-year-old Palestinian father of five is the latest victim of Israel's 'murder at checkpoint'. peoplesdispatch.org 42-year-old Osama Mansour was shot in front of his wife while they were leaving an Israeli military checkpoint on their way back home. The soldiers fired on them after asking them to drive away following a search of the vehicle…
(2021-04-08). Mrs. Hemingway, Israel, and the Palestinians. juancole.com Middlebury, Vt. (Special to Informed Comment) — In the current PBS series on Ernest Hemingway's life and work, Martha Gellhorn, the journalist and novelist who was the third of Hemingway' four wives, is sympathetically and vividly featured. But one important, perhaps defining, aspect of her life is glossed over. Similarly, in the 2012 HBO movie …
(2021-04-08). Vaccination in Israel: Challenging Mortality Figures? globalresearch.ca The report below is an excerpt from Israel National News A …
(2021-04-08). Habitual Felony Offender Act: Alabama law produces long prison sentences for questionable prior convictions. splcenter.org  …
(2021-04-08). US: Muslim Advocacy Group Sues Facebook Over Hate Speech Use. telesurenglish.net Muslim Advocates, a civil rights organization based in Washington, DC, in the United States, has repeatedly called on the social media giant to take more decisive actions on content displaying anti-Muslim bigotry and white supremacist content. | RELATED: | Muslim Advocates is one of several civil rights organizations that have repeatedly called on Facebook to do more to eliminate anti-Muslim bigotry and white supremacist co…
(2021-04-08). UK: Ex-minister accuses pro-Israel lobbyists of 'disgusting interference'. middleeasteye.net 
UK: Ex-minister accuses pro-Israel lobbyists of 'disgusting interference' | Alan Duncan has said that the Conservative Friends of Israel fiercely lobbied to prevent him becoming Middle East minister | Thu, 04/08/2021 – 11: 26 | Former British Minister of State for Europe and the Americas Alan Duncan gestures during a joint press conference with Ecuador's Ambassador Jaime Marchan at Victoria Gard…
(2021-04-08). COMUNICAZIONE RIGUARDO MISSIVE RICEVUTE DA MEXICO CHIAPAS. indybay.org DICHIARAZIONE COMANDO SUPREMO GABINETTO DI GUERRA RIGUARDI MISSIVE RICEVUTE DA MEXICO…
(2021-04-08). Lockdown for the Military. indybay.org Life can only be saved with a consistent policy of social justice, of cooperation instead of capitalist competition for profit and supremacy. Peace is the basis of sustainable politics. The world is too small, too vulnerable, nature too endangered for wars and military. Climate justice requires no to war and yes to disarmament.
(2021-04-08). Israeli Strikes On Damascus, 4 Syrian Soldiers Injured. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | In the late hours of April 7th and the early hours of April 8th, Syrian air defense intercepted alleged Israeli missiles fired from the occupied Golan Heights. | #Damascus vicinity tonight. — Joe Truzman (@Jtruzmah)
(2021-04-08). Iran And Israel In The World's Most Dangerous Game Of Battleship. southfront.org | | | donationalerts.com/r/southfront : gumroad.com/southfront http: //southfront.org/donate/ or via: www.patreon.com/southfront, 3Gbs4rjcVUtQd8p3CiFUCxPLZwRqurezRZ, qpf2cphc5dkuclkqur7lhj2yuqq9pk3hmukle77vhq, 0x9f4cda013e354b8fc285bf4b9a60460cee7f7ea9 Israeli and Ir…
(2021-04-08). The Netanyahu Bribery and Corruption Scandal, the New Knesset Vote for Him to Become President. globalresearch.ca As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court on Monday …
(2021-04-08). Israel tells International Criminal Court it doesn't have authority to investigate crimes in Palestinian territories. rt.com 
Tel Aviv has formally responded to the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s plans to investigate possible war crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories, claiming the tribunal does not have jurisdiction over Israel. | "Israel has decided to respond to the notice sent by the ICC and make clear it is acting without having the jurisdiction to do so," the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in a statement carried by Israeli media on Thursday. | "Moreover, it should be noted that Israel is a law-abiding country that is capable of carrying out its own investigation." | Israel had been given until A…
(2021-04-08). Israel will not cooperate with ICC probe, government says. middleeasteye.net 
Israel will not cooperate with ICC probe, government says | Israel says the International Criminal Court does not have jurisdiction to investigate alleged Israeli war crimes | Thu, 04/08/2021 – 19: 41 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously called the ICC's efforts to investigate Israel 'pure antisemitism' (AFP/File photo) | Israel will formally notify the International Criminal Court (ICC)…
(2021-04-08). Grassroots Organizers Mobilize to Defend Kshama Sawant Against Recall Effort. truthout.org 
On April 1, Washington State's Supreme Court The forces arrayed against her are formidable…
(2021-04-08). "Vaccine Passports": ACLU Warns of Privacy Nightmare That Could Create "Two-Tiered Society" democracynow.org 
As people try to find a safe way to gather and travel during the pandemic, there is growing interest in documenting who has been vaccinated or tested negative for COVID-19. The World Health Organization has warned so-called vaccine passports may not be an effective way to reopen, and healthcare professionals argue vaccine certificates may further exacerbate vaccine inequality. New York is already testing a digital vaccine passport app made by IBM called the Excelsior Pass, while countries including the U.K. and Israel have issued their own versions of electronic vaccine certificates. The U.S. government has ruled…
(2021-04-08). Headlines for April 8, 2021. democracynow.org Global Coronavirus Cases Surge, With Record Daily Infections in India, Turkey and Iran, Brazil's President Rejects Nationwide Lockdown Despite Record COVID-19 Death Toll, Countries Cut Back on AstraZeneca Vaccinations After Reports of Rare Blood Clots, U.S. COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Rise, Driven by Young People, Gaza Strip Locks Down Amid COVID Surge and Vaccine Shortage as Cases Plummet in Israel, U.S. Restores Financial Aid to U.N. Relief Agency for Palestine, Biden Names Gun Control Advocate to Lead Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Sen. Joe Manchin Doubles Down on Opposition to We…
(2021-04-08). Israel 'flagrantly violated' obligations to vaccinate Palestinians, Amnesty says. middleeasteye.net 
Israel 'flagrantly violated' obligations to vaccinate Palestinians, Amnesty says | Rights group says failure to vaccinate Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza is a sign of 'institutionalised discrimination' | Thu, 04/08/2021 – 16: 52 | For Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank and Israeli-blockaded Gaza, the vaccination rollout has lagged far behind (AFP) | Amnesty International has accused…