Colombia: "The Government Murders with Impunity because the U.S. Empire is Behind it."
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-31
Carlos Aznarez Cecilia Zamudio is a Colombian writer, poet, journalist and artist, and like many of her compatriots lives these days with great concern for what means the repressive escalation of the government of Iván Duque, but also with deep satisfaction to the patriotism that the Colombian people starring a national productive strike that has… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/31/colombia-the-government-murders-with-impunity-because-the-u-s-empire-is-behind-it/

Steven Seagal Is Now A Russian Politician
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-31
Click to see full-size image | On May 29th, Hollywood "legend" Steven Seagal has opted into a career change. | He joined a Russian political party. | Seagal received a party membership card of an alliance named Just Russia — Patriots — For Truth. | It was formed earlier in 2021, when three leftist parties, all of which support Putin, merged into one. | In November 2016, Segal was granted Russian citizenship. In August of 2018, Moscow's Foreign Ministry appointed him to the unpaid position of "s…
southfront.org/steven-seagal-is-now-a-russian-politician/

"Mowing the Grass" No More: How Palestinian Resistance Altered the Equation
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-31
The ceasefire on May 21 has, for now, brought the Israeli war on Gaza to an end. However, this ceasefire is not permanent and constant Israeli provocations anywhere in Palestine could reignite the bloody cycle all over again. Moreover, the Israeli siege on Gaza remains in place, as well as the Israeli military occupation and the rooted …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/mowing-the-grass-no-more-how-palestinian-resistance-altered-the-equation/

'Mowing the Grass' No More: How Palestinian Resistance Altered the Equation
Ramzy Baroud | commondreams.org | 2021-05-31
"The incredible amount of global solidarity which made headline news all over the world was a clear indication that the many years of preparedness at a grassroots level have paid off." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2021/05/31/mowing-grass-no-more-how-palestinian-resistance-altered-equation?cd-origin=rss

"Exterminate All the Brutes": Filmmaker Raoul Peck Explores Colonialism & Origins of White Supremacy
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-31
A new four-part documentary series, "Exterminate All the Brutes," delves deeply into the legacy of European colonialism from the Americas to Africa. It has been described as an unflinching narrative of genocide and exploitation, beginning with the colonizing of Indigenous land that is now called the United States. The documentary series seeks to counter "the type of lies, the type of propaganda, the type of abuse, that we have been subject to all of these years," says director and Haitian-born filmmaker Raoul Peck. "We have the means to tell the real story, and that's exactly what I decided to do," Peck says. "Ev…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/31/extermina…

Richard Wright's Novel About Racist Police Violence Was Rejected in 1941; It Has Just Been Published
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-31
Nearly 80 years ago, Richard Wright became one of the most famous Black writers in the United States with the publication of "Native Son." The novel's searing critique of systemic racism made it a best-seller and inspired a generation of Black writers. In 1941, Wright wrote a new novel titled "The Man Who Lived Underground," but publishers refused to release it, in part because the book was filled with graphic descriptions of police brutality by white officers against a Black man. His manuscript was largely forgotten until his daughter Julia Wright unearthed it at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Ya…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/31/richard_w…

Canada Lowers Flags To Remember Death of Indigenous Children
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-31
The Canadian government lowered flags at half-mast on Sunday to remember the deaths of 215 Indigenous children whose remains were found in a former residential school in Kamloops city. | RELATED: | Genocide In Canada: Mass Grave of Indian Children Found | "To honor the 215 children whose lives were taken at the former Kamloops residential school and all Indigenous children who never made it home, the survivors, and their families, I have asked that the Peace Tower flag and flags on all…
telesurenglish.net/news/Canada-Lowers-Flags-To-Remember-Death-of-Indigenous-Children-20210531-0007.html

Tallahassee residents rally to commemorate 73rd Anniversary of Nakba massacre
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-31
Tallahassee, FL – On May 22, over 200 people gathered at the Old Historic Florida Capitol Building to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance against the latest wave of Zionist attacks. | Just the day before, Israel announced a ceasefire, which did not deter the Palestinian community and its allies from still showing up for Palestinian liberation. | This May marked 73 years of Nakba, the brutal relocation of Palestinians by Zionist settlers in 1948. Every year Palestinians commemorate this massacre and fight to return to their homeland. | Last week on May 15, Nakba Day, at Lake Ella Park more than 50…
fightbacknews.org/2021/5/31/tallahassee-residents-rally-commemorate-73rd-anniversary-nakba-massacre

It Wasn't Just Tulsa
Birrion Sondahl | realprogressives.org | 2021-05-31
Far from being an anomaly, Tulsa represents one of many black massacres that show a pattern of systemic racism in the United States.
realprogressives.org/it-wasnt-just-tulsa/

The Laura Flanders Show: BIPOC Journalists On Covering COVID and Racism
Joris Leverink | roarmag.org | 2021-05-31
BIPOC journalists reflect on what it is to be veterans of two of the most devastating wars in recent history: the coronavirus pandemic and the centuries-long war on Black bodies through systemic racism and police brutality. | In this media roundtable — a collaboration between The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media — we take a different approach to Memorial Day. One that centers the work of BIPOC journalists from the front lines. How are they responding to the needs of their communities, and where do we go from here? | Music in the Middle features "Prosper" by Inez Barlatier feat. St. James Valsin and p…
roarmag.org/2021/05/31/the-laura-flanders-show-bipoc-journalists-on-covering-covid-and-racism/

PAST EVENTS: Calendar of Resistance
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-31
Click here for new events upcoming! Friday, May 14 Argentina Buenos Aires: solidarity with the Palestinian People — Friday, 14 May 11 am Esmeralda 1212 Buenos Aires, Argentina Info: www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbi… Australia Adelaide: Speakout: save Sheikh Jarrah, stand with Palestine — Friday, 14 May 5: 00 pm Beehive Corner Adelaide, SA, Australia Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/129509095803129/ Brisbane: Rally and March for Palestinian Nakba Day — Friday, 14 May 5: 30 pm King George Square Meanjin (Brisbane), Australia Facebook Page:…
samidoun.net/2021/05/past-events/

Tens of thousands march in DC to stand with Palestine at #March4Palestine
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-31
Tens of thousands took to the streets in Washington, DC, despite cold and rainy weather on Saturday, 29 May 2021, at the National March for Palestine organized by American Muslims for Palestine, the US Council of Muslim Organizations and their partner groups. They organized buses from up and down the East Coast, while Palestinians and supporters of Palestine flew in across the country to take a stand and demand the United States sanction Israel. Speakers from partner organizations and endorsing groups demanded an end to the over $3.8 billion in aid given to the Israeli occupation regime every year, which is funne…
samidoun.net/2021/05/tens-of-thousands-march-in-dc-to-stand-with-palestine-at-march4palestine/

U.S. Unions Are Voicing Unprecedented Support for Palestine
Jeff Schuhrke | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-31
While a ceasefire …
globalresearch.ca/us-unions-voicing-unprecedented-support-palestine/5746616

Wednesday 6/2: Making Sense of Palestine Today: A Panel (Part 2 of 3)
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-31
Zoom Webinar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/30/18842854.php

Tuesday 6/1: Conversations on Palestine with Omar Barghouti
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-31
Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/30/18842853.php

Sunday 5/30: Petaluma Protest/March for Palestine
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-31
Penry Park, Petaluma…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/30/18842852.php

Thursday 6/3: Making Sense of Palestine Today: A Panel (Part 3 of 3)
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-31
Zoom Webinar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/30/18842855.php

Why Proposed New Israeli PM—Extreme-Right Naftali "I've Killed a Lot of Arabs" Bennett—Is Even Worse for Palestinians Than Netanyahu
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2021-05-31
"On the Palestine issue, Bennett is even worse than than the far-right-wing Netanyahu, inasmuch as he openly advocates annexing all of the Palestinian West Bank to Israel." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2021/05/31/why-proposed-new-israeli-pm-extreme-right-naftali-ive-killed-lot-arabs-bennett-even?cd-origin=rss

Dear UN Human Rights Council: Commission of Inquiry needed on Israel/Palestine to advance accountability, address root causes
Human Rights Watch | juancole.com | 2021-05-31
HRW statement to Human Rights Council Special Session Human Rights Watch — (Geneva, May 27, 2021) Once again, this Council gathers to address the latest cycle of violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. We could go through the statistics — hundreds of Palestinians, including dozens of children, killed in Israeli airstrikes; at least …
juancole.com/2021/05/commission-palestine-accountability.html

US Unions Are Voicing Unprecedented Support for Palestine
Jeff Schuhrke | commondreams.org | 2021-05-31
"While some national labor groups remain silent, union locals across the country are speaking out to defend Palestinians from Israeli aggression." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2021/05/31/us-unions-are-voicing-unprecedented-support-palestine?cd-origin=rss

Photos: Thousands march for Palestine
Kerry Smith | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-31
Thousands marched through Sydney in solidarity with Palestine on May 30, reports Peter Boyle.
greenleft.org.au/content/photos-thousands-march-palestine

John Pilger speaks out for Palestine
Rachel Evans | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-31
Filmmaker and author John Pilger spoke to his 2002 documentary comparing Israel's occupation of Palestine to South Africa's brutal apartheid regime, reports Rachel Evans.
greenleft.org.au/content/john-pilger-speaks-out-palestine

Why proposed new Israeli PM, extreme-right Naftali "I've Killed a Lot of Arabs" Bennett, is even worse for Palestinians than far right Netanyahu
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-31
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — In a prime time address on Sunday evening, right wing extremist Israeli politician Naftali Bennett announced that he intended to join a government of national unity, including left wing and centrist parties, which would unseat long-serving Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. The coalition was mainly put together by Yair Lapid of …
juancole.com/2021/05/proposed-palestinians-netanyahu.html

Right-wing leader Naftali Bennett may become Israel's next prime minister
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-31
Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid of the Yesh Atid party have reached an agreement to form a coalition government which might end Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year rule. Bennett was also a firm supporter of the recent bombing of Gaza…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/31/right-wing-leader-naftali-bennett-may-become-israels-new-prime-minister/

"Clarify the Confusion" regarding the Covid Vaccine and the "Green Passport": Open Letter to Israel's Prime Minister
Sarah Feld | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-31
globalresearch.ca/open-letter-israeli-prime-minister-health-minister-clarify-confusion/5746622

'Rural people against racism' march in Sedro-Woolley, Washington
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-31
On May 29, local activists in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, (population 11,739) and the greater Skagit County area held a march against racism marking the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. Marchers gathered at Hammer Heritage Square in downtown Sedro-Woolley for sign-waving followed by a march of about 75 people through the business district starting at noon.
popularresistance.org/rural-people-against-racism-march-in-sedro-woolley-washington/

Facing up to fascists, Alvarez family fights for justice in Chicago
Nicholas Stender | liberationnews.org | 2021-05-31
On March 31, Alvarez, father of a two-year-old daughter, soccer lover and worker at a meat factory was shot and killed by Chicago Police Department officer Evan Solano…
liberationnews.org/facing-up-to-fascists-alvarez-family-fights-for-justice-in-chicago/

If Formed, This Is How Bennett-Lapid Government in Israel Will Look Like
UMMID | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-31
There are strong …
globalresearch.ca/if-formed-how-bennett-lapid-government-israel-look-like/5746612

'Rural people against racism' march in Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Andrew Freeman | liberationnews.org | 2021-05-31
On May 29, local activists in Sedro-Woolley, Washington, (population 11,739) and the greater Skagit County area held a march against racism marking the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. Marchers gathered at Hammer Heritage Square in downtown Sedro-Woolley for sign-waving followed by a march of about 75 people through the business district …
liberationnews.org/rural-people-against-racism-march-in-sedro-woolley-washington/

Egyptian Artists Come Together for Charity Art Exhibition for Palestinian Children
Moumita Chakraborty | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-31
The attacks in …
globalresearch.ca/egyptian-artists-come-together-charity-art-exhibition-palestinian-children/5746611

Murder by Decree: The Crime of Genocide in Canada. "The Indian Residential Schools"
TITFDC | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-31
. | We | …
globalresearch.ca/murder-by-decree-the-crime-of-genocide-in-canada-the-indian-residential-schools/5746601

Facing up to fascists, Alvarez family fights for justice in Chicago
Nicholas Stender | liberationnews.org | 2021-05-31
On March 31, Alvarez, father of a two-year-old daughter, soccer lover and worker at a meat factory was shot and killed by Chicago Police Department officer Evan Solano…
liberationnews.org/facing-up-to-fascists-alvarez-family-fights-for-justice-in-chicago/

The Big Con
Paul Edwards | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-31
Because Palestinians resisted having their lands and homes stolen by Israelis, its Zionist government inflicted yet another in their series of murderous assaults on that captive, victim people. This barbarity it pretends to justify on grounds of "self defense". Though a child can see through the blatant dishonesty of that absurd claim, American media can't.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/31/the-big-con-2/

Tuesday 6/1: Know Your Rights: Disability Discrimination and Your Job
San Francisco Public Library | indybay.org | 2021-05-31
Online workshop (FREE)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/28/18842808.php

Flowers and Candles Form Tribute to Black Lives Murdered
1st Anniversary of George Floyd | indybay.org | 2021-05-31
Photos from a vigil held in Mill Valley on May 25th.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/29/18842812.php

Sunday 5/30: New York in Solidarity with Palestinian Liberation
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-31
Washington Square Park, Under the ARCH, New York…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/28/18842810.php

Block ZIM Everywhere! Profiteering from Israeli Apartheid is Not Welcome Anywhere! International Week of Action
Arab Resource & Organizing Center | indybay.org | 2021-05-31
For the past 12 days, the #BlockTheBoat protest has kept a cargo ship operated by ZIM — apartheid Israel's largest and oldest shipping company — from docking at the Port of Oakland. We are winning!
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/28/18842811.php

Israel Opposition Agrees On Forming Government And Ousting Netanyahu
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-31
Click to see full-size image | On May 30th, Israeli "far-right" politician Naftali Bennett announced a coalition with opposition leader Yair Lapid. | They announced that they will form a government excluding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu."It's my intention to do my utmost in order to form a national unity government along with my friend Yair Lapid, so that, God willing, together we can save the country from a tailspin and return Israel to its course," said Bennett, a former settler leader and religious nationalist…
southfront.org/israel-opposition-agrees-on-forming-government-and-ousting-netanyahu/

Estados Unidos: El espejo de Baltimore
Higinio Polo | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-31
Baltimore es esa ciudad a la que el presidente Trump, en uno de sus frecuentes exabruptos racistas, calificó de "desastre asqueroso infestado de ratas". Prisionera de la violencia policial, de la pérdida de industrias, llena de edificios destruidos por la…
globalizacion.ca/estados-unidos-el-espejo-de-baltimore/

Sueño y pesadilla: Los Estados Unidos de Israel y Palestina
Javier Cortines | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-31
El conflicto israelo-palestino se empantana debido al apoyo incondicional (y criminal) de Estados Unidos y Europa al pueblo de Moisés. Tanto los Hunos como los Otros justifican los asesinatos cometidos contra civiles palestinos con el argumento de que Hamás es…
globalizacion.ca/sueno-y-pesadilla-los-estados-unidos-de-israel-y-palestina/

Selected Articles: South Africa: The Fall and Rise (and Fall?) of Apartheid
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-31
South Africa: The Fall and Rise (and Fall?) of Apartheid | By Jinan Bastaki, May 30, 2021 | Apartheid in South Africa ended in part due to sanctions and pressure from the international community. It is once again on the international …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-south-africa-fall-rise-fall-apartheid/5746606

The Fall and Rise (and Fall?) of Apartheid
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-30
By Jinan Bastaki — May 27, 2021 | Apartheid in South Africa ended in part due to sanctions and pressure from the international community. It is once again on the international community to ensure that international law is upheld and apartheid sees its demise, this time in Palestine. | The vast majority of people today look back on the apartheid era in South Africa–1948-1990–with disdain and horror. Condemnation of the injustices under apartheid is, today, unequivocal; however, apartheid practices in Israel today are, despite the work of many human rights organizations and activists, still conside…
orinocotribune.com/the-fall-and-rise-and-fall-of-apartheid/

Rep. Cori Bush's impact on the US Israel-Palestine debate
Mondoweiss | juancole.com | 2021-05-30
By David Warren: | Rep. Cori Bush's statements in support of Palestinians during the most recent uprising reflect how the US discussion of Israel-Palestine is increasingly impacted by the anti-racism and anti-colonialism of the Black Lives Matter movement. |
juancole.com/2021/05/impact-israel-palestine.html

Washington: Massive Rally Against Zionist Crimes
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-30
Rallies in Sunday in Washington DC and on friday in Northern California condemned the occupation of Palestine and the latest crimes committed by Israeli security forces in Gaza, where air raids and missiles murdered scores of people, among them 66 children, 39 women, and 17 elderly, according to the latest news published by the Ministry of Health in Gaza. | Demonstrators also demanded an end to the occupation of Palestine and the Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied territories. | Palestinian journalists kidnapped | Meanwhile, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said on Sunday that the Israeli…
telesurenglish.net/news/Washington-Massive-Rally-Against-Zionist-Crimes–20210530-0002.html

Block the Boat! International Week of Action, 2-9 June 2021
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-30
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is republishing the following call from AROC (Arab Resource and Organizing Center.) Samidoun members and chapters will be participating in Block the Boat activities in their locations and urge all supporters of Palestine to join in the call! To get all of the latest information, sign up to organize an activity or receive updates, please reach out to AROC and visit the official Block the Boat website! Block ZIM Everywhere! Profiteering from Israeli Apartheid is not Welcome Anywhere! For the past 10 days, the threat of our #BlockTheBoat protest has kept a cargo ship…
samidoun.net/2021/05/block-the-boat-international-week-of-action-2-9-june-2021/

Samidoun España speaks out for Palestine in multiple cities
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-30
Samidoun España joined a number of organizations in the Spanish capital Madrid to mark 73 years of ongoing Nakba and 73 years of ongoing Palestinian resistance with 73 hours of actions, demonstrations, presentations and artistic interventions. On Friday, 28 May, Hadeel Shatara, the coordinator of Samidoun Network in occupied Palestine, addressed a gathering in Rivas-Vaciamadrid over a video link. Her presentation on the current situation in Palestine on the ground came alongside films, performances and presentations by activists based in Madrid, including Jaldía Abubakra, founder of Alkarama Palestinian Women's M…
samidoun.net/2021/05/samidoun-espana-speaks-out-for-palestine-in-multiple-cities/

U.S. Unions Are Voicing Unprecedented Support for Palestine
Jeff Schuhrke | zcomm.org | 2021-05-30
While some national labor groups remain silent, union locals across the country are speaking out to defend Palestinians from Israeli aggression…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/u-s-unions-are-voicing-unprecedented-support-for-palestine/

Mideast Sisyphus: In Aftermath of Brutal Israeli Bombing, Palestinians in Gaza are Thirsty, in the Dark, and lack Medicine, and Thousands are Homeless
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-30
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Every time Israel bombs Gaza into smithereens, it is left to others to try to rebuild. The European Union, Qatar, and even the Biden administration are offering aid. (The US is giving a piddling $150 million; even tiny Qatar is pledging $500 million.) The Greek myths contain the story of …
juancole.com/2021/05/aftermath-palestinians-thousands.html

Why Israel Is Aiding Colombia's Crackdown On Protesters
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-30
Bogota – For exactly one month now, a nationwide strike has crippled Colombia and has been met with deadly repression by the far-right government of Ivan Duque. As trade unions have shut down major cities, halting mass transit and bringing economic gridlock to the country, government forces have responded with violence. According to government figures, at least 44 people have been killed in protests that began on April 28. A further 500 people have been "disappeared," more than 100 shot with live fire, and at least 28 have been wounded in the eye by police, the notorious ESMAD riot squad, or by paramilitary organ…
popularresistance.org/why-israel-is-aiding-colombias-crackdown-on-protesters/

Internationalist march in Berlin demands liberation for Palestine
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-30
Samidoun Deutschland, together with the Network for Freedom for all Political Prisoners and the Freedom Committee, organized an internationalist leftist march for Palestine that took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday, 29 May. Participants gave speeches about the struggle for the liberation of Palestine and played revolutionary music, while organizations from the Turkish, Kurdish and German left movements — as well as a delegation from the Netherlands — joined the event and provided statements and expressions of solidarity. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Samidoun Deutschland (@samidoun…
samidoun.net/2021/05/internationalist-march-in-berlin-demands-liberation-for-palestine/

Saturday 5/29: From Colombia to Palestine: Abolish State Terror
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
Pan Pacific Park, Los Angeles, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/27/18842778.php

Israel Rejects U.S. Decision To Re-Open Consulate In East Jerusalem
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-28
Click to see full-size image | On May 27th, Israeli authorities rejected the US plan to reopen its consulate in East Jerusalem, local media reported. | Israel's Ambassador in Washington, Gilad Erdan, said that the government firmly opposes the move to reopen the consulate catering for the Palestinians within what he described as Israel's "sovereign territory". | According to the Jerusalem Post, the issue was raised during Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blink…
southfront.org/israel-rejects-u-s-decision-to-re-open-consulate-in-east-jerusalem/

Headlines for May 28, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-28
U.N. Human Rights Chief Says Israel May Have Committed War Crimes in Gaza, African Nations Need 20 Million AstraZeneca Doses Within Weeks to Complete Vaccinations , Public Citizen Says a $25 Billion Investment Could Vaccinate the World, Senate GOP Ready to Filibuster Commission on January 6 Insurrection , Biden Reportedly Offered Japan Ambassadorship to Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Amazon Announces Deal to Acquire MGM Studios; WarnerMedia to Merge with Discovery , Elizabeth Warren Grills Bank CEOs for Preying on Customers During Pandemic, San Jose Gunman Expressed Hate for Co-Workers for Years, Had History…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/28/headlines

'1619 Project': Progressive educators oppose reactionary legislation
| workers.org | 2021-05-28
By Andy Terhune Right-wing lawmakers in 15 states are passing legislation that will require public school teachers to teach a nationalist narrative of history, which ignores the genocidal, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant and oppressive history of the United States. Specific legislation differs among the 15 states, but they all include a . . . | Continue reading '1619 Project': Progressive educators oppose reactionary legislation at Workers.org…
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'1619 Project': Progressive educators oppose reactionary curriculum
| workers.org | 2021-05-28
By Andy Terhune Right-wing lawmakers in 15 states are passing legislation that will require public school teachers to teach a nationalist narrative of history, which ignores the genocidal, racist, sexist, anti-immigrant and oppressive history of the United States. Specific legislation differs among the 15 states, but they all include a . . . | Continue reading '1619 Project': Progressive educators oppose reactionary curriculum at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56682/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1619-project-progressive-educators-oppose-reactionary-curriculum

Israeli Bombs Killed 66 Kids in Gaza Including 12 Who Were Getting Help for Trauma from Past Attacks
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-28
As the United Nations human rights chief warns Israel may have committed war crimes in Gaza, we look at how Israel killed 12 Palestinian children being treated for trauma from past Israeli bombings. Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, says Gaza has become "the home of hopelessness," particularly for young people in the besieged territory. "We humanitarian workers are sick and tired of building and rebuilding and see it all torn down again," Egeland says of Israel's repeated attacks on Gaza. "We are accumulating rubble, we're accumulating dead children, and we're accumulating hopelessn…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/28/jan_egela…

Biden's Eloquence About George Floyd Is Likely to Soon Ring Hollow
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
Black Lives Matter can't just be a slogan…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842757.php

Irish Parliament first in EU to Condemn Creeping Israeli "Annexation" of Palestinian West Bank
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-28
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Kerry O'Shea at the Irish Examiner reports that the Irish Dail (parliament) on Wednesday night passed a resolution accusing Israel of having committed the crime of "annexing" the Palestinian territories. Ireland is the first European Union state to make such a declaration. The motion also condemned Hamas for indiscriminately firing …
juancole.com/2021/05/parliament-annexation-palestinian.html

UN to probe Israeli repression against Palestinians as a whole
Maureen Clare Murphy | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-28
Not a single EU state voted in favor of the resolution.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/un-probe-israeli-repression-against-palestinians-whole

Palestine's Moment: Despite Massive Losses, Palestinians Have Altered the Course of History
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-28
The 'Palestinian Revolt of 2021' will go down in history as one of the most influential events that irreversibly shaped collective thinking in and around Palestine. Only two other events can be compared with what has just transpired in Palestine: the revolt of 1936 and the First Intifada of 1987. The general strike and rebellion…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/28/palestines-moment-despite-massive-losses-palestinians-have-altered-the-course-of-history/

What Must be Done to Really Stop Child Killing: Israel et al
Judith Deutsch | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-28
"Why would you just send a missile to them and kill them?" a 10 year old girl in Gaza 2021 Massacre — 67 Gazan children killed and 2 Israeli children. 2014 Massacre — 582 Gazan children killed and 1 Israeli child. [1] 2009 Massacre 345 Palestinian children, 0 Israeli. 2006 Massacre — high accuracy missiles…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/28/what-must-be-done-to-really-stop-child-killing-israel-et-al/

PODCAST: BDS and the Battle for Free Speech
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2021-05-28
Journalist Abby Martin, the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF), and CAIR won a major victory for free speech and the right to protest in solidarity with Palestine in a May 24 federal court ruling.
liberationnews.org/podcast-bds-and-the-battle-for-free-speech/

BLM: American Revolution Spreads Around the Globe
WillOfMany | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
The world changed not only because of COVID-19 pandemic beyond 2020. Political and economic crisis has led to growing of various protest movements. The widest and most active emerged in the USA. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement gained the largest extent. It demands from the American government not even reforms but revolutionary changes in the national social political course concerning people of color.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842753.php

Cops and colonizers out of LGBTQ+ Pride! Statement of LGBTQ+ Caucus of Workers World Party
| workers.org | 2021-05-28
As we head into Pride month 2021 — after more than a year of being locked down due to the COVID-19 pandemic — we are still plagued by twin epidemics of rampant racist police terror against the Black and Brown communities and U.S.-armed Israeli bombings and murder of Palestinian people . . . | Continue reading Cops and colonizers out of LGBTQ+ Pride! Statement of LGBTQ+ Caucus of Workers World Party at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56692/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cops-and-colonizers-out-of-lgbtq-pride-statement-of-lgbtq-caucus-of-workers-world-party

'This Is the Price of War': Israeli Newspaper Publishes Photos of All 67 Palestinian Children Killed in Gaza Onslaught
Julia Conley | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-28
Human rights advocates …
globalresearch.ca/price-war-israeli-newspaper-publishes-photos-all-67-palestinian-children-killed-gaza-onslaught/5746452

What Does It Mean to be a Woman, a Mother and a Grandmother in Gaza?
Andaleeb Adwan | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-28
Don't think that I'm addressing this to both genders out of concern for gender equality or to ensure gender-sensitive language. No. I want each of you, man or woman — those that God placed outside of Gaza, whether you're Palestinian or not — to try to seriously imagine yourselves in Gaza now, even for just…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/28/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-woman-a-mother-and-a-grandmother-in-gaza/

On the picketline
Marie Kelly | workers.org | 2021-05-28
Labor solidarity with Palestine On May 18, a general strike of Palestinian workers was held to protest the killing of civilians in Gaza, the displacement of Palestinians from their homes in Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and the attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli Defense Forces. The strike helped to pressure . . . | Continue reading On the picketline at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56678/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-picketline-2

"Israel Must End the Siege of Gaza"
Jeremy Corbyn | zcomm.org | 2021-05-28
Interview on the fight for a Palestine free from occupation and why the Biden administration needs to end its military support for Israel…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israel-must-end-the-siege-of-gaza/

Roaming Charges: Back to the Future in Gaza
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-28
It's been said many times but unfortunately can't be said often enough that the conflation of criticism of Israeli atrocities with anti-semitism is a deliberate tactic even though it demeans the toxicity of real anti-semitism. You almost get the sense that if anti-semitism didn't exist, it would serve Israel's strategic interest to bomb it into being, as a kind of permanent shield against popular outrage over its human rights crimes.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/28/roaming-charges-15/

Palestinian Nurse: We've Been Occupied for 73 Years. A Ceasefire Is Not Enough
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-28
Left Voice interviewed Mohammad Samara, a nurse from the West Bank, during the increased assault on Palestinian people and their land. We spoke about his experience seeing the disparities in healthcare and the recent strike on May 18. | Thanks a lot for being willing to do this interview with us, it means a lot. Could you start by telling us your name, where you live and what you do for work? | My name is Mohammed Samara, and I live in Nablus in Palestine. I work at Refugee Surgical Hospital P…
truthout.org/articles/palestinian-nurse-weve-been-occupied-for-73-years-a-ceasefire-is-not-enough/

May 29, Washington DC: National March for Palestine endorsed by 100+ organizations #March4Palestine
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-28
Saturday, May 29 3 pm — 8 pm Lincoln Memorial Washington, DC Info page: www.ampalestine.org/NationalMarch Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is honoured to join American Muslims for Palestine and over 100 organizations nationwide to march on Washington on Saturday, May 29 and demand to #SanctionIsrael. As the call to the rally notes: "We need to go big and bold right now for Palestinian liberation now that a ceasefire has gone into effect. No return to the status quo. It is time for Israeli settler-colonialism, ethnic cleansing, apartheid, military occupation, and blockade to be dismant…
samidoun.net/2021/05/may-29-washington-dc-national-march-for-palestine-endorsed-by-100-organizations-march4palestine/

29 May, Paris: Advance premier of "Fedayin: The Struggle of Georges Abdallah"
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-28
The documentary film Fedayin, the Struggle of Georges Abdallah will be screened in preview on Saturday, May 29 at 6 p.m. at the Luminor cinema in Paris as part of the Festival Ciné-Palestine and with the participation of the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah . Tickets for the screening are already sold out! However, you can catch other events of the Festival — see the schedule and more info on Facebook: www.facebook.com/FestivalCinePalestine/ Fedayin, the Struggle of Georges Abdallah retraces the course of an indefatigable Arab communist and fighter for Palestine. From the Pales…
samidoun.net/2021/05/29-may-paris-advance-premier-of-fedayin-the-struggle-of-georges-abdallah/

May 28, NYC: CUNY Must Divest! Rally and Press Conference for Palestine
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-28
Friday, 28 May 3: 00 pm John Jay College 524 W 59th St New York City Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/2951785921811362… This event will publicize the CUNY Statement for Palestine and then march to CUNY offices. See latest statement updates at the link. CUNY Community Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian People [To add your name, please click here or email cuny.solidarity.letter@gmail.com] We, members of the City University of New York community, stand in solidarity with the people of Palestine resisting the violence and oppression of Israeli settler colonial and apartheid rule. We condemn the brut…
samidoun.net/2021/05/may-28-nyc-cuny-must-divest-rally-and-press-conference-for-palestine/

UN Human Rights Council forms commission to probe rights violations in Palestine; Israel won't cooperate
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-28
The commission will investigate violations of all humanitarian and human rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in Israel over the past two months…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/28/un-human-rights-council-forms-commission-to-probe-rights-violations-in-palestine-israel-wont-cooperate/

Free Palestine! End all U.S. aid to Israel!
Party for Socialism, Liberation | liberationnews.org | 2021-05-28
The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) joins with people from across the country who are marching and rallying in solidarity with the the Palestinian people in their heroic struggle for self-determination, liberation and the right of return. Over the past three weeks, millions have taken to the streets in cities and towns across the …
liberationnews.org/free-palestine-end-all-u-s-aid-to-israel/

America's New Generation of Pro-Palestinian Voices
Julian Borger | zcomm.org | 2021-05-28
The conversation has to change before the policy can change. And right now we are seeing a radical change in the conversation surrounding Palestine."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/americas-new-generation-of-pro-palestinian-voices/

Friday 5/28: Vigil for Palestine
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
Liberty Bell (1415 Truxtun Ave, Bakersfield, CA)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/27/18842774.php

Wednesday 5/26: San Diego Rally for Palestine
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
Federal Building, 880 Front St, San Diego…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842761.php

Wednesday 5/26: Making Sense of Palestine Today: A Panel (Part 1 of 3)
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842758.php

'Any Attacks on al-Quds Means Regional War'
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-28
Hezbollah's secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gave a televised speech to commemorate the 21st anniversary of the liberation of South Lebanon from the Israeli occupation, arguing any aggression against Jerusalem al-Quds or its holy sites would mean regional war. | preview.presstv.com/ptv///newsroom/20210… | May 25th 2000 represents, as Sayyed Nasrallah n…
orinocotribune.com/any-attacks-on-al-quds-means-regional-war/

Trial of army officer Franco A. sheds light on fascist network in German state apparatus
wsws.org | 2021-05-28
The Federal Prosecutor's Office accuses Franco A. of preparing a "serious crime endangering the state," using a fake refugee identity, and planning terrorist attacks on politicians and public institutions to "change political conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany in line with his right-wing extremist ideas."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/28/fran…

How American Support for Israel Erases Palestinian Identity
Dorgham Abusalim | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-28
News of a …
globalresearch.ca/how-american-support-israel-erases-palestinian-identity/5746437

Once more on the issue of anti-Semitism in Germany
wsws.org | 2021-05-28
The millions in Germany and around the world, including many Jewish workers and young people, who are horrified by the murderous wars pursued by Israel and its imperialist backers and protest against this, are not anti-Semites.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/28/anti…

Sherry Buchanan:The Women Warriors Who Stopped the U.S. Genocide in Vietnam
Moderator | scheerpost.com | 2021-05-28
Photo courtesy of Sherry Buchanan] Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play The Vietnam War–or, as it is more accurately called in Vietnam, the American War–has become an inextricable and tragic part of the fabric of both Vietnamese and American society. America's Cold War intervention in the Asian country was as much an act of neocolonialism as it was a consequence of the country's… | Source…
scheerpost.com/2021/05/28/sherry-buchananthe-women-warriors-who-stopped-the-u-s-genocide-in-vietnam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sherry-buchananthe-women-warriors-who-stopped-the-u-s-genocide-in-vietnam

Israel attacks, kills children amid broad crackdown
Tamara Nassar | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-28
Killing of 17-year-old may amount to extrajudicial execution.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/israel-attacks-kills-children-amid-broad-crackdown

‚ÄãWe keep us safe: the transformative justice movement
Joris Leverink | roarmag.org | 2021-05-28
Protesters at a Black Lives Matter rally near Washington D.C., US — June 6, 2020. Photo: Johnny Silvercloud / Shutterstock.com | This essay was produced in collaboration with the Resistance Studies Initiative. | In the early days of the Black Lives Matter uprisings, the sight of Minneapolis' Third Precinct police station in flames was something many had never before imagined.
roarmag.org/essays/transformative-justice-movement/

The City of Cambridge Just Had Its Charlottesville Moment
Lana Habash, Noah Cohen | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-28
People across the US political spectrum reacted in horror at Donald Trump's comments on white supremacist violence in Charlottesville: "We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides, on many sides" Trump only dug the hole deeper when he explicitly condemned the KKK and neo-Nazis, but…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/28/the-city-of-cambridge-just-had-its-charlottesville-moment/

George Floyd's Death, The Working Class & Capitalism With IBT808 Pres Chris Silvera
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
Chris Silvera, the president of IBT Local 808 talks about racism and the continuing murders one year after the death of George Floyd. He also discusses the failure of the national unions to stand up to the racists, sexist and xenophobic attacks of former president Trump.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/25/18842749.php

2021 Stockton Juneteenth Historic Waterfront District
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2021-05-28
Generations of enslavement and affliction, chattel slavery and horrors of captive bondage ended after the bloody battles of the US Civil War where over 700,000 white men Confederate and Union soldiers, died on and off the battlefield to secure the hard fought freedoms we enjoy today. Vestiges of post traumatic episodes on all fronts continues today and May is Mental Health Month to help end the stigma of getting help.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/28/18842801.php

Saturday 5/29: From Colombia to Palestine: Abolish State Terror
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
Pan Pacific Park, Los Angeles, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/27/18842778.php

March of Solidarity with Palestine in Caracas (+ Photos)
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
Hundreds of Venezuelans mobilized in Caracas this Tuesday, May 25, in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people and denouncing the 11 days of criminal aggression and bombardment of Gaza by Israel. The march started from Plaza El Indio in Chacao, east of Caracas, and ended at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN), in Torre Parque el àÅvila. | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) delivered to the UN a statement in support of Palestine, stating that both "the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the PSUV express their strong rejection and condemnation against the acts of extermination ca…
orinocotribune.com/march-of-solidarity-with-palestine-in-caracas-photos/

Biden's Eloquence About George Floyd Is Likely to Soon Ring Hollow
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
Black Lives Matter can't just be a slogan…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842757.php

Spain Receives Venezuela's Formal Request for Leopoldo López Extradition (+ Orlando Figuera Case)
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
Spain's Minister for Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, confirmed that Spain has already received the formal request for the extradition of the Venezuelan fugitive from justice, Leopoldo López. | Without providing any further explanation regarding the expected response to the request, the Spanish minister stated that they would "follow the procedure as usual," Europa Press agency reported. | On May 11, the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) authorized a request to be issued to the government of Spain for the extradition of the ultra-rightist and opposition leader Leopoldo López Men…
orinocotribune.com/spain-receives-venezuelas-formal-request-for-leopoldo-lopez-extradition-orlando-figuera-case/

Gaza resistance: beginning of the end for apartheid Israel?
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-27
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Beirut-based journalist Laith Marouf about what Israel's latest war on Gaza means for Palestinian resistance. Marouf analyzes the new military capacity demonstrated by Hamas during the war and examines how the region might respond to Israeli aggression in the future. He also provides context on the political failures of the Palestinian Authority in The West Bank to respond to the needs and desires of the Palestinian people.
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/27/gaza-resistance-beginning-of-the-end-for-apartheid-israel/

On the Ethics of Non-Palestinians Promoting Nonviolence
Benay Blend | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
By Benay Blend — May 24, 2021 | In "The Violence Debate: Teaching the Oppressed how to Fight Oppression" (2010), Ramzy Baroud explains that for "progressive and Leftist media and audiences, stories praising non-violence" are preferred, for they invoke a strategy acceptable to liberals in the West. At no other time, perhaps, than the present has there been so much condemnation of the victims for their resistance. | "Whether in subtle or overt ways," Baroud continues, "armed resistance in Pales…
orinocotribune.com/on-the-ethics-of-non-palestinians-promoting-nonviolence/

Palestine's Moment: Despite Massive Losses, Palestinians Have Altered the Course of History
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-27
The 'Palestinian Revolt of 2021' will go down in history as one of the most influential events that irreversibly shaped collective thinking in and around Palestine. Only two other events can be compared with what has just transpired in Palestine: the revolt of 1936 and the First Intifada of 1987. The general strike and rebellion of 1936-39 …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/palestines-moment-despite-massive-losses-palestinians-have-altered-the-course-of-history/

Despite massive losses, the Palestinians have altered the course of history
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2021-05-27
The Palestinians won because, once more, they emerged from the rubble of Israeli bombs as a whole, a nation determined to win its freedom at any cost…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/despite-massive-losses-the-palestinians-have-altered-the-course-of-history/

WHA Approves Resolution on Health Conditions in Palestine
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-27
The World Health Assembly (WHA) on Wednesday approved a draft resolution on health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights. | RELATED: | European Humanitarian Aid to Palestine To Reach $42 Million | The resolution was submitted by countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Syria, according to the decision made last year in the WHA, which is the highest decision-making body…
telesurenglish.net/news/WHA-Approves-Resolution-on-Health-Conditions-in-Palestine-20210527-0013.html

Israel, US and UK vote against World Health Assembly decision to improve health facilities in Palestine
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-27
The draft decision that was critical of continuing Israeli occupation was adopted after a heated debate. While a majority of countries supported it, Israel was joined by the US, UK, Canada and Germany, among others who alleged it to be "political" in nature…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/27/israel-us-and-uk-vote-against-world-health-assembly-decision-to-improve-health-facilities-in-palestine/

In the News: From the USA to Gaza: The New Global Movement Against Racism & Repression
The Socialist Program | liberationnews.org | 2021-05-27
The panel discusses the one year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, the Palestinian people's continuing resistance after 11 days of massacres by Israeli forces, and how the mass movements that developed around the issues of racist police violence and the oppression of Palestinians have changed the world.
liberationnews.org/in-the-news-from-the-usa-to-gaza-the-new-global-movement-against-racism-repression/

Spain Receives Venezuela's Formal Request for Leopoldo López Extradition (+ Orlando Figuera Case)
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
Spain's Minister for Foreign Affairs, EU and Cooperation, Arancha González Laya, confirmed that Spain has already received the formal request for the extradition of the Venezuelan fugitive from justice, Leopoldo López. | Without providing any further explanation regarding the expected response to the request, the Spanish minister stated that they would "follow the procedure as usual," Europa Press agency reported. | On May 11, the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) authorized a request to be issued to the government of Spain for the extradition of the ultra-rightist and opposition leader Leopoldo López Men…
orinocotribune.com/spain-receives-venezuelas-formal-request-for-leopoldo-lopez-extradition-orlando-figuera-case/

BLM: American Revolution Spreads Around the Globe
WillOfMany | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
The world changed not only because of COVID-19 pandemic beyond 2020. Political and economic crisis has led to growing of various protest movements. The widest and most active emerged in the USA. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement gained the largest extent. It demands from the American government not even reforms but revolutionary changes in the national social political course concerning people of color.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842753.php

US-funded Belarusian Regime-Change Activist Arrested on Plane Joined neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Ben Norton | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
By Ben Norton — May 26, 2021 | Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the US government's media apparatus. | A high-profile Belarusian regime-change activist whose detention on a forcibly grounded airplane caused an international scandal has extensive links to neo-fascist groups, which his political sponsors in Western capitals have conveniently overlooked. | Right-wing activist Roman Protasevich was traveling on the Irish airliner Ryanair on May 23 when the plane crossed int…
orinocotribune.com/us-funded-belarusian-regime-change-activist-arrested-on-plane-joined-neo-nazis-in-ukraine/

U.S.-funded Belarusian regime-change activist arrested on plane joined neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Ben Norton | mronline.org | 2021-05-27
Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the U.S. government's media apparatus. | May 27, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/05/27/u-s-funded-belarusian-regime-change-activist-arrested-on-plane-joined-neo-nazis-in-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-funded-belarusian-regime-change-activist-arrested-on-plane-joined-neo-nazis-in-ukraine

Gaza resistance: beginning of the end for apartheid Israel?
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-27
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Beirut-based journalist Laith Marouf about what Israel's latest war on Gaza means for Palestinian resistance. Marouf analyzes the new military capacity demonstrated by Hamas during the war and examines how the region might respond to Israeli aggression in the future. He also provides context on the political failures of the Palestinian Authority in The West Bank to respond to the needs and desires of the Palestinian people.
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/27/gaza-resistance-beginning-of-the-end-for-apartheid-israel/

Australian workers and youth condemn Israeli assault on Gaza
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
One worker at the Sydney protest said: "A lot of the war, conflict and violence that we see is the big world countries fighting over resources, money and oil. And it all ultimately costs the lives and the blood of the working people of the world."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/27/intg…

March of Solidarity with Palestine in Caracas (+ Photos)
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
Hundreds of Venezuelans mobilized in Caracas this Tuesday, May 25, in a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people and denouncing the 11 days of criminal aggression and bombardment of Gaza by Israel. The march started from Plaza El Indio in Chacao, east of Caracas, and ended at the headquarters of the United Nations (UN), in Torre Parque el àÅvila. | The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) delivered to the UN a statement in support of Palestine, stating that both "the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the PSUV express their strong rejection and condemnation against the acts of extermination ca…
orinocotribune.com/march-of-solidarity-with-palestine-in-caracas-photos/

The Spotlight on Israel Apartheid Must Not Fade
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-27
Unlike ever before, Israel is finally seeing some major pushback that is international in scope. With its ongoing ethnic cleansing campaign exemplified by the expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah, its attacks on worshippers at one of the holiest sites in Islam, Al Aqsa, and on the holiest of holidays, and its murderous and criminal assault on the captive population of Gaza, Israel has been put in an uncomfortable spotlight. But the key to dismantling its entrenched apartheid system lies in keeping that spotlight fixed, especially now that a ceasefire has been implemented. If attenti…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/27/the-spotlight-on-israel-apartheid-must-not-fade/

American Arms Makers Are Making a Killing Off of Israel's Slaughter in Gaza
Jessica Buxbaum | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-27
Major arms and …
globalresearch.ca/american-arms-makers-making-killing-off-israel-slaughter-gaza/5746352

Days Before Approving Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, State Department Agreed to Contentious Bomb Sale to Israel
Alex Kane | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-27
Today, the Biden …
globalresearch.ca/days-before-approving-humanitarian-aid-gaza-state-department-agreed-contentious-bomb-sale-israel/5746360

Palestinians, allies keep up fight against Israeli apartheid
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2021-05-27
Across the U.S., the Palestine solidarity movement has stayed in the streets — rallying, marching and chanting "Free, free Palestine." Recurring themes include the demand to cut all U.S. aid to Israel and assertions that a cease-fire is not enough, the occupation must end, and that "it is not a . . . | Continue reading Palestinians, allies keep up fight against Israeli apartheid at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56666/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palestinians-allies-keep-up-fight-against-israeli-apartheid

Biden's Eloquence About George Floyd Is Likely to Soon Ring Hollow
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
Black Lives Matter can't just be a slogan…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842757.php

From BLM to Palestine: Only a Marriage of Movements can Counter a Marriage of Empires
Erin McCarley | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-27
On this one-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder, I'm thinking about settler colonial nations who routinely spend great amounts of capital to militarily and politically repress indigenous and popular uprisings led by the most historically oppressed peoples of the world. The United States and Israel–two settler-colonial nation states whose drive to exterminate and replace indigenous …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/from-blm-to-palestine-only-a-marriage-of-movements-can-counter-a-marriage-of-empires/

How Israel's violence is enacted through discriminatory land-use policies
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-05-27
By Irit Katz and Haim Yacobi | — On May 21, a ceasefire was agreed to between Israel, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, putting an end to a bloody 11-day conflict. Despite the relative calm that has ensued, the violence of these past weeks across Israel-Palestine has unveiled distinct urban fronts. Expropriations and restrictive planning threaten …
juancole.com/2021/05/violence-discriminatory-policies.html

Wednesday 5/26: San Diego Rally for Palestine
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
Federal Building, 880 Front St, San Diego…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842761.php

Saturday 5/29: National March for Palestine
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
Lincoln Memorial | Washington, DC…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/25/18842743.php

Wednesday 5/26: Making Sense of Palestine Today: A Panel (Part 1 of 3)
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842758.php

On the Ethics of Non-Palestinians Promoting Nonviolence
Benay Blend | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
By Benay Blend — May 24, 2021 | In "The Violence Debate: Teaching the Oppressed how to Fight Oppression" (2010), Ramzy Baroud explains that for "progressive and Leftist media and audiences, stories praising non-violence" are preferred, for they invoke a strategy acceptable to liberals in the West. At no other time, perhaps, than the present has there been so much condemnation of the victims for their resistance. | "Whether in subtle or overt ways," Baroud continues, "armed resistance in Pales…
orinocotribune.com/on-the-ethics-of-non-palestinians-promoting-nonviolence/

Greetings from "New Normal" Germany!
C.J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-27
On April 1, 1933, shortly after Hitler was appointed chancellor, the Nazis staged a boycott of Jewish businesses in Germany. Members of the Storm Troopers ("die Sturmabteilung," or the "Storm Department," as I like to think of them) stood around outside of Jewish-owned stores with Gothic-lettered placards reading "Germans! Defend yourselves! Do not buy from …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/greetings-from-new-normal-germany/

Recently Detained Belarussian neo-Nazi "Journalist" Protasevich Served in Canadian Backed neo-Nazi Azov Battalion
Aidan Jonah | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
By Aidan Jonah — May 25, 2021 | Update: Purported "journalist" Protasevich confirmed beyond a doubt to be a neo-Nazi who fought with Canadian backed Azov Battalion for a year. | Belarusian "journalist" Raman Protasevich has come into the news after being arrested by Belarusian police on May 23. Protasevich has been described as a brave journalist fighting for democracy, the typical description of suspicious figures salivated over by mainstream media. | Notably, the Belarussian government argues that "The Ryanair plane made an emergency landing due to a bomb threat on 23 May in Minsk, which later turned out t…
orinocotribune.com/recently-detained-belarussian-neo-nazi-journalist-protasevich-served-in-canadian-backed-neo-nazi-azov-battalion/

Why can't Britain's journalists call Israel an apartheid state?
David Cronin | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-27
Press union rejects Palestinian plea.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/why-cant-britains-journalists-call-israel-apartheid-state

How American support for Israel erases Palestinian identity
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-05-27
We must not lose sight of what lies behind Israel's unbridled use of force: American support. | May 27, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/05/27/how-american-support-for-israel-erases-palestinian-identity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-american-support-for-israel-erases-palestinian-identity

George Floyd's Death, The Working Class & Capitalism With IBT808 Pres Chris Silvera
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
Chris Silvera, the president of IBT Local 808 talks about racism and the continuing murders one year after the death of George Floyd. He also discusses the failure of the national unions to stand up to the racists, sexist and xenophobic attacks of former president Trump.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/25/18842749.php

Black Lives Matter movement sparks electoral defeat for FOP
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2021-05-27
Protesters call on Krasner to "Free Mumia" in Philadelphia, March 12. Philadelphia For decades, the endorsement of the powerful Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police was sought by almost every candidate running for office in the city and throughout Pennsylvania. Through the power of its purse strings, the FOP has been . . . | Continue reading Black Lives Matter movement sparks electoral defeat for FOP at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56662/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=black-lives-matter-movement-sparks-electoral-defeat-for-fop

Sobre un posible conflicto religioso en Palestina
Alessandro Pagani | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-27
øNos dirigimos a un conflicto interno palestino o lo que algunos llamarían un conflicto religioso o hasta una "guerra civil"? | Esta pregunta es utilizada por algunos para lograr sus miserables metas, lanzándola en la cara de los palestinos para intimidar…
globalizacion.ca/sobre-un-posible-conflicto-religioso-en-palestina/

Sobre un posible conflicto religioso en Palestina
Alessandro Pagani | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-27
øNos dirigimos a un conflicto interno palestino o lo que algunos llamarían un conflicto religioso o hasta una "guerra civil"? | Esta pregunta es utilizada por algunos para lograr sus miserables metas, lanzándola en la cara de los palestinos para intimidar…
globalizacion.ca/sobre-un-posible-conflicto-religioso-en-palestina/

The Fight to Whitewash US History
Julia Carrie Wong | zcomm.org | 2021-05-27
At least 15 states are trying to ban schools from teaching critical race theory and the 1619 Project. The reactionary movement stretches back to the 1920s and the KKK…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-fight-to-whitewash-us-history/

The Emperor's New Rules
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-26
Credit: pinterest.com The world is reeling in horror at the latest Israeli massacre of hundreds of men, women and children in Gaza. Much of the world is also shocked by the role of the United States in this crisis, as it keeps providing Israel with weapons to kill Palestinian civilians, in violation of U.S. and …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/the-emperors-new-rules/

The Emperor's New Rules: America's "Rules-Based Order" has Blind Spots
Medea Benjamin, Nicholas J.S. Davies | juancole.com | 2021-05-26
( Code Pink) — The world is reeling in horror at the latest Israeli massacre of hundreds of men, women and children in Gaza. Much of the world is also shocked by the role of the United States in this crisis, as it keeps providing Israel with weapons to kill Palestinian civilians, in violation of …
juancole.com/2021/05/emperors-rules-americas.html

Despite loss of life & destruction, Gaza resists, hits Israel hard
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2021-05-26
A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas began May 21. It followed 11 days of the U.S.-armed and backed Israeli Air Force's vicious airstrikes on occupied Gaza. The bombs and rockets massacred more than 250 Palestinians, including over 60 children. Some 2,000 people were injured out of a population of 2 . . . | Continue reading Despite loss of life & destruction, Gaza resists, hits Israel hard at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56638/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=despite-loss-of-life-destruction-gaza-resists-hits-israel-hard

US-funded Belarusian regime-change activist arrested on plane joined neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the US government's media apparatus. A high-profile Belarusian regime-change activist whose detention on a forcibly grounded airplane caused an international scandal has extensive links to neo-fascist groups, which his political sponsors in Western capitals have conveniently overlooked. Right-wing activist Roman Protasevich was traveling on the Irish airliner Ryanair on May 23 when the plane crossed into …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/belarus-roman-protasevich-plane-nazis-ukraine/

The US Isn't an Israel Puppet, Israel Isn't a US Puppet: It's One Empire
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-26
By Caitlin Johnstone — May 23, 2021 | Nearly 200,000 protesters attended a pro-Palestine demonstration in Central London on Saturday afternoon, another clear sign that support for Palestinian rights is becoming increasingly mainstream and the imperialists are losing control of the Israel narrative. | The real consequence of this is that people will begin losing trust in t…
orinocotribune.com/the-us-isnt-an-israel-puppet-israel-isnt-a-us-puppet-its-one-empire/

Palestine is a Mirror into the Contemporary World Struggle Against Imperialism, and its Contradictions
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-26
Danny Haiphong One cannot logically support the liberation of Palestine while simultaneously advocating regime change in Syria and Venezuela and obscene funding for the US military. "Palestinians deserve full solidarity in their ongoing struggle to liberate themselves and their land." Unity among the people of colonized Palestine has engendered a violent response from the Israeli… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/26/palestine-is-a-mirror-into-the-contemporary-world-struggle-against-imperialism-and-its-contradictions/

To Distract From Gaza, Israel Lobby Manufactures Antisemitism Freakout
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-26
With deceptively edited videos and dubious allegations, the Israel lobby has manufactured an antisemitism epidemic to turn the media's gaze away from dead children in Gaza.
popularresistance.org/to-distract-from-gaza-slaughter-israel-lobby-manufactures-antisemitism-freakout/

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A primer on the long-standing dispute over Gaza (Video: U-Michigan Interviews Juan Cole)
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-26
juancole.com/2021/05/palestinian-conflict-standing.html

Israel to carry out more mass arrests of Palestinians
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-26
On Sunday night, Israel's police force announced a programme of mass arrests of Israel's Palestinian citizens for participating in recent demonstrations opposing the bombing of Gaza and evictions in East Jerusalem, as well as against Israeli security forces' raids on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
popularresistance.org/israel-to-carry-out-more-mass-arrests-of-palestinians-in-pursuit-of-ethnic-cleansing/

Tampa's Palestinian community continues to protest for freedom and justice after ceasefire
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-26
Tampa, Fl – After weeks of protests all over the world, the large Palestinian American community and activists within Tampa continued to protest on Saturday, May 22, in downtown Tampa. Approximately 300 supporters and community members rallied to demand freedom for those living in Gaza and an end to the Israeli occupation over all of Palestine. | After the ceasefire of last week, many protesters and organizers demanded that the fight for Palestine has to continue. | "The ceasefire does not mean that we stop fighting. The only thing that has changed is that Gaza isn't being bombed daily, but we should not settle…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/25/tampa-s-…

AP Firing Shows Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Illusion of 'Objectivity'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-26
Several right-wing organizations, including the Federalist and Washington Free Beacon outlets, attacked the news service over Wilder's previous affiliation with Students for Justice in Palestine, when she was an undergraduate at Stanford University. AP, which recently had its office in Gaza destroyed by Israeli missile fire, bowed to the pressure.
popularresistance.org/ap-firing-shows-right-wing-hypocrisy-illusion-of-objectivity/

Israeli bombardment of Gaza builds support for U.S. aid restrictions
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-26
WASHINGTON–Even though its bombardment was stopped by an Egyptian-brokered and U.S.-pressured ceasefire, the Israeli government-ordered 11-day offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza has built momentum for restrictions on U.S. foreign aid to Israel. But though a mainstream lawmaker, Rep. Betty McCollum, DFL-Minn., has lined up 22 cosponsors for her legislation, HR2590, it still faces an …
peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-bombardment-of-gaza-builds-support-for-u-s-aid-restrictions/

Biden State Department Quietly Grants Boeing License for $735 Million Bomb Sale
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-26
The Biden administration has reportedly granted Boeing an export license for the sale of $735 million in advanced weaponry to the Israeli government, news that came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged $5.5 million in emergency aid to help Gaza recover from the latest Israeli bombing campaign. | Citing an un…
truthout.org/articles/biden-state-department-quietly-grants-boeing-license-for-735-million-bomb-sale/

Headlines for May 26, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-26
George Floyd's Family Calls for Passage of Policing Act as Nation Marks One Year Since His Killing, Blinken Says U.S. Will Reopen Jerusalem Consulate, Pledges Aid for Gaza as U.S. OKs New Arms Sales to Israel, Israel Arrests Hundreds of Palestinians; UNRWA Head Apologizes for Remarks on Israeli Assault, U.S. Joins Calls to Further Probe Origins of COVID-19, 50% of U.S. Adults Fully Vaccinated; Moderna's Vaccine Is 100% Effective in 12- to 17-Year-Olds, Kristen Clarke Sworn In as First Black Woman to Lead the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Iraqi Security Forces Kill Protester at Rally Demanding Accountability for Mu…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/26/headlines

Hamas Leader Unveiled Coordination With Lebanese Resistance To Attack Israel In Recent Gaza Battle
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-26
Hamas rocket unit. Illustrative image. | The rockets launched from Lebanon and Syria at Israel during the last battle in the Gaza Strip were the result of coordination between Palestinian factions and the "resistance in Lebanon," Yahya al-Sinwar, leader of the Hamas Movement in Gaza, revealed on May 26. | Sinwar, who was reportedly on Israel's "kill list" during the last battle, made his remarks during a public press conference in Gaza city. By saying the "resistance in Lebanon", the Palestinian leader was referring to Hezb…
southfront.org/hamas-leader-unveiled-coordination-with-lebanese-resistance-to-attack-israel-in-recent-gaza-battle/

Israel continues violence against Palestinians, but faces new reality
Barry Sheppard | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-26
As the ceasefire entered its fourth day, Israel continued its drive against Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied territories. | On May 21, the first day of the ceasefire, Israeli settlers, backed by security forces, stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem and attacked Palestinians there. Three days later, settlers again attacked Al Aqsa, backed by police, who used stun guns and rubber bullets. There were mass arrests. | Israeli attacks on Palestinians at the mosque in April and early May led to the war against Gaza. | The new attacks are meant to discourage Palestinians from attending the mosque, a…
greenleft.org.au/content/israel-continues-violence-against-palestinians-faces-new-reality

"The Savage Punishment Of Gaza": Israel's Latest Assault On Palestine's Open Prison
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-26
Recent media coverage of Israel and Palestine, not least by BBC News, has been full of the usual deceptive propaganda tropes: Israel is 'responding' or 'reacting' to Palestinian 'provocation' and 'escalation'; Palestinian rockets 'killed' Israelis, but Palestinians 'have died' from unnamed causes; Israel has 'armed forces' and 'security forces', but Hamas has 'militants'. And, as …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/the-savage-punishment-of-gaza-israels-latest-assault-on-palestines-open-prison/

How a fascist party brought into Israel's parliament by Netanyahu helped him start the war he wanted
David Sheen | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
After Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu paved its way into Israel's parliament, the fascist Jewish Power party sparked anti-Palestinian pogroms, giving him a pretext to attack Gaza. The day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect, ending 11 days of mutual bombardment that resulted in the deaths of some 250 Palestinians, 10 Israelis, and three Asian workers, mainstream Israeli commentators piled on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of launching the war for his own personal benefit. The …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/fascist-party-netanyahu-israels-parliament-war/

Loosening the Tie to Israel
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
After bombing over a thousand targets in Gaza, where genuine strategic targets are few and far between, even Israeli leaders decided that the backlash from killing Palestinian children was too much to bear. Nevertheless, the mainstream media is giving credit to President Joe Biden for arranging a cease fire between Israel and Gaza that was determined by conditions on the ground and not humanitarian concerns.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/loosening-the-tie-to-israel/

Why the Overton window has suddenly shifted on Israel-Palestine
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2021-05-26
There is little doubt that the Overton window on Israel-Palestine is rapidly shifting. To understand why, MintPress spoke to academics, experts, and rights groups familiar with the subject. | May 26, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/05/26/why-the-overton-window-has-suddenly-shifted-on-israel-palestine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-the-overton-window-has-suddenly-shifted-on-israel-palestine

"America on Fire": Historian Elizabeth Hinton on George Floyd, Policing & Black Rebellion
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-26
Protests and vigils were held across the U.S. to mark one year since the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd's death sparked a national uprising and global movement against systemic racism and police brutality. Elizabeth Hinton, an associate professor of history and African American studies at Yale University and a professor of law at Yale Law School, connects the Black Lives Matter protests to a long history of Black rebellion against police violence in her new book "America on Fire" and notes that the U.S. has had previous opportunities to address systemic racism and state violence, but change r…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/26/elizabeth…

The Meaning of Solidarity with Palestine
Rebecca Ruth Gould | progressive.org | 2021-05-26
As global solidarity with Palestinians continues to grow, how can the lessons of this movement benefit other colonized and oppressed peoples?
progressive.org/dispatches/meaning-of-solidarity-with-palestine-gould-210526/

Students demand U of MN divest from companies aiding Israeli apartheid
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-26
Minneapolis, MN – On Friday, May 21, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Minnesota held a protest calling for university divestment from companies funding the Israeli apartheid. | Over 150 students and community members rallied at the Memorial Union, where speakers voiced their anger with the university administration for complicity with the genocide against Palestinians and its giving support to Zionist student groups. Additionally, students condemned the administration's lack of action following the passage of two separate referendums in campus elections: one in 2018 calling for divestment f…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/25/students…

The Emperor's New Rules: America's "Rules-Based Order" has Blind Spots
Medea Benjamin, Nicholas J.S. Davies | juancole.com | 2021-05-26
( Code Pink) — The world is reeling in horror at the latest Israeli massacre of hundreds of men, women and children in Gaza. Much of the world is also shocked by the role of the United States in this crisis, as it keeps providing Israel with weapons to kill Palestinian civilians, in violation of …
juancole.com/2021/05/emperors-rules-americas.html

Colombia: Broad general strike challenges 'narc-oligarchy'
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2021-05-26
May 23 — The general strike against anti-poor "reforms" in Colombia is finishing its fourth week. So far, every test of strength has shown popular support has grown in defiance of police and fascist murders and beatings of protesters and the threat of COVID-19, which has already killed 85,000 people. . . . | Continue reading Colombia: Broad general strike challenges 'narc-oligarchy' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56632/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colombia-broad-general-strike-challenges-narc-oligarchy

US-funded Belarusian regime-change activist arrested on plane joined neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the US government's media apparatus. A high-profile Belarusian regime-change activist whose detention on a forcibly grounded airplane caused an international scandal has extensive links to neo-fascist groups, which his political sponsors in Western capitals have conveniently overlooked. Right-wing activist Roman Protasevich was traveling on the Irish airliner Ryanair on May 23 when the plane crossed into …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/belarus-roman-protasevich-plane-nazis-ukraine/

US-funded Belarusian regime-change activist arrested on plane served with neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the US government's media apparatus. A high-profile Belarusian regime-change activist whose detention on a forcibly grounded airplane caused an international scandal has extensive links to neo-fascist groups, which his political sponsors in Western capitals have conveniently overlooked. Right-wing activist Roman Protasevich was traveling on the Irish airliner Ryanair on May 23 when the plane crossed into …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/belarus-roman-protasevich-plane-nazis-ukraine/

Rashida Tlaib Demands That Social Media Companies Stop Censoring Palestinians
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-26
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has written a letter to social media companies asking that they stop removing and suspending posts and users from their platforms for spreading information about Israeli violence against Palestinians. | The letter to Facebook, Twitter and ByteDance, which owns TikTok, asks the companies to answer a series of questions on their methodologies for removing certain posts and highlights a double standard in censorship of Palestinians online. | "I write with urgent…
truthout.org/articles/rashida-tlaib-demands-that-social-media-companies-stop-censoring-palestinians/

The People United Will Never Be Defeated! SF Rally Against Attacks On Palestinian People
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
Over 1,000 Palestinians and opponents of the attacks on Palestinians in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank rallied and spoke out in San Francisco on 5/22/21…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/24/18842724.php

Loosening the Tie to Israel
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
After bombing over a thousand targets in Gaza, where genuine strategic targets are few and far between, even Israeli leaders decided that the backlash from killing Palestinian children was too much to bear. Nevertheless, the mainstream media is giving credit to President Joe Biden for arranging a cease fire between Israel and Gaza that was determined by conditions on the ground and not humanitarian concerns.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/loosening-the-tie-to-israel/

Israel to carry out more mass arrests of Palestinians in pursuit of ethnic cleansing
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-26
On Sunday night, Israel's police force announced a programme of mass arrests of Israel's Palestinian citizens for participating in recent demonstrations opposing the bombing of Gaza and evictions in East Jerusalem, as well as against Israeli security forces' raids on the al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
popularresistance.org/israel-to-carry-out-more-mass-arrests-of-palestinians-in-pursuit-of-ethnic-cleansing/

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A primer on the long-standing dispute over Gaza (Video: U-Michigan Interviews Juan Cole)
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-26
juancole.com/2021/05/palestinian-conflict-standing.html

Israeli bombardment of Gaza builds support for U.S. aid restrictions
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-26
WASHINGTON–Even though its bombardment was stopped by an Egyptian-brokered and U.S.-pressured ceasefire, the Israeli government-ordered 11-day offensive against the Palestinians in Gaza has built momentum for restrictions on U.S. foreign aid to Israel. But though a mainstream lawmaker, Rep. Betty McCollum, DFL-Minn., has lined up 22 cosponsors for her legislation, HR2590, it still faces an …
peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-bombardment-of-gaza-builds-support-for-u-s-aid-restrictions/

Tampa's Palestinian community continues to protest for freedom and justice after ceasefire
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-26
Tampa, Fl – After weeks of protests all over the world, the large Palestinian American community and activists within Tampa continued to protest on Saturday, May 22, in downtown Tampa. Approximately 300 supporters and community members rallied to demand freedom for those living in Gaza and an end to the Israeli occupation over all of Palestine. | After the ceasefire of last week, many protesters and organizers demanded that the fight for Palestine has to continue. | "The ceasefire does not mean that we stop fighting. The only thing that has changed is that Gaza isn't being bombed daily, but we should not settle…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/25/tampa-s-…

AP Firing Shows Right-Wing Hypocrisy, Illusion of 'Objectivity'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-26
Several right-wing organizations, including the Federalist and Washington Free Beacon outlets, attacked the news service over Wilder's previous affiliation with Students for Justice in Palestine, when she was an undergraduate at Stanford University. AP, which recently had its office in Gaza destroyed by Israeli missile fire, bowed to the pressure.
popularresistance.org/ap-firing-shows-right-wing-hypocrisy-illusion-of-objectivity/

The Emperor's New Rules
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-26
Credit: pinterest.com The world is reeling in horror at the latest Israeli massacre of hundreds of men, women and children in Gaza. Much of the world is also shocked by the role of the United States in this crisis, as it keeps providing Israel with weapons to kill Palestinian civilians, in violation of U.S. and …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/the-emperors-new-rules/

Hamas Reported Loss Of 61 Fighters, Commanders In Gaza Battle
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-26
Hamas rocket unit. Illustrative image. | Between March 22 and 26, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Movement, revealed the names of 61 of its fighters and commanders who were killed during the recent battle in the Gaza Strip. | The heated battle started on May 10 with a rocket attack on Jerusalem. The rocket attack, which was launched from Gaza, was a response to Israeli plans to evict a number of Arab families from the Sheik Jarrah neighborhood in the city. The battle ended with an Egypt-bro…
southfront.org/hamas-reported-loss-of-61-fighters-commanders-in-gaza-battle/

Hamas Leader Unveiled Coordination With Lebanese Resistance To Attack Israel In Recent Gaza Battle
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-26
Hamas rocket unit. Illustrative image. | The rockets launched from Lebanon and Syria at Israel during the last battle in the Gaza Strip were the result of coordination between Palestinian factions and the "resistance in Lebanon," Yahya al-Sinwar, leader of the Hamas Movement in Gaza, revealed on May 26. | Sinwar, who was reportedly on Israel's "kill list" during the last battle, made his remarks during a public press conference in Gaza city. By saying the "resistance in Lebanon", the Palestinian leader was referring to Hezb…
southfront.org/hamas-leader-unveiled-coordination-with-lebanese-resistance-to-attack-israel-in-recent-gaza-battle/

Headlines for May 26, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-26
George Floyd's Family Calls for Passage of Policing Act as Nation Marks One Year Since His Killing, Blinken Says U.S. Will Reopen Jerusalem Consulate, Pledges Aid for Gaza as U.S. OKs New Arms Sales to Israel, Israel Arrests Hundreds of Palestinians; UNRWA Head Apologizes for Remarks on Israeli Assault, U.S. Joins Calls to Further Probe Origins of COVID-19, 50% of U.S. Adults Fully Vaccinated; Moderna's Vaccine Is 100% Effective in 12- to 17-Year-Olds, Kristen Clarke Sworn In as First Black Woman to Lead the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Iraqi Security Forces Kill Protester at Rally Demanding Accountability for Mu…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/26/headlines

Biden State Department Quietly Grants Boeing License for $735 Million Bomb Sale
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-26
The Biden administration has reportedly granted Boeing an export license for the sale of $735 million in advanced weaponry to the Israeli government, news that came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged $5.5 million in emergency aid to help Gaza recover from the latest Israeli bombing campaign. | Citing an un…
truthout.org/articles/biden-state-department-quietly-grants-boeing-license-for-735-million-bomb-sale/

How a fascist party brought into Israel's parliament by Netanyahu helped him start the war he wanted
David Sheen | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
After Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu paved its way into Israel's parliament, the fascist Jewish Power party sparked anti-Palestinian pogroms, giving him a pretext to attack Gaza. The day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect, ending 11 days of mutual bombardment that resulted in the deaths of some 250 Palestinians, 10 Israelis, and three Asian workers, mainstream Israeli commentators piled on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of launching the war for his own personal benefit. The …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/fascist-party-netanyahu-israels-parliament-war/

How a fascist party brought into Israel's parliament by Netanyahu helped him start the war he wanted
David Sheen | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
After Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu paved its way into Israel's parliament, the fascist Jewish Power party sparked anti-Palestinian pogroms, giving him a pretext to attack Gaza The day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect, ending eleven days of mutual bombardment that resulted in the deaths of some two hundred and fifty Palestinians, ten Israelis and three Asian workers, mainstream Israeli commentators piled on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing him of launching the war for his own …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/fascist-party-netanyahu-israels-parliament-war/

Despite loss of life & destruction, Gaza resists, hits Israel hard
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2021-05-26
A cease-fire between Israel and Hamas began May 21. It followed 11 days of the U.S.-armed and backed Israeli Air Force's vicious airstrikes on occupied Gaza. The bombs and rockets massacred more than 250 Palestinians, including over 60 children. Some 2,000 people were injured out of a population of 2 . . . | Continue reading Despite loss of life & destruction, Gaza resists, hits Israel hard at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56638/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=despite-loss-of-life-destruction-gaza-resists-hits-israel-hard

Biden's Eloquence About George Floyd Will Ring Hollow If Rahm Emanuel Gets Ambassador Nomination
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"His record of running interference for racist police violence while mayor of Chicago underscores what a terrible mistake it would be for the Senate to confirm him as ambassador." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2021/05/26/bidens-eloquence-about-george-floyd-will-ring-hollow-if-rahm-emanuel-gets?cd-origin=rss

The Fascism Construction Manual
Naomi Wolf | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
Immediately after the proclamation of this pandemic, many elements of absolute all-around totalitarianism were put into effect in most countries of the West, even in countries that had previously been robust democracies. All of this happened very quickly and comprehensively.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/24/18842722.php

BLM: American Revolution Spreads Around the Globe
WillOfMany | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
The world changed not only because of COVID-19 pandemic beyond 2020. Political and economic crisis has led to growing of various protest movements. The widest and most active emerged in the USA. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement gained the largest extent. It demands from the American government not even reforms but revolutionary changes in the national social political course concerning people of color.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842753.php

Selected Articles: The Zionists on the Defensive
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
The Zionists on the Defensive | By Philip Giraldi, May 25, 2021 | Yes folks, there is an international conspiracy and it is all about "protecting" Israel. It operates through front and lobbying groups that uniquely promote the interests of a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-zionists-defensive/5746251

Why the Overton window has suddenly shifted on Israel-Palestine
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2021-05-26
There is little doubt that the Overton window on Israel-Palestine is rapidly shifting. To understand why, MintPress spoke to academics, experts, and rights groups familiar with the subject. | May 26, 2021…
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Palestine's Moment: Despite Massive Losses, Palestinians Have Altered the Course of History
Ramzy Baroud | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"This is the first time that Israel is forced to accept that the rules of the game have changed, likely forever." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2021/05/26/palestines-moment-despite-massive-losses-palestinians-have-altered-course-history?cd-origin=rss

A Year Later: Are Palestinians like George Floyd?
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-26
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — May 26 was the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by Minnesota police, and President Biden had the victim's family to the White House, where they lobbied the president on police reform. George Floyd could not have imagined how he would become an international symbol of the victimization …
juancole.com/2021/05/later-palestinians-george.html

A Year Later: Are Palestinians like George Floyd?
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2021-05-26
The Palestinians have this in common with George Floyd. Neither of them was treated as a citizen would be. Palestinians do not have the right to have rights…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-year-later-are-palestinians-like-george-floyd/

Anger and Dismay
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
It's no great surprise that most German media, reporting on the Israel-Palestine war, was one-sided, bigoted and misleading! There were samples of fairer treatment at first, showing the demolition of Palestinian homes, the shutdown of a meeting place for young people, the far-rightist gangs marching in East Jerusalem chanting "Death to Arabs," the invasion of…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/anger-and-dismay/

Michigan Marches Unite Palestine Solidarity And BLM
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-26
On Tuesday, May 18, roughly 200 people gathered to march in front of the Ford Motor Company plant in Dearborn, Michigan where Joe Biden was speaking. Dearborn is home to the largest Arab American and Palestinian populations in the United States. Speaker Jae Bass, a Black Detroiter and a leader of Detroit Will Breathe (DWB) — a militant, politically independent organization created last year in the midst of the uprising against police brutality — connected the experiences of the daily fight against police brutality here with the brutality of the Israeli military in Palestine. Noting that both struggles are lin…
popularresistance.org/michigan-marches-unite-palestine-solidarity-and-blm-pointing-the-way-forward/

Podcast Ep 37: How the corporate media suppresses Palestine
Nora Barrows-Friedman | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-26
Journalist Greg Shupak analyzes mainstream news and its routine defense of Israeli violence.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/podcast-ep-37-how-corporate-media-suppresses-palestine

The Meaning of Solidarity with Palestine
Rebecca Ruth Gould | progressive.org | 2021-05-26
As global solidarity with Palestinians continues to grow, how can the lessons of this movement benefit other colonized and oppressed peoples?
progressive.org/dispatches/meaning-of-solidarity-with-palestine-gould-210526/

Students demand U of MN divest from companies aiding Israeli apartheid
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-26
Minneapolis, MN – On Friday, May 21, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Minnesota held a protest calling for university divestment from companies funding the Israeli apartheid. | Over 150 students and community members rallied at the Memorial Union, where speakers voiced their anger with the university administration for complicity with the genocide against Palestinians and its giving support to Zionist student groups. Additionally, students condemned the administration's lack of action following the passage of two separate referendums in campus elections: one in 2018 calling for divestment f…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/25/students…

Sunday 5/23: Protest for Palestine
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
39707 Paseo Padre Pkwy | Fremont, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/23/18842700.php

Saturday 5/29: National March for Palestine
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
Lincoln Memorial | Washington, DC…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/25/18842743.php

'We Don't Want What Happened in 1948 To Happen to Us Again'
Mahmood Jrere, Tamer Nafar, Udi Aloni | thenation.com | 2021-05-26
Mahmood Jrere, Tamer Nafar, Udi Aloni 'We Don't Want What Happened in 1948 To Happen to Us Again'…
thenation.com/article/activism/dam-palestine-protest/

47 Advocacy Groups Urge Facebook to Explain, Cease Censorship of Israel Critics
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"Social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram are often Palestinian protestors' and residents' only tools to share information to keep each other safe in the face of repression by the Israeli government and police, and during attacks on civilians." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2021/05/26/47-advocacy-groups-urge-facebook-explain-cease-censorship-israel-critics?cd-origin=rss

What Solidarity With Palestine Means
Rebecca Ruth Gould | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"The struggle for justice in Palestine can teach the left how to pressure our leaders on a wider scale, on matters beyond Israel-Palestine. This is why justice for Palestinians means justice for everyone." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2021/05/26/what-solidarity-palestine-means?cd-origin=rss

Ireland Supports Landmark Motion to Condemn Israeli 'De Facto Annexation' of Palestine
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"The scale, pace, and strategic nature of Israel's actions on settlement expansion and the intent behind it have brought us to a point where we need to be honest about what is actually happening," said Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2021/05/26/ireland-supports-landmark-motion-condemn-israeli-de-facto-annexation-palestine?cd-origin=rss

Annexation of Palestine or "Uneventful Occurrence"‚Ää–‚ÄäWhat Do You See?
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
This incisive article first published by Global Research in June 2020 addresses the issue of Annexation Israeli soldier executing the kidnapping of several Nahalin villagers southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank, including Mohammad Afif Fannoun, on June 12, …
globalresearch.ca/annexation-uneventful-occurrence%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8awhat-do-you-see/5716065

What is Joe Biden's Israel Policy, Exactly?
Phyllis Bennis | indybay.org | 2021-05-26
The Biden administration thought it could muddle through with the usual pro-Israel platitudes, but rising awareness of Israeli apartheid is making that impossible.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/22/18842688.php

"America on Fire": Historian Elizabeth Hinton on George Floyd, Policing & Black Rebellion
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-26
Protests and vigils were held across the U.S. to mark one year since the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd's death sparked a national uprising and global movement against systemic racism and police brutality. Elizabeth Hinton, an associate professor of history and African American studies at Yale University and a professor of law at Yale Law School, connects the Black Lives Matter protests to a long history of Black rebellion against police violence in her new book "America on Fire" and notes that the U.S. has had previous opportunities to address systemic racism and state violence, but change r…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/26/elizabeth…

Blinken pledges Washington's full support to Israel and peanuts for the Palestinians
wsws.org | 2021-05-26
Israel's aerial bombardment killed at least 253 Palestinians, including 66 children and 39 women, while injuring 2,000 more, contradicting its claims to have solely targeted Hamas.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/26/isra…

After the Ceasefire: Peace or War?
Mel Gurtov | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
U.N. Secretary General António Guterres urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to go "beyond the restoration of calm to start a serious dialogue to address the root causes of the conflict." Noble idea, but don't expect anything of the sort. Both sides claimed victory, and both sides are far more likely to pick up where they…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/after-the-ceasefire-peace-or-war/

Minneapolis: Voices from the George Floyd uprising, one year later
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-26
The lynching of George Floyd sparked an uprising that transformed the Black-led movement against police terror in this country. Fight Back! interviewed several activists who found their places in this movement in the past year – four newer members of Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar (TCC4J) and the Executive Assistant for Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence (FSFAPV). TCC4J is a chapter of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. FSFAPV is a group of Minnesota families who have lost loved ones to police violence. | Fight Back!: What did you see and do during the upri…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/25/minneapo…

Prominent Grassroots Palestinian Activist Met With Blinken in Ramallah; Called For Ending Arms Sales To Israel
CounterPunch News Service | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
Ramallah, Occupied West Bank Prominent Grassroots Palestinian activist Issa Amro met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Deputy Assistance Secretary for Israeli and Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr Tuesday in Ramallah. In the meeting, which was with members of Palestinian civil society, Amro asked the Secretary of State to end unquestioned U.S. financial…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/prominent-grassroots-palestinian-activist-met-with-blinken-in-ramallah-called-for-ending-arms-sales-to-israel/

I'm a Former Jewish Federation CEO–and I Oppose Israel's Actions Against Palestinians
Joe Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
The last ten …
globalresearch.ca/former-jewish-federation-ceo-oppose-israel-actions-against-palestinians/5746241

The Nazi Past of US Geopolitics
Thomas Klikauer — Norman Simms | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
Geopolitics is the linking of political power to geographic space. Perhaps Zbigniew Brzezinski's Grand Chessboard remains one of its best abstract representations. It's not only the USA that has geopolitical goals; many other countries, like the UK, France, Russia and Germany, also developed distinct geopolitical ideas. In nineteenth century Germany, geopolitics included imperialist expansion based…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/the-nazi-past-of-us-geopolitics/

Blinken pledges Washington's full support to Israel and pittance for Palestinians
wsws.org | 2021-05-26
Israel's aerial bombardment killed at least 253 Palestinians, including 66 children and 39 women, while injuring 2,000 more, contradicting its claims to have solely targeted Hamas.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/26/isra…

Israeli Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa for Third Day in a Row
The New Arab | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
Israeli forces and …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-settlers-storm-al-aqsa-third-day-row/5746268

To distract from Gaza slaughter, Israel lobby manufactures antisemitism freakout
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-25
With deceptively edited videos and dubious allegations, the Israel lobby has manufactured an antisemitism epidemic to turn the media's gaze away from dead children in Gaza. Following an 11-day assault on the Gaza Strip in which the Israeli army killed over 220 people, including more than 65 children, and days of videotaped rampages of Jewish extremist mobs against Palestinian people and property inside Israeli cities, Israel lobbyists in the US and Canada have launched a carefully coordinated public relations campaign …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/24/gaza-slaughter-israel-lobby-antisemitism/

In Victory for American Freedom, Judge Mark Cohen Calls "Unconstitutional" Georgia's Ban on Boycotting Israel for Brutalizing Palestinians
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-25
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Ross Williams at the Georgia Reporter writes that federal judge Mark Cohen on Monday characterized as unconstitutional a Georgia state law that prohibited contractors for the Georgia state government from boycotting Israel. Cohen is United States District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. This …
juancole.com/2021/05/unconstitutional-brutalizing-palestinians.html

Abby Martin, Michelle Rodino-Colocino, and Brian Dolber
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2021-05-25
Mickey's first guest, independent journalist Abby Martin of The Empire Files, provides background to the Israeli bombardments of Gaza, and explains how big U.S. media strenuously avoid presenting the truth…
projectcensored.org/abby-martin-michelle-rodino-colocino-and-brian-dolber/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=abby-martin-michelle-rodino-colocino-and-brian-dolber

The Self Determination Of Native Americans Hinges On This Supreme Court Case
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-25
A case brought before the United States Supreme Court by three Native American women, who have been representing themselves, may decide the future of the 1975 Indian Self Determination Act. Clearing the FOG speaks with Charmaine White Face, a petitioner in the case, about her fight to stop the privatization of an Indian Health Service facility, Sioux San Hospital in Rapid City South Dakota, that serves 325 tribes in the area. She describes how the privatization is harming the health of the people who use this historic hospital. To her knowledge, this is the first effort to privatize an Indian Health Service hospi…
popularresistance.org/the-self-determination-of-native-americans-hinges-on-this-supreme-court-case/

Becoming Black: a conversation with Olúfémi Táíwà≤ and Achille Mbembe
Joris Leverink | roarmag.org | 2021-05-25
Protester facing police at a Black Lives Matter protest in London, UK — June 6, 2020. Photo: Viktor Kadiri / Shutterstock.com | The Movement for Black Lives not only exposed the brutality of US policing, it has stimulated conversations on systemic racism and coercive state power everywhere. For the tenth edition of its flagship State of Power report, the Transnational Institute has brought together two brilliant thinkers on racial capitalism today. | Achille Mbembe is a groundbreaking philosopher, whose many books since the mid 1980s…
roarmag.org/essays/becoming-black-a-conversation-with-olufemi-taiwo-and-achille-mbembe/

What is Joe Biden's Israel Policy, Exactly?
Phyllis Bennis | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
The Biden administration thought it could muddle through with the usual pro-Israel platitudes, but rising awareness of Israeli apartheid is making that impossible.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/22/18842688.php

Berlin Bulletin — Anger and dismay over Israeli aggression
Victor Grossman | workers.org | 2021-05-25
Berlin Bulletin No. 189, May 23 It's no great surprise that most German media, reporting on the Israel-Palestine war, were one-sided, bigoted and misleading! There were samples of fairer treatment, at first, showing the demolition of Palestinian homes, the shutdown of a meeting place for young people, the far-rightist gangs . . . | Continue reading Berlin Bulletin — Anger and dismay over Israeli aggression at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56618/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=berlin-bulletin-anger-and-dismay-over-israeli-aggression

Talk World Radio: Nora Barrows-Friedman on Palestine and Activism
David Swanson | warisacrime.org | 2021-05-25
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. This week on Talk World Radio we're talking about activism on behalf of the basic human rights of Palestinians. Our guest is Nora Barrows-Friedman. Nora Barrows-Friedman is an associate editor at The Electronic … Continue reading "Talk World Radio: Nora Barrows-Friedman on Palestine and Activism"
warisacrime.org/2021/05/25/talk-world-ra…

More Than 500 of the Staffers Who Got Biden Elected Demand He Defend Palestinian Rights
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2021-05-25
More Than 500 of the Staffers Who Got Biden Elected Demand He Defend Palestinian Rights…
thenation.com/article/world/biden-staffers-letter-palestine/

Anti-Palestinian Racism: A Resource
Anti-Empire Project | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
The current war throughout Israel and Palestine, focused on Gaza is enabled by a powerful force throughout the West, one that is not talked about and rarely named: Anti-Palestinian Racism…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/anti-palestinian-racism-a-resource/

The Fascism Construction Manual
Naomi Wolf | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
Immediately after the proclamation of this pandemic, many elements of absolute all-around totalitarianism were put into effect in most countries of the West, even in countries that had previously been robust democracies. All of this happened very quickly and comprehensively.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/24/18842722.php

USA "Iron Dome" media vaccine proved 99% effective in shielding Israel
DLI | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
For the past 2 weeks, since the massive violence perpetrated by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza began(with massive use of US-made planes and bombs), the White House, alongside the "Corporate-bin-Laden" media, had unleashed a media vaccine, aptly coined, "Iron Dome" media shield, that proved to be nearly 99% effective against criticism from nearly the entire world, on the active support of Israel's virtual massacre of Palestinian civilians.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/21/18842684.php

Global protests demand 'Stop Israel's genocide!'
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2021-05-25
The whole world is watching in horror as Israel bombs Gaza. As of May 17, the Zionist state has killed nearly 200 people, 58 of them children. With military precision, Israel's bombs are aimed at civilian targets, family homes, refugee camps, hospitals and schools. Israeli missiles razed to the ground . . . | Continue reading Global protests demand 'Stop Israel's genocide!' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56595/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-protests-demand-stop-israels-genocide

Global protests demand 'Stop Israel's genocide!'
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2021-05-25
The whole world is watching in horror as Israel bombs Gaza. As of May 17, the Zionist state has killed nearly 200 people, 58 of them children. With military precision, Israel's bombs are aimed at civilian targets, family homes, refugee camps, hospitals and schools. Israeli missiles razed to the ground . . . | Continue reading Global protests demand 'Stop Israel's genocide!' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56595/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-protests-demand-stop-israels-genocide

Tomgram: William Hartung, Selling Death
Tom Engelhardt | warisacrime.org | 2021-05-25
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Think about this: on Saturday, May 12th, with barely an hour's notice, Israel took out the al-Jalaa Tower, a high-rise building in Gaza City that housed the Associated Press, al-Jazeera, and other media outlets. That act of destruction, … Continue reading "Tomgram: William Hartung, Selling Death"
warisacrime.org/2021/05/25/tomgram-willi…

Netanyahu Soldiers On
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-25
When Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister for the second time in March 2009, it was not long after Israel had conducted three weeks of sustained air attacks on the enclave of Gaza. More than 1,100 Palestinians died in that campaign. About a dozen Israelis also perished, four from friendly fire, the rest from rockets coming…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/25/netanyahu-soldiers-on/

The People United Will Never Be Defeated! SF Rally Against Attacks On Palestinian People
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-05-25
Over 1,000 Palestinians and opponents of the attacks on Palestinians in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank rallied and spoke out in San Francisco on 5/22/21…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/24/18842724.php

Gaza Hostilities Underscore Role of Int'l Criminal Court
Human Rights Watch | juancole.com | 2021-05-25
By Balkees Jarrah | — Associate Director, International Justice Program | — ( Human Rights Watch ) — Israeli forces have launched relentless airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, while Hamas and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza have fired rockets at Israeli population centers. At least 227 people, including 64 children have been killed in Gaza, …
juancole.com/2021/05/hostilities-underscore-criminal.html

Outrage Over Israel's Human Rights Violations Is Fueling the Global BDS Movement
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
Israeli police are now threatening to carry out mass arrests against Palestinian citizens of Israel — arrests intended to punish those who took part in sit-ins and other protests in solidarity with Palestinians living in East Jerusalem and Gaza…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/outrage-over-israels-human-rights-violations-is-fueling-the-global-bds-movement/

Video: Drone Warfare in the Middle East
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-25
Iran, if Israel …
globalresearch.ca/video-drone-warfare-in-the-middle-east/5746124

Biden: End Your Co-Belligerent Backing of Israeli War Crimes
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-25
As Senator, Vice President, and now President, your self-promoted/displayed empathy has a problem. You can't seem to connect the Israeli military powerhouse's occupation to the oppression and destruction of innocent Palestinian civilians, illegal seizure of Palestinian land/water, and daily violations of U.S. and international law. Israel's military is deliberately bombing these families, the offices of…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/25/biden-end-your-co-belligerent-backing-of-israeli-war-crimes/

Biden: End Your Co-Belligerent Backing of Israeli War Crimes
Ralph Nader | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
You can't seem to connect the Israeli military powerhouse's occupation to the oppression and destruction of innocent Palestinian civilians…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/biden-end-your-co-belligerent-backing-of-israeli-war-crimes/

Suit seeks to limit anti-Muslim speech on Facebook but roots of Islamophobia run far deeper
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-05-25
By Caleb Elfenbein | — A civil rights group is suing Facebook and its top executives in federal court over the company's failure to crack down on hate speech against Muslims. Muslim Advocates, a Washington, D.C.-based organization focused on discrimination against American Muslims, alleges in the suit that Facebook has violated a series of local …
juancole.com/2021/05/speech-facebook-islamophobia.html

Israel to carry out more mass arrests of Palestinians in pursuit of ethnic cleansing
wsws.org | 2021-05-25
Thousands of Israeli security forces from "all units" are to be deployed to carry out raids in towns and cities with a large Palestinian population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/25/isra…

Texas execution exposes death penalty racism
Gloria Rubac | workers.org | 2021-05-25
Texas has shown the world that this racist state should not be in the business of killing. Quintin Jones, an African American man, was denied clemency by the Texas Board of Pardons and Gov. Greg Abbott and was legally lynched at 6: 40 p.m., May 19. Jones' clemency appeal was . . . | Continue reading Texas execution exposes death penalty racism at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56608/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-execution-exposes-death-penalty-racism

Israel to carry out more mass arrests of Palestinians in pursuit of ethnic cleansing
wsws.org | 2021-05-25
Thousands of Israeli security forces from "all units", including border guards and reserve brigades, are to be deployed to carry out raids in the towns and cities with a large Palestinian population–with more than 500 Palestinian homes expected to be raided in the coming days.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/25/isra…

Texas execution exposes death penalty racism
Gloria Rubac | workers.org | 2021-05-25
Texas has shown the world that this racist state should not be in the business of killing. Quintin Jones, an African American man, was denied clemency by the Texas Board of Pardons and Gov. Greg Abbott and was legally lynched at 6: 40 p.m., May 19. Jones' clemency appeal was . . . | Continue reading Texas execution exposes death penalty racism at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/05/56608/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=texas-execution-exposes-death-penalty-racism

AP Journalist fired after right-wing campaign over Palestinian activism
wsws.org | 2021-05-25
Associated Press fired Emily Wilder amid a right-wing campaign targeting her for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations as a student.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/25/jour…

Netanyahu Soldiers On
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
The only winner in the perennial confrontation between Israel and Hamas: Benjamin Netanyahu.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/netanyahu-soldiers-on/

Cuban President Visits Community Project Against Racial Discrimination in Havana
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-25
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, this Thursday visited the headquarters of a community project against racial discrimination–the Afro-descendant Neighborhood Network–in Havana, in the municipality of La Lisa. | The official Twitter account of the presidency commented on the meeting, where Maritza López, general coordinator of the initiative, received the Cuban president and provided an explanation of the principles and projections of this community initiative. | Photo: Twitter of the Cuban Presidency. | Created nine years ago, this project against racism also maintains relationships with simi…
orinocotribune.com/cuban-president-visits-community-project-against-racial-discrimination-in-havana/

What's Worse Than Climate Catastrophe? Climate Catastrophe Plus Fascism
Wen Stephenson | thenation.com | 2021-05-25
What's Worse Than Climate Catastrophe? Climate Catastrophe Plus Fascism.
thenation.com/article/environment/andreas-malm-interview/

Stop comparing Israel to Apartheid South Africa; it is worse
Thembisa Fakude | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
For all its horrors and brutality, the apartheid regime in South Africa never used fighter jets and artillery to bomb the oppressed people living in the townships…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/stop-comparing-israel-to-apartheid-south-africa-it-is-worse/

Israeli Police Round Up Palestinian Protesters Out of Global Spotlight
Robert Mackey | zcomm.org | 2021-05-25
"This is what we warned about. Israel will target us all when you stop looking."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israeli-police-round-up-palestinian-protesters-out-of-global-spotlight/

Workers around the world can help end violence against the people of Palestine and Colombia
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-05-24
Through coordinated and direct action, the international working class helped end apartheid in South Africa; it can do the same now to end the violence of occupation in Palestine and the exploitation and police crackdowns in Colombia.
therealnews.com/workers-around-the-world-can-help-end-violence-against-the-people-of-palestine-and-colombia

George Floyd Week of Action Marks Anniversary of His Murder as Police Reform Bill Stalls in Congress
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-24
As the world marks the anniversary of George Floyd's murder, attorney Lee Merritt says there is still a long way to go in reforming "the deadliest police culture in the modern world." Merritt, who has represented the Floyd family and other victims of police brutality, says Republicans and Democrats should come together to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Floyd's death in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020, set off a nationwide uprising and global movement calling for an end to racism and for the defense of Black lives.
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/24/george_fl…

Now Comes the Reckoning: Black Lives Matter Hits the Labor Movement
Oliver Broudy | commondreams.org | 2021-05-24
"The time for playing nice with corporate interests may be coming to an end." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Support for Black Lives Matter Surged Last Year. Did It Last?
Jennifer Chudy | zcomm.org | 2021-05-24
Did George Floyd's death catalyze support for Black Lives Matter? If so, for how long and for whom?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/support-for-black-lives-matter-surged-last-year-did-it-last/

What is Joe Biden's Israel Policy, Exactly?
Phyllis Bennis | indybay.org | 2021-05-24
The Biden administration thought it could muddle through with the usual pro-Israel platitudes, but rising awareness of Israeli apartheid is making that impossible.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/22/18842688.php

So What Exactly is Biden's Israel Policy?
Phyllis Bennis | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-24
So just what is the Biden administration's policy towards Israel? Why did Biden take so long to respond to the violence as it spiraled out of control in Jerusalem and Gaza? Why do Biden's repeated "Israel has the right of self-defense" litanies so closely match the positions of his predecessor, despite the wide disparity between…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/24/so-what-exactly-is-bidens-israel-policy/

Amid Gaza Ceasefire, Israel Arrests Hundreds & Continues "Colonial Violence" in Occupied Palestine
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-24
The United Nations is appealing to the world to address the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza following the 11-day Israeli assault that killed 248 Palestinians, including 66 children, and injured more than 1,700 people. The U.N. is estimating that at least 6,000 residents of Gaza were left homeless after their homes were bombed by Israel, which has maintained a blockade on Gaza for the past 14 years. Tensions also remain high in Jerusalem, where dozens of Jewish settlers backed by Israeli security forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound Friday and Israeli authorities are continuing the campaign to forcibly e…
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Headlines for May 24, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-24
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Holds as Gazans Face Grief and Destruction After Israeli Assault, India's Official COVID Death Toll Passes 300,000, Latin America Tops 1 Million Deaths, Average of Daily U.S. Coronavirus Infections Falls Below 30,000 for First Time Since June, Biden Administration to Extend Temporary Protected Status to 100,000 Haitians in U.S., Belarus Uses Fake Bomb Threat to Divert Plane and Arrest Journalist Critical of President, Deposed Burmese Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Appears in Court for First Time Since February 1 Coup, Bangladeshi Journalist Rozina Islam, Who Reported on Corruption, Granted Bail Af…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/24/headlines

Chris Hedges and Author Mitchell Plitnick on "Except for Palestine"
Moderator | scheerpost.com | 2021-05-24
On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges discusses why American liberals refuse to speak out about the crimes the Israeli apartheid state carries out against the Palestinians, with political analyst and author Mitchell Plitnick. Mitchell Plitnick's new book, with co-author Marc Lamont Hill, is: "Except for Palestine: The Limits of Progressive Politics." "Israel is in …
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Why the Overton Window has Suddenly Shifted on Israel-Palestine
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2021-05-24
There is little doubt that the Overton window on Israel-Palestine is rapidly shifting. To understand why, MintPress spoke to academics, experts, and rights groups familiar with the subject.
mintpressnews.com/why-overton-window-suddenly-shifted-israel-palestine/277338/

Israeli provocations continue as scale of Gaza damage emerges
wsws.org | 2021-05-24
The United Nations said nearly 450 buildings had been damaged, including six hospitals, 53 schools and 11 primary healthcare centres, as well as more than 1,000 homes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/24/gaza…

Eman Askar's TikTok deep-history 'Song for Palestine' goes Viral with 10 mn Views in 48 Hours
contributors | juancole.com | 2021-05-24
"A song telling the story of Palestine has gone viral on social media. TikToker Eman Askar — @emmasworld.101 — rhymes off of historical facts with her lyrics." | TRT World: TikToker sings for Palestine …
juancole.com/2021/05/askars-history-palestine.html

In Germany, mainstream media backs Israeli attacks on Palestinians
Victor Grossman | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-24
BERLIN–It's no great surprise that most German media, reporting on the Israel-Palestine war, was one-sided and misleading! There were samples of fairer treatment at first, showing the demolition of Palestinian homes, the shutdown of a meeting place for young people, the far-rightist gangs marching in East Jerusalem chanting "Death to Arabs," the invasion of al-Aqsa …
peoplesworld.org/article/in-germany-mainstream-media-backs-israeli-attacks-on-palestinians/

The US Isn't An Israel Puppet, Israel Isn't A US Puppet
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-24
Nearly 200,000 protesters attended a pro-Palestine demonstration in Central London on Saturday afternoon, another clear sign that support for Palestinian rights is becoming increasingly mainstream and the imperialists are losing control of the Israel narrative. | The real consequence of this is that people will begin losing trust in the government and media institutions which support Israel, because without trust the empire can't propagandize people, and without the ability to propagandize us our rulers cannot rule. There's no risk for Israel of losing US backing due to the US government suddenly evolving a consc…
popularresistance.org/the-us-isnt-an-israel-puppet-israel-isnt-a-us-puppet/

'She Was Too Vocal': Outrage Grows over AP Journalist Fired for Pro-Palestine Views
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-24
The Associated Press …
globalresearch.ca/she-was-too-vocal-outrage-grows-over-ap-journalist-fired-pro-palestine-views/5746023

The People of Palestine Have Been Terrorized
Yasser Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-24
For a moment …
globalresearch.ca/if-you-face-all-death-indifference-keep-your-humanity-your-love-your-dignity-you-refuse-surrender-their-terror-then-you-know-something-courage/5746060

Grand Rapids, MI: 200 March for Palestine
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-24
Grand Rapids, MI – 200 protesters, primarily Palestinians and Arab Americans, took to the streets of Grand Rapids, May 22, in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance movement and demanding an end to U.S. support for the state of Israel. This is the second "Free Palestine" protest organized by local activists. | "The Palestinian resistance won a major victory this week, but there is still much more work to be done to fully free the Palestinian people," said organizer Olivia Lashley, "We need to do our part as Americans by pressuring the U.S. government to cut aid to the genocidal Israeli state." | Protesters c…
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