April 2021 Archives

Monthly Archives: April 2021

2021-04-11: News Headlines

teleSUR (2021-04-11). Cuban and Venezuelan Authorities Mourn Ramsey Clarks's Death. telesurenglish.net As an Attorney General, Clark stood up for civil rights and liberties in the Jonhson administration (1963-1969). He oversaw the drafting of the Civil Rights act, sanctioned housing discrimination, ordered a moratorium on federal executions and prison construction, and fought discrimination in employment alongside many other causes of social injustice.

J.B. Gerald (2021-04-11). A Knee on the Neck of Long-term Political Prisoners. dissidentvoice.org The line between clearly defined political prisoners and prisoners targeted to make points for the political power structure is hidden. Criminalization is a standard tool of racial supremacists. George Floyd's death is familiar a thousand times over because it restates the predominant ethic of law enforcement's historical treatment of a minority population as revealed in …

Labor Video Projec t (2021-04-11). USF, Hanging Nooses & The Struggle Against Racism with BSU President. indybay.org Another hanging noose has been put up at the University of San Francisco. UCF BSU president Brianna Johnson talks with WorkWeek about this incident and how the University officials have dealt with this.,…

Dorothy Grace Guerrero (2021-04-11). Vaccine Apartheid: A Threat to an Inclusive COP26. commondreams.org Rich nations are vaccinating one person every second while the majority of the poorest nations are yet to give a single dose. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Anonymous669 (2021-04-11). Recent Israeli Strikes On Syria Destroyed Air Defense Systems, Warehouse: Satellite Images. southfront.org Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-35 Lightning II fighter jet takes part in a graduation ceremony for IAF pilots at the Hatzerim base in Israel's Negev desert on December 26, 2018. (Jack Guez/AFP) | The recent The…

Anonymous669 (2021-04-11). Israeli-French Drone Spotted In Moroccan Airport. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. | A drone jointly developed by France and Israel was recently spotted in a Moroccan airport located on the coast of the disputed region of Western Sahara. | On April 10, a number of sources shared a photo showing the drone, identified as an EADS Harfang, in Dakhla Airport. A short video of the drone flying over an unspecified part of Morocco also surfaced online. | The Harfang, known as Système Intérimaire de Drone [The Interim medium-altitude, long-endurance drone system] was specially developed…

Nur Ayoubi (2021-04-11). BAFTA: Palestinian film 'The Present' wins best short film award. middleeasteye.net BAFTA: Palestinian film 'The Present' wins best short film award | Set in the occupied West Bank, the film's achievement is testament to its accurate representation of the Palestinian experience | Sun, 04/11/2021 – 12: 43 | "The Present" is also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film | The Present, a movie set in the occupied West Bank and directed by British-Palestinian filmmaker F…

Kenny Stancil (2021-04-11). Biden Creates Commission to Study Supreme Court Reform. zcomm.org "To restore our democracy, we must expand the Supreme Court," says Rep. Mondaire Jones…

Bruce Hartford (2021-04-11). Jim Crow Voting Laws — Then and Now. zcomm.org Though the old and new methods and details are different, the political goal remains the same — maintenance of white-supremacy…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-10). Pre-emptive Nuclear War: The Role of Israel in Triggering an Attack on Iran. globalresearch.ca The text below is Chapter III of Michel Chossudovsky's book entitled: This chapter provides a …

Joshua Cho (2021-04-10). Western media incite anti-Asian racism when they join in Cold War against China. mronline.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. | April 10, 2021 | Newswire…

Kenny Stancil (2021-04-10). Biden creates commission to study Supreme Court expansion, other reforms. nationofchange.org "Congress has the power, and the constitutional duty, to set the size of the court, as it has seven times throughout our history."

_____ (2021-04-10). Truth Commission Details Horrible Crimes Akin To Native American Genocide And Slavery. popularresistance.org With a new Cold War heating up between the U.S. and Russia and China, Witness for Peace Southwest, Addicted to War and CodePink organized a Truth Commission on the original Cold War on March 21st, which brought together the testimony of historians, activists and others who lived through the period. | Following a hearing three years ago, the Zoom event was hosted by Frank Dorrel, publisher of the popular anti-war text Addicted to War, and Rachel Bruhnke, a high school Spanish teacher and member of Witness for Peace Southwest. In her opening remarks, Bruhnke emphasized that the Cold War should rank as one of three…

samidoun (2021-04-10). Video: Defending Palestine, Fighting Repression — international webinar. samidoun.net On Friday, 9 April, Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network organized an international webinar on "Defending Palestine, Fighting Repression." Inspired by a number of recent attacks on the Palestinian and Palestine solidarity movement internationally, including the labeling of Samidoun as a "terrorist organization" by Israeli Defense Minister and war criminal Benny Gantz; the demand by a member of the French national assembly to dissolve Collectif Palestine Vaincra, and ongoing repression of Palestine organizing in Germany, the event brought together activists engaged in resisting repression and building…

samidoun (2021-04-10). Open letter on the assassination of labour and Indigenous activists in the Philippines. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joined with the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) Canada and 64 more organizations and individuals in response to "Bloody Sunday," the assassination of 9 labour and Indigenous leaders in the Philippines by the Philippines National Army on 4-7 March 2021. Sixty-five organizations (including churches, trade unions and Filipino associations) and prominent individuals based in Canada have jointly sent a letter calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to publicly condemn the state-sponsored terror perpetrated by the government of Philip…

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-10). U.S. Secretaries of Defense and State Headed to NATO Headquarters Over Ukraine Crisis. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Secretaries of Defense and State Headed to NATO Headquarters Over Ukraine CrisisRick Rozoff The Defense Department announced on April 8 that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was to leave today to consult with civilian and military leaders in Israel, Germany, NATO headquarters in Brussels and Great Britain. Topics to be discussed include international defense …

_____ (2021-04-10). How Corporate America Supports Racism, Hatred And Exploitation. popularresistance.org If you've been paying even a modicum of attention to the world at large, you've noticed that white supremacists constitute a bit of a problem in America. They led an insurrection at our Capitol recently. They've been involved in many mass shootings. I, along with many others, was nearly killed by one a few years ago in Charlottesville, Va.after he tried to murder as many peaceful protesters as possible. Our police forces are brimming with white supremacist assholes. And I think they had a popular TV show about ducks and beards not too long ago. | So I believe we can all admit that there are large groups of racist…

Kehinde Andrews (2021-04-10). [Perspectives] Racism is the public health crisis. thelancet.com The US police killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd in 2020 sparked a set of responses and uprisings to racism that may have seemed different but should by now be all too familiar. Huge numbers of people protested, institutions made all the right noises, and there have been increased book sales for Black authors. The sheer size of the protests and the commitments from governments and corporations to make lasting changes have led to renewed optimism that this time it may be different. Yet there are persisting, major deficits in our collective education about racism and protest.

NorCal Against Fascism (2021-04-10). 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.

reprint from SJSU President (2021-04-10). 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…"

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2021-04-10). Friday 4/16: Fighting Racism at Home and Imperialism Abroad. indybay.org Virtual forum | Register at bit.ly/education4thepeople…

Joshua Cho (2021-04-10). Western Media Incite Anti-Asian Racism When They Join in Cold War Against China. commondreams.org Western news outlets have deceptively omitted the centrality of media-promoted Sinophobia to this latest spike in hate crimes toward anyone perceived to be Chinese. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Rabbi Allen S. Maller (2021-04-10). An Islamic Arab Party May Make An Israeli Government — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Lacking a clear path to forming a government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is delving deep into his bag of political tricks. To reach a majority, Netanyahu needs the support of Yamina leader Naftali Bennett, who he has already met. However, even with Yamina's seven seats, Netanyahu would still be two seats shy of a majority. | Some people in Netanyahu's right-wing religious bloc have entertained a government propped up by the Islamist Arab Ra'am party, which with its four seats emerged from the elections as a potential kingmaker. | Netanyahu's allies in the far-right Religious Zionism party have rejected…

Juan Cole (2021-04-10). Tucker Carlson touts 'Replacement' Conspiracy Theory; but his own Ancestor could have been Lynched. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Grand Dragon Tucker Carlson went on another Fox News show to push his streaming program, and while there was struck with diarrhea of the larynx, oozing amid loud excretions a hateful farrago of antisemitic white supremacy. He openly embraced the tin foil hat conspiracy theory of "replacement," the notion that …

Rick Rozoff (2021-04-10). US Secretaries of Defense and State Headed to NATO Headquarters Over Ukraine Crisis. news.antiwar.com The Defense Department announced on April 8 that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was to leave today to consult with civilian and military leaders in Israel, Germany, NATO headquarters in Brussels and Great Britain. Topics to be discussed include international defense relationships, burden sharing and "enduring trans-Atlantic security." The last is a reference to NATO. …

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-10). Republicans Block US Aid to Palestinians. news.antiwar.com Congressional Republicans Senator James Risch (R-ID) and Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the ranking members of their respective committees on foreign affairs, put a hold on the notification for USAID on the reinstated fun…

Staff (2021-04-10). Corporations Criticize Georgia's Racist Voting Bill After Giving Big to GOP. truthout.org Corporate America is clashing with GOP leaders over Georgia Republicans' A slew of corporations have

ecns.cn (2021-04-10). China pilots enterprise compliance reform in 10 regions. ecns.cn China has launched the second round of its pilot reform of enterprise compliance in 10 provincial-level regions, including Beijing, Liaoning and Shanghai, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Thursday.

Christopher Lawrence* (2021-04-10). Bora Balaj Has Crafted A Story Of Kosovo In A Crisis — Review. eurasiareview.com After the death of Tito, the former Yugoslavia a collective of republics put together after World War 2 , slowly fell into conflict Slovenia and Croatia called for decentralization then declared independence on June 25th 1991 and by 1992 the ethnic cleansing by Serb forces began, with this brutal backdrop Bora Balaj has crafted a story of Kosovo in a crisis, a struggle for the liberation of Albanians soon to be driven out by conflict, threats, rape and genocide. | With a bright confidence in words and language a story told from the heart about Lola a bride to be of the summer, to her promised Flamur, found wit…

Nilesh Kunwar (2021-04-10). Pakistan Army's 'Culture Of Entitlement' — OpEd. eurasiareview.com If an outsider was to say that there's rampant corruption in Pakistan army, especially within the top echelons, Pakistan army's media wing Inter Services Public Relations [ISPR] would label that person a "RAW agent" trying to malign the military and terming such assertions as "motivated", outrightly dismiss the same. However, what explanation can ISPR offer when patriotic and well-meaning people in Pakistan level similar charges against Rawalpindi? | In her extensively researched book "Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy" published in 2007, noted Pakistani activist Ayesha Siddiqa reveals the high…

Prabir Purkayastha (2021-04-10). The West is practicing vaccine apartheid on a global level. peoplesdispatch.org China and India are the only two major countries that have been willing to export vaccines while also vaccinating their own people. Meanwhile, to rich countries, the billions of dollars of vaccine market for Big Pharma far outweigh the benefits of saving millions of lives…

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2021-04-10: News Headlines

Labor Video Projec t (2021-04-10). USF, Hanging Nooses & The Struggle Against Racism with BSU President. indybay.org Another hanging noose has been put up at the University of San Francisco. UCF BSU president Brianna Johnson talks with WorkWeek about this incident and how the University officials have dealt with this.,…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2021-04-10). Friday 4/16: Fighting Racism at Home and Imperialism Abroad. indybay.org Virtual forum | Register at bit.ly/education4thepeople…

Paul Street (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). '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…

teleSUR (2021-04-09). Bolsonaro Rejects Supreme Court's COVID-19 Pandemic Inquiry. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro rejected a Supreme Court probe of his administration's response to the COVID-1 pandemic. Bolsonaro said that the court has "no moral courage" to carry out the investigation. | RELATED: | The reaction comes after Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso demanded this Thursday that the Senate conduct an inquiry into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, which Bolsonaro has publicly…

Reynard Loki (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

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-09). Police crackdown on communist activists amid unrest in Kenya and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we take a look at the crackdown on communist activists in Kenya, ILO's report on widespread job losses in the LAC region, a hunger strike by undocumented workers for pandemic aid in the US, Israel's announcement that it will not cooperate with the ICC probe, and the withdrawal of felony charges against 3 organizers in the US.

Max Blumenthal (2021-04-09). Anti-war activist visited by police after posting embarrassing AOC video. thegrayzone.com An anti-war activist 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 approached, he …

Casey Davidson (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 …

Ted Kelly (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 . . . |

Ramzy Baroud (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 …

Thomas Klikauer (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

Lee Camp (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.

Peoples Dispatch (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…

Pasqualina Curcio (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…

WSWS (2021-04-09). Israel escalates attacks on Iran, targeting vessel in Red Sea. wsws.org The attack signals Israel's determination to continue its naval offensive against Iran, despite potential reprisals from Tehran and the danger of an escalation into all-out war.

_____ (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). 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…

Dan Bacher (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.

Eduardo Ibarra Aguirre (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…

Moderator (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…

Fight Back (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…

Gershon Baskin (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…

Mohammad Ayesh (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…

Anonymous103 (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…

Anonymous103 (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…

ecns.cn (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.

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2021-04-09: News Headlines

Arab News (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…

Max Blumenthal (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 …

Ramzy Baroud (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

NorCal Against Fascism (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.

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2021-04-09). Friday 4/16: Fighting Racism at Home and Imperialism Abroad. indybay.org Virtual forum | Register at bit.ly/education4thepeople…

reprint from SJSU President (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…"

Eurasia Review (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…

pyeverino (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…

Peoples Dispatch (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…

Nan Levinson (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

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (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

Peoples Dispatch (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…

Shalom Goldman (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 …

Israel National News (2021-04-08). Vaccination in Israel: Challenging Mortality Figures? globalresearch.ca The report below is an excerpt from Israel National News A …

splcenter (2021-04-08). Habitual Felony Offender Act: Alabama law produces long prison sentences for questionable prior convictions. splcenter.org &nbsp…

teleSUR (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…

Alex MacDonald (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…

PAULUS (2021-04-08). COMUNICAZIONE RIGUARDO MISSIVE RICEVUTE DA MEXICO CHIAPAS. indybay.org DICHIARAZIONE COMANDO SUPREMO GABINETTO DI GUERRA RIGUARDI MISSIVE RICEVUTE DA MEXICO…

Reiner Brown (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.

Anonymous007 (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)

Anonymous765 (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…

Michael Jansen (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 …

RT (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…

MEE staff (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)…

Staff (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…

webdev (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…

webdev (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…

MEE staff (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…

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Moderator (2021-04-08). Lee Camp: How Corporate America Supports Racism, Hatred & Exploitation (in New & Fun Ways!). scheerpost.com Mike Mozart / CC BY 2.0] By Lee Camp / Original to ScheerPost If you've been paying even a modicum of attention to the world at large, you've noticed that white supremacists constitute a bit of a problem in America. They led an insurrection at our Capitol recently. They've been involved in many mass shootings. I, along with many others, was nearly killed by one a few years ago in Charlottesville… |

Editor2 (2021-04-08). Biden and Latin America. orinocotribune.com By Alexander Main — Apr 5, 2021 | Late in the morning of November 8, 2020 cheering and honking erupted throughout Washington, DC as news outlets announced that Joe Biden was the projected winner of the US presidential election. Thousands of mostly young Washingtonians gathered in Black Lives Matter Plaza, across from the White House, to celebrate the defeat of a blatantly racist, sexist, and xenophobic president. | Relief and joy were also palpable in the city's well-heeled neighborhoods, where senior civil servants and government contractors could at last envision a return to the more normal and predictable…

Israel National News (2021-04-08). Vaccination in Israel: Challenging Mortality Figures? globalresearch.ca The report below is an excerpt from Israel National News A …

Elie Mystal (2021-04-08). How the Supreme Court Gave Cops a License to Kill. thenation.com How the Supreme Court Gave Cops a License to Kill…

MEE staff (2021-04-08). Israeli settlers take control of Palestinian property and land in East Jerusalem. middleeasteye.net Israeli settlers take control of Palestinian property and land in East Jerusalem | Three residential buildings and a plot of land sold in secret expand settler presence in mostly-Palestinian areas of contested capital | Thu, 04/08/2021 – 15: 01 | An Israeli flag hangs on a building inhabited by Israeli settlers in the Silwan neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem, 15 June 2016 (AFP) | More than 100 Israeli s…

Andy Piascik (2021-04-08). White Supremacist Organizations and White Workers. zcomm.org With living standards in decline, the appeal of those who blame Blacks, women, gays and immigrants of color will continue unless a concerted effort is made to organize among white workers…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-04-08). From His Solitary Confinement, Marwan Barghouti Holds the Key to Fatah's Future. zcomm.org As it stands, the key to the future of Fatah is now held by a Palestinian prisoner, Marwan Barghouti, who has been kept by Israel, largely in solitary confinement, since 2002…

Barbara Karatsioli (2021-04-08). Feminism, war and racism. zcomm.org 'Above all, we have to ask ourselves what have we achieved?'

Staff (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…

Staff (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…

Jason Ditz (2021-04-08). Israeli Warplanes Attack Syrian Capital, Wounding Four Soldiers. news.antiwar.com Syrian state media is reporting that Israeli warplanes operating in Lebanon attacked the capital city of Damascus overnight, with Syrian air defenses were quick to activate during the attack, and Syria reported that they were able to shoot down most of the missiles before anything was hit. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the attacks were aimed at a military post. | Lebanon's al-Manar TV reported that air defense missiles were heard exploding near the border. The…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-08). Report: Israeli Spy Chief Headed to Washington to Work Against Iran Deal. news.antiwar.com According to a report from Israeli TV, Israel's Channel 13 reported on Wednesday that Cohen will be making the trip in the coming days and is expected to meet with senior White House and US intelligence officials. The report said Israel is trying to arrange a face-to-face meeting between Cohen and Biden. | Cohen is expected to claim that Iran is hiding deta…

Dan Bacher (2021-04-08). 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.

PAULUS (2021-04-08). COMUNICAZIONE RIGUARDO MISSIVE RICEVUTE DA MEXICO CHIAPAS. indybay.org DICHIARAZIONE COMANDO SUPREMO GABINETTO DI GUERRA RIGUARDI MISSIVE RICEVUTE DA MEXICO…

The Socialist Program (2021-04-07). In the News — Biden's Top Priority: Spending for Military Supremacy over Infrastructure. liberationnews.org Brian Becker, Esther Iverem Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss the new U.S. moves to escalate tension with China, the trial of Derek Chauvin, the latest on the Biden administration's infrastructure plan, and more.

Nick Cunningham (2021-04-07). Indigenous youth rally calls on Biden to cancel Line 3 and Dakota Access Pipelines. nationofchange.org The White House remains silent on both of the pipeline projects, which Indigenous communities say are blatant cases of racism and injustice.

Marjorie Cohn (2021-04-07). Calling Chauvin a "Bad Apple" Denies Systemic Nature of Racist Police Violence. orinocotribune.com By Marjorie Cohn — Apr 3, 2021 | As the murder trial of Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd proceeds, the prosecution will try to portray the defendant as a "bad apple." In his opening statement, prosecutor Jerry Blackwell alerted the jurors that they would hear police officials testify Chauvin used excessive force in violation of departmental policy to apply restraints only as necessary to bring a person under control. However, this argument obfuscates the racist violence inherent in the U.S. system of policing. | The first prosecution witness to testify about Minnesota Police Department (MPD) policies w…

Tomdispatch (2021-04-07). Has the Far Right infiltrated the US Armed Forces? juancole.com By Nan Levinson | — ( Tomdispatch.com ) — 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 …

James M. Dorsey (2021-04-07). Jordan Is Where Domestic And Regional Fissures Collide — Analysis. eurasiareview.com Former Crown Prince Hamzah bin Hussein has papered over a rare public dispute in the ruling Jordanian family in a move that is unlikely to resolve long-standing fissures in society and among the country's elite and that echo multiple Middle Eastern fault lines. | Differences over socio-economic policies, governance, and last year's normalization of relations between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and three other Arab states as well as leadership of the Muslim world were laid glaringly bare by a security crackdown that targeted not only Prince Hamzah, a popular, modest, and pious 41-year-old half-brother of K…

samidoun (2021-04-07). Take action: Support the #HungerStrike4Yemen — stop U.S. support for the Saudi blockade of Yemen #YemenCantWait. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is honored to join and endorse the hunger strikers and the Yemeni Liberation Movement on the 10th day of their strike to demand the US end ALL support to the Saudi-led blockade on Yemen. The blockade, now in its fourth month, has prevented all fuel and food from entering the country, leading to mass starvation, electricity shortages, and death. All this while the Yemeni people have endured six years of onslaught from the Saudi-led coalition: The people of Yemen are being starved due to a war tactics blockade that has been imposed by Saudi-led, US-supported forces.

Kenneth Surin (2021-04-07). The UK's Official Report on Racism is a Travesty. counterpunch.org Protests over the killing of George Floyd occurred outside the US. In the UK these protests prompted the government to order an official report on racial inequality. The setting-up of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED, a sardonic appellation worthy of George Orwell's 1984) by Boris "BoJo" Johnson was a version of an age-old strategy, namely, appoint a commission of trusties who can then be guaranteed to deliver a whitewash (even though the 10-person commission had only 1 white member).

Sameena Rahman (2021-04-07). Georgia: Democracy for who? liberationnews.org A sweeping attack on voting rights, SB 202, signed into law by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp last week, is causing outrage across the country.

teleSUR (2021-04-07). France to Declassify Documents on the Rwandan Genocide. telesurenglish.net The French government announced that the National Archives will allow public access to telegrams, confidential notes, and other documents related to the Rwandan genocide, a tragic event in which 800,000 people were killed between April 7 and July 15, 1994. | RELATED: | The documents also include the papers of then-President Francois Mitterrand and his Prime Minister Edouard Balladur. This decision coincides with the publicat…

_____ (2021-04-07). Israel Attacks Iranian Command Ship In Red Sea. popularresistance.org An Iranian command ship stationed in the Red Sea was damaged in an Israeli mine attack on Tuesday, a US official has told the New York Times (NYT). | The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: "The Israelis had notified the United States that its forces had struck the vessel at about 7.30am local time." | The official said the ship was damaged below the water line and that Israel had called the attack a retaliation for earlier Iranian strikes on Israeli vessels. | Iran's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that the vessel, the Saviz, had been targeted in the Red Sea, a day after media reports that th…

Carolyn Hendler (2021-04-07). Government in Israel Sharing Personal Information on Unvaccinated People. globalresearch.ca A new law in Israel will allow the government to share …

WSWS (2021-04-07). The campaign over racism at General Motors and the class character of identity politics. wsws.org A campaign by African American media millionaires over charges of racism at General Motors concluded last week with an agreement from giant to quadruple its advertising spending with black-owned media over the next four years.

Andrea Germanos, staff writer (2021-04-07). Kenya Lashes Out at UK Over 'Discriminatory' Travel Ban and 'Vaccine Apartheid'. commondreams.org "This vaccine apartheid, coupled with the reckless calls for vaccine passports while not making the vaccines available to all nations, widens existing inequalities and makes it near impossible for the world to win the war against the pandemic," the ministry said. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Kenny Stancil, staff writer (2021-04-07). Biden Pushed to Permanently Scrap 'Trump's Xenophobic and Racist Wall'. commondreams.org "The wall doesn't even begin to address any of the injustices plaguing the borderlands. It's nothing but a political prop for the GOP. Biden must stop it for good." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Mark Curtis (2021-04-07). Britain's Role in Rwanda's 1994 Genocide. globalresearch.ca First published in January 2017 | An edited extract from

IDN (2021-04-07). The West Should Declare It Has No Strategic Interest In Israel — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Jonathan Power* | On April 5, I watched on BBC News the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, walking into the courtroom where he is to be tried for corruption. He is impossible to read—his mask makes it even more difficult. In repose his intentions and personality are inscrutable. | On the most important political issue of all—whether to support a two-state solution—sometimes he has said he is for it, but now he says he doesn't. He prefers, it seems, to keep to the status quo, which means expanding Jewish settlements on Arab Palestinian land and refusing any political life to the oc…

commondreams (2021-04-07). In Supreme Court Briefs, Groups Take Aim at Dangerous Act 21 Interpretation. commondreams.org ______________________________…

A Guest Author (2021-04-07). Minneapolis protest demands justice for George Floyd. workers.org By Jess Sundin Hennepin County Government Center, Minneapolis, April 1 Minneapolis This is a shortened version of an article originally published in Fight Back! News about ongoing protests against the May 23, 2020, police murder of George Floyd, which sparked massive U.S. demonstrations against racism. The full article can be . . . |

Editor (2021-04-07). Destrozar la ley contra el voto en Georgia. workers.org El gobierno estatal, dominado por el Partido Republicano, ha impulsado un proyecto de ley que convierte a Georgia en el primer estado en aprobar una amplia ley contra el voto. Esta ley hace retroceder la protección del voto de los afroamericanos a las normas racistas anteriores a la Ley de . . . |

MEE staff (2021-04-07). Israel to build settlement units in East Jerusalem for first time during Biden presidency. middleeasteye.net Israel to build settlement units in East Jerusalem for first time during Biden presidency | The proposed 540 housing units will be built in the Palestinian neighbourhoods of Beit Safafa and Sharafat, creating a link between two major illegal settlements | Wed, 04/07/2021 – 13: 40 | Buildings under construction in the illegal Israeli settlement of Har Homa in occupied East Jerusalem, 17 January 2017 (AFP) | Isr…

MEE staff (2021-04-07). Biden administration restores $235m in aid to Palestinians. middleeasteye.net Biden administration restores $235m in aid to Palestinians | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says US assistance to Palestinians 'serves important US interests and values' | Wed, 04/07/2021 – 19: 49 | UNRWA provides essential basic services to Palestinian refugees, including health care and education (AFP/File photo) | The United States will restore $235m in humanitarian aid to Palestinians halted by forme…

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Carolyn Hendler (2021-04-07). Government in Israel Sharing Personal Information on Unvaccinated People. globalresearch.ca A new law in Israel will allow the government to share …

European Secretariat of the International Peoples' Assembly (2021-04-07). On Global Health Day: From medical apartheid to free vaccines for all. peoplesdispatch.org On this April 7, Gobal Health Day, the International Week of Anti-Imperialist Struggle organizes an international campaign asking to stop the medical apartheid, abolish the patents on the Covid-19-vaccines and, in this way, guarantee free vaccines for all…

Staff (2021-04-07). Do Prisons Keep Us Safe? Author Victoria Law Busts Myths About Mass Incarceration in New Book. democracynow.org As the first anniversary of the police killing of George Floyd approaches, we speak with author and journalist Victoria Law, who says despite the mass movement to fight systemic racism sparked by Floyd's death, persistent myths about policing, incarceration and the criminal justice system still hinder reform. "Why do we think prisons keep us safe? Obviously, Derek Chauvin wasn't afraid of being arrested or imprisoned when he killed George Floyd," says Law, who examines these issues in her new book, "'Prisons Make Us Safer': And 20 Other Myths About Mass Incarceration."

RT (2021-04-07). 4 Syrian soldiers injured in 'Israeli agression' over Damascus, Syrian state media report. rt.com Flashes and explosions tore up the night sky over the Syrian capital of Damascus. Air defenses intercepted the majority of incoming missiles, Syria's SANA news agency reported, calling the reported attack an "Israeli aggression." | Four Syrian servicemen were injured in the attack, that has also inflicted material losses, SANA reported. The missiles reportedly came in from the direction of Lebanon as well as the Golan Heights, a territory occupied by Israel since 1973. | There were

MEE staff (2021-04-07). Biden administration restores $235 million in aid to Palestinians. middleeasteye.net Biden administration restores $235 million in aid to Palestinians | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says US assistance to Palestinians 'serves important US interests and values' | Wed, 04/07/2021 – 19: 49 | UNRWA provides essential basic services to Palestinian refugees, including health care and education (AFP/File photo) | The United States will restore $235 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians h…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-07). Israel Slams Biden's Resumption of UN Agency's Funding for Palestinians. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration UNRWA provides assistance to millions of Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Jordan. Israel claims the organization is "anti-Semitic and a threat…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-07). Netanyahu: Iran Deal Threatens Israel 'With Annihilation'. news.antiwar.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped up his rhetoric against the Iran nuclear deal after talks to revive the agreement were held in Vienna on Tuesday. On Wednesday, "The nuclear deal with Iran is once again on the table. Such deals with extreme regimes are worthless," Netanyahu said at a speech during Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony. "A deal…

Nan Levinson (2021-04-07). The Far Right in Uniform. zcomm.org How Extreme Is the U.S. Military?>

Lauren Araiza (2021-04-07). Fred Hampton Was Right: We Must Fight Racism With Cross-Racial Solidarity. zcomm.org "We say you don't fight racism with racism — we're gonna fight racism with solidarity."

Reiner Brown (2021-04-07). 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.

Arab News (2021-04-07). Israel At Crossroads As Rivlin Reluctantly Calls On Netanyahu — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Yossi Mekelberg* | Over the last week, the Jewish population in Israel observed Passover, a week-long celebration of liberation from a tyrant leader and slavery, when most take time off to enjoy early spring and travel across the country visiting its beauty spots. Notably missing from those taking a break from work, however, were Israel's politicians, who were digesting the results of the previous week's election. The political beehive has been buzzing with activity in an effort to translate another indecisive outcome into something that is capable of ending two years of protracted political deadlock. | On…

Richard Silverstein (2021-04-07). Israeli President Mandates Netanyahu, Amidst Criminal Trial, To Form Government — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Israel has once again passed another milestone in corruption. For the first time, the president has tasked a party leader to form a government who is currently on trial facing criminal charges. Conviction would not only end his political career, but land him in prison. Yesterday, Pres. Rivlin faced the choice of awarding either Bibi Netanyahu or Yair Lapid with the task for forming a government. In prior consultation, the various parties offered 52 votes for Bibi to form the government and 45 for Lapid. A president usually offers the candidate with the most votes the mandate. But there is no rule saying he mus…

Morning Star (2021-04-07). Israel hints at responsibility for attack on Iranian ship as Vienna nuclear talks progress. peoplesworld.org

Mark Curtis (2021-04-07). Britain's Role in Rwanda's 1994 Genocide. globalresearch.ca First published in January 2017 | An edited extract from

Arab News (2021-04-07). Iranian Ship Linked To IRGC Attacked In Red Sea. eurasiareview.com An Iranian ship linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been attacked in the Red Sea. | The Saviz was hit by limpet mines, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday. | The attack took place off the coast of Eritrea and led to several injuries, according to Al Arabiya TV. | A US official told Reuters that the United States did not carry out the attack. | The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Israel has targeted at least 12 Iranian ships heading for Syria since late 2019. | The vessels have mostly been carrying oil in breach of US sanctions. However, the report said cargo and mi…

Rosalind English (2021-04-07). Law Pod UK new episode: Courts tussle with Uber, Ola and the Gig Economy. ukhumanrightsblog.com In Episode 139 of Law Pod UK Alasdair Henderson of 1 Crown Office Row joins Rosalind English to discuss the recent ruling by the UK Supreme Court that drivers whose work is arranged through Uber's smartphone app work for Uber under workers' contracts and so qualify for the protections afforded by employment law, such as …

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2021-04-07). Conflicts Compounded By COVID-19 Devastating Socio-Economic Development In Sub-Saharan Africa. eurasiareview.com The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the terrible legacy of deliberately divisive and destructive policies that have perpetuated inequality, discrimination, and oppression across Sub-Saharan Africa, Amnesty International said in its annual report published early April 2021. | Across the Sub-Saharan region, the devastating impact of armed conflict in countries such as Ethiopia, Mozambique, Cameroon, and Nigeria, was compounded by the pandemic as a number of states weaponized it to crack down on human rights. The crackdowns included killings of civilians and arrests of opposition politicians and supporters and huma…

WSWS (2021-04-06). Washington state Supreme Court allows right-wing recall campaign to proceed against Kshama Sawant. wsws.org Last Thursday, the Washington state supreme court allowed the right-wing recall petition against Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant to move forward.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-04-06). Rwanda: Installing a US Protectorate in Central Africa. globalresearch.ca From the outset of the Rwandan civil war in 1990, Washington's hidden agenda consisted in establishing an American sphere of influence in a region historically dominated by France and Belgium. America's design was to displace France by supporting the Rwandan Patriotic Front and by arming and equipping its military arm, the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA)…

Patrick Cockburn (2021-04-06). The UK's Race Report has Fueled the Controversy It was Supposed to Lay to Rest. counterpunch.org The government is back to its well-tried Inspector Clouseau mode with a public inquiry intended to discredit accusations of institutional racism that has done the exact opposite. This bit of self-inflicted foot-shooting came soon after half-baked efforts to suppress a protest on Clapham Common that guaranteed it worldwide publicity. The twin debacles have significant features

_____ (2021-04-06). The Necessity Of Dismantling The US. popularresistance.org On February 26th, I interviewed Ajamu Baraka for my podcast. Baraka is a veteran grassroots organizer whose roots are in the Black Liberation Movement and anti-apartheid and Central American solidarity struggles. He is an internationally recognized leader of the emerging human rights movement in the U.S. and has been at the forefront of efforts to apply the international human rights framework to social justice advocacy in the U.S. for more than 25 years. He is a National Organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace, whose activities we discussed. | Baraka has taught political science at various universities and ha…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-06). Palestinian prisoner Rushdi Abu Mokh is released after 35 years in Israeli custody. peoplesdispatch.org Rushdi Abu Mokh was arrested in 1986 and charged along with three others with the murder of an Israeli soldier and membership of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine…

Jim Miles (2021-04-06). "Engaging the World": Palestine and the Making of Hamas' Foreign Policy. globalresearch.ca Hamas has been a strongly maligned actor within the western mainstream …

Jesse Jackson (2021-04-06). Has America come any closer to Dr. King's dream? peoplesworld.org Last weekend marked the 53d anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination. Over half a century. Has America come any closer to his dream? He would be pleased at some of our progress. Segregation is no longer the law of the land. The Voting Rights Act helped open doors. Dr. King would be pleased that …

Fight Back (2021-04-06). Multiple Chicago protests against anti-Asian violence. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The racist March 16 murders of Soon Chung Park, Juncha Kim, Yong Ae Yue, Paul Andre Michels, Hyun Jung Grant, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng and Delaina Ashley Yaun in Atlanta, Georgia have caused a wave of revulsion and anger among the people, especially in the Asian community. The mainstreaming of extreme right-wing politics in the past decade, as the crisis of monopoly capitalism has continued to unfold, coupled with the bipartisan attacks against socialist China and People's Korea set the stage for this deadly attack. | The Asian community mobilized quickly to defend itself from racist terrorism. In…

Eds. (2021-04-06). Silencing Black voters, again. mronline.org Since the Civil War, voter suppression in America has had a unique cast. | April 6, 2021 | Newswire…

Keith Harmon Snow (2021-04-06). "Hotel Rwanda" Hero Kidnapped: Another Victim of Rwanda's Grinding Machine. dissidentvoice.org It is the 6th of April again and the western establishment's corporate media intelligence propaganda system has again been cranking out black propaganda that continues to buttress the false narratives about genocide in Central Africa. Under this falsification of consciousness, the victims become the killers and the killers become the victims, and the true role …

Fawzia Afzal-Khan (2021-04-06). In Memoriam: Nawal el Saadawi, 1931-2021. counterpunch.org "It is very clear that neo-colonialism and religious fundamentalism are two faces of the same coin. You cannot exploit people without some sort of divine power or some sort of religion." Rereading this sentence from Nawal's foreword to my edited collection, Shattering the Stereotypes: Muslim Women Speak Out, published by the wonderful Palestinian-American press Interlink

K. Lloyd Billingsley (2021-04-06). The Art Of The New Racism — OpEd. eurasiareview.com "Certain San Francisco artists may receive $1,000 a month under a new city program, the latest in a series of universal basic income initiatives cropping up in cities across California," writes They must be "San Francisco residents under certain income thresholds who faced economic loss during the pandemic." The recipients can be from "every artistic tradition," b…

Wim Laven (2021-04-06). Big Chickens in Georgia. counterpunch.org When I first moved to Georgia I received a quick education on a different way of life. As an icebreaker for my first day of teaching at Kennesaw State University I asked "why did I see so many Confederate flags when I went for a jog through my neighborhood?" and learned, "my uncle says there

Andy Kroll (2021-04-06). The Far Right in Uniform. tomdispatch.com 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 doing. Five people would die due to that assault on the Capitol building, including a police officer, and two more would commit suicide in the wake of the event. One hundred forty police would be wounded (lost eye, heart attack, cracked ribs, smashed spinal disks, concussions) and the collateral damage would be hard even t…

Eric Toussaint (2021-04-06). Rwanda: A Look Back at the 1994 Genocide. The Role of International Financial Institutions. globalresearch.ca Starting on 7 April 1994, in less than three months, nearly …

Eric Toussaint (2021-04-06). Rwanda: A Look Back at the 1994 Genocide. globalresearch.ca Starting on 7 April 1994, in less than three months, nearly …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-06). Felony charges against Denver anti-racist organizers withdrawn. peoplesdispatch.org The withdrawal of felony charges against Terrance Roberts, Joel Northam, and Lillian House comes nearly three weeks after a judge dismissed kidnapping charges against them. The trio were actively involved in organizing protests seeking justice for Elijah McClain…

CJPME (2021-04-06). Statistics Canada Should Not Promote Problematic Lobby Group Study of Antisemitism. globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is …

South Front (2021-04-06). Video: Saudi Arabia Hopes Its Patriots Will Start Working in Yemen's Marib. globalresearch.ca Saudi Arabia is showing genuine concern that Marib could be lost …

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Eds. (2021-04-06). Silencing Black voters, again. mronline.org Since the Civil War, voter suppression in America has had a unique cast. | April 6, 2021 | Newswire…

Jim Miles (2021-04-06). "Engaging the World": Palestine and the Making of Hamas' Foreign Policy. globalresearch.ca Hamas has been a strongly maligned actor within the western mainstream …

Eric Toussaint (2021-04-06). Rwanda: A Look Back at the 1994 Genocide. globalresearch.ca Starting on 7 April 1994, in less than three months, nearly …

CJPME (2021-04-06). Statistics Canada Should Not Promote Problematic Lobby Group Study of Antisemitism. globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is …

South Front (2021-04-06). Video: Saudi Arabia Hopes Its Patriots Will Start Working in Yemen's Marib. globalresearch.ca Saudi Arabia is showing genuine concern that Marib could be lost …

Pip Hinman (2021-04-06). Stop the secret trial of Collaery and Witness K. greenleft.org.au Protesters again gathered outside the ACT Supreme Court to protest the secret trial of Bernard Collaery and Witness K, reports Kerry Smith.

RT (2021-04-06). Iranian 'spy ship' damaged in 'attack' along major Red Sea shipping route — reports. rt.com An Iranian ship that Israel and Saudi Arabia have accused of acting as a base for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces has been damaged, reportedly by a mine, in the Red Sea waters between Yemen and Eritrea. | State-owned Saudi broadcaster Al-Hadath TV reported the attack on Tuesday, citing an unnamed source calling it a "likely" Israeli operation off the coast of Eritrea. The vessel was identified as the Saviz, which Israel and Saudi Arabia have long accused of being a "forward base" for the IRGC in the area. | Al Hadath released pictures of the Iranian spyship SAVIZ, which there are reports of it being a…

MEE, agencies (2021-04-06). Israel elections: Netanyahu nominated to form government. middleeasteye.net Israel elections: Netanyahu nominated to form government | President Reuven Rivlin said the incumbent had a 'slightly' higher chance of success in forming a government | Tue, 04/06/2021 – 10: 56 | Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at the Likud party campaign headquarters in Jerusalem after the end of voting in the fourth national election in two years (AFP) | Israel's president has n…

Akram Al-Waara (2021-04-06). Israeli forces kill Palestinian man at West Bank flying checkpoint. middleeasteye.net Israeli forces kill Palestinian man at West Bank flying checkpoint | Osama Mansour, a father of five, was shot and killed after he had been told by soldiers to drive off | Tue, 04/06/2021 – 11: 40 | An Israeli soldier aims his weapon at a Palestinian driver at a flying checkpoint outside the Palestinian city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on 2 September 2010 (AFP) | Israeli forces shot and…

Editor2 (2021-04-06). On Palestine Children's Day, 140 Minors Held in Israeli Prisons. orinocotribune.com Marking Palestine Children's Day, the Palestine Prisoners' Club revealed that there are 140 Palestinian children in Israeli prisons, including two under administrative detention. | According to the Defence for Children International-Palestine, every year between 500 and 700 Palestinian children are prosecuted by Israel in military courts. | Until the end of March 2021, human rights groups have counted 230 Palestinian children detained by the Israeli occupation, mostly from Jerusalem. | Dylan Williams, former US Senate staffer and senior vice president of the advocacy group J Street, tweeted last month: | "H…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-06). Amid testimony against him in corruption case, Benjamin Netanyahu is asked to form the govt. again. peoplesdispatch.org A day after the corruption trial against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu began, president Reuven Rivlin handed him the mandate to try and form a new government…

samidoun (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…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-05). For Some Black Students, Discrimination Outweighed Integration's Benefits. eurasiareview.com Integrating the American classroom has long been a goal of many who seek to eradicate racial discrimination. But a new paper from four economists, including Duke University's William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr., suggests that Black students do not always benefit from attending racially balanced schools. | Instead, Black adults who attended racially balanced high schools in the mid-20th century completed significantly less schooling than those who attended either predominantly black or predominantly white schools, the authors found. | "Standard wisdom has it that school desegregation paves the way to racial nirvana i…

Morning Star (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 …

Morning Star (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 …

Henry Giroux (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

Ramzy Baroud (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…

Paul Wilcox (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.

Max Elbaum (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 …

Max Elbaum (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 …

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (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…

Staff (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). 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.

Staff (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…

Jason Ditz (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…

RT (2021-04-05). Iran announces arrest of 'Israeli spy' & others with links to 'several countries'. rt.com Iran claims it has arrested a number of agents of foreign intelligence services, including an "Israeli spy", in the northwest of the Islamic republic. | The alleged Israeli intelligence agent was nabbed in the province of East Azarbaijan, Iranian media reported on Monday citing the regional head of the Iranian Intelligence Ministry. | "An Israeli spy and several other spies with ties to the security services of various countries have been arrested," the official, who was not named in the reports, said. | The claim was made during a report about the law-enforcement activities and other aspects of the branch's o…

MEE staff (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…

MEE, agencies (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…

Mohammad Ayesh (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-…

MEE, agencies (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…

teleSUR (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…

Erica X Eisen (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…

Labor Video Project (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…

Hugo Albuquerque (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…

Juan Cole (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 …

teleSUR (2021-04-05). Corruption Trial of Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu Kicks Off. telesurenglish.net Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court on Monday during a corruption trial as demonstrators in favor and against the leader took to Jerusalem's streets. | RELATED: | Netanyahu is facing charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in the Jerusalem District Court. According to prosecutor Liat Ben Ari, the Prime Minister used the power of his position as "a currency" in exchange for the advance o…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-05). What Will The Empire o to support the Ukronazis? The Saker's Open Thread #4. southfront.org Illustrative imageAn interesting discussion continues at The Saker platform about the on-going military escalation in Ukraine and a possible response from Russia. | If you are interested, we may recommend you to join the thread by following the Dear friends, | Today I am opening yet one more open thread and I am offering this suggestion for a topic (not excluding other *related* topics from the discussion): what should the s…

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Marjorie Cohn (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…

samidoun (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…

Rainer Shea (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…

Angelina Crowley (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…

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (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… …

DXE (2021-04-04). Friday 4/9: Community Discussion: Anti-AAPI Racism and Solidarity. indybay.org online…

Staff (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…

teleSUR (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…

MEE, agencies (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…

Ray Hanania (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…

Anonymous669 (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…

D. L. Mayfield (2021-04-04). The Good White Christian Women of Nazi Germany. zcomm.org Despite what you've read, most of them didn't resist…

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Rainer Shea (2021-04-04). Revolution or Fascism: The Choice We Must Make Amid US Collapse. orinocotribune.com 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 depression, as the climate crisis threatens…

Angelina Crowley (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.

DXE (2021-04-04). Friday 4/9: Community Discussion: Anti-AAPI Racism and Solidarity. indybay.org online…

Labor Video Project (2021-04-04). 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…

D. L. Mayfield (2021-04-04). The Good White Christian Women of Nazi Germany. zcomm.org Despite what you've read, most of them didn't resist…

Arab News (2021-04-03). Why Myanmar's Massacres Shame The World — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Yossi Mekelberg* | When representatives of all UN member states met in 2005 for the World Summit, billed at the time as the "largest gathering of world leaders in history," and passed a resolution that set out the parameters for the Responsibility to Protect populations (R2P) from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, there was an air of togetherness and optimism that the journey toward eradicating these horrific phenomena had begun. | In the intervening years, this hope has been dented time and time again when such atrocities have been committed by some of the very countries t…

Eurasia Review (2021-04-03). Deprivation Is 'Driving' Covid-19 Ethnic Disparities. eurasiareview.com Deprivation among society at large is 'driving' Covid-19 disparities among minority ethnic groups – predominantly South Asian and Black African or Caribbean populations – and could be considered the main cause of disproportionate infection rates, hospitalization and deaths experienced by these populations, according to new analysis from the University of Leicester. | The study, supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) comes a day after a government-commissioned review concluded race and racism have become less important factors in explaining soci…

Fight Back (2021-04-03). Austin rallies in solidarity with Palestine on Land Day. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX – On March 30, around 30 students and activists from all over Austin converged on the State Capitol building in solidarity with Palestine on Land Day. The action was organized by Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC), a local group dedicated to organizing in solidarity with Palestinians in their struggle against the Israeli occupation. | PSC was joined by many local groups including Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Red Aid, and the United Neighborhood Defense Movement, among others. | As various speakers explained, Land Day is a commemoration of March 30, 1976 when – after the Israeli oc…

_____ (2021-04-03). Report: UK School Textbooks Altered To Favour Israel. popularresistance.org The international publisher Pearson has paused further distribution of two textbooks used by UK high schools after a group of academics said in a report that they distorted the historical record and failed to offer pupils a balanced view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. | The report found that alterations had been made to text, timelines, maps and photographs, as well as to sample student essays and questions. | It concluded that "school children should not be supplied with propaganda under the guise of education" and called for their immediate withdrawal. | The textbook alterations were made last year after…

_____ (2021-04-03). No Talks Needed For US Return To Iran Nuclear Deal. popularresistance.org Last month, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced that Tehran is in "no hurry" to return to its obligations under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and is prepared to wait until the US lifts its illegal sanctions against the Islamic Republic. | Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has stated that a possible US decision to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal, also known asthe Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), does not require any talks. | Speaking to the deal's remaining signatories during a virtual meeting on Friday, Araqchi added that "Iran will suspend its steps [scaling back compliance…

Staff (2021-04-03). Fred Hampton Was Right: We Must Fight Racism With Cross-Racial Solidarity. truthout.org On March 15, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced that the film Judas and the Black Messiah, about the assassination of Chicago Black Panther Party leader

Staff (2021-04-03). Calling Chauvin a "Bad Apple" Denies Systemic Nature of Racist Police Violence. truthout.org As the murder trial of Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd proceeds, the prosecution will try to portray the defendant as a "bad apple." In his

The Lancet (2021-04-03). [Editorial] Racism in the USA: ensuring Asian American health equity. thelancet.com Racist anti-Asian incidents and rhetoric in the USA have been on the rise during the COVID-19 pandemic, by some accounts increasing as much as 150%. The horrific mass shooting on March 15, 2021, in which six of eight people killed in three spas in Atlanta, Georgia, were Asian women, has prompted urgent conversations about prejudice against Asian Americans. Organisations including the American Medical Association were swift to underscore that racism, in addition to gun violence, is a public health crisis.

Udani Samarasekera (2021-04-03). [Perspectives] Joia Crear-Perry: collaborating for racial and reproductive justice. thelancet.com Joia Crear-Perry remembers being taught that there was a biological basis to race in medical school. "My professors said in embryology class in the late 1990s that there were three biological races: Mongoloid, Caucasoid, and Negroid", she recalls. Nowadays, Crear-Perry works on "reframing the conversation" about race to develop a "shared vocabulary and understanding of why health inequities exist" because "it's really racism that is causing the harm", she says.

Fight Back (2021-04-03). Illinois: After 31 Years, Gerald Reed is Free! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) greets the commutation of Gerald Reed's life sentence today by Governor J. B. Pritzker as a courageous act to set right a terrible crime against a Black man committed 31 years ago. Now we need to finish the job of freeing all survivors of police torture who were convicted by confessions coerced by police and dismantling the prison industrial complex as a whole. | Reed was convicted of a double murder in 1990 after…

Juan Cole (2021-04-03). US Church Membership Falls Under 50 Percent. zcomm.org Many Millennials who become unchurched cite discomfort with the prejudice and discrimination against LGBTQ persons in churches…

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_____ (2021-04-03). The Vaccine Must Be A Common Good For Humanity. popularresistance.org Nearly three million people have reportedly been killed by the novel coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) and upwards of 128 million people have been infected by the virus, many with long-lasting health repercussions. Thus far, roughly 1.5% of the world's population of 7.7 billion have been vaccinated, but 80% of them are from only ten countries. In February, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research warned about the 'medical apartheid' that has shaped the vaccine roll-out. | Since 1950, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has celebrated Global Health Day on 7 April. Each year, the WHO choses a different theme for the day…

DXE (2021-04-03). Friday 4/9: Community Discussion: Anti-AAPI Racism and Solidarity. indybay.org online…

Labor Video Project (2021-04-03). 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…

teleSUR (2021-04-02). Charlottesville City to Remove Confederate Generals Statues. telesurenglish.net Virginia Supreme Court Justice Bernard Goodwyn on Thursday authorized Charlottesville City to take down statues of the Confederate Generals Robert Lee and Thomas Stonewall Jackson. | RELATED: | "The team in the City Attorney's office did an amazing job; this court decision will positively impact so many lives," said Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker. | "We are forever indebte…

Eve Ottenberg (2021-04-02). A Feminist Revolt. counterpunch.org With right-wing hysteria about the feminization of the military landing on our laptops recently, now is a good time to focus on issues dear to the hearts of actual feminists, namely, housing, health and education. These concerns were embraced, very strikingly, by feminists in apartheid South Africa. Toward the end of apartheid, many Black people

Arab News (2021-04-02). Saudi Foreign Minister Says Normalization Of Israel's Status Would Bring 'Tremendous Benefits' For Middle East. eurasiareview.com Any potential deal to normalize relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel would benefit the Middle East, but depends on the progress of the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians, the Kingdom's foreign minister said on Thursday. | "The normalization of Israel's status within the region would bring tremendous benefits to the region as a whole," Prince Faisal bin Farhan said during an interview with CNN. "It would be extremely helpful economically, socially and from a security perspective." | The foreign minister added, however, that any potential deal would only be possible if progress towards peace be…

samidoun (2021-04-02). Sign our online birthday card to say: "Free Georges Abdallah!" on his 70th birthday! #MacronLibérezAbdallah. samidoun.net It's Georges Abdallah's 70th birthday. This Lebanese Arab communist struggler for Palestine is marking this birthday in Lannemezan Prison, after being jailed by France for over 36 years. Join us today to take action online to demand his immediate liberation. First, join the Twitterstorm! #MacronLibérezAbdallah Twitter Storm Friday, 2 April 2021 10 am Pacific — 1 pm Eastern — 7 pm central Europe — 8 pm Palestine Use the hashtag: #MacronLibérezAbdallah Sample Tweets: bit.ly/freeabdallah Tag: @EmmanuelMacron @GDarmanin to direct your demand to French officials. Sign our collective birthday…

teleSUR (2021-04-02). Spain: Headquarters of Leftist Party Podemos Vandalized. telesurenglish.net The Podemos President Pablo Iglesias denounced an attack with explosives on this leftist party's headquarters in Cartagena city in Murcia province. | RELATED: | In May and September last year, the same building was vandalized and threatening graffiti with neo-Nazi symbology appeared on the walls. | "Far-right terrorism is not going to intimidate us… Democracy, freedom of expression, and social justice is the response to thes…

Jose Manuel Blanco Diaz (2021-04-02). Far Right Cries Out for Foreign Intervention Due to Colombian Paramilitary Attacks in Apure. orinocotribune.com In the midst of the struggle by Venezuelan security and defense agencies to expel the threat of Colombian paramilitary gangs from the state of Apure, the spokespeople for Venezuela's extreme right are again launching requests for foreign intervention and military interference in Venezuela. | Since the first skirmishes against criminal organizations were recorded in the border area of La Victoria in Apure state, on March 21, calls for foreign interference proliferated on social media networks, in addition to censure of the work of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB). | One of the representatives of the opp…

Tayo Aluko (2021-04-02). Why Paul Robeson's Voice Still Rings True Today. progressive.org The words and music of the legendary activist and singer are more relevant than ever in the era of Black Lives Matter.

Martha Rosenberg (2021-04-02). Woke—Except For My Beef Bowl. counterpunch.org It is amazing how many Woke people are not vegan. Their anti-racism, anti-white supremacy, anti-homophobia, anti-transphobia and anti-Asian discrimination credentials are impeccable…and then they reach for their Thai chicken or beef bowl. What? Doesn't speciesism—believing that humans rule over other species and have the right to use them however they wish—showcase the nexus of all

Kim C. Domenico (2021-04-02). Living for the City: Considering a Reparations Of Joy. counterpunch.org "I didn't realize racism was still such a serious problem." My elder brother was quoting an old mutual friend, Sean, when he spoke to me last week. Then came Gary's own confession: he, too had been taken by surprise by the George Floyd murder and BLM protests. He was conveying his surprise at realizing that

Jacob deCastro (2021-04-02). New Domestic Terrorism Laws Won't End White Supremacy. aclu.org After the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, calls for new domestic terrorism laws grew louder. Proponents of the laws argue they'll provide law enforcement with more resources to go after white supremacists and stop the violence. Now, with the country reeling from a recent spike in mass shootings, the calls continue. | Not so fast, says Hina Shamsi, director of the ACLU's National Security Project. New domestic terorrism laws will give the government even more power to surveil and criminalize communities of color. Existing counterrorism laws have already disproportionately affected these communities, an…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-04-02). The Missing Lessons From Israel's Latest Elections. counterpunch.org A 'major setback' was the recurring term in many news headlines reporting on the outcome of Israel's general elections of March 23. While this depiction specifically referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's failure to secure a decisive victory in the country's fourth elections in two years, this is only part of the narrative. Certainly,

Ramzy Baroud (2021-04-02). Kafkaesque Politics: The Missing Lessons from Israel's Latest Elections. dissidentvoice.org A 'major setback' was the recurring term in many news headlines reporting on the outcome of Israel's general elections of March 23. While this depiction specifically referred to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's failure to secure a decisive victory in the country's fourth elections in two years, this is only part of the narrative. Certainly, it …

Mohammad Ersan (2021-04-02). Netanyahu vs King Abdullah: Israel and Jordan relationship hits low point. middleeasteye.net Netanyahu vs King Abdullah: Israel and Jordan relationship hits low point | The tense relations between the two leaders reflect two different security and political approaches in the Middle East | Fri, 04/02/2021 – 11: 23 | A composite showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Jordanian King Abdullah II (AFP) | Israeli and Jordanian ties hit another low point last week, after…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-02). Report: Palestinian Authority President Refused Call With Blinken. news.antiwar.com Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas refused to accept a phone call from Secretary of State Antony Blinken in February, So far, an Abbas-Biden call has not happened. Meanwhile, President Biden has spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu twice since he was elected. The two leaders spoke in a congratulatory call after Biden's November victory and once…

Alyssa Oursler, Anna DalCortivo (2021-04-02). The Derek Chauvin Trial Is One Battle in a Wider War. thenation.com The Derek Chauvin Trial Is One Battle in a Wider War…

Anonymous103 (2021-04-02). Sources And Prospects Of Japanese Militarism. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Submitted by FOF. Fear Of Fascism.: | Many fear Japan re-militarizing. | Ex-Prime Minister Abe's attempts to revise the "Peace Constitution", Japanese support for American activities in the South China Sea, military moves by the Japanese to "protect" the Diaoyu Islands off Taiwan—and many other things like these worry a lot of people. | Afte…

Staff (2021-04-02). Will Georgia's Voting Law Be Repealed as Big Business Joins Critics Opposing "Jim Crow" Suppression? democracynow.org Activists are demanding accountability from Georgia-based companies in opposing a law that heavily restricts voting rights in the state, which many are calling the worst voter suppression legislation since the Jim Crow era. While some companies, including Coca-Cola and Delta, have weighed in on the Republican-backed crackdown on voting rights, Cliff Albright, co-founder and executive director of Black Voters Matter, says voicing opposition is not enough. "We're calling for a repeal of this voter suppression law, and we're asking these companies to divest future support that they've given," Albright says. "Stand b…

Nora Barrows-friedman (2021-04-02). Butler University blocks Angela Davis event. zcomm.org "Time and again Palestine activists have faced false claims that they broke the rules followed by attempts to either blame them for their own censorship or drown their victories in red tape"

DXE (2021-04-02). Saturday 4/3: Meetup: History of Anti-Asian Racism & How To Be Allies. indybay.org online…

MEE staff (2021-04-02). Saudi foreign minister says normalisation with Israel would bring 'tremendous benefits'. middleeasteye.net Saudi foreign minister says normalisation with Israel would bring 'tremendous benefits' | But Faisal bin Farhan pours cold water on prospects of a detente any time soon, saying a Palestinian state must be established | Fri, 04/02/2021 – 15: 56 | Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan at a press conference in the capital, Riyadh, 21 March 2021 (AFP) | Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan has said that a n…

MEE staff (2021-04-02). US removes military assets from Saudi Arabia, Gulf: Report. middleeasteye.net US removes military assets from Saudi Arabia, Gulf: Report | Patriot anti-missile batteries, an aircraft carrier and surveillance systems are being diverted from the Middle East, US officials say | Fri, 04/02/2021 – 16: 20 | The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz transits Strait of Hormuz on 18 September (AFP photo/US Navy) | The US has begun to reconfigure its military capabilities in the Gulf and removed at least t…

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DXE (2021-04-02). Saturday 4/3: Meetup: History of Anti-Asian Racism & How To Be Allies. indybay.org online…

Alyssa Oursler, Anna DalCortivo (2021-04-02). The Derek Chauvin Trial Is One Battle in a Wider War. thenation.com The Derek Chauvin Trial Is One Battle in a Wider War…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-01). Activists slam UK government commission's denial of systemic racism in the country. peoplesdispatch.org The commission was formed after the Black Lives Matter protests rocked the country last year. It said that while there was racial discrimination in the country, it was not systemic or deliberate…

The Socialist Program (2021-04-01). In the News: What Will Happen if Derek Chauvin Walks Free? liberationnews.org The panel discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin and other grotesque features of the American police state, protests across the country over the weekend against anti-Asian racism, exciting new developments in the case of the framed Denver protest leaders, and more.

Workers World Party (2021-04-01). PDF of April 1 issue. workers.org Download the PDF. Bessemer workers fight for justice Workers on the move: ‚ÄÉNorth Carolina schools; ‚ÄÉWashington state Amazon; ‚ÄÉOregon coffee shops; ‚ÄÉWhich side are you on, Marty Walsh? More: Berta Cáceres lives on; Women's sports: inequality, solidarity; The Commune vs. the state; No to anti-Asian violence! Editorial: Voting rights resistance. . . . |

_____ (2021-04-01). Solidarity With Palestine Activists Being Prosecuted. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, six activists from the Palestine Action campaign appeared at Highbury Magistrates Court charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage and burglary, in connection with their actions at the London headquarters of Israeli arms company Elbit Systems last year. | Outside the court room around a dozen protesters representing various groups showed up in solidarity while inside, the judge committed the case to trial at Crown Court. | Elbit Systems has been the target for direct actions at various sites around the UK, but back in 2016, after their Shenstone factory was closed down by occupiers, the compa…

WSWS (2021-04-01). Bolsonaro sacks military command to consolidate authoritarian rule in Brazil. wsws.org In an action unprecedented in Brazilian history, the country's fascistic President Jair Bolsonaro has fired his defense minister and the commanders of the Army, Navy and Air Force.

WSWS (2021-04-01). January 6 fascist thug has been working with FBI since 2018, lawyer claims. wsws.org Florida Proud Boy Joe Biggs is the latest participant in the January 6 storming of the Capitol to claim a long-term working relationship with the domestic intelligence agency.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-04-01). Demonstrations held across US in solidarity with Asian community. peoplesdispatch.org The protests called attention to the alarming rise in anti-Asian hate crimes over the past year, as well as the racist and imperialist campaigns that have characterized US foreign policy towards China…

Chauncey DeVega (2021-04-01). Trumpers on the rehab trail: Does America just want to forget this happened?>. salon.com Instead of facing disgrace, Trump regime officials are now deemed respectable. That's no way to defeat fascism…

Staff (2021-04-01). Headlines for April 1, 2021. democracynow.org Witness in Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Breaks Down After Viewing Footage of George Floyd's Killing, Four Killed as Gunman Opens Fire on Office Complex in Orange County, California, Biden Defends Infrastructure Plan as Progressives Push for $10 Trillion to Fight Climate Crisis, Wisconsin Supreme Court Voids Governor's Mask Mandate as COVID-19 Cases Rise Across U.S., Brazil's Cemeteries Hold Nighttime Funerals as COVID-19 Deaths Reach New Highs, Yemen Receives First COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments as Doctors Report Surge in Cases, Global Deforestation Increased by 12% in 2020 with Amazon Most Severely Affected, U.S. Cour…

Editor2 (2021-04-01). Palestine Receives 100 Thousand COVID-19 Vaccines from China. orinocotribune.com The Palestinian Authority has received 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by China to accelerate its inoculation drive, which has been lagging due to Israeli inhibitions. | China handed over the batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to Palestine on Monday. | Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila described the shipment as the single largest donation of COVID-19 vaccines her country has received so far, and thanked China for its move "to provide coronavirus vaccines as a global public good and its selfless assistance to Palestine." | Speaking at a joint press conference with China's Ambassador to Palestine…

Fight Back (2021-04-01). MN groups stand in solidarity with Palestinians around the world on Land Day 2021. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On March 30, over 50 activists gathered to show solidarity with Palestinians in their struggle against Israeli apartheid and occupation. They waved Palestinian flags and dropped banners on the footbridge over Interstate 94 between the Walker Sculpture Garden and Loring Park – across all eight lanes of traffic – demanding an end of U.S. aid to Israel, an end of Israeli occupation, the right of return for Palestinians, and an end to vaccine apartheid. The response from people passing by was overwhelmingly positive with a lot of honks from cars. | The action coincided with Land Day, which commemora…

Staff (2021-04-01). Three Fundamentalisms Are Driving the Resurgence of Fascist Politics in the US. truthout.org A right-wing extremist ideology has taken hold of the Republican Party, and the United States has become a locus for the revitalization of white supremacy, the normalization of state violence, the reproduction of the carceral state and staggering forms of economic inequality. | The United States is also serving as a toxic model for making oppressive forms of education central to a politics that undercuts the capacity for producing critical and engaged citizens while normalizing the unthinkable…

DLI (2021-04-01). 4 Stages of Disinformation(as in Uyghur "genocide" claims. indybay.org The recent crescendo of wild and sensationalized claims of "genocide" of the Uyghur minority (and of "mass rapes" and "concentration camps") in China actually reveals an aggressive disinformation campaign, initiated a the highest levels of government in both the USA and its client NATO states. Upon careful dissection, however, objective observers detect 4 stages of a sophisticated campaign intentionally promoted to support an Imperialist narrative–the "good" Western powers vs. a "bad" and "oppressive " Beijing regime bent on exterminating and/or brutally suppressing its own minorities.

Anonymous669 (2021-04-01). Hunting ISIS: Syrian Government Forces Kick Off Operation In Deir Ezzor With Russian Support (Video). southfront.org ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE: Sputnik/Mikhail Alaeddin | On April 1, Syrian government forces kicked off a large-scale combing operation in the southern and western Deir Ezzor countryside. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the National Defense Forces and the Palestinian al-Quds Brigade are leading the operation which is backed by the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS). | Government forces are combing the outskirts of the town of al-Mayadin, from the area of al-Banja all the way to the area of Fayda…

Ian Cobain (2021-04-01). New UK counter-extremism head worked for think tank which hosted Islamophobes. middleeasteye.net New UK counter-extremism head worked for think tank which hosted Islamophobes | Robin Simcox, formerly a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, has described Islamophobia as a 'slippery concept' | Thu, 04/01/2021 – 15: 53 | Robin Simcox is the interim head of the Commission for Countering Extremism (YouTube) | A former research fellow at a conservative American think tank that has hosted Islamophobic c…

Frank Andrews (2021-04-01). Facebook reassurances on 'Zionist' hate speech interpretation met with skepticism. middleeasteye.net Facebook reassurances on 'Zionist' hate speech interpretation met with skepticism | Jewish and Palestinian activists, awaiting a final decision, remain largely unconvinced a slated new policy won't stifle free speech | Thu, 04/01/2021 – 15: 58 | Protesters in Boston deliver a petition to Facebook arguing against the platform's possible new policy change in early 2021. (Provided). | A Facebook annou…

Frank Andrews (2021-04-01). Facebook reassurances on 'Zionist' hate speech policy met with skepticism. middleeasteye.net Facebook reassurances on 'Zionist' hate speech policy met with skepticism | Jewish and Palestinian activists, awaiting a final decision, remain largely unconvinced a slated new policy won't stifle free speech | Thu, 04/01/2021 – 15: 58 | Protesters in Boston deliver a petition to Facebook arguing against the platform's possible new policy change in early 2021. (Provided). | A Facebook announcement…

MEE staff (2021-04-01). UK school textbooks on Middle East conflict altered to favour Israel: Report. middleeasteye.net UK school textbooks on Middle East conflict altered to favour Israel: Report | Publisher says it is now pausing further distribution of the books which it had amended after a complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel | Thu, 04/01/2021 – 08: 27 | The fact that during the first intifada of 1987-93 the arms and fingers of Palestinian child stone throwers were broken by Israeli soldiers has been removed from the revise…

MEE staff (2021-04-01). Lockerbie bomber's family to appeal conviction in UK's top court. middleeasteye.net Lockerbie bomber's family to appeal conviction in UK's top court | Abdel Basset al-Megrahi's family was denied an appeal over his conviction at the Scottish Appeal Court in January | Thu, 04/01/2021 – 18: 30 | Police officers walk past the wreckage from Pan Am Flight 103 which killed at least 270 people (AFP) | The family of a Libyan man found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing will appeal his convicti…

commondreams (2021-04-01). Supreme Court Defers to FCC Authority in Media Ownership Case But Leaves Door Open For Future FCC To Protect The Public Interest. commondreams.org ______________________________…

commondreams (2021-04-01). Unlikely Allies From Across the Political Spectrum Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Students' Free Speech Rights. commondreams.org ______________________________…

commondreams (2021-04-01). Supreme Court Awards the FCC for Long Neglecting Its Mandate to Promote Media Diversity in the United States. commondreams.org ______________________________…

teleSUR (2021-04-01). Biden Orders Removal of Missiles, Forces Around Persian Gulf. telesurenglish.net A report issued last Thursday by the Wall Street Journal cites officials from the Pentagon indicating that President Biden has issued orders to remove Patriot anti-missile systems, miscellaneous military hardware, and troops from the area of the Persian Gulf, to deploy them elsewhere to be used against Russia and China, two countries which the Pentagon sees as its primary global competitors. | RELATED: | According to the report,…

RT (2021-04-01). Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi says Arabs will be better coalition partners than Israeli left. rt.com A senior Haredi rabbi has reportedly given his backing to a potential Israeli government alliance with the United Arab List party, which has now become a potential kingmaker after Israel's inconclusive election this March. | Chaim Kanievsky, who is considered a leading authority in the Jewish Orthodox community, gave an affirmative answer when asked by Israeli outlet News 12 about the possibility of the Israeli right forming a coalition with Israeli Arab parties. | The 93-year-old cleric and spiritual leader of the United Torah Judaism party pointed out that the ultra-Orthodox and Arab communities were alike i…

RT (2021-04-01). Met Police officer convicted on terrorism charge for membership of banned Neo-Nazi group. rt.com PC Benjamin Hannam has become the first UK officer to be convicted of a terrorism offence after a court ruled he lied on his Met Police application about his membership of the outlawed Neo-Nazi group National Action (NA). | At the end of his trial at the UK's Old Bailey court, the 22-year-old was found guilty of membership of an outlawed Neo-Nazi group, lying on his police application, and possessing terrorism documents. | Hannam was investigated by authorities after working for two years as a probationary officer for the Metropolitan Police when his information was discovered on a leaked database from a right…

Brian Klug (2021-04-01). The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism. thenation.com The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism…

Staff (2021-04-01). "The System of Policing Is on Trial": Derek Chauvin Murder Case Is About More Than Just George Floyd. democracynow.org After the third dramatic day in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, we speak with Mel Reeves, who has been following the case as community editor at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, the oldest Black-owned newspaper in the state. Reeves discusses the testimony heard so far, and juror selection, and says more is at stake than just what happened to George Floyd. "It is political. The system of policing is on trial," says Reeves. "You can see now how the police operate when they run into Black people." We also speak with Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, who says the…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-01). Taiwan to Buy New US Air Defense Missiles. news.antiwar.com Taiwan said it has In comments to Reuters, Taiwan's Air Force said it plans to buy Patriot Advanced Capability‚Äë3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles, which will be delivered in 2025 and deployed the following year. The Ai…

Dave DeCamp (2021-04-01). Report: Biden Reducing Military Forces in Saudi Arabia. news.antiwar.com According to The report said the US has removed at least three Patriot antimissile batteries from t…

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